Athletics at the 1997 European Youth Summer Olympic Days

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The athletics competition at the 1997 European Youth Summer Olympic Days was held from 20 to 23 July. The events took place in Lisbon, Portugal. Boys and girls born 1980 or 1981 or later participated 29 track and field events, divided equally between the sexes with the exception of 3000 metres, 2000 metres steeplechase and pole vault for boys but not girls.

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Medal summary

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Luke Davis  (GBR)10.45Flag of Greece.svg  Athanásios Tsiouris  (GRE)10.76Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Rudy Colabella  (BEL)10.83
200 metres
(wind: +3.0 m/s)		Flag of Italy.svg  Marco Cuneo  (ITA)21.34 w Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Guido Helfenstein  (SUI)21.57 w Flag of Slovenia.svg  Matic Osovnikar  (SLO)21.68 w
400 metresFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Kris Stewart  (GBR)47.31Flag of Austria.svg  Ralf Hegny  (AUT)48.10Flag of Romania.svg  Adrian Guianu  (ROU)48.39
800 metresFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Bram Som  (NED)1:54.81Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vasyl Tsikalo  (UKR)1:55.34Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Geert Waelput  (BEL)1:55.36
1500 metresFlag of Ireland.svg  Colm McLean  (IRL)3:54.54Flag of Turkey.svg  Ishak Kaya  (TUR)3:56.44Flag of Spain.svg  Javier Areny  (ESP)3:57.88
3000 metresFlag of Spain.svg  Francisco Javier Alves  (ESP)8:20.69Flag of Portugal.svg  Filipe Pedro  (POR)8:22.96Flag of Greece.svg  Yeóryios Kobogiánnis  (GRE)8:23.18
110 metres hurdlesFlag of France.svg  Cédric Assouvie  (FRA)13.82Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Dominique Kunzler  (SUI)13.85Flag of Spain.svg  Felipe Vivancos  (ESP)13.90
400 metres hurdlesFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Richard McDonald  (GBR)52.80Flag of Spain.svg  Bernat Bartolomé  (ESP)53.50Flag of Sweden.svg  Mikael Jakobsson  (SWE)53.77
2000 metres steeplechaseFlag of Spain.svg  Ivan Murcia  (ESP)5:57.99Flag of Romania.svg  Alin Savu  (ROU)5:59.97Flag of Austria.svg  Georg Mlynek  (AUT)6:01.00
4 × 100 m relayFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)41.08Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)42.28Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)42.35
High jumpFlag of Iceland.svg  Einar Karl Hjartarson  (ISL)2.11 mFlag of Russia.svg  Yaroslav Rybakov  (RUS)2.09 mFlag of Belarus.svg  Yaroslav Vasilevskiy  (BLR)2.09 m
Pole vaultFlag of France.svg  Fabrice Fortin  (FRA)5.00 mFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Adam Ptácek  (CZE)4.90 mFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Spas Bukhalov  (BUL)4.75 m
Long jumpFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Brian Robinson  (GBR)7.60 mFlag of Sweden.svg  David Frykholm  (SWE)7.53 mFlag of Slovenia.svg  Jože Vrtacic  (SLO)7.45 m
Shot putFlag of Greece.svg  Pavlos Atmatsidis  (GRE)19.41 mFlag of Finland.svg  Teijo Kööpikkä  (FIN)19.33 mFlag of Russia.svg  Dmitriy Lopatin  (RUS)19.31 m
Discus throwFlag of Finland.svg  Mikko Kyyrö  (FIN)60.82 mFlag of Norway.svg  Rune Johansen  (NOR)56.76 mFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Antonín Žalský  (CZE)56.76 m
Javelin throwFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Tim Kitney  (GBR)64.56 mFlag of Belarus.svg  Aleksey Danilyuk  (BLR)61.28 mFlag of Russia.svg  Alexander Baranovskiy  (RUS)60.94 m

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresFlag of Sweden.svg  Jenny Kallur  (SWE)11.75Flag of France.svg  Sandra Dufour  (FRA)11.92Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Kelly Thomas  (GBR)12.00
200 metres
(wind: +2.7 m/s)		Flag of Ireland.svg  Ciara Sheehy  (IRL)24.11 w Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Karlene Palmer  (GBR)24.41 w Flag of France.svg  Cécilia Seraline  (FRA)24.70 w
400 metresFlag of Ukraine.svg  Tetiana Petlyuk  (UKR)55.47Flag of Italy.svg  Alexia Oberstolz  (ITA)55.85Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Femke Rietveld  (NED)56.00
800 metresFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Ludivine Michel  (BEL)2:09.64Flag of Russia.svg  Olesya Chumakova  (RUS)2:11.08Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yuliya Gurtovenko  (UKR)2:12.45
1500 metresFlag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Sonja Stolić  (YUG)4:26.95Flag of Lithuania.svg  Rasa Drazdauskaitė  (LTU)4:28.69Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tinneke Boonen  (BEL)4:30.13
100 metres hurdles
(wind: +2.6 m/s)		Flag of Cyprus.svg  Marilia Gregoriou  (CYP)13.51 w Flag of France.svg  Fanny Gérance  (FRA)13.61 w Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yevgeniya Stavchanskaya  (UKR)13.78 w
400 metres hurdlesFlag of Russia.svg  Natalya Antyukh  (RUS)59.75Flag of France.svg  Elodie Cruchant  (FRA)61.06Flag of Croatia.svg  Ruža Matković  (CRO)61.41
4 × 100 m relayFlag of France.svg  France  (FRA)46.25Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)46.52Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)46.93
High jumpFlag of Finland.svg  Hanna Mikkonen  (FIN)1.80 mFlag of Russia.svg  Viktoriya Slivka  (RUS)1.80 mFlag of France.svg  Nelly Sebastien  (FRA)1.75 m
Long jumpFlag of Ukraine.svg  Yevgeniya Stavchanskaya  (UKR)6.25 mFlag of Poland.svg  Aldona Wozignój  (POL)6.24 mFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Danielle Freeman  (GBR)6.19 m
Shot putFlag of Ukraine.svg  Oksana Zakharchuk  (UKR)15.27 mFlag of Russia.svg  Oksana Gromova  (RUS)14.63 mFlag of Finland.svg  Niina Kelo  (FIN)14.40 m
Discus throwFlag of Finland.svg  Niina Kelo  (FIN)49.54 mFlag of Romania.svg  Alina Lenghel  (ROU)47.88 mFlag of France.svg  Amélie Perrin  (FRA)47.66 m
Javelin throwFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jarmila Klimešová  (CZE)51.64 mFlag of Russia.svg  Oksana Ospishcheva  (RUS)50.50 mFlag of Sweden.svg  Linda Wicksell  (SWE)47.62 m

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