1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's hammer throw

None The women's hammer 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 Mihaela Melinte ROUSilver Simone Mathes GERBronze Lyn Sprules GBR Results Final 12 July Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123456 Mihaela Melinte ROU 64.32 70.26 69.94 68.56 67.68 69.70 70.26 Simone Mathes GER 58.90 64.38 60.72 60.40 x 63.18 64.38 Lyn Sprules GBR x 61.70 61.30 x 60.48 60.36 61.70 4 Cristina Fechita ROU 58.84 59.06 60.50 x 59.18 60.88 60.88 5 Kirsten Münchow GER x 58.86 x 58.00 x 58.10 58.86 6 Veronika Ushakova RUS 54.82 54.82 58.64 56.22 53.90 53.74 58.64 7 Marina Savitskaya BLR 1995 x 56.92 53.56 57.38 x 55.64 57.38 8 Irina Kuznetsova RUS 55.26 56.22 56.98 x 54.68 55.66 56.98 9 Angélique Rondel FRA 55.36 52.80 55.18 55.36 10 Ester Balassini ITA 55.12 54.94 54.44 55.12 11 Irina Martynenko UKR 54.28 54.70 54.30 54.70 12 Agnieszka Pogroszewska POL 54.12 x x 54.12 Qualifications 10 July Qualify: first to 12 to the Final Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Mihaela Melinte ROU 64.84 Q 2 Lyn Sprules GBR 60.04 Q 3 Simone Mathes GER 59.74 Q 4 Marina Savitskaya BLR 1995 59.04 Q 5 Kirsten Münchow GER 56.64 Q 6 Irina Martynenko UKR 56.18 Q 7 Veronika Ushakova RUS 55.78 Q 8 Irina Kuznetsova RUS 55.78 Q 9 Cristina Fechita ROU 55.18 Q 10 Ester Balassini ITA 54.72 Q 11 Agnieszka Pogroszewska POL 53.66 Q 12 Angélique Rondel FRA 52.90 Q 13 Silvia Lazzari ITA 52.72 14 Dina Holden GBR 52.56 15 Jolanta Borawska POL 50.40 16 Nicola Coffey IRL 49.84 17 Birsen Elma TUR 49.22 18 Olivia Kelleher IRL 48.86 Participation According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event. 22em BLR 1995 (1) FRA (1) GER (2) GBR (2) IRL (2) ITA (2) POL (2) ROU (2) RUS (2) TUR (1) UKR (1) References Hammer throw Category:Hammer throw at the European Athletics U23 Championships