1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 and 12 July 1997.

Medalists Gold Reyes Estévez Silver Carlos García Bronze Alexandru Vasile

Results Final 12 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Reyes Estévez 3:42.37 Carlos García 3:43.24 Alexandru Vasile 3:43.36 4 Dirk Heinze 3:44.81 5 Juha Kukkamo 3:45.16 6 David Salvati 3:45.25 7 Andrew Walker 3:45.85 8 Sami Valtonen 3:45.97 9 Mauro Casagrande 3:46.09 10 Miroslav Suchý 3:47.01 11 Frédéric Chocteau 3:47.18 12 Thomas Suter 3:47.28

Heats 10 July Qualified: first 4 in each heat and 4 best to the Final

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Carlos García 3:44.56 Q 2 David Salvati 3:44.88 Q 3 Mauro Casagrande 3:45.23 Q 4 Juha Kukkamo 3:45.65 Q 5 Dirk Heinze 3:45.66 q 6 Sebastian Miller 3:46.33 7 Daniel Oniciuc 3:49.27 8 Evaldas Martinka 3:52.22 9 Danko Radomirović 3:55.36 10 Abdülkadir Türk 3:58.01

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Reyes Estévez 3:43.14 Q 2 Alexandru Vasile 3:43.55 Q 3 Miroslav Suchý 3:44.88 Q 4 Andrew Walker 3:44.89 Q 5 Frédéric Chocteau 3:45.22 q 6 Thomas Suter 3:45.29 q 7 Sami Valtonen 3:46.22 q 8 Ben Reese 3:46.75 9 Jakub Fijałkowski 3:47.24

Participation According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

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