1997 European Athletics Junior Championships

The 1997 European Athletics Junior Championships
European Athletics Junior Championships
The European Athletics Junior Championships are the European championships open for those of age. The IAAF defines Junior as athletes who are 19 years of age or under. It is currently organized by the European Athletic Association....

was held in Ljubljana

Ljubljana

Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...

, Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

Men's results

100 m	Dwain Chambers Dwain Chambers Dwain Anthony Chambers is an English sprinter of Afro-Caribbean descent. He has won medals on the international stage numerous times and is one of the fastest European sprinters in the history of recorded athletics. His primary event is the 100 metres sprint, in which he has the second... United Kingdom	10 s 06	Christian Malcolm Christian Malcolm Christian Sean Malcolm is a Welsh athlete, specialising in the 200m.Malcolm was born in Cardiff and resides in Newport, Wales. He won the title of World Junior Athlete of the Year in 1998 and in the 1998 World Junior Championships, he won the 200m in 20.44 seconds... United Kingdom	10 s 24	Frédéric Krantz Frédéric Krantz Frédéric Krantz is a French sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.At the 1998 European Championships he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Thierry Lubin, Christophe Cheval and Needy Guims... France	10 s 35
200 m	Christian Malcolm Christian Malcolm Christian Sean Malcolm is a Welsh athlete, specialising in the 200m.Malcolm was born in Cardiff and resides in Newport, Wales. He won the title of World Junior Athlete of the Year in 1998 and in the 1998 World Junior Championships, he won the 200m in 20.44 seconds... United Kingdom	20 s 51	Piotr Berestiuk Poland	20 s 91	Mark Findlay United Kingdom	20 s 99
400 m	David Canal David Canal David Canal Valero is a Spanish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:100 metres - 10.53 s 200 metres - 20.68 s *400 metres - 45.01 s... Spain	46 s 04	Periklis Iakovakis Periklís Iakovákis Periklís Iakovákis is a Greek athlete mainly competing in 400 metres hurdles. He is the Greek record holder and nine times national champion in the event.... Greece	46 s 68	David Naismith United Kingdom	47 s 11
800 m	Nils Schumann Nils Schumann Nils Schumann is a former German athlete, winner of the 800 m at the 2000 Summer Olympics, who retired in 2009... Germany	1 min 51 s 00	Robert Neryng Poland	1 min 51 s 45	Roman Oravec Czech Republic	1 min 51 s 51
1,500 m	Gert-Jan Liefers Gert-Jan Liefers Gerrit Jan 'Gert-Jan' Liefers is a Dutch middle distance runner, who came 8th in the 1500 m final at the 2004 Olympics. He was also a finalist in the same event in the 2001 and 2003 World Championships.... Netherlands	3 min 46 s 91	Benjamin Hetzler Germany	3 min 48 s 15	Gareth Turnbull Republic of Ireland	3 min 48 s 16
5,000 m	Bouabdellah Tahri France	14 min 25 s 71	Ferenc Békési Hungary	14 min 27 s 87	Juan Carlos Higuero Juan Carlos Higuero Juan Carlos Higuero Mate is a Spanish middle distance runner, who mostly concentrates on the 1500 metres. He was born in Aranda de Duero, Burgos.... Spain	14 min 31 s 79
10,000 m	Ovidiu Tat Romania	29 min 56 s 35	Mustafa Mohamed Mustafa Mohamed Mustafa Hassan Mohamed is a Somali-Swedish long-distance runner who mainly competes in the 3000 meter steeplechase.-Biography:Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, Mohamed moved to Sweden at the age of 11... Sweden	30 min 04 s 33	Jussi Utriainen Finland	30 min 23 s 02
3,000 m steeplechase	Günther Weidlinger Günther Weidlinger Günther Weidlinger is an Austrian long-distance runner who is a former 3000 metres steeplechase specialist but now competes in the marathon.... Austria	8 min 41 s 54	Roman Usov Russia	8 min 48 s 47	Antonio Martínez Spain	8 min 56 s 60
110 m hurdles	Tomasz Ścigaczewski Tomasz Scigaczewski Tomasz Ścigaczewski is a Polish hurdler.His personal best time for the 110 m hurdles is 13.29 seconds, achieved in June 1999 in Oslo. This ranks him second among Polish 110 m hurdlers, only behind Artur Kohutek.... Poland	13 s 55	Staņislavs Olijars Stanislavs Olijars Staņislavs Olijars is a Latvian athlete mainly competing in the 110 metres hurdles. He is the 2000 European indoor champion, and in 2002 he won European indoor and outdoor medals. His best Olympic performance was in 2004, finishing 5th. In 2006, he became European champion in the event... Latvia	13 s 74	Jan Schindzielorz Germany	14 s 10
400 m hurdles	Boris Gorban Boris Gorban Boris Gorban is a Russian athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.Gorban won the silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2001 World Indoor Championships, establishing a national record of 3:04.82 minutes together with teammates Aleksandr Ladeyshchikov, Ruslan Mashchenko and Andrey... Russia	50 s 95	Aljoscha Nemitz Germany	51 s 08	Boris Vazovan Slovakia	51 s 26
