The women's 10 kilometres race walk event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 July 1997.
| Gold | Olga Panfyorova | |
| Silver | María Vasco | |
| Bronze | Susana Feitor |
10 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | | 43:33 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 44:01 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 44:26 | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 44:26 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 45:48 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 46:05 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 46:20 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 46:34 | ||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 50:19 | |||
| align=left | align=left | | DQ |
According to an unofficial count, 10 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.
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