1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 and 12 July 1997.^[1]^[2]

Medalists

12 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Andrzej Krawczyk	Poland	x	57.84	58.10	59.54	x	x	59.54
	Timo Sinervo	Finland	55.30	54.52	57.20	x	56.24	x	57.20
	Kirill Chuprinin	Ukraine	54.50	x	56.78	x	54.68	55.46	56.78
4	Tolga Köseoglu	Germany	54.46	56.72	56.24	x	x	x	56.72
5	Alexander Forst	Germany	54.96	x	55.80	56.44	54.62	x	56.44
6	Róbert Fazekas	Hungary	55.60	x	x	53.46	55.06	54.74	55.60
7	Róland Varga	Hungary	47.06	54.36	54.24	52.60	x	54.68	54.68
8	Stefanos Konstas	Greece	53.00	x	54.40	52.42	x	53.94	54.40

9	Linus Bernhult	Sweden	52.80	53.04	53.58				53.58
10	Mike van der Bilt	Netherlands	46.30	53.02	x				53.02
11	Valeriy Borisov	Belarus	52.94	x	50.18				52.94
12	Aleksandr Malasevich	Belarus	52.06	52.08	52.34				52.34

10 July
Qualify: first to 12 to the Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Andrzej Krawczyk	Poland	58.10	Q
2	Linus Bernhult	Sweden	54.22	Q
3	Róbert Fazekas	Hungary	54.08	Q
4	Stefanos Konstas	Greece	53.98	Q
5	Valeriy Borisov	Belarus	53.72	Q
6	Alexander Forst	Germany	52.78	Q
7	Ercüment Olgundeniz	Turkey	51.80
8	Stéphane Nativel	France	51.02
9	Igor Tuchak	Russia	49.72

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Timo Sinervo	Finland	57.08	Q
2	Mike van der Bilt	Netherlands	56.18	Q
3	Kirill Chuprinin	Ukraine	55.56	Q
4	Tolga Köseoglu	Germany	55.20	Q
5	Róland Varga	Hungary	54.76	Q
6	Aleksandr Malasevich	Belarus	53.46	Q
7	Yves Niaré	France	50.34
	Bjørn Olsson	Norway	NM

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

1997 European Athletics U23 Championships

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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