| 2007 European Athletics Junior Championships | |
|---|---|
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| Dates | 19–22 July |
| Host city | Hengelo, Netherlands |
| Venue | FBK-Stadium |
| Level | Under 20 |
| Events | 44 |
| Records set | 1 EJR, 4 CRs |
The 19th European Athletics Junior Championships were held between 19 and 22 July 2007 at the FBK-Stadium in Hengelo, in the eastern Netherlands.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | Julian Reus  Germany | 10.38 | Yannick Lesourd  France | 10.53 | Giuseppe Aita  Italy | 10.57 |
| 200 m | Alexander Nelson  Great Britain | 20.83 | Julian Reus Germany | 20.87 PB | Luke Fagan Great Britain | 21.08 |
| 400 m | Yannick Fonsat France | 46.34 PB | Marcin Kłaczański  Poland | 46.46 PB | Eric Kruger Germany | 46.49 PB |
| National junior records were established in the final for Ukraine and Latvia. | ||||||
| 800 m | Robin Schembera Germany | 1:47.98 | James Brewer Great Britain | 1:48.08 | Adam Kszczot Poland | 1:48.10 PB |
| 1500 m | Mario Scapini Italy | 4:01.31 | Victor Corrales  Spain | 4:01.44 | Merihun Crespi Italy | 4:01.83 |
| 5000 m | Mourad Amdouni France | 14:08.27 | Mohamed Elbendir Spain | 14:14.79 | Dmytro Lashyn  Ukraine | 14:15.26 |
| 10 000 m | Dmytro Lashyn Ukraine | 29:51.58 PB | Matti Markowski Germany | 30:10.75 PB | Roman Pozdyaykin  Russia | 30:13.70 |
| 110 m H | Artur Noga Poland | 13.36 =CR | Vladimir Zhukov Russia | 13.46 =NJ | Gianni Frankis Great Britain | 13.47 =PB |
| National junior records were also established in the heats for Portugal and Hungary. | ||||||
| 400 m H | Silvio Schirrmeister Germany | 50.60 PB | Vyacheslav Sakayev Russia | 50.72 PB | Toby Ulm Great Britain | 50.99 PB |
| 3000 m St. | Jakub Holuša  Czech Republic | 8:50.30 PB | Alexandru Ghinea  Romania | 8:50.42 PB | Carlos Alonso Spain | 8:50.95 PB |
| 10000 m track walk | Sergey Morozov Russia | 40:02.88 PB | Matteo Giupponi Italy | 40:54.88 PB | Lluis Torla Spain | 41:06.32 PB |
| A national junior record was established for France. | ||||||
| 4 × 100 m | Germany Rouven Christ Julian Reus Robert Hering Markus Brandt | 39.81 | Great Britain Funmi Sobodu Alexander Nelson Luke Fagan Leevan Yearwood | 39.83 | France Charles Figaro Yannick Lesourd Frederic Mignot Nyls Nubret | 40.21 |
| 4 × 400 m | Great Britain Nigel Levine Robert Davis Louis Persent Jordan McGrath | 3:08.21 | Germany Pascal Nabow Eric Kruger Thomas Schneider Robin Schembera | 3:08.64 | France Bruno Naprix Mickael François Jean-Patrick Rolland Yannick Fonsat | 3:09.19 |
| The Polish team crossed the line in first place but were later disqualified for an infringement. | ||||||
| High jump | Oleksandr Nartov Ukraine | 2.23 | Andriy Protsenko Ukraine | 2.21 PB | Raúl Spank Germany | 2.21 |
| A national junior record was established in the final for Lithuania. | ||||||
| Pole vault | Leonid Kivalov Russia | 5.60 =CR | Yevgeni Ageyev Russia | 5.50 PB | Łukasz Michalski Poland | 5.45 |
| One of the favorites, Raphael Holzdeppe of Germany with a season best of 5.50 metres, exited in the qualification after failing his starting height of 5.10 metres. | ||||||
| Long jump | Olivier Huet France | 7.78 | Ivan Slepov Russia | 7.61 | Marcos Caldeira  Portugal | 7.58 |
| Triple jump | Lyukman Adams Russia | 16.50 | Ilya Yefremov Russia | 16.49 | Dzmitry Platnitski  Belarus | 16.49 PB |
| Shot put 6 kg | Aleksandr Bulanov Russia | 19.95 PB | Antonio Vital E Silva Portugal | 19.66 | Nikola Kišanić  Croatia | 19.63 =PB |
| A national junior record was established in qualification for Greece. | ||||||
| Discus 1,75 kg | Nikolay Sedyuk Russia | 62.72 CR NJR | Ivan Hryshyn Ukraine | 62.28 | Joni Mattila  Finland | 58.05 |
| Hammer 6 kg | Arno Laitinen Finland | 71.94 | Adrian Pop Romania | 70.80 | Siarhei Tsytsoryn Belarus | 70.23 |
| Javelin | Matthias de Zordo Germany | 78.59 | Roman Avramenko Ukraine | 75.24 | Thomas Smet  Belgium | 72.56 |
| A national junior record was established in qualification for Ukraine. | ||||||
| Decathlon | Matthias Prey Germany | 7908 | Rok Deržanič  Slovenia | 7560 | Rico Freimuth Germany | 7524 |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) | ||||||
* Host nation (Netherlands)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 10 | 8 | 6 | 24 |
| 2 | Germany | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | France | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Romania | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 |  Norway | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Finland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Czech Republic | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 |  Latvia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Poland | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 12 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | Croatia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 |  Netherlands* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 |  Estonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | Spain | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 19 |  Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | Portugal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (23 entries) | 44 | 45 | 43 | 132 | |
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