10 km walk	Andrea Manfredini Italy	42 min 43 s 75	André Höhne André Höhne André Höhne is a German race walker.He finished 14th in the 20 kilometres walk at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, crossing the line with a time of 1:21:59.-Achievements:-References:... Germany	43 min 00 s 71	Martin Pupiš Slovakia	43 min 11 s 53
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Hennazdy Maroz Belarus	2,20 m	Ben Challenger Ben Challenger Benjamin Arthur "Ben" Challenger is an English high jumper. His personal best jump of 2.30 metres was achieved when he won the 1999 Summer Universiade... United Kingdom	2,20 m	Aleksey Lesnichiy Belarus	2,17 m
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Lars Börgeling Lars Börgeling Lars Börgeling is a German pole vaulter.His personal best is 5.85 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Leverkusen. This ranks him sixth among German pole vaulters, behind Tim Lobinger, Andrei Tivontchik, Michael Stolle, Danny Ecker and Richard Spiegelburg. -Achievements:-External links:*... Germany	5,40 m	Pavel Gerasimov Russia	5,30 m	Christian Linskey United Kingdom	5,00 m
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Nathan Morgan Nathan Morgan Nathan Morgan is an English long jumper with a personal best of 8.26 metres. He is the former British record holder, but is currently third on the British all time long jump list, just three centimetres behind Chris Tomlinson and 4 cm below the record-holder, Greg Rutherford.At the 2002... United Kingdom	7,90 m	Raúl Fernández Spain	7,90 m	Yann Domenech France	7,87 m
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Viktor Gushchinskiy Viktor Gushchinskiy Viktor Gushchinskiy is a Russian triple jumper.He finished sixth at the 2001 Summer Universiade and seventh at the 2004 Olympic Games. He later competed at the 2005 World Championships and the 2006 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final.His personal best jump is 17.22 metres,... Russia	16,78 m	Ionut Punga Ionut Punga Ionut Punga is a retired Romanian triple jumper. Originally a hurdler, he holds the European age record for the age of 15 with 14.73 over 110 metres hurdles . He later switched to triple jump and won the 1998 World Junior Championships with a jump of 16.94 metres, only 10 centimetres behind the... Romania	16,43 m	Eduardo Pérez Spain	16,40 m
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Ralf Bartels Ralf Bartels Ralf Bartels is a German shot putter. He became European Champion at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden after beating Belarusian Andrei Mikhnevich with a final put of 21.13 metres, two centimetres ahead of the Belarusian.Bartels also won bronze at the 2005... Germany	18,30 m	Mikuláš Konopka Mikuláš Konopka Mikuláš Konopka is a retired Slovak shot putter.Konopka originally won the bronze medal at the 2002 European Indoor Championships with a personal best throw of 20.87 metres, but tested positive for stanozolol and lost the medal... Slovakia	17,63 m	Peter Sack Peter Sack Peter Sack is a German shot putter.He finished fourth at the 1998 World Junior Championships and won the bronze medal at the 1999 European Junior Championships behind Ralf Bartels and Mikuláš Konopka. He also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2006 World Indoor Championships without... Germany	17,23 m
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Emeka Udechuku Emeka Udechuku Chukwuemeka Udechuku OA is an English discus thrower. "Emeka" is a nickname for the Igbo name "Chukwuemeka" .... United Kingdom	53,90 m	Patrick Stang Germany	53,02 m	Zoltán Kővágó Zoltán Kövágó Zoltán Kővágó is a Hungarian discus thrower. At the 2004 Olympic Games he initially won the bronze medal, but was promoted to silver when countryfellow Róbert Fazekas was disqualified following a doping rule violation.... Hungary	52,90 m
Hammer throw Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	Maciej Pałyszko Maciej Pałyszko Maciej Pałyszko is a retired male hammer thrower from Poland. He set his personal best on July 13, 2003 in Bydgoszcz.-Achievements:-References:**... Poland	74,12 m	Sergey Martemyanov Belarus	70,62 m	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Olli-Pekka Karjalainen is a Finnish hammer thrower.The 1998 World Junior Champion, Karjalainen is the world junior record holder with 78.33 metres . His personal best throw is 83.30, achieved in July 2004 in Lahti.... Finland	69,84 m
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Adrian Markowski Poland	78,42 m	Juha Aarnio Finland	77,60 m	Christian Fusenig Germany	75,86 m
4x100 metres relay	United Kingdom	39 s 62	France	39 s 89	Germany	40 s 26
4x400 metres relay	Spain	3 min 08 s 18	Greece	3 min 08 s 29	United Kingdom	3 min 08 s 97
Decathlon	Chiel Warners Chiel Warners Chiel Mathijs Warners is a former Dutch decathlete.-Achievements:-External links:... Netherlands	7664 pts	Steffen Munz Germany	7258 pts	Sebastian Knabe Sebastian Knabe Sebastian Knabe is a retired German decathlete. His personal best score was 8151 points, achieved in June 2001 in Ratingen.-Achievements:-References:... Germany	7218 pts

