The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 11 and 12 July 1997.
Medalists Gold Lukáš Souček Silver Marcel Schelbert Bronze Xavier Ravenet
Results Final 12 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Lukáš Souček 49.08 Marcel Schelbert 49.43 Xavier Ravenet 49.63 4 Jiří Mužík 50.18 5 Thomas Goller 50.37 6 Bartosz Gruman 50.55 7 Marians Zigmunds 51.13 8 Aleksandr Belyayev 51.68
Heats 11 July Qualified: first 2 in each heat and 2 best to the Final
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Marcel Schelbert 49.64 Q 2 Xavier Ravenet 50.61 Q 3 Bartosz Gruman 50.80 q 4 Matthew Douglas 52.14 5 Panagiótis Mandelidis 52.46 6 Francesco Filisetti 52.64
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jiří Mužík 51.21 Q 2 Thomas Goller 51.59 Q 3 Aleksandr Belyayev 51.86 q 4 Juan Herrero 51.99 5 Filip Faems 52.01 6 Leonid Vershinin 52.47 7 Brian Liddy 52.77
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Lukáš Souček 50.61 Q 2 Marians Zigmunds 51.74 Q 3 Marcel Lopuchovský 51.97 4 Sebastian Aryee 52.16 5 Karol Radke 52.42 6 Bilal Cantürk 53.16 Gennadiy Gorbenko DNF
Participation According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.
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