1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 200 metres

1997 European Athletics U23 Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m		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 200 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 11, 12, and 13 July 1997.^[1][2]

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

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

12 July
Qualified: first 4 in each to the Final

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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