1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's javelin throw

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The women's javelin throw event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 12 July 1997.^[1]^[2]

Medalists

Gold	Taina Uppa Finland
Silver	Alina Serdyuk Belarus
Bronze	Merja Pitkänen Finland

Results

Final

12 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Taina Uppa	Finland	55.40	55.72	53.74	x	56.48	x	56.48
	Alina Serdyuk	Belarus	50.28	54.64	51.46	51.06	55.56	52.54	55.56
	Merja Pitkänen	Finland	53.62	55.24	54.50	x	x	x	55.24
4	Kirsty Morrison	Great Britain	45.12	49.00	50.88	52.18	52.24	54.14	54.14
5	Evfemija Štorga	Slovenia	50.54	52.68	53.36	51.08	x	x	53.36
6	Oksana Dudlina	Russia	52.36	x	x	x	x	x	52.36
7	Carmen Filip	Romania	46.38	50.46	47.68	47.78	48.32	52.12	52.12
8	Vigdís Guðjónsdóttir	Iceland	48.72	47.94	52.10	48.46	48.74	48.20	52.10

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 8 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.

Belarus (1)
Finland (2)

Great Britain (1)
Iceland (1)

Romania (1)
Russia (1)

Slovenia (1)

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References

↑ 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
↑ Gordon, Ed, European Championships for Under 23 (Turku, Finland), athletix.org, archived from the original on 12 November 2007, retrieved 24 October 2014{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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[eaa_01-1] 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

[arch_01-2] Gordon, Ed, European Championships for Under 23 (Turku, Finland), athletix.org, archived from the original on 12 November 2007, retrieved 24 October 2014{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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1997 European Athletics U23 Championships

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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