Women's results

100 m	Johanna Manninen Finland	11 s 39	Agné Visockaité Lithuania	11 s 42	Erica Marchetti Italy	11 s 47
200 m	Sabrina Mulrain Sabrina Mulrain Sabrina Mulrain is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.She won the 200 metres gold medal at the 1997 European Junior Championships and finished sixth in the 4 x 100 metre relay at the 2000 Olympic Games, with teammates Gabi Rockmeier, Andrea Philipp and Marion Wagner... Germany	23 s 35	Muriel Hurtis France	23 s 36	Johanna Manninen Finland	23 s 43
400 m	Kristina Perica Croatia	53 s 07	Alina Râpanu Romania	53 s 10	Cindy Éga France	53 s 17
800 m	Anca Safta Romania	2 min 03 s 47	Aleksandra Deren Poland	2 min 03 s 70	Miriam Mašeková Slovakia	2 min 06 s 17
1,500 m	Natalya Yevdokimova Natalya Yevdokimova Natalya Yevdokimova is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. Having run her first sub-four-minute 1500 m, she was selected for the 2004 Olympic Games where she finished fourth in the women's 1500 metres.... Ukraine	4 min 23 s 34	Malgorzata Bury Poland	4 min 24 s 37	Ljiljana Ćulibrk Croatia	4 min 24 s 75
3,000 m	Laura Suffa Germany	9 min 13 s 44	Sonja Stolic	9 min 15 s 45	Sandra Levenez France	9 min 15 s 61
5,000 m	Katalin Szentgyörgyi Hungary	16 min 38 s 73	Tatyana Gerasimova Russia	16 min 39 s 31	Ionela Bungardean Romania	16 min 39 s 97
100 m hurdles	Tatyana Mishakova Russia	13 s 49	Éva Miklós Romania	13 s 81	Hanna Korell Finland	13 s 92
400 m hurdles	Florence Delaune France	57 s 91	Thelma Joziasse Netherlands	58 s 65	Medina Tudor Romania	58 s 85
5 km walk	Claudia Iovan Claudia Stef Claudia Stef, née Iovan is a Romanian race walker.Stef holds the world indoor record for 3000 metres track walk with 11:40.33 minutes, achieved in January 1999 in Bucharest. -Achievements:... Romania	21 min 15 s 99	Lyudmila Dedekina Russia	21 min 42 s 21	Lyudmila Yefimkina Russia	22 min 04 s 11
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Linda Horvath Austria	1,92 m	Marina Kuptsova Marina Kuptsova Marina Kuptsova is a Russian high jumper who won a silver medal at the 2003 World Championships. She is also a former European indoor high jump champion... Russia	1,90 m	Svetlana Lapina Svetlana Lapina Svetlana Lapina is a Russian high jumper.Her personal best jump was 1.99 metres, achieved at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, where she won a surprising bronze medal.-Achievements:-External links:... Russia	1,90 m
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Annika Becker Annika Becker Annika Becker is a retired German pole vaulter.Her personal best is 4.77 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Wattenscheid. This was the German national record until 12 July 2011.-Achievements:-External links:... Germany	4,00 m	Vala Flosadóttir Vala Flosadóttir Vala Flosadóttir is an Icelandic athlete competing in the pole vault.She saw her heyday in the late nineties, when she set five world junior records and two world indoor records... Iceland	4,00 m	Monika Erlach Austria	3,95 m
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Aurélie Félix France	6,52 m	Sandra Stube Germany	6,50 m	Olivia Wöckinger Austria	6,47 m
