1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 200 metres

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]

Medalists

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

13 July
Wind: 0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	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.