1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's pole vault explained

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

Medalists

Gold	Yevgeniy Smiryagin
Silver	Montxu Miranda
Bronze	Petr Špaček

Results

Final

12 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			5.20	5.40	5.50	5.60	5.70	5.87
	align=left		align=left		–	xo	–	xo	xo	xxx	5.70
	align=left		align=left		o	xo	o	xxx			5.50
	align=left		align=left		xo	xxo	xo	xxx			5.50
4	align=left		align=left		o	xo	xxo	xxx			5.50
5	align=left		align=left		xxo	xo	xxo	xxx			5.50
6	align=left		align=left		o	xo	xxx				5.40
7	align=left		align=left		xxo	xo	xxx				5.40
8	align=left		align=left		o	xxx					5.20
8	align=left		align=left		o	xxx					5.20
10	align=left		align=left		xo	xxx					5.20
11	align=left		align=left		xxo	xxx					5.20
	align=left		align=left		xxx						NM

Qualifications

10 July
Qualify: first to 12 to the Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		5.40	Q
1	align=left		align=left		5.40	Q
1	align=left		align=left		5.40	Q
4	align=left		align=left		5.40	Q
5	align=left		align=left		5.40	Q
6	align=left		align=left		5.40	Q
7	align=left		align=left		5.40	Q
8	align=left		align=left		5.40	Q
9	align=left		align=left		5.40	Q
10	align=left		align=left		5.30	Q
10	align=left		align=left		5.30	Q
10	align=left		align=left		5.30	Q
13	align=left		align=left		5.30
14	align=left		align=left		5.30
15	align=left		align=left		5.20
16	align=left		align=left		5.20
17	align=left		align=left		5.20
18	align=left		align=left		5.00
	align=left		align=left		NM
	align=left		align=left		NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

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