The men's 20 kilometres race walk event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 July 1997.[1][2]
Medalists edit
| Gold | Aigars Fadejevs Latvia
|
| Silver | Paquillo Fernández Spain
|
| Bronze | Artur Meliashkevich Belarus
|
Results edit
Final edit
10 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Aigars Fadejevs | Latvia |
1:19:58 | |
 |
Paquillo Fernández | Spain |
1:21:59 | |
 |
Artur Meliashkevich | Belarus |
1:22:26 | |
| 4 | Yevgeniy Shmalyuk |  Russia |
1:22:38 | |
| 5 | Andreas Erm |  Germany |
1:22:55 | |
| 6 | Anthony Gillet |  France |
1:23:10 | |
| 7 | Lorenzo Civallero |  Italy |
1:23:45 | |
| 8 | Pavel Nikolayev | Russia |
1:24:25 | |
| 9 | José Alejandro Cambil | Spain |
1:24:44 | |
| 10 | Vitaliy Stetsyshyn |  Ukraine |
1:25:38 | |
| 11 | Gintaras Andriuškevičius |  Lithuania |
1:26:58 | |
| 12 | Silviu Casandra |  Romania |
1:27:18 | |
| 13 | Roman Magdziarczyk |  Poland |
1:27:36 | |
| 14 | Trond Nymark |  Norway |
1:29:44 | |
| 15 | Pierce O'Callaghan |  Ireland |
1:40:24 | |
| Ivan Trotskiy | Belarus |
DQ | ||
| João Vieira |  Portugal |
DNF | ||
| Sérgio Vieira | Portugal |
DNF |
Participation edit
According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
References edit
- ^ 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
- ^
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)