1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 1500 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 1500 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 and 12 July 1997.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Reyes Estévez
 Spain
Silver Carlos García
 Spain
Bronze Alexandru Vasile
 Romania

Results

Final

12 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Reyes Estévez  Spain 3:42.37
2nd Carlos García  Spain 3:43.24
3rd Alexandru Vasile  Romania 3:43.36
4 Dirk Heinze  Germany 3:44.81
5 Juha Kukkamo  Finland 3:45.16
6 David Salvati  France 3:45.25
7 Andrew Walker  Ireland 3:45.85
8 Sami Valtonen  Finland 3:45.97
9 Mauro Casagrande  Italy 3:46.09
10 Miroslav Suchý  Czech Republic 3:47.01
11 Frédéric Chocteau  France 3:47.18
12 Thomas Suter   Switzerland 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  Spain 3:44.56 Q
2 David Salvati  France 3:44.88 Q
3 Mauro Casagrande  Italy 3:45.23 Q
4 Juha Kukkamo  Finland 3:45.65 Q
5 Dirk Heinze  Germany 3:45.66 q
6 Sebastian Miller  Poland 3:46.33
7 Daniel Oniciuc  Romania 3:49.27
8 Evaldas Martinka  Lithuania 3:52.22
9 Danko Radomirović  Yugoslavia 3:55.36
10 Abdülkadir Türk  Turkey 3:58.01

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Reyes Estévez  Spain 3:43.14 Q
2 Alexandru Vasile  Romania 3:43.55 Q
3 Miroslav Suchý  Czech Republic 3:44.88 Q
4 Andrew Walker  Ireland 3:44.89 Q
5 Frédéric Chocteau  France 3:45.22 q
6 Thomas Suter   Switzerland 3:45.29 q
7 Sami Valtonen  Finland 3:46.22 q
8 Ben Reese  Great Britain 3:46.75
9 Jakub Fijałkowski  Poland 3:47.24

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References