1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's pole vault

1997 European Athletics U23 Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
v t e

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

Gold	Yevgeniy Smiryagin  Russia
Silver	Montxu Miranda  Spain
Bronze	Petr Špaček  Czech Republic

12 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			5.20	5.40	5.50	5.60	5.70	5.87
	Yevgeniy Smiryagin	Russia	–	xo	–	xo	xo	xxx	5.70
	Montxu Miranda	Spain	o	xo	o	xxx			5.50
	Petr Špaček	Czech Republic	xo	xxo	xo	xxx			5.50
4	Vesa Rantanen	Finland	o	xo	xxo	xxx			5.50
5	Khalid Lachheb	France	xxo	xo	xxo	xxx			5.50
6	Andrea Giannini	Italy	o	xo	xxx				5.40
7	Pavel Burlachenko	Russia	xxo	xo	xxx				5.40
8	Michel Gigandet	Switzerland	o	xxx					5.20
8	Piotr Buciarski	Denmark	o	xxx					5.20
10	Rens Blom	Netherlands	xo	xxx					5.20
11	Jure Rovan	Slovenia	xxo	xxx					5.20
	Jussi Autio	Finland	xxx						NM

10 July
Qualify: first to 12 to the Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Pavel Burlachenko	Russia	5.40	Q
1	Rens Blom	Netherlands	5.40	Q
1	Yevgeniy Smiryagin	Russia	5.40	Q
4	Jure Rovan	Slovenia	5.40	Q
5	Andrea Giannini	Italy	5.40	Q
6	Petr Špaček	Czech Republic	5.40	Q
7	Montxu Miranda	Spain	5.40	Q
8	Khalid Lachheb	France	5.40	Q
9	Michel Gigandet	Switzerland	5.40	Q
10	Piotr Buciarski	Denmark	5.30	Q
10	Vesa Rantanen	Finland	5.30	Q
10	Jussi Autio	Finland	5.30	Q
13	Ketil Rønneberg	Norway	5.30
14	Hendik Hübner	Germany	5.30
15	Patrik Kristiansson	Sweden	5.20
16	Fabio Pizzolato	Italy	5.20
17	Danny Ecker	Germany	5.20
18	Taoufik Lachheb	France	5.00
	Christos Adamides	Cyprus	NM
	Khristo Kuzov	Bulgaria	NM

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.