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Adelina Gavrilă Adelina Gavrila Adelina Gavrilă is a Romanian triple jumper.She was a bronze medalist at the 1996 World Junior Championships. In 1998 she broke the 14-metre barrier for the first time, with 14.53 metres... Romania	13,58 m	Marija Martinović Marija Šestak Marija Šestak is a Slovenian triple jumper. She switched nationality from Serbia on 13 July 2006....	13,54 m	Diana Nikitina Estonia	13,45 m
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Yelena Ivanenko Belarus	17,05 m	Nadine Banse Germany	16,60 m	Assunta Legnante Assunta Legnante Assunta Legnante is an Italian retired shot putter.-Career:She won the silver medal at the 2002 and the gold medal at the 2007 European Indoor Athletics Championships. She finished fifth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships.Her personal best throw is 19.04 metres, achieved in September... Italy	16,18 m
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Lacramioara Ionescu Romania	52,54 m	Satu Järvenpää Finland	51,48 m	Philippa Roles Philippa Roles Philippa Kate Roles is a Welsh discus thrower.Born in Neath, she studied at Neath Port Talbot College and is resident in London. Roles works for the train operating company Southern as a train driver on the London Metro services servicing South London... United Kingdom	50,62 m
Hammer throw Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	Kamila Skolimowska Kamila Skolimowska Kamila Skolimowska was a Polish hammer thrower. She was known for her gold medal in the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, which made her the youngest Olympic hammer champion, as well as for her two medals from the European Championships. Her personal best throw, and Polish record, was 76.83 metres,... Poland	59,72 m	Sini Pöyry Sini Pöyry Sini Tuuli Susanne Pöyry is a retired female hammer thrower from Finland. Her personal best throw is 69.16 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Kaustinen. She was nicknamed "Sintsa".-Achievements:-References:*... Finland	59,42 m	Susanne Keil Susanne Keil Susanne Keil is a female hammer thrower from Germany. Her personal best throw is 72.74 metres, achieved in July 2005 in Nikiti. This ranks her second among German hammer throwers, only behind Betty Heidler... Germany	59,22 m
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Nikolett Szabó Nikolett Szabó Nikolett Szabó is a female javelin thrower from Hungary. Her personal best throw is 64.62 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Patra.-Achievements:-References:... Hungary	61,86 m	Sarah Walter France	57,34 m	Bina Ramesh France	55,78 m
4x100 metres relay	Germany	44 s 24	United Kingdom	45 s 55	Poland	45 s 59
4x400 metres relay	France	3 min 33 s 73	Hungary	3 min 34 s 90	Germany	3 min 34 s 94
Heptathlon	Saskia Meijer Netherlands	5882 pts	Yelena Chernyavskaya Russia	5827 pts	Sonja Kesselschläger Sonja Kesselschläger Sonja Kesselschläger is a German heptathlete.-Achievements:-External links:*... Germany	5753 pts

Medal table

1	7	6	8	21
2	5	3	5	13
3	5	3	2	10
4	4	4	1	9
5	4	3	5	12
6	3	6	2	11
7	3	1	0	4
8	2	2	1	5
9	2	1	3	6
10	2	1	1	4
11	2	0	2	4
12	1	3	4	8
13	1	0	2	3
14	1	0	1	2
15	1	0	0	1
16	0	2	0	2
16=	0	2	0	2
18	0	1	3	4
19=	0	1	0	1
19=	0	1	0	1
19=	0	1	0	1
19=	0	1	0	1
23=	0	0	1	1
23=	0	0	1	1
Total	42	42	42	126

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