1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 1500 metres explained

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 and 12 July 1997.

Medalists

Gold	Reyes Estévez
Silver	Carlos García
Bronze	Alexandru Vasile

Results

Final

12 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		3:42.37
	align=left		align=left		3:43.24
	align=left		align=left		3:43.36
4	align=left		align=left		3:44.81
5	align=left		align=left		3:45.16
6	align=left		align=left		3:45.25
7	align=left		align=left		3:45.85
8	align=left		align=left		3:45.97
9	align=left		align=left		3:46.09
10	align=left		align=left		3:47.01
11	align=left		align=left		3:47.18
12	align=left		align=left		3:47.28

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		3:44.56	Q
2	align=left		align=left		3:44.88	Q
3	align=left		align=left		3:45.23	Q
4	align=left		align=left		3:45.65	Q
5	align=left		align=left		3:45.66	q
6	align=left		align=left		3:46.33
7	align=left		align=left		3:49.27
8	align=left		align=left		3:52.22
9	align=left		align=left		3:55.36
10	align=left		align=left		3:58.01

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		3:43.14	Q
2	align=left		align=left		3:43.55	Q
3	align=left		align=left		3:44.88	Q
4	align=left		align=left		3:44.89	Q
5	align=left		align=left		3:45.22	q
6	align=left		align=left		3:45.29	q
7	align=left		align=left		3:46.22	q
8	align=left		align=left		3:46.75
9	align=left		align=left		3:47.24

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

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