1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 5000 metres

None The men's 5000 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 13 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 Simone Zanon ITASilver Rachid Berradi ITABronze Sergey Lukin RUS Results Final 13 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Simone Zanon ITA 13:45.60 Rachid Berradi ITA 13.47.08 Sergey Lukin RUS 13:48.04 4 Mikhail Yeginov RUS 13:49.08 5 Neil Caddy GBR 13:58.84 6 Iván Sánchez ESP 14:00.68 7 Sergey Lebed UKR 14:01.15 8 Kristen Bowditch GBR 14:07.13 9 Eryk Szostak POL 14:07.17 10 Samuli Vasala FIN 14:08.39 11 Laurent Vapaille FRA 14:17.89 12 Badre Din Zioini FRA 14:18.31 13 Mehmet Kara TUR 14:20.37 14 Angelo Pacheco POR 14:26.39 15 Iván Pérez ESP 14:36.39 16 Carsten Schütz GER 14:38.81 17 Adrian Maghiar ROU 14:40.83 18 Sander Schutgens NED DNF 19 Dariusz Kruczkowski POL DNF Participation According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event. 22em FIN (1) FRA (2) GER (1) GBR (2) ITA (2) NED (1) POL (2) POR (1) ROU (1) RUS (2) ESP (2) TUR (1) UKR (1) References 5000 metres Category:5000 metres at the European Athletics U23 Championships