The 1997 European Athletics Junior Championships were held in Ljubljana, Slovenia on July 24–27.
100 m | Dwain Chambers | 10.06 | Christian Malcolm | 10.24 | Frédéric Krantz | 10.35 | |
200 m | Christian Malcolm | 20.51 | Piotr Berestiuk | 20.91 | Mark Findlay | 20.99 | |
400 m | David Canal | 46.04 | Periklis Iakovakis | 46.68 | David Naismith | 47.11 | |
800 m | Nils Schumann | 1:51.00 | Robert Neryng | 1:51.45 | Roman Oravec | 1:51.51 | |
1500 m | Gert-Jan Liefers | 3:46.91 | Benjamin Hetzler | 3:48.15 | Gareth Turnbull | 3:48.16 | |
5000 m | Bouabdellah Tahri | 14:25.71 | Ferenc Békési | 14:27.87 | Juan Carlos Higuero | 14:31.79 | |
10,000 m | Ovidiu Tat | 29:56.35 | Mustafa Mohamed | 30:04.33 | Jussi Utriainen | 30:23.02 | |
3000 m steeplechase | Günther Weidlinger | 8:41.54 | Roman Usov | 8:48.47 | Antonio Martínez | 8:56.60 | |
110 m hurdles | Tomasz Ścigaczewski | 13.55 | Stanislavs Olijars | 13.74 | Jan Schindzielorz | 14.10 | |
400 m hurdles | Boris Gorban | 50.95 | Aljoscha Nemitz | 51.08 | Boris Vazovan | 51.26 | |
4×100 metres relay | 39.62 | 39.89 | 40.26 | ||||
4×400 metres relay | 3:08.18 | 3:08.29 | 3:08.97 | ||||
10,000 m walk | Andrea Manfredini | 42:43.75 | André Höhne | 43:00.71 | Martin Pupiš | 43:11.53 | |
High jump | Hennazdy Maroz | 2.20 m | Ben Challenger | 2.20 m | Aleksey Lesnichiy | 2.17 m | |
Pole vault | Lars Börgeling | 5.40 m | Pavel Gerasimov | 5.30 m | Christian Linskey | 5.00 m | |
Long jump | Nathan Morgan | 7.90 m | Raúl Fernández | 7.90 m | Yann Domenech | 7.87 m | |
Triple jump | Viktor Gushchinskiy | 16.78 m | Ionut Punga | 16.43 m | Eduardo Pérez | 16.40 m | |
Shot put | Ralf Bartels | 18.30 m | Mikuláš Konopka | 17.63 m | Peter Sack | 17.23 m | |
Discus throw | Emeka Udechuku | 53.90 m | Patrick Stang | 53.02 m | Zoltán Kővágó | 52.90 m | |
Hammer throw | Maciej Pałyszko | 74.12 m | Sergey Martemyanov | 70.62 m | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen | 69.84 m | |
Javelin throw | Adrian Markowski | 78.42 m | Juha Aarnio | 77.60 m | Christian Fusenig | 75.86 m | |
Decathlon | Chiel Warners | 7664 pts | Steffen Munz | 7258 pts | Sebastian Knabe | 7218 pts |
100 m | Johanna Manninen | 11.39 | Agné Visockaité | 11.42 | Erica Marchetti | 11.47 | |
200 m | Sabrina Mulrain | 23.35 | Muriel Hurtis | 23.36 | Johanna Manninen | 23.43 | |
400 m | Kristina Perica | 53.07 | Alina Râpanu | 53.10 | Cindy Éga | 53.17 | |
800 m | Anca Safta | 2:03.47 | Aleksandra Dereń | 2:03.70 | Miriam Mašeková | 2:06.17 | |
1500 m | Natalya Yevdokimova | 4:23.34 | Małgorzata Bury | 4:24.37 | Ljiljana Ćulibrk | 4:24.75 | |
3000 m | Laura Suffa | 9:13.44 | Sonja Stolić | 9:15.45 | Sandra Levenez | 9:15.61 | |
5000 m | Katalin Szentgyörgyi | 16:38.73 | Tatyana Gerasimova | 16:39.31 | Ionela Bungardean | 16:39.97 | |
100 m hurdles | Tatyana Mishakova | 13.49 | Éva Miklós | 13.81 | Hanna Korell | 13.92 | |
400 m hurdles | Florence Delaune | 57.91 | Thelma Joziasse | 58.65 | Medina Tudor | 58.85 | |
4×100 metres relay | 44.24 | 45.55 | 45.59 | ||||
4×400 metres relay | 3:33.73 | 3:34.90 | 3:34.94 | ||||
5000 m walk | Claudia Iovan | 21:15.99 | Lyudmila Dedekina | 21:42.21 | Lyudmila Yefimkina | 22:04.11 | |
High jump | Linda Horvath | 1.92 m | Marina Kuptsova | 1.90 m | Svetlana Lapina | 1.90 m | |
Pole vault | Annika Becker | 4.00 m | Vala Flosadóttir | 4.00 m | Monika Erlach | 3.95 m | |
Long jump | Aurélie Félix | 6.52 m | Sandra Stube | 6.50 m | Olivia Wöckinger | 6.47 m | |
Triple jump | Adelina Gavrilă | 13.58 m | Marija Martinović | 13.54 m | Diana Nikitina | 13.45 m | |
Shot put | Yelena Ivanenko | 17.05 m | Nadine Banse | 16.60 m | Assunta Legnante | 16.18 m | |
Discus throw | Lacramioara Ionescu | 52.54 m | Satu Järvenpää | 51.48 m | Philippa Roles | 50.62 m | |
Hammer throw | Kamila Skolimowska | 59.72 m | Sini Pöyry | 59.42 m | Susanne Keil | 59.22 m | |
Javelin throw | Nikolett Szabó | 61.86 m | Sarah Walter | 57.34 m | Bina Ramesh | 55.78 m | |
Heptathlon | Saskia Meijer | 5882 pts | Yelena Chernyavskaya | 5827 pts | Sonja Kesselschläger | 5753 pts |