1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's shot put

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

Medalists

Gold	Nadine Kleinert   Germany
Silver	Corrie de Bruin   Netherlands
Bronze	Yanina Korolchik   Belarus

Results

Final

11 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Nadine Kleinert	Germany	18.12	x	x	x	x	18.27	18.27
	Corrie de Bruin	Netherlands	17.76	18.06	17.94	x	x	18.02	18.06
	Yanina Korolchik	Belarus	17.08	17.98	17.56	17.39	x	x	17.98
4	Olga Ryabinkina	Russia	16.28	16.44	16.93	16.89	17.56	17.36	17.56
5	Katarzyna Żakowicz	Poland	16.28	17.34	17.31	17.45	17.10	x	17.45
6	Lieja Koeman	Netherlands	16.59	16.82	x	x	x	x	16.82
7	Martina de la Puente	Spain	16.44	16.70	x	16.72	x	x	16.72
8	Yelena Klochikhina	Russia	15.96	15.96	16.50	x	x	x	16.50
9	Natalya Lazor	Ukraine	15.93	15.82	x				15.93
10	Anna Rauhala	Finland	x	x	15.86				15.86
11	Nadine Beckel	Germany	x	15.51	x				15.51
	Gülseren Tavan	Turkey	x	x	x				NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 12 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

•   Belarus (1)
•   Finland (1)
•   Germany (2)
•   Netherlands (2)
•   Poland (1)
•   Russia (2)
•   Spain (1)
•   Turkey (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