The men's 20 kilometres race walk event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 July 1997.
Medalists Gold Aigars Fadejevs Silver Paquillo Fernández Bronze Artur Meliashkevich
Results Final 10 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Aigars Fadejevs 1:19:58 Paquillo Fernández 1:21:59 Artur Meliashkevich 1:22:26 4 Yevgeniy Shmalyuk 1:22:38 5 Andreas Erm 1:22:55 6 Anthony Gillet 1:23:10 7 Lorenzo Civallero 1:23:45 8 Pavel Nikolayev 1:24:25 9 José Alejandro Cambil 1:24:44 10 Vitaliy Stetsyshyn 1:25:38 11 Gintaras Andriuškevičius 1:26:58 12 Silviu Casandra 1:27:18 13 Roman Magdziarczyk 1:27:36 14 Trond Nymark 1:29:44 15 Pierce O'Callaghan 1:40:24 Ivan Trotskiy DQ João Vieira DNF Sérgio Vieira DNF
Participation According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
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