The men's decathlon event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 and 11 July 1997.
Medalists Gold Klaus Isekenmeier Silver Aleksandr Yurkov Bronze Pierre-Alexandre Vial
Results Final 10-11 July
Rank Name Nationality 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110m H DT PV JT 1500m Points Notes Klaus Isekenmeier 11.20<br/ >(w: 0.5 m/s) 7.46<br/ >(w: 0.4 m/s) 14.48 1.93 49.43 14.68<br/ >(w: 1.4 m/s) 44.00 4.60 58.38 4:35.79 7926 Aleksandr Yurkov 11.01<br/ >(w: -0.4 m/s) 7.36<br/ >(w: -1.6 m/s) 13.62 1.99 50.17 15.22<br/ >(w: 1.4 m/s) 43.60 4.90 56.52 4:37.35 7888 Pierre-Alexandre Vial 10.97<br/ >(w: -0.4 m/s) 7.08<br/ >(w: 0.5 m/s) 12.55 1.87 48.61 14.76<br/ >(w: 1.4 m/s) 41.78 4.80 56.78 4:15.81 7866 4 Attila Zsivoczky 11.51<br/ >(w: 0.5 m/s) 6.81<br/ >(w: -0.4 m/s) 14.08 2.17 50.33 15.49<br/ >(w: -0.3 m/s) 43.86 4.70 57.04 4:30.09 7804 5 Robert Jung 10.94<br/ >(w: -0.4 m/s) 7.36<br/ >(w: 0.2 m/s) 14.63 1.96 48.65 14.97<br/ >(w: -0.3 m/s) 45.92 4.20 50.42 4:39.72 7775 6 Bart Bennema 10.79<br/ >(w: -0.4 m/s) 7.12<br/ >(w: -0.7 m/s) 14.18 1.96 49.63 14.10<br/ >(w: 1.4 m/s) 40.44 4.60 50.94 5:14.23 7598 7 Marc Magrans 11.00<br/ >(w: -0.4 m/s) 6.93<br/ >(w: 0.8 m/s) 12.82 1.90 49.19 14.80<br/ >(w: -0.3 m/s) 36.54 4.30 49.38 4:15.78 7471 8 Martin Jelínek 11.51<br/ >(w: 0.5 m/s) 6.71<br/ >(w: 0.3 m/s) 11.90 1.96 51.49 15.02<br/ >(w: -0.3 m/s) 38.78 5.10 57.12 4:51.75 7341 9 Rick Wassenaar 11.34<br/ >(w: 0.5 m/s) 7.20<br/ >(w: 0.9 m/s) 14.07 1.81 50.71 15.43<br/ >(w: -0.3 m/s) 41.34 4.40 52.78 4:54.12 7244 10 Mikhail Volk 11.38<br/ >(w: 0.5 m/s) 6.89<br/ >(w: 0.6 m/s) 13.99 1.99 52.44 15.38<br/ >(w: -0.3 m/s) 35.36 3.90 63.56 5:10.26 7053 11 Andrey Kurdeko 11.48<br/ >(w: 0.5 m/s) 7.03<br/ >(w: 0.7 m/s) 12.66 2.02 52.09 DQ 41.40 4.40 39.94 4:50.76 6247 Paolo Casarsa 11.45<br/ >(w: 0.5 m/s) 6.48<br/ >(w: -0.2 m/s) 14.04 1.81 51.66 14.69<br/ >(w: -0.3 m/s) 40.00 NM 53.66 DNF Thomas Tebbich 11.16<br/ >(w: -0.4 m/s) 6.53<br/ >(w: -1.5 m/s) 13.85 1.87 52.00 15.64<br/ >(w: 1.4 m/s) 39.50 NM 61.44 DNF Mikhail Merzlikin 11.51<br/ >(w: 0.5 m/s) 6.93<br/ >(w: -1.6 m/s) 12.50 1.99 51.22 15.13<br/ >(w: -0.3 m/s) DNF Jiří Ryba 11.26<br/ >(w: 0.5 m/s) 7.13<br/ >(w: 0.2 m/s) 13.18 2.05 49.55 DNF Benjamin Jensen 11.37<br/ >(w: 0.5 m/s) 6.61<br/ >(w: 0.5 m/s) 12.35 1.75 DNF Dean Macey 10.99<br/ >(w: 0.5 m/s) 7.12<br/ >(w: -0.6 m/s) DNF
Participation According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
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