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1997 European Athletics U23 Championships
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The men's 20 kilometres race walk event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 July 1997.

Medalists

Gold	Aigars Fadejevs  Latvia
Silver	Paquillo Fernández  Spain
Bronze	Artur Meliashkevich  Belarus

Results

Final

10 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Aigars Fadejevs	Latvia	1:19:58
	Paquillo Fernández	Spain	1:21:59
	Artur Meliashkevich	Belarus	1:22:26
4	Yevgeniy Shmalyuk	Russia	1:22:38
5	Andreas Erm	Germany	1:22:55
6	Anthony Gillet	France	1:23:10
7	Lorenzo Civallero	Italy	1:23:45
8	Pavel Nikolayev	Russia	1:24:25
9	José Alejandro Cambil	Spain	1:24:44
10	Vitaliy Stetsyshyn	Ukraine	1:25:38
11	Gintaras Andriuškevičius	Lithuania	1:26:58
12	Silviu Casandra	Romania	1:27:18
13	Roman Magdziarczyk	Poland	1:27:36
14	Trond Nymark	Norway	1:29:44
15	Pierce O'Callaghan	Ireland	1:40:24
	Ivan Trotskiy	Belarus	DQ
	João Vieira	Portugal	DNF
	Sérgio Vieira	Portugal	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

•  Belarus (2)
•  France (1)
•  Germany (1)
•  Ireland (1)
•  Italy (1)
•  Latvia (1)
•  Lithuania (1)
•  Norway (1)
•  Poland (1)
•  Portugal (2)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (2)
•  Spain (2)
•  Ukraine (1)

References

1. 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
2. Gordon, Ed, European Championships for Under 23 (Turku, Finland), athletix.org, archived from the original on 12 November 2007, retrieved 24 October 2014{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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