1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's decathlon

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

Medalists

Gold	Klaus Isekenmeier   Germany
Silver	Aleksandr Yurkov   Ukraine
Bronze	Pierre-Alexandre Vial   France

Results

Final

10-11 July

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Rank	Name	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
	Klaus Isekenmeier	Germany	11.20 (w: 0.5 m/s)	7.46 (w: 0.4 m/s)	14.48	1.93	49.43	14.68 (w: 1.4 m/s)	44.00	4.60	58.38	4:35.79	7926
	Aleksandr Yurkov	Ukraine	11.01 (w: -0.4 m/s)	7.36 (w: -1.6 m/s)	13.62	1.99	50.17	15.22 (w: 1.4 m/s)	43.60	4.90	56.52	4:37.35	7888
	Pierre-Alexandre Vial	France	10.97 (w: -0.4 m/s)	7.08 (w: 0.5 m/s)	12.55	1.87	48.61	14.76 (w: 1.4 m/s)	41.78	4.80	56.78	4:15.81	7866
4	Attila Zsivoczky	Hungary	11.51 (w: 0.5 m/s)	6.81 (w: -0.4 m/s)	14.08	2.17	50.33	15.49 (w: -0.3 m/s)	43.86	4.70	57.04	4:30.09	7804
5	Robert Jung	Germany	10.94 (w: -0.4 m/s)	7.36 (w: 0.2 m/s)	14.63	1.96	48.65	14.97 (w: -0.3 m/s)	45.92	4.20	50.42	4:39.72	7775
6	Bart Bennema	Netherlands	10.79 (w: -0.4 m/s)	7.12 (w: -0.7 m/s)	14.18	1.96	49.63	14.10 (w: 1.4 m/s)	40.44	4.60	50.94	5:14.23	7598
7	Marc Magrans	Spain	11.00 (w: -0.4 m/s)	6.93 (w: 0.8 m/s)	12.82	1.90	49.19	14.80 (w: -0.3 m/s)	36.54	4.30	49.38	4:15.78	7471
8	Martin Jelínek	Czech Republic	11.51 (w: 0.5 m/s)	6.71 (w: 0.3 m/s)	11.90	1.96	51.49	15.02 (w: -0.3 m/s)	38.78	5.10	57.12	4:51.75	7341
9	Rick Wassenaar	Netherlands	11.34 (w: 0.5 m/s)	7.20 (w: 0.9 m/s)	14.07	1.81	50.71	15.43 (w: -0.3 m/s)	41.34	4.40	52.78	4:54.12	7244
10	Mikhail Volk	Belarus	11.38 (w: 0.5 m/s)	6.89 (w: 0.6 m/s)	13.99	1.99	52.44	15.38 (w: -0.3 m/s)	35.36	3.90	63.56	5:10.26	7053
11	Andrey Kurdeko	Belarus	11.48 (w: 0.5 m/s)	7.03 (w: 0.7 m/s)	12.66	2.02	52.09	DQ	41.40	4.40	39.94	4:50.76	6247
	Paolo Casarsa	Italy	11.45 (w: 0.5 m/s)	6.48 (w: -0.2 m/s)	14.04	1.81	51.66	14.69 (w: -0.3 m/s)	40.00	NM	53.66		DNF
	Thomas Tebbich	Austria	11.16 (w: -0.4 m/s)	6.53 (w: -1.5 m/s)	13.85	1.87	52.00	15.64 (w: 1.4 m/s)	39.50	NM	61.44		DNF
	Mikhail Merzlikin	Russia	11.51 (w: 0.5 m/s)	6.93 (w: -1.6 m/s)	12.50	1.99	51.22	15.13 (w: -0.3 m/s)					DNF
	Jiří Ryba	Czech Republic	11.26 (w: 0.5 m/s)	7.13 (w: 0.2 m/s)	13.18	2.05	49.55						DNF
	Benjamin Jensen	Norway	11.37 (w: 0.5 m/s)	6.61 (w: 0.5 m/s)	12.35	1.75							DNF
	Dean Macey	Great Britain	10.99 (w: 0.5 m/s)	7.12 (w: -0.6 m/s)									DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

•   Austria (1)
•   Belarus (2)
•   Czech Republic (2)
•   France (1)
•   Germany (2)
•   Great Britain (1)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Italy (1)
•   Netherlands (2)
•   Norway (1)
•   Russia (1)
•   Spain (1)
•   Ukraine (1)

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