2023 European Athletics U23 Championships

2023 European Athletics U23 Championships
Organisers	EAA
Edition	14th
Dates	13–16 July
Host city	Espoo, Finland
Venue	Leppävaara Stadium
Level	Under 23
Type	Outdoor
Events	44
Participation	48 nations
Official website	Espoo 2023
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The 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships were the 14th edition of the biennial athletics competition between European athletes under the age of twenty three. The event was organized by European Athletics Association and held from 13–16 July 2023 in Espoo, Finland. This was the third time that Finland staged European Athletics U23 Championships after previous editions Turku 1997 and Tampere 2013.

Leppävaara Stadium.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Finland)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	7	3	4	14
2	France (FRA)	6	4	5	15
3	Netherlands (NED)	4	3	2	9
4	Spain (ESP)	4	2	5	11
5	Norway (NOR)	4	2	3	9
6	Italy (ITA)	3	6	2	11
7	Finland (FIN)*	3	3	4	10
8	Germany (GER)	2	4	2	8
9	Turkey (TUR)	2	3	1	6
10	Ukraine (UKR)	2	2	0	4
11	Switzerland (SUI)	1	2	3	6
12	Greece (GRE)	1	1	2	4
13	Belgium (BEL)	1	1	0	2
	Ireland (IRL)	1	1	0	2
	Lithuania (LTU)	1	1	0	2
16	Cyprus (CYP)	1	0	0	1
	Israel (ISR)	1	0	0	1
18	Sweden (SWE)	0	3	2	5
19	Hungary (HUN)	0	2	3	5
20	Estonia (EST)	0	1	1	2
21	Portugal (POR)	0	1	0	1
22	Poland (POL)	0	0	2	2
23	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Kosovo (KOS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		44	45	43	132

Results

Men

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Jeremiah Azu Great Britain	10.05	Raphael Bouju Netherlands	10.17	Pablo Mateo France	10.18
200 metres	Blessing Akwasi Afrifah Israel	20.67	Raphael Bouju Netherlands	20.68	Timothé Mumenthaler Switzerland	20.85
400 metres	Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen Norway	45.13	Lionel Spitz Switzerland	45.27 PB	Attila Molnár Hungary	45.36
800 metres	Yanis Meziane France	1:45.92	Ethan Hussey Great Britain	1:45.95	Paul Anselmini France	1:45.99
1500 metres	Stefan Nillessen Netherlands	3:43.35	Mohamed Attaoui Spain	3:43.63	Samuel Pihlström Sweden	3:43.73
5000 metres	Charles Hicks Great Britain	13:35.07	Eemil Helander Finland	13:40.25	Will Barnicoat Great Britain	13:45.24
10,000 metres	Rory Leonard Great Britain	29:08.33	Francesco Guerra Italy	29:11.86	Miguel Baidal Spain	29:14.91
110 metres hurdles	Sasha Zhoya France	13.31	Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli Italy	13.36	Erwann Cinna France	13.47 PB
400 metres hurdles	İsmail Nezir Turkey	49.19	Berke Akçam Turkey	49.48 SB	Oskar Edlund Sweden	49.57 PB
3000 metres steeplechase	Alejandro Quijada Spain	8:28.91 PB	Etson Barros Portugal	8:32.08	Baptiste Guyon France	8:33.64
20 kilometres walk	Paul McGrath Spain	1:21:03 PB	Andrea Cosi Italy	1:23:02	Jerry Jokinen Finland	1:24:41 NU23R
4 × 100 metres relay	Eric Marek Matteo Melluzzo Marco Ricci Junior Tardioli Italy	38.92 NU23R	Jordan Jalce Hugo Cerra Mohammed Badru Pablo Mateo France	38.92 SB	Igor Bogaczyński Adam Łukomski Łukasz Żok Patryk Krupa Poland	39.06
4 × 400 metres relay	Luca Sito Riccardo Meli Francesco Domenico Rossi Lorenzo Benati Italy	3:02.49 EU23L	İlyas Çanakçı Kubilay Ençü Berke Akçam İsmail Nezir Turkey	3:03.04 NU23R	Ethan Brown Brodie Young Samuel Reardon Edward Faulds Great Britain	3:03.12 SB
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

* Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Ali Eren Ünlü Turkey	2.22	Oleh Doroshchuk Ukraine Roman Petruk Ukraine	2.19	No medal awarded
Pole vault	Juho Alasaari Finland	5.71 =NU23R	Robin Emig France	5.66	Pål Haugen Lillefosse Norway	5.66
Long jump	Henrik Flåtnes Norway	7.96 PB	Simon Batz Germany	7.72	Mátyás Németh Hungary	7.71
Triple jump	Simon Gore France	16.40 SB	Gabriel Wallmark Sweden	16.24 SB	Batuhan Çakır Turkey	16.16
Shot put	Tizian Lauria Germany	19.80 PB	Eric Maihöfer Germany	19.44 SB	Muhamet Ramadani Kosovo	19.20
Discus throw	Mykolas Alekna Lithuania	68.34 CR	Marius Karges Germany	62.56	Yasiel Sotero Spain	61.69
Javelin throw	Artur Felfner Ukraine	83.04 NU23L	Topias Laine Finland	79.77	Michele Fina Italy	77.23 PB
Hammer throw	Mykhaylo Kokhan Ukraine	77.21 SB	Merlin Hummel Germany	75.61	Sören Klose Germany	73.70
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Combined

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Decathlon	Markus Rooth Norway	8608 CR, NR	Sander Skotheim Norway	8561	Sven Roosen Netherlands	8128
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	N'Ketia Seedo Netherlands	11.22	Boglárka Takács Hungary	11.30	Melissa Gutschmidt Switzerland	11.33
200 metres	Delphine Nkansa Belgium	23.31	Boglárka Takács Hungary	23.33	Polyniki Emmanouilidou Greece	23.41
400 metres	Yemi Mary John Great Britain	51.04 PB	Henriette Jæger Norway	51.06 NR	Keely Hodgkinson Great Britain	51.76 PB
800 metres	Daniela García Spain	2:02.96	Veera Mattila Finland	2:03.14 PB	Georgia-Maria