1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's discus throw

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

The men's discus throw event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 and 12 July 1997.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Andrzej Krawczyk
 Poland
Silver Timo Sinervo
 Finland
Bronze Kirill Chuprinin
 Ukraine

Results

Final

12 July

Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes
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1st Andrzej Krawczyk  Poland x 57.84 58.10 59.54 x x 59.54
2nd Timo Sinervo  Finland 55.30 54.52 57.20 x 56.24 x 57.20
3rd Kirill Chuprinin  Ukraine 54.50 x 56.78 x 54.68 55.46 56.78
4 Tolga Köseoglu  Estonia 54.46 56.72 56.24 x x x 56.72
5 Alexander Forst  Germany 54.96 x 55.80 56.44 54.62 x 56.44
6 Róbert Fazekas  Hungary 55.60 x x 53.46 55.06 54.74 55.60
7 Róland Varga  Hungary 47.06 54.36 54.24 52.60 x 54.68 54.68
8 Stefanos Konstas  Greece 53.00 x 54.40 52.42 x 53.94 54.40
9 Linus Bernhult  Sweden 52.80 53.04 53.58 53.58
10 Mike van der Bilt  Netherlands 46.30 53.02 x 53.02
11 Valeriy Borisov  Belarus 52.94 x 50.18 52.94
12 Aleksandr Malasevich  Belarus 52.06 52.08 52.34 52.34

Qualifications

10 July
Qualify: first to 12 to the Final

Group A

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Andrzej Krawczyk  Poland 58.10 Q
2 Linus Bernhult  Sweden 54.22 Q
3 Róbert Fazekas  Hungary 54.08 Q
4 Stefanos Konstas  Greece 53.98 Q
5 Valeriy Borisov  Belarus 53.72 Q
6 Alexander Forst  Germany 52.78 Q
7 Ercüment Olgundeniz  Turkey 51.80
8 Stéphane Nativel  France 51.02
9 Igor Tuchak  Russia 49.72

Group B

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Timo Sinervo  Finland 57.08 Q
2 Mike van der Bilt  Netherlands 56.18 Q
3 Kirill Chuprinin  Ukraine 55.56 Q
4 Tolga Köseoglu  Estonia 55.20 Q
5 Róland Varga  Hungary 54.76 Q
6 Aleksandr Malasevich  Belarus 53.46 Q
7 Yves Niaré  France 50.34
8 Bjørn Olsson  Norway NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References

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