1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 11, 12, and 13 July 1997.

Medalists

Gold	Julian Golding Great Britain
Silver	Alessandro Attene Italy
Bronze	Ryszard Pilarczyk Poland

Results

Final

13 July
Wind: 0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Julian Golding	Great Britain	20.46
	Alessandro Attene	Italy	20.68
	Ryszard Pilarczyk	Poland	20.87
4	Paul Brizzel	Ireland	20.99
5	Dan Money	Great Britain	20.99
6	Venancio José	Spain	21.13
7	Gábor Dobos	Hungary	21.14
8	Jean-David Bastien	France	21.14

Semifinals

12 July
Qualified: first 4 in each to the Final

Semifinal 1

Wind: 1.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ryszard Pilarczyk	Poland	20.85	Q
2	Dan Money	Great Britain	20.93	Q
3	Jean-David Bastien	France	21.03	Q
4	Venancio José	Spain	21.09	Q
5	Uwe Eisenbeis	Germany	21.11
6	Gabriel Burtea	Romania	21.41
7	Patric Clerc	Switzerland	21.49
8	Martin Duda	Czech Republic	21.78

Semifinal 2

Wind: 1.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Julian Golding	Great Britain	20.50	Q
2	Alessandro Attene	Italy	20.79	Q
3	Paul Brizzel	Ireland	20.95	Q
4	Gábor Dobos	Hungary	21.11	Q
5	Aleksandr Slyunkov	Belarus	21.17
6	Vitaly Seniv	Ukraine	21.22
7	Hans-Peter Welz	Austria	21.38
8	Aldo Tonazzi	Switzerland	21.46

Heats

11 July
Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 4 best to the Semifinal

Heat 1

Wind: 3.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Julian Golding	Great Britain	20.44 w	Q
2	Jean-David Bastien	France	21.07 w	Q
3	Gábor Dobos	Hungary	21.10 w	Q
4	Aleksandr Slyunkov	Belarus	21.14 w	q
5	Martin Duda	Czech Republic	21.32 w	q
6	Panagiótis Sarris	Greece	21.35 w
7	Tommy Kafri	Israel	21.57 w

Heat 2

Wind: 0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ryszard Pilarczyk	Poland	20.72	Q
2	Uwe Eisenbeis	Germany	21.16	Q
3	Venancio José	Spain	21.17	Q
4	Martin Blekkerud	Norway	21.69
5	Michele Paggi	Italy	21.73
6	Sergey Bychkov	Russia	21.86

Heat 3

Wind: 2.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Alessandro Attene	Italy	20.85 w	Q
2	Paul Brizzel	Ireland	20.96 w	Q
3	Gabriel Burtea	Romania	21.19 w	Q
4	Patric Clerc	Switzerland	21.33 w	q
5	Hans-Peter Welz	Austria	21.34 w	q
	Konstadinos Vogiatzákis	Greece	DNF

Heat 4

Wind: 1.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Dan Money	Great Britain	21.08	Q
2	Vitaly Seniv	Ukraine	21.37	Q
3	Aldo Tonazzi	Switzerland	21.39	Q
4	Martin Lachkovics	Austria	21.48
5	Ruddy Zami	France	21.51
6	Unai Landa	Spain	21.74
7	Vegar Hollas	Norway	21.82
8	Géza Pauer	Hungary	21.88

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

• Austria (2)
• Belarus (1)
• Czech Republic (1)
• France (2)
• Germany (1)
• Great Britain (2)
• Greece (2)
• Hungary (2)
• Ireland (1)
• Israel (1)
• Italy (2)
• Norway (2)
• Poland (1)
• Romania (1)
• Russia (1)
• Spain (2)
• Switzerland (2)
• Ukraine (1)