The women's hammer throw event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 and 12 July 1997.
| Gold | Mihaela Melinte | |
| Silver | Simone Mathes | |
| Bronze | Lyn Sprules |
12 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Result | Notes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||
| align=left | align=left | | 64.32 | 70.26 | 69.94 | 68.56 | 67.68 | 69.70 | 70.26 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 58.90 | 64.38 | 60.72 | 60.40 | x | 63.18 | 64.38 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | | x | 61.70 | 61.30 | x | 60.48 | 60.36 | 61.70 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | Cristina Fechita | align=left | | 58.84 | 59.06 | 60.50 | x | 59.18 | 60.88 | 60.88 | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | x | 58.86 | x | 58.00 | x | 58.10 | 58.86 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | Veronika Ushakova | align=left |  | 54.82 | 54.82 | 58.64 | 56.22 | 53.90 | 53.74 | 58.64 | ||
| 7 | align=left | Marina Savitskaya | align=left |  | x | 56.92 | 53.56 | 57.38 | x | 55.64 | 57.38 | ||
| 8 | align=left | Irina Kuznetsova | align=left | | 55.26 | 56.22 | 56.98 | x | 54.68 | 55.66 | 56.98 | ||
| 9 | align=left | Angélique Rondel | align=left |  | 55.36 | 52.80 | 55.18 | 55.36 | |||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left |  | 55.12 | 54.94 | 54.44 | 55.12 | ||||||
| 11 | align=left | Irina Martynenko | align=left |  | 54.28 | 54.70 | 54.30 | 54.70 | |||||
| 12 | align=left | align=left |  | 54.12 | x | x | 54.12 | ||||||
10 July
Qualify: first to 12 to the Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 64.84 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 60.04 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 59.74 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | Marina Savitskaya | align=left | | 59.04 | Q | |
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 56.64 | Q | |||
| 6 | align=left | Irina Martynenko | align=left | | 56.18 | Q | |
| 7 | align=left | Veronika Ushakova | align=left | | 55.78 | Q | |
| 8 | align=left | Irina Kuznetsova | align=left | | 55.78 | Q | |
| 9 | align=left | Cristina Fechita | align=left | | 55.18 | Q | |
| 10 | align=left | align=left | | 54.72 | Q | ||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | | 53.66 | Q | ||
| 12 | align=left | Angélique Rondel | align=left | | 52.90 | Q | |
| 13 | align=left | Silvia Lazzari | align=left | | 52.72 | ||
| 14 | align=left | Dina Holden | align=left | | 52.56 | ||
| 15 | align=left | Jolanta Borawska | align=left | | 50.40 | ||
| 16 | align=left | align=left |  | 49.84 | |||
| 17 | align=left | Birsen Elma | align=left |  | 49.22 | ||
| 18 | align=left | Olivia Kelleher | align=left | | 48.86 |
According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
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