1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 13 July 1997.[1][2]
Medalists
| Gold | Simone Zanon Italy
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| Silver | Rachid Berradi Italy
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| Bronze | Sergey Lukin Russia
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Results
Final
13 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Simone Zanon | Italy |
13:45.60 | |
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Rachid Berradi | Italy |
13.47.08 | |
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Sergey Lukin | Russia |
13:48.04 | |
| 4 | Mikhail Yeginov | Russia |
13:49.08 | |
| 5 | Neil Caddy |  Great Britain |
13:58.84 | |
| 6 | Iván Sánchez |  Spain |
14:00.68 | |
| 7 | Sergey Lebed |  Ukraine |
14:01.15 | |
| 8 | Kristen Bowditch | Great Britain |
14:07.13 | |
| 9 | Eryk Szostak |  Poland |
14:07.17 | |
| 10 | Samuli Vasala |  Finland |
14:08.39 | |
| 11 | Laurent Vapaille |  France |
14:17.89 | |
| 12 | Badre Din Zioini | France |
14:18.31 | |
| 13 | Mehmet Kara |  Turkey |
14:20.37 | |
| 14 | Angelo Pacheco |  Portugal |
14:26.39 | |
| 15 | Iván Pérez | Spain |
14:36.39 | |
| 16 | Carsten Schütz |  Germany |
14:38.81 | |
| 17 | Adrian Maghiar |  Romania |
14:40.83 | |
| Sander Schutgens |  Netherlands |
DNF | ||
| Dariusz Kruczkowski | Poland |
DNF |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
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References
- ^ 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, retrieved 24 October 2014