The women's pole vault event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 13 July 1997.
| Gold | Ester Szemeredi | |
| Silver | Janet Zach | |
| Bronze | Sabine Schulte | |
| Bronze | Monique de Wilt |
13 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Result | Notes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.20 | 3.40 | 3.60 | 3.70 | 3.80 | 3.90 | 4.00 | 4.05 | 4.10 | 4.15 | ||||||||
| align=left | align=left | | – | – | – | – | o | – | o | xo | o | xxx | 4.10 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | – | – | o | – | xxo | o | o | xo | x– | xx | 4.05 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | – | – | o | – | o | xxx | 3.80 | |||||||||
| align=left | align=left | – | – | o | – | o | xxx | 3.80 | |||||||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | – | o | xo | o | o | xxx | 3.80 | |||||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | o | o | o | xo | o | xxx | 3.80 | |||||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | – | – | – | xo | – | xxx | 3.70 | |||||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | xo | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 3.70 | |||||||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | xo | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | 3.70 | ||||||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | | – | o | xo | xxx | 3.60 | |||||||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | | – | o | xo | xxx | 3.60 | |||||||||
| 12 | align=left | align=left |  | o | xo | xxx | 3.40 | ||||||||||
| 13 | align=left | align=left |  | xxo | xo | xxx | 3.40 | ||||||||||
| align=left | align=left |  | xxx | NM | |||||||||||||
According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
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