1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres

None The men's 400 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10, 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 Mark Hylton GBRSilver Piotr Haczek POLBronze Kjell Provost BEL Results Final 12 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Mark Hylton GBR 45.71 Piotr Haczek POL 45.72 Kjell Provost BEL 45.99 4 Quincy Douglas NOR 46.47 5 Jimisola Laursen SWE 46.48 6 Richard Knowles GBR 46.63 7 Carlos Gachanja GER 46.80 8 Piotr Długosielski POL 46.91 Semifinals 11 July Qualified: first 4 in each to the Final Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mark Hylton GBR 46.25 Q 2 Jimisola Laursen SWE 46.69 Q 3 Piotr Haczek POL 46.70 Q 4 Carlos Gachanja GER 46.91 Q 5 Andriy Tverdostup UKR 47.30 6 Robert Loubli FRA 47.38 7 Zsolt Szeglet HUN 47.74 8 Alessandro Bracciali ITA 48.68 Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Kjell Provost BEL 46.82 Q 2 Quincy Douglas NOR 46.93 Q 3 Piotr Długosielski POL 47.17 Q 4 Richard Knowles GBR 47.44 Q 5 Tommi Hartonen FIN 47.55 6 Walter Pirovano ITA 47.60 7 Jan Štejfa CZE 47.62 8 Boštjan Horvat SLO DQ Heats 10 July Qualified: first 4 in each heat and 4 best to the Semifinal Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Kjell Provost BEL 46.53 Q 2 Quincy Douglas NOR 47.21 Q 3 Piotr Długosielski POL 47.40 Q 4 Zsolt Szeglet HUN 47.41 Q 5 Alessandro Bracciali ITA 47.88 q 6 Johan Lannefors SWE 48.02 7 Oleg Kovalyov RUS 48.38 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mark Hylton GBR 47.05 Q 2 Jimisola Laursen SWE 47.22 Q 3 Piotr Haczek POL 47.27 Q 4 Robert Loubli FRA 47.66 Q 5 Andriy Tverdostup UKR 47.78 q 6 Boštjan Horvat SLO 47.95 q 7 Georgios Batsikas GRE 48.93 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Richard Knowles GBR 47.05 Q 2 Jan Štejfa CZE 47.17 Q 3 Carlos Gachanja GER 47.18 Q 4 Walter Pirovano ITA 47.44 Q 5 Tommi Hartonen FIN 47.68 q 6 Rostislav Mestechkin UKR 48.27 Participation According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event. 22em BEL (1) CZE (1) FIN (1) FRA (1) GER (1) GBR (2) GRE (1) HUN (1) ITA (2) NOR (1) POL (2) RUS (1) SLO (1) SWE (2) UKR (2) References 400 metres Category:400 metres at the European Athletics U23 Championships