1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's hammer throw

The men's hammer throw event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 and 11 July 1997.

Medalists

Gold	Ivan Tikhon Belarus
Silver	Szymon Ziółkowski Poland
Bronze	Nikolay Avalasevich Belarus

Results

Final

11 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ivan Tikhon	Belarus	73.02	76.08	75.24	77.46	x	x	77.46
	Szymon Ziółkowski	Poland	73.10	x	x	x	x	73.68	73.68
	Nikolay Avalasevich	Belarus	70.22	72.40	x	71.02	69.16	68.64	72.40
4	Mikko Dannback	Finland	65.58	x	70.48	65.54	67.98	69.72	70.48
5	Roman Konevtsov	Russia	67.76	70.24	69.76	64.88	68.22	70.30	70.30
6	Stefan Paukner	Germany	67.96	x	69.56	x	66.90	67.12	69.56
7	Igor Tugay	Ukraine	68.96	68.58	67.84	68.28	68.62	63.78	68.96
8	Edi Marioni	Italy	66.24	68.00	65.14	65.50	x	x	68.00
9	Oleg Sergeyev	Russia	66.76	67.38	65.26				67.38
10	Tero Salmela	Finland	67.06	x	x				67.06
11	Norbert Horváth	Hungary	65.40	65.84	64.42				65.84
12	Xavier Tison	France	63.92	64.20	63.42				64.20

Qualifications

10 July
Qualify: first to 12 to the Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Ivan Tikhon	Belarus	75.86	Q
2	Szymon Ziółkowski	Poland	71.66	Q
3	Nikolay Avalasevich	Belarus	70.26	Q
4	Igor Tugay	Ukraine	69.96	Q
5	Roman Konevtsov	Russia	68.18	Q
6	Oleg Sergeyev	Russia	67.96	Q
7	Stefan Paukner	Germany	67.60	Q
8	Mikko Dannback	Finland	67.58	Q
9	Tero Salmela	Finland	67.56	Q
10	Edi Marioni	Italy	67.10	Q
11	Xavier Tison	France	66.06	Q
12	Norbert Horváth	Hungary	66.00	Q
13	András Haklits	Hungary	65.32
14	Cosmin Sorescu	Romania	64.26
15	Bjørn Pettersen	Norway	64.08
16	Dorian Çollaku	Albania	63.06
17	Kamil Yardımcı	Turkey	52.94

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

• Albania (1)
• Belarus (2)
• Finland (2)
• France (1)
• Germany (1)
• Hungary (2)
• Italy (1)
• Norway (1)
• Poland (1)
• Romania (1)
• Russia (2)
• Turkey (1)
• Ukraine (1)