1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 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 400 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10, 11 and 12 July 1997.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Mark Hylton  Great Britain
Silver	Piotr Haczek  Poland
Bronze	Kjell Provost  Belgium

Results

Final

12 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Mark Hylton	Great Britain	45.71
02 !	Piotr Haczek	Poland	45.72
03 !	Kjell Provost	Belgium	45.99
4	Quincy Douglas	Norway	46.47
5	Jimisola Laursen	Sweden	46.48
6	Richard Knowles	Great Britain	46.63
7	Carlos Gachanja	Germany	46.80
8	Piotr Długosielski	Poland	46.91

Semifinals

11 July
Qualified: first 4 in each to the Final

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mark Hylton	Great Britain	46.25	Q
2	Jimisola Laursen	Sweden	46.69	Q
3	Piotr Haczek	Poland	46.70	Q
4	Carlos Gachanja	Germany	46.91	Q
5	Andriy Tverdostup	Ukraine	47.30
6	Robert Loubli	France	47.38
7	Zsolt Szeglet	Hungary	47.74
8	Alessandro Bracciali	Italy	48.68

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kjell Provost	Belgium	46.82	Q
2	Quincy Douglas	Norway	46.93	Q
3	Piotr Długosielski	Poland	47.17	Q
4	Richard Knowles	Great Britain	47.44	Q
5	Tommi Hartonen	Finland	47.55
6	Walter Pirovano	Italy	47.60
7	Jan Štejfa	Czech Republic	47.62
8	Boštjan Horvat	Slovenia	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	Belgium	46.53	Q
2	Quincy Douglas	Norway	47.21	Q
3	Piotr Długosielski	Poland	47.40	Q
4	Zsolt Szeglet	Hungary	47.41	Q
5	Alessandro Bracciali	Italy	47.88	q
6	Johan Lannefors	Sweden	48.02
7	Oleg Kovalyov	Russia	48.38

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mark Hylton	Great Britain	47.05	Q
2	Jimisola Laursen	Sweden	47.22	Q
3	Piotr Haczek	Poland	47.27	Q
4	Robert Loubli	France	47.66	Q
5	Andriy Tverdostup	Ukraine	47.78	q
6	Boštjan Horvat	Slovenia	47.95	q
7	Georgios Batsikas	Greece	48.93

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Richard Knowles	Great Britain	47.05	Q
2	Jan Štejfa	Czech Republic	47.17	Q
3	Carlos Gachanja	Germany	47.18	Q
4	Walter Pirovano	Italy	47.44	Q
5	Tommi Hartonen	Finland	47.68	q
6	Rostislav Mestechkin	Ukraine	48.27

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

References