1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk
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| Events at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | 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 20 kilometres race walk event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 July 1997.[1][2]
Medalists
| Gold | Aigars Fadejevs Latvia |
| Silver | Paquillo Fernández Spain |
| Bronze | Artur Meleshkevich Belarus |
Results
Final
10 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Aigars Fadejevs | Latvia |
1:19:58 | |
 |
Paquillo Fernández | Spain |
1:21:59 | |
 |
Artur Meleshkevich | 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.
