1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's pole vault

The women's pole vault event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 13 July 1997.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Ester Szemeredi  Hungary
Silver	Janet Zach  Germany
Bronze	Sabine Schulte  Germany
Bronze	Monique de Wilt  Netherlands

Results

Final

13 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts										Result	Notes
			3.20	3.40	3.60	3.70	3.80	3.90	4.00	4.05	4.10	4.15
	Ester Szemeredi	Hungary	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	xo	o	xxx	4.10
	Janet Zach	Germany	–	–	o	–	xxo	o	o	xo	x–	xx	4.05
	Sabine Schulte	Germany	–	–	o	–	o	xxx					3.80
	Monique de Wilt	Netherlands	–	–	o	–	o	xxx					3.80
5	Rhian Clark	Great Britain	–	o	xo	o	o	xxx					3.80
5	Yuliya Tsygankova	Russia	o	o	o	xo	o	xxx					3.80
7	Šárka Mládková	Czech Republic	–	–	–	xo	–	xxx					3.70
8	Louise Brændstrup	Denmark	xo	o	xo	xxo	xxx						3.70
9	Þórey Edda Elísdóttir	Iceland	xo	o	xxo	xxo	xxx						3.70
10	Dana Nováková	Czech Republic	–	o	xo	xxx							3.60
10	Edit Bolla	Hungary	–	o	xo	xxx							3.60
12	Tali Grinner	Israel	o	xo	xxx								3.40
13	Petra Kratky	Austria	xxo	xo	xxx								3.40
	Anna Fitídou	Cyprus	xxx										NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

Austria (1)  Cyprus (1)  Czech Republic (2)

Denmark (1)  Germany (2)  Great Britain (1)

Hungary (2)  Iceland (1)  Israel (1)

Netherlands (1)  Russia (1)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 1st European Athletics U23 Championships - Turku, Finland 10.7. - 13.7.1997 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 5–16, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. Gordon, Ed, European Championships for Under 23 (Turku, Finland), athletix.org, archived from the original on 12 November 2007, retrieved 24 October 2014CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)