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

Medalists

GoldAllison Curbishley
 Great Britain
SilverHana Benešová
 Czech Republic
BronzeClaudia Angerhausen
 Germany

Results

Final

12 July

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Allison Curbishley Great Britain50.85
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Hana Benešová Czech Republic51.82
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Claudia Angerhausen Germany53.45
4Larisa Bolenok Russia53.79
5Brigita Langerholc Slovenia53.80
6Riikka Niemelä Finland54.06
7Heidi Suomi Finland54.20
8Annamária Bori Hungary54.58

Heats

11 July
Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Hana Benešová Czech Republic53.35Q
2Brigita Langerholc Slovenia55.17Q
3Heidi Suomi Finland55.22Q
4Christina Panágou Greece55.35
5Irina Rosikhina Russia55.44
6Nicoletta Nobili Italy55.95
7Alice Kun Hungary56.56
Jovana Miljković YugoslaviaDNF

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Allison Curbishley Great Britain51.67Q
2Claudia Angerhausen Germany53.37Q
3Riikka Niemelä Finland53.99Q
4Larisa Bolenok Russia53.99q
5Annamária Bori Hungary54.43q
6Jitka Burianová Czech Republic54.48
7Manuela Caddeo Italy55.08
8Chrisoula Goudenoudi Greece55.11

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 10 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 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 5–16, retrieved 24 October 2014
  2. ↑ Gordon, Ed, European Championships for Under 23 (Turku, Finland), athletix.org, archived from the original on 12 November 2007, retrieved 24 October 2014{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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