1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 11 and 13 July 1997.

Medalists

Gold	Corrie de Bruin Netherlands
Silver	Kathleen Hering Germany
Bronze	Yanina Korolchik Belarus

Results

Final

13 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Corrie de Bruin	Netherlands	54.10	52.92	57.72	55.70	x	x	57.72
	Kathleen Hering	Germany	53.40	x	48.34	47.86	56.78	x	56.78
	Yanina Korolchik	Belarus	51.90	x	52.30	54.54	x	56.36	56.36
4	Olga Ryabinkina	Russia	52.80	56.06	54.88	x	56.06	55.52	56.06
5	Anna Rusakova	Russia	55.28	52.36	52.80	x	53.12	x	55.28
6	Lieja Koeman	Netherlands	54.62	x	x	x	x	53.92	54.62
7	Katja Tenhonen	Finland	51.14	50.60	53.22	50.58	49.96	x	53.22
8	Olga Tsander	Belarus	51.66	x	x	52.52	48.54	51.42	52.52
9	Elin Isane	Norway	49.66	51.66	51.46	51.50	48.06	50.72	51.66
10	Nadine Beckel	Germany	x	x	50.58				50.58
11	Tiina Kankaanpää	Finland	49.98	x	x				49.98
12	Veerle Blondeel	Belgium	48.72	x	46.90				48.72

Qualifications

11 July
Qualify: first to 12 to the Final

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Corrie de Bruin	Netherlands	56.54	Q
2	Lieja Koeman	Netherlands	55.46	Q
3	Tiina Kankaanpää	Finland	55.14	Q
4	Anna Rusakova	Russia	54.46	Q
5	Olga Ryabinkina	Russia	54.44	Q
6	Elin Isane	Norway	52.74	Q
7	Nadine Beckel	Germany	52.38	Q
8	Yanina Korolchik	Belarus	52.04	Q

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Olga Tsander	Belarus	55.30	Q
2	Veerle Blondeel	Belgium	54.24	Q
3	Kathleen Hering	Germany	53.50	Q
4	Katja Tenhonen	Finland	52.78	Q
5	Catherine Géry	France	50.60
6	Grete Etholm	Norway	47.66
7	Jolanta Borawska	Poland	45.92
8	Giorgia Baratella	Italy	43.90

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

• Belarus (2)
• Belgium (1)
• Finland (2)
• France (1)
• Germany (2)
• Italy (1)
• Netherlands (2)
• Norway (2)
• Poland (1)
• Russia (2)