1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 11 and 12 July 1997.^[1]^[2]

Gold	Lukáš Souček Czech Republic
Silver	Marcel Schelbert Switzerland
Bronze	Xavier Ravenet France

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Lukáš Souček	Czech Republic	49.08
	Marcel Schelbert	Switzerland	49.43
	Xavier Ravenet	France	49.63
4	Jiří Mužík	Czech Republic	50.18
5	Thomas Goller	Germany	50.37
6	Bartosz Gruman	Poland	50.55
7	Marians Zigmunds	Latvia	51.13
8	Aleksandr Belyayev	Russia	51.68

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marcel Schelbert	Switzerland	49.64	Q
2	Xavier Ravenet	France	50.61	Q
3	Bartosz Gruman	Poland	50.80	q
4	Matthew Douglas	Great Britain	52.14
5	Panagiótis Mandelidis	Greece	52.46
6	Francesco Filisetti	Italy	52.64

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jiří Mužík	Czech Republic	51.21	Q
2	Thomas Goller	Germany	51.59	Q
3	Aleksandr Belyayev	Russia	51.86	q
4	Juan Herrero	Spain	51.99
5	Filip Faems	Belgium	52.01
6	Leonid Vershinin	Belarus	52.47
7	Brian Liddy	Ireland	52.77

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lukáš Souček	Czech Republic	50.61	Q
2	Marians Zigmunds	Latvia	51.74	Q
3	Marcel Lopuchovský	Slovakia	51.97
4	Sebastian Aryee	Germany	52.16
5	Karol Radke	Poland	52.42
6	Bilal Cantürk	Turkey	53.16
	Gennadiy Gorbenko	Ukraine	DNF

Medalists