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

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
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The women'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	Rikke Rønholt  Denmark
Silver	Vicki Jamison  Great Britain
Bronze	Małgorzata Pskit  Poland

12 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Rikke Rønholt	Denmark	57.22
	Vicki Jamison	Great Britain	57.43
	Małgorzata Pskit	Poland	57.68
4	Lara Rocco	Italy	57.88
5	Orsolya Dóczi	Hungary	58.41
6	Anastasiya Lemekhova	Russia	58.68
7	Cornelia Spycher	Switzerland	59.28
8	Dagmar Votočková	Czech Republic	59.37

11 July
Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lara Rocco	Italy	58.42	Q
2	Orsolya Dóczi	Hungary	58.56	Q
3	Dagmar Votočková	Czech Republic	58.63	Q
4	Natasha Danvers	Great Britain	58.70
5	Meta Mačus	Slovenia	59.52

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Rikke Rønholt	Denmark	57.04	Q
2	Małgorzata Pskit	Poland	57.82	Q
3	Anastasiya Lemekhova	Russia	58.33	Q
4	Cornelia Spycher	Switzerland	58.49	q
5	Vicki Jamison	Great Britain	58.56	q
6	Jovana Miljković	Yugoslavia	61.00

According to an unofficial count, 11 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.