1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 1500 metres

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
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 women's 1500 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 12 July 1997.^[1][2]

Gold	Andrea Šuldesová  Czech Republic
Silver	Lidia Chojecka  Poland
Bronze	Natalya Chernyshova  Ukraine

12 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Andrea Šuldesová	Czech Republic	4:13.92
	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:14.70
	Natalya Chernyshova	Ukraine	4:15.43
4	Oksana Zheleznyak	Russia	4:16.20
5	Marta Domínguez	Spain	4:16.95
6	Brigitta Tusai	Hungary	4:17.17
7	Doreen Walter	Germany	4:17.48
8	Céline Rajot	France	4:18.03
9	Cristina Grosu	Romania	4:19.48
10	Rocío Rodríguez	Spain	4:19.68
11	Anna Łopaciuch	Poland	4:19.85
12	Maria Ungureanu	Romania	4:20.07
13	Hanne Lyngstad	Norway	4:20.93
14	Micaela Allen	Italy	4:21.05
15	Sara Palmas	Italy	4:24.00
16	Rashida Khayrutdinova	Russia	4:24.78

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.