1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 100 metres explained

The men's 100 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 and 11 July 1997.

Medalists

Gold	Ángelos Pavlakakis
Silver	Carlos Calado
Bronze	Marlon Devonish

Results

Final

11 July
Wind: 2.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		10.18 w
	align=left		align=left		10.29 w
	align=left		align=left		10.32 w
4	align=left		align=left		10.36 w
5	align=left		align=left		10.42 w
6	align=left		align=left		10.46 w
7	align=left		align=left		10.57 w
8	align=left		align=left		10.59 w

Semifinals

10 July
Qualified: first 4 in each to the Final

Semifinal 1

Wind: 1.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.35	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.36	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.40	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.47	Q
5	align=left		align=left		10.50
6	align=left		align=left		10.51
7	align=left	Mário Barbosa		10.63
8	align=left		align=left		16.16

Semifinal 2

Wind: 3.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.25 w	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.31 w	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.32 w	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.36 w	Q
5	align=left		align=left		10.39 w
6	align=left		align=left		10.43 w
7	align=left		align=left		10.44 w
8	align=left		align=left		10.47 w

Heats

10 July
Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 4 best to the Semifinal

Heat 1

Wind: 0.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.32	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.42	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.46	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.50	q
5	align=left		align=left		10.71
6	align=left		align=left		10.77
7	align=left		align=left		10.78
8	align=left		align=left		10.96

Heat 2

Wind: -1.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.43	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.47	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.55	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.61	q
5	align=left		align=left		10.68
6	align=left		align=left		10.72
7	align=left		align=left		10.95
8	align=left		align=left		11.36

Heat 3

Wind: 0.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.50	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.53	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.57	Q
4	align=left	Mário Barbosa		10.60	q
5	align=left		align=left		10.62
6	align=left		align=left		10.62
7	align=left		align=left		10.69
8	align=left		align=left		10.70

Heat 4

Wind: -0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.50	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.52	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.54	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.56	q
5	align=left		align=left		10.61
6	align=left		align=left		10.72
	align=left		align=left		DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

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