1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's long jump

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

Medalists

Gold	Tatyana Kotova   Russia
Silver	Cristina Nicolau   Romania
Bronze	Sofia Schulte   Germany

Results

Final

11 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Tatyana Kotova	Russia	6.57 (w: -1.1 m/s)	6.48 (w: -3.3 m/s)	6.48 (w: -1.3 m/s)	6.40 (w: -0.5 m/s)	6.42 (w: -1.0 m/s)	x	6.57 (w: -1.1 m/s)
	Cristina Nicolau	Romania	6.43 (w: 0.6 m/s)	6.05 (w: -1.2 m/s)	x	6.23 (w: -0.7 m/s)	x	6.15 (w: 0.9 m/s)	6.43 (w: 0.6 m/s)
	Sofia Schulte	Germany	6.14 (w: -2.0 m/s)	6.25 (w: -0.9 m/s)	6.15 (w: -0.8 m/s)	4.54 (w: -1.8 m/s)	6.23 (w: -0.8 m/s)	6.39 (w: -0.6 m/s)	6.39 (w: -0.6 m/s)
4	Heli Koivula	Finland	6.28 (w: -1.4 m/s)	6.11 (w: -2.0 m/s)	x	6.19 (w: -0.8 m/s)	6.33 (w: -0.5 m/s)	6.25 (w: -0.7 m/s)	6.33 (w: -0.5 m/s)
5	Stephanie Hort	Germany	x	6.15 (w: -1.9 m/s)	6.27 (w: -1.3 m/s)	5.94 (w: -2.4 m/s)	x	6.10 (w: -1.0 m/s)	6.27 (w: -1.3 m/s)
6	Irina Melnikova	Russia	6.26 (w: -0.5 m/s)	6.13 (w: -0.3 m/s)	5.77 (w: -1.3 m/s)	6.12 (w: -1.5 m/s)	x	5.83 (w: -0.4 m/s)	6.26 (w: -0.5 m/s)
7	Camilla Johansson	Sweden	6.24 (w: -1.1 m/s)	5.91 (w: -2.7 m/s)	6.15 (w: 0.2 m/s)	6.11 (w: -1.8 m/s)	6.00 (w: -1.2 m/s)	6.13 (w: -1.0 m/s)	6.24 (w: -1.1 m/s)
8	Sarah Gautreau	France	6.02 (w: -1.0 m/s)	6.21 (w: -1.5 m/s)	6.09 (w: -1.2 m/s)	6.06 (w: -1.2 m/s)	5.98 (w: -1.7 m/s)	6.16 (w: -0.6 m/s)	6.21 (w: -1.5 m/s)
9	Arianna Zivez	Italy	x	5.98 (w: -1.8 m/s)	6.14 (w: -1.3 m/s)				6.14 (w: -1.3 m/s)
10	Yuliya Akulenko	Ukraine	6.12 (w: 0.9 m/s)	x	x				6.12 (w: 0.9 m/s)
11	Anja Valant	Slovenia	6.06 (w: -2.1 m/s)	x	5.75 (w: -0.8 m/s)				6.06 (w: -2.1 m/s)
12	Bożena Trzcińska	Poland	x	5.89 (w: -1.1 m/s)	5.83 (w: -1.6 m/s)				5.89 (w: -1.1 m/s)
13	Laureta Derhemi	Albania	5.34 (w: -1.4 m/s)	5.41 (w: -2.3 m/s)	x				5.41 (w: -2.3 m/s)
	Johanna Halkoaho	Finland	x	x	x				NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

•   Albania (1)
•   Finland (2)
•   France (1)
•   Germany (2)
•   Italy (1)
•   Poland (1)
•   Romania (1)
•   Russia (2)
•   Slovenia (1)
•   Sweden (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