1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's discus throw

None The men's discus throw event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 and 12 July 1997. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 1st European Athletics U23 Championships - Turku, Finland 10.7. - 13.7.1997 http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/26/77/85/Ostrava_StaGuide_English.pdf 5–16 European Athletics Association 24 October 2014Gordon Ed European Championships for Under 23 (Turku, Finland) http://www.athletix.org/Results/97European-23.htm athletix.org 24 October 2014 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20071112060028/http://www.athletix.org/Results/97European-23.htm 12 November 2007 Medalists Gold Andrzej Krawczyk POLSilver Timo Sinervo FINBronze Kirill Chuprinin UKR Results Final 12 July Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123456 Andrzej Krawczyk POL x 57.84 58.10 59.54 x x 59.54 Timo Sinervo FIN 55.30 54.52 57.20 x 56.24 x 57.20 Kirill Chuprinin UKR 54.50 x 56.78 x 54.68 55.46 56.78 4 Tolga Köseoglu GER 54.46 56.72 56.24 x x x 56.72 5 Alexander Forst GER 54.96 x 55.80 56.44 54.62 x 56.44 6 Róbert Fazekas HUN 55.60 x x 53.46 55.06 54.74 55.60 7 Róland Varga HUN 47.06 54.36 54.24 52.60 x 54.68 54.68 8 Stefanos Konstas GRE 53.00 x 54.40 52.42 x 53.94 54.40 9 Linus Bernhult SWE 52.80 53.04 53.58 53.58 10 Mike van der Bilt NED 46.30 53.02 x 53.02 11 Valeriy Borisov BLR 1995 52.94 x 50.18 52.94 12 Aleksandr Malasevich BLR 1995 52.06 52.08 52.34 52.34 Qualifications 10 July Qualify: first to 12 to the Final Group A Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Andrzej Krawczyk POL 58.10 Q 2 Linus Bernhult SWE 54.22 Q 3 Róbert Fazekas HUN 54.08 Q 4 Stefanos Konstas GRE 53.98 Q 5 Valeriy Borisov BLR 1995 53.72 Q 6 Alexander Forst GER 52.78 Q 7 Ercüment Olgundeniz TUR 51.80 8 Stéphane Nativel FRA 51.02 9 Igor Tuchak RUS 49.72 Group B Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Timo Sinervo FIN 57.08 Q 2 Mike van der Bilt NED 56.18 Q 3 Kirill Chuprinin UKR 55.56 Q 4 Tolga Köseoglu GER 55.20 Q 5 Róland Varga HUN 54.76 Q 6 Aleksandr Malasevich BLR 1995 53.46 Q 7 Yves Niaré FRA 50.34 8 Bjørn Olsson NOR NM Participation According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event. 22em BLR 1995 (2) EST (0) FIN (1) FRA (2) GER (2) GRE (1) HUN (2) NED (1) NOR (1) POL (1) RUS (1) SWE (1) TUR (1) UKR (1) References Discus throw Category:Discus throw at the European Athletics U23 Championships