1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 100 metres

Events at the
1997 European
Athletics U23 Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
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The men's 100 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 and 11 July 1997.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Ángelos Pavlakakis
 Greece
Silver Carlos Calado
 Portugal
Bronze Marlon Devonish
 Great Britain

Results

Final

11 July
Wind: 2.8 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Ángelos Pavlakakis  Greece 10.18 w
2nd Carlos Calado  Portugal 10.29 w
3rd Marlon Devonish  Great Britain 10.32 w
4 Gábor Dobos  Hungary 10.36 w
5 Patrik Lövgren  Sweden 10.42 w
6 Jamie Henthorn  Great Britain 10.46 w
7 Marcin Krzywański  Poland 10.57 w
8 Ivan Šlehobr  Czech Republic 10.59 w

Semifinals

10 July
Qualified: first 4 in each to the Final

Semifinal 1

Wind: 1.5 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ángelos Pavlakakis  Greece 10.35 Q
2 Marlon Devonish  Great Britain 10.36 Q
3 Gábor Dobos  Hungary 10.40 Q
4 Marcin Krzywański  Poland 10.47 Q
5 David Patros  France 10.50
6 Patrick Weimer  Germany 10.51
7 Mário Barbosa  Portugal 10.63
8 Petko Yankov  Bulgaria 16.16

Semifinal 2

Wind: 3.0 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Carlos Calado  Portugal 10.25 w Q
2 Patrik Lövgren  Sweden 10.31 w Q
3 Jamie Henthorn  Great Britain 10.32 w Q
4 Ivan Šlehobr  Czech Republic 10.36 w Q
5 Leonard Koryukov  Russia 10.39 w
6 Jérôme Éyana  France 10.43 w
7 Piotr Balcerzak  Poland 10.44 w
8 Cédric Grand  Switzerland 10.47 w

Heats

10 July
Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 4 best to the Semifinal

Heat 1

Wind: 0.4 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Carlos Calado  Portugal 10.32 Q
2 Piotr Balcerzak  Poland 10.42 Q
3 Patrik Lövgren  Sweden 10.46 Q
4 Leonard Koryukov  Russia 10.50 q
5 Diego Santos  Spain 10.71
6 Tommy Kafri  Israel 10.77
7 Francesco Scuderi  Italy 10.78
8 Vegar Hollas  Norway 10.96

Heat 2

Wind: -1.4 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Marlon Devonish  Great Britain 10.43 Q
2 Patrick Weimer  Germany 10.47 Q
3 Marcin Krzywański  Poland 10.55 Q
4 Jérôme Éyana  France 10.61 q
5 Niklas Sjöstrand  Sweden 10.68
6 Gabriele Carubini  Italy 10.72
7 Hans-Peter Welz  Austria 10.95
8 Christos Magos  Greece 11.36

Heat 3

Wind: 0.6 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Gábor Dobos  Hungary 10.50 Q
2 Ángelos Pavlakakis  Greece 10.53 Q
3 Cédric Grand  Switzerland 10.57 Q
4 Mário Barbosa  Portugal 10.60 q
5 Martin Duda  Czech Republic 10.62
6 Gabriel Burtea  Romania 10.62
7 Thomas Mellin-Olsen  Norway 10.69
8 Uwe Eisenbeis  Germany 10.70

Heat 4

Wind: -0.9 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ivan Šlehobr  Czech Republic 10.50 Q
2 Jamie Henthorn  Great Britain 10.52 Q
3 David Patros  France 10.54 Q
4 Petko Yankov  Bulgaria 10.56 q
5 José Illán  Spain 10.61
6 Vitaly Seniv  Ukraine 10.72
7 Sergey Slukin  Russia DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 1st European Athletics U23 Championships - Turku, Finland 10.7. - 13.7.1997, European Athletics Association, pp. 5–16, retrieved 24 October 2014
  2. ↑ Gordon, Ed, European Championships for Under 23 (Turku, Finland), athletix.org, retrieved 24 October 2014