The women's long jump event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 11 July 1997.
| Gold | Tatyana Kotova | |
| Silver | Cristina Nicolau | |
| Bronze | Sofia Schulte |
11 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Result | Notes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||
| align=left | align=left | | 6.57 (w: -1.1 m/s) | 6.48 (w: -3.3 m/s) | 6.48 (w: -1.3 m/s) | 6.40 (w: -0.5 m/s) | 6.42 (w: -1.0 m/s) | x | 6.57 (w: -1.1 m/s) | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 6.43 (w: 0.6 m/s) | 6.05 (w: -1.2 m/s) | x | 6.23 (w: -0.7 m/s) | x | 6.15 (w: 0.9 m/s) | 6.43 (w: 0.6 m/s) | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 6.14 (w: -2.0 m/s) | 6.25 (w: -0.9 m/s) | 6.15 (w: -0.8 m/s) | 4.54 (w: -1.8 m/s) | 6.23 (w: -0.8 m/s) | 6.39 (w: -0.6 m/s) | 6.39 (w: -0.6 m/s) | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 6.28 (w: -1.4 m/s) | 6.11 (w: -2.0 m/s) | x | 6.19 (w: -0.8 m/s) | 6.33 (w: -0.5 m/s) | 6.25 (w: -0.7 m/s) | 6.33 (w: -0.5 m/s) | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | x | 6.15 (w: -1.9 m/s) | 6.27 (w: -1.3 m/s) | 5.94 (w: -2.4 m/s) | x | 6.10 (w: -1.0 m/s) | 6.27 (w: -1.3 m/s) | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 6.26 (w: -0.5 m/s) | 6.13 (w: -0.3 m/s) | 5.77 (w: -1.3 m/s) | 6.12 (w: -1.5 m/s) | x | 5.83 (w: -0.4 m/s) | 6.26 (w: -0.5 m/s) | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 6.24 (w: -1.1 m/s) | 5.91 (w: -2.7 m/s) | 6.15 (w: 0.2 m/s) | 6.11 (w: -1.8 m/s) | 6.00 (w: -1.2 m/s) | 6.13 (w: -1.0 m/s) | 6.24 (w: -1.1 m/s) | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 6.02 (w: -1.0 m/s) | 6.21 (w: -1.5 m/s) | 6.09 (w: -1.2 m/s) | 6.06 (w: -1.2 m/s) | 5.98 (w: -1.7 m/s) | 6.16 (w: -0.6 m/s) | 6.21 (w: -1.5 m/s) | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | x | 5.98 (w: -1.8 m/s) | 6.14 (w: -1.3 m/s) | 6.14 (w: -1.3 m/s) | ||||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left |  | 6.12 (w: 0.9 m/s) | x | x | 6.12 (w: 0.9 m/s) | ||||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | 6.06 (w: -2.1 m/s) | x | 5.75 (w: -0.8 m/s) | 6.06 (w: -2.1 m/s) | |||||||
| 12 | align=left | align=left |  | x | 5.89 (w: -1.1 m/s) | 5.83 (w: -1.6 m/s) | 5.89 (w: -1.1 m/s) | ||||||
| 13 | align=left | align=left |  | 5.34 (w: -1.4 m/s) | 5.41 (w: -2.3 m/s) | x | 5.41 (w: -2.3 m/s) | ||||||
| align=left | align=left | | x | x | x | NM | |||||||
According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
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