1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's high jump

The men's high jump event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 11 and 13 July 1997.

Medalists

Gold	Staffan Strand Sweden
Silver	Martin Buß Germany
Bronze	Marcin Kaczocha Poland

Results

Final

13 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts								Result	Notes
			2.10	2.15	2.18	2.21	2.24	2.26	2.28	2.31
	Staffan Strand	Sweden	–	o	–	o	o	xo	o	xxx	2.28
	Martin Buß	Germany	–	o	o	o	o	xxx			2.24
	Marcin Kaczocha	Poland	o	o	o	o	xo	xx–	x		2.24
4	Ivan Vogul	Russia	o	o	xxo	o	xxo	xxx			2.24
5	Mustapha Raifak	France	o	o	xo	o	xxx				2.21
6	Szymon Kuźma	Poland	o	o	o	xxx					2.18
6	Mika Polku	Finland	o	o	o	xxx					2.18
8	Tomáš Ort	Czech Republic	o	o	xo	xxx					2.18
9	Jordi Rofes	Spain	o	o	xxx						2.15
10	James Brierley	Great Britain	o	xo	xxx						2.15
10	Oskari Frösén	Finland	–	xo	–	xxx					2.15
10	Antoine Burke	Ireland	o	xo	–	xxx					2.15
13	Đorđe Niketić	Yugoslavia	o	xxx							2.10

Qualifications

11 July
Qualify: first 12 to the Final

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Martin Buß	Germany	2.15	Q
1	Staffan Strand	Sweden	2.15	Q
3	Tomáš Ort	Czech Republic	2.15	Q
4	Jordi Rofes	Spain	2.15	Q
4	Marcin Kaczocha	Poland	2.15	Q
4	Mika Polku	Finland	2.15	Q
7	Moise Siba	France	2.10
8	Ruslan Glivinskiy	Ukraine	2.05

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Oskari Frösén	Finland	2.15	Q
1	Mustapha Raifak	France	2.15	Q
1	Ivan Vogul	Russia	2.15	Q
4	Đorđe Niketić	Yugoslavia	2.15	Q
5	Antoine Burke	Ireland	2.10	Q
5	James Brierley	Great Britain	2.10	Q
5	Szymon Kuźma	Poland	2.10	Q
8	Roman Fricke	Germany	2.05

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

• Czech Republic (1)
• Finland (2)
• France (2)
• Germany (2)
• Great Britain (1)
• Ireland (1)
• Poland (2)
• Russia (1)
• Spain (1)
• Sweden (1)
• Ukraine (1)
• Yugoslavia (1)