1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 1500 metres

None The men's 1500 metres 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 Reyes Estévez ESPSilver Carlos García ESPBronze Alexandru Vasile ROU Results Final 12 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Reyes Estévez ESP 3:42.37 Carlos García ESP 3:43.24 Alexandru Vasile ROU 3:43.36 4 Dirk Heinze GER 3:44.81 5 Juha Kukkamo FIN 3:45.16 6 David Salvati FRA 3:45.25 7 Andrew Walker IRL 3:45.85 8 Sami Valtonen FIN 3:45.97 9 Mauro Casagrande ITA 3:46.09 10 Miroslav Suchý CZE 3:47.01 11 Frédéric Chocteau FRA 3:47.18 12 Thomas Suter SUI 3:47.28 Heats 10 July Qualified: first 4 in each heat and 4 best to the Final Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Carlos García ESP 3:44.56 Q 2 David Salvati FRA 3:44.88 Q 3 Mauro Casagrande ITA 3:45.23 Q 4 Juha Kukkamo FIN 3:45.65 Q 5 Dirk Heinze GER 3:45.66 q 6 Sebastian Miller POL 3:46.33 7 Daniel Oniciuc ROU 3:49.27 8 Evaldas Martinka LTU 1988 3:52.22 9 Danko Radomirović FR Yugoslavia 3:55.36 10 Abdülkadir Türk TUR 3:58.01 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Reyes Estévez ESP 3:43.14 Q 2 Alexandru Vasile ROU 3:43.55 Q 3 Miroslav Suchý CZE 3:44.88 Q 4 Andrew Walker IRL 3:44.89 Q 5 Frédéric Chocteau FRA 3:45.22 q 6 Thomas Suter SUI 3:45.29 q 7 Sami Valtonen FIN 3:46.22 q 8 Ben Reese GBR 3:46.75 9 Jakub Fijałkowski POL 3:47.24 Participation According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event. 22em CZE (1) FIN (2) FRA (2) GER (1) GBR (1) IRL (1) ITA (1) LTU 1988 (1) POL (2) ROU (2) ESP (2) SUI (1) TUR (1) FR Yugoslavia (1) References 1500 metres Category:1500 metres at the European Athletics U23 Championships