1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10, 11 and 12 July 1997.^[1]^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Mark Hylton	Great Britain	45.71
	Piotr Haczek	Poland	45.72
	Kjell Provost	Belgium	45.99
4	Quincy Douglas	Norway	46.47
5	Jimisola Laursen	Sweden	46.48
6	Richard Knowles	Great Britain	46.63
7	Carlos Gachanja	Germany	46.80
8	Piotr Długosielski	Poland	46.91

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mark Hylton	Great Britain	46.25	Q
2	Jimisola Laursen	Sweden	46.69	Q
3	Piotr Haczek	Poland	46.70	Q
4	Carlos Gachanja	Germany	46.91	Q
5	Andriy Tverdostup	Ukraine	47.30
6	Robert Loubli	France	47.38
7	Zsolt Szeglet	Hungary	47.74
8	Alessandro Bracciali	Italy	48.68

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kjell Provost	Belgium	46.82	Q
2	Quincy Douglas	Norway	46.93	Q
3	Piotr Długosielski	Poland	47.17	Q
4	Richard Knowles	Great Britain	47.44	Q
5	Tommi Hartonen	Finland	47.55
6	Walter Pirovano	Italy	47.60
7	Jan Štejfa	Czech Republic	47.62
	Boštjan Horvat	Slovenia	DQ

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kjell Provost	Belgium	46.53	Q
2	Quincy Douglas	Norway	47.21	Q
3	Piotr Długosielski	Poland	47.40	Q
4	Zsolt Szeglet	Hungary	47.41	Q
5	Alessandro Bracciali	Italy	47.88	q
6	Johan Lannefors	Sweden	48.02
7	Oleg Kovalyov	Russia	48.38

Medalists