1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 400 metres

None The women's 400 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 11 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 Allison Curbishley GBRSilver Hana Benešová CZEBronze Claudia Angerhausen GER Results Final 12 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Allison Curbishley GBR 50.85 Hana Benešová CZE 51.82 Claudia Angerhausen GER 53.45 4 Larisa Bolenok RUS 53.79 5 Brigita Langerholc SLO 53.80 6 Riikka Niemelä FIN 54.06 7 Heidi Suomi FIN 54.20 8 Annamária Bori HUN 54.58 Heats 11 July Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 2 best to the Final Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Hana Benešová CZE 53.35 Q 2 Brigita Langerholc SLO 55.17 Q 3 Heidi Suomi FIN 55.22 Q 4 Christina Panágou GRE 55.35 5 Irina Rosikhina RUS 55.44 6 Nicoletta Nobili ITA 55.95 7 Alice Kun HUN 56.56 8 Jovana Miljković FR Yugoslavia DNF Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Allison Curbishley GBR 51.67 Q 2 Claudia Angerhausen GER 53.37 Q 3 Riikka Niemelä FIN 53.99 Q 4 Larisa Bolenok RUS 53.99 q 5 Annamária Bori HUN 54.43 q 6 Jitka Burianová CZE 54.48 7 Manuela Caddeo ITA 55.08 8 Chrisoula Goudenoudi GRE 55.11 Participation According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event. 22em CZE (2) FIN (2) GER (1) GBR (1) GRE (2) HUN (2) ITA (2) RUS (2) SLO (1) FR Yugoslavia (1) References 400 metres Category:400 metres at the European Athletics U23 Championships