1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 and 12 July 1997.

Medalists

Gold	Yevgeniy Smiryagin Russia
Silver	Montxu Miranda Spain
Bronze	Petr Špaček Czech Republic

Results

Final

12 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			5.20	5.40	5.50	5.60	5.70	5.87
	Yevgeniy Smiryagin	Russia	–	xo	–	xo	xo	xxx	5.70
	Montxu Miranda	Spain	o	xo	o	xxx			5.50
	Petr Špaček	Czech Republic	xo	xxo	xo	xxx			5.50
4	Vesa Rantanen	Finland	o	xo	xxo	xxx			5.50
5	Khalid Lachheb	France	xxo	xo	xxo	xxx			5.50
6	Andrea Giannini	Italy	o	xo	xxx				5.40
7	Pavel Burlachenko	Russia	xxo	xo	xxx				5.40
8	Michel Gigandet	Switzerland	o	xxx					5.20
8	Piotr Buciarski	Denmark	o	xxx					5.20
10	Rens Blom	Netherlands	xo	xxx					5.20
11	Jure Rovan	Slovenia	xxo	xxx					5.20
	Jussi Autio	Finland	xxx						NM

Qualifications

10 July
Qualify: first to 12 to the Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Pavel Burlachenko	Russia	5.40	Q
1	Rens Blom	Netherlands	5.40	Q
1	Yevgeniy Smiryagin	Russia	5.40	Q
4	Jure Rovan	Slovenia	5.40	Q
5	Andrea Giannini	Italy	5.40	Q
6	Petr Špaček	Czech Republic	5.40	Q
7	Montxu Miranda	Spain	5.40	Q
8	Khalid Lachheb	France	5.40	Q
9	Michel Gigandet	Switzerland	5.40	Q
10	Piotr Buciarski	Denmark	5.30	Q
10	Vesa Rantanen	Finland	5.30	Q
10	Jussi Autio	Finland	5.30	Q
13	Ketil Rønneberg	Norway	5.30
14	Hendik Hübner	Germany	5.30
15	Patrik Kristiansson	Sweden	5.20
16	Fabio Pizzolato	Italy	5.20
17	Danny Ecker	Germany	5.20
18	Taoufik Lachheb	France	5.00
	Christos Adamides	Cyprus	NM
	Khristo Kuzov	Bulgaria	NM

Participation

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

• Bulgaria (1)
• Cyprus (1)
• Czech Republic (1)
• Denmark (1)
• Finland (2)
• France (2)
• Germany (2)
• Italy (2)
• Netherlands (1)
• Norway (1)
• Russia (2)
• Slovenia (1)
• Spain (1)
• Sweden (1)
• Switzerland (1)