1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 12 July 1997.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Luciano Di Pardo  Italy
Silver	Vincent Le Dauphin  France
Bronze	Konstantin Tomskiy  Russia

Results

Final

12 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Luciano Di Pardo	Italy	8:34.24
	Vincent Le Dauphin	France	8:36.92
	Konstantin Tomskiy	Russia	8:37.81
4	Domenico D'Ambrosio	Italy	8:41.37
5	Christian Knoblich	Germany	8:42.26
6	José Luis Blanco	Spain	8:42.86
7	Gaël Pencreach	France	8:43.16
8	Aleksey Palagushin	Russia	8:44.87
9	Ahmed Mohamed	Sweden	8:50.09
10	Carlos Suárez	Spain	8:56.69
11	Tomasz Sikorski	Poland	9:06.63

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 11 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.

•  France (2)
•  Germany (1)
•  Italy (2)
•  Poland (1)
•  Russia (2)
•  Spain (2)
•  Sweden (1)