1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's shot put

1997 European Athletics U23 Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The men's shot put event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 July 1997.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Conny Karlsson  Finland
Silver	Gunnar Pfingsten  Germany
Bronze	Andreas Gustafsson  Sweden

Results

Final

10 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conny Karlsson	Finland	19.27	19.13	19.35	19.48	x	18.96	19.48
	Gunnar Pfingsten	Germany	18.33	x	18.69	x	19.11	18.70	19.11
	Andreas Gustafsson	Sweden	18.93	19.09	19.08	x	x	18.64	19.09
4	Ville Tiisanoja	Finland	18.42	19.01	18.75	18.56	x	18.99	19.01
5	Przemysław Zabawski	Poland	18.22	18.72	x	18.18	x	x	18.72
6	Andrey Mikhnevich	Belarus	17.09	18.72	x	x	x	x	18.72
7	Pavol Pankúch	Slovakia	17.50	18.16	18.39	18.42	18.26	18.09	18.42
8	Leif Dolonen Larsen	Norway	17.30	17.96	x	17.90	17.31	17.33	17.96
9	René Sack	Germany	17.40	17.75	17.69				17.75
10	Petr Stehlík	Czech Republic	17.62	x	17.66				17.66
11	Carles Geronés	Spain	17.38	17.54	x				17.54
12	Sergio Mottin	Italy	x	17.00	17.22				17.22

Qualifications

10 July
Qualify: first to 12 to the Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Andreas Gustafsson	Sweden	18.76	Q
2	Conny Karlsson	Finland	18.74	Q
3	Pavol Pankúch	Slovakia	18.25	Q
4	Ville Tiisanoja	Finland	18.12	Q
5	Petr Stehlík	Czech Republic	17.97	Q
6	Przemysław Zabawski	Poland	17.83	Q
7	Sergio Mottin	Italy	17.82	Q
8	Carles Geronés	Spain	17.77	Q
9	René Sack	Germany	17.73	Q
10	Gunnar Pfingsten	Germany	17.62	Q
11	Andrey Mikhnevich	Belarus	17.60	Q
12	Leif Dolonen Larsen	Norway	17.53	Q
13	Attila Pintér	Hungary	17.28
14	Jaan Talts	Estonia	17.02
15	Yves Niaré	France	16.90
16	Roberto Carpene	Italy	16.73
17	Håkan Andersson	Sweden	16.65
18	Vitaliy Blinchik	Russia	16.60
19	Zsolt Biber	Hungary	16.55
	Sebastian Wenta	Poland	NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References