1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10, 11 and 12 July 1997. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Mark Hylton   Great Britain
Silver	Piotr Haczek   Poland
Bronze	Kjell Provost   Belgium

Results

Final

12 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mark Hylton	Great Britain	45.71
	Piotr Haczek	Poland	45.72
	Kjell Provost	Belgium	45.99
4	Quincy Douglas	Norway	46.47
5	Jimisola Laursen	Sweden	46.48
6	Richard Knowles	Great Britain	46.63
7	Carlos Gachanja	Germany	46.80
8	Piotr Długosielski	Poland	46.91

Semifinals

11 July
Qualified: first 4 in each to the Final

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mark Hylton	Great Britain	46.25	Q
2	Jimisola Laursen	Sweden	46.69	Q
3	Piotr Haczek	Poland	46.70	Q
4	Carlos Gachanja	Germany	46.91	Q
5	Andriy Tverdostup	Ukraine	47.30
6	Robert Loubli	France	47.38
7	Zsolt Szeglet	Hungary	47.74
8	Alessandro Bracciali	Italy	48.68

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kjell Provost	Belgium	46.82	Q
2	Quincy Douglas	Norway	46.93	Q
3	Piotr Długosielski	Poland	47.17	Q
4	Richard Knowles	Great Britain	47.44	Q
5	Tommi Hartonen	Finland	47.55
6	Walter Pirovano	Italy	47.60
7	Jan Štejfa	Czech Republic	47.62
	Boštjan Horvat	Slovenia	DQ

Heats

10 July
Qualified: first 4 in each heat and 4 best to the Semifinal

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kjell Provost	Belgium	46.53	Q
2	Quincy Douglas	Norway	47.21	Q
3	Piotr Długosielski	Poland	47.40	Q
4	Zsolt Szeglet	Hungary	47.41	Q
5	Alessandro Bracciali	Italy	47.88	q
6	Johan Lannefors	Sweden	48.02
7	Oleg Kovalyov	Russia	48.38

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mark Hylton	Great Britain	47.05	Q
2	Jimisola Laursen	Sweden	47.22	Q
3	Piotr Haczek	Poland	47.27	Q
4	Robert Loubli	France	47.66	Q
5	Andriy Tverdostup	Ukraine	47.78	q
6	Boštjan Horvat	Slovenia	47.95	q
7	Georgios Batsikas	Greece	48.93

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Richard Knowles	Great Britain	47.05	Q
2	Jan Štejfa	Czech Republic	47.17	Q
3	Carlos Gachanja	Germany	47.18	Q
4	Walter Pirovano	Italy	47.44	Q
5	Tommi Hartonen	Finland	47.68	q
6	Rostislav Mestechkin	Ukraine	48.27

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

•   Belgium (1)
•   Czech Republic (1)
•   Finland (1)
•   France (1)
•   Germany (1)
•   Great Britain (2)
•   Greece (1)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Italy (2)
•   Norway (1)
•   Poland (2)
•   Russia (1)
•   Slovenia (1)
•   Sweden (2)
•   Ukraine (2)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 1st European Athletics U23 Championships - Turku, Finland 10.7. - 13.7.1997 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 5–16, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. Gordon, Ed, European Championships for Under 23 (Turku, Finland), athletix.org, archived from the original on 12 November 2007, retrieved 24 October 2014