1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 13 July 1997.

Medalists

Gold	Pietami Skyttä Finland
Silver	Matti Närhi Finland
Bronze	Christian Nicolay Germany

Results

Final

13 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Pietami Skyttä	Finland	78.72	78.00	x	81.58	x	x	81.58
	Matti Närhi	Finland	79.64	x	x	80.72	x	79.46	80.72
	Christian Nicolay	Germany	x	74.80	72.16	75.16	78.18	76.56	78.18
4	Ēriks Rags	Latvia	70.98	73.48	76.46	75.54	78.12	74.82	78.12
5	Igor Lisovskiy	Belarus	x	77.36	77.72	74.86	71.98	75.70	77.72
6	Laurent Dorique	France	74.84	74.14	70.18	74.56	x	72.32	74.84
7	Dominique Pausé	France	x	66.16	73.70	x	x	x	73.70
8	Stuart Faben	Great Britain	72.96	72.10	71.58	72.84	x	x	72.96
9	Vladimir Chizhov	Russia	69.36	72.60	71.72				72.60
10	Mats Nilsson	Sweden	71.76	x	69.36				71.76
11	Daniel Daub	Germany	70.72	70.68	68.72				70.72
12	Gergely Horváth	Hungary	66.84	70.02	69.36				70.02
13	Andrey Khodasevich	Belarus	x	x	67.86				67.86
14	Daniel Gustafsson	Sweden	65.68	66.48	66.54				66.54
15	Gürbüz Çam	Turkey	62.58	62.08	59.40				62.58

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

• Belarus (2)
• Finland (2)
• France (2)
• Germany (2)
• Great Britain (1)
• Hungary (1)
• Latvia (1)
• Russia (1)
• Sweden (2)
• Turkey (1)