The men's long jump event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 12 and 13 July 1997.
| Gold | Carlos Calado | |
| Silver | Kiril Sosunov | |
| Bronze | Aleksey Lukasevich |
13 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Result | Notes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||
| align=left | align=left | x | 7.85 (w: 0.3 m/s) | 8.32 w (w: 2.3 m/s) | 8.30 (w: 1.0 m/s) | 7.78 (w: -0.5 m/s) | 8.12 (w: -0.7 m/s) | 8.32 w (w: 2.3 m/s) | |||||
| align=left | align=left | | 8.30 (w: 1.0 m/s) | x | x | x | 5.96 (w: 1.4 m/s) | x | 8.30 (w: 1.0 m/s) | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 7.95 (w: 1.2 m/s) | 8.09 w (w: 2.5 m/s) | 7.75 (w: 0.4 m/s) | x | x | 7.93 w (w: 2.1 m/s) | 8.09 w (w: 2.5 m/s) | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 7.93 (w: 1.5 m/s) | 7.96 (w: 0.2 m/s) | x | 7.92 (w: 1.1 m/s) | 7.92 (w: 0.9 m/s) | 7.88 (w: 0.4 m/s) | 7.96 (w: 0.2 m/s) | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 7.94 (w: 0.9 m/s) | x | x | x | 7.57 (w: 0.7 m/s) | x | 7.94 (w: 0.9 m/s) | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 7.61 (w: 1.6 m/s) | 7.54 w (w: 2.7 m/s) | 7.50 (w: -0.6 m/s) | 7.52 (w: 1.4 m/s) | 7.55 (w: 1.2 m/s) | 7.53 (w: 0.3 m/s) | 7.61 (w: 1.6 m/s) | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 7.54 (w: 1.5 m/s) | 7.54 (w: 1.9 m/s) | x | 7.41 (w: 0.8 m/s) | x | 7.15 (w: 0.6 m/s) | 7.54 (w: 1.5 m/s) | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 7.52 w (w: 3.0 m/s) | 6.96 (w: 0.2 m/s) | 5.70 (w: 1.4 m/s) | x | 7.23 (w: -0.3 m/s) | 7.49 (w: 0.9 m/s) | 7.52 w (w: 3.0 m/s) | ||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 7.51 (w: 0.4 m/s) | 5.62 (w: 1.1 m/s) | 7.50 (w: 1.0 m/s) | 7.51 (w: 0.4 m/s) | ||||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 5.83 w (w: 2.8 m/s) | 7.50 (w: 1.4 m/s) | x | 7.50 (w: 1.4 m/s) | |||||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | 7.10 (w: -0.8 m/s) | 7.47 (w: 1.9 m/s) | x | 7.47 (w: 1.9 m/s) | |||||||
| align=left | align=left |  | x | x | x | NM | |||||||
12 July
Qualify: first to 12 to the Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 7.75 (w: -0.6 m/s) | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 7.64 (w: -1.9 m/s) | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 7.61 (w: -0.2 m/s) | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 7.59 (w: -1.3 m/s) | Q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 7.48 (w: -1.7 m/s) | Q | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 7.48 (w: -1.2 m/s) | Q | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 7.46 (w: -1.0 m/s) | Q | ||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 7.22 (w: -1.0 m/s) | |||
| align=left | align=left |  | NM | ||||
| align=left | align=left |  | NM |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 7.95 (w: -0.6 m/s) | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 7.66 (w: 0.3 m/s) | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 7.55 (w: 0.3 m/s) | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 7.51 (w: -0.8 m/s) | Q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 7.46 (w: -1.2 m/s) | Q | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 7.45 (w: -1.3 m/s) | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 7.34 (w: -1.0 m/s) | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 7.31 (w: -1.5 m/s) | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 7.00 (w: -2.1 m/s) | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | | 6.96 (w: -2.1 m/s) | |||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | 6.79 (w: -1.1 m/s) |
According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.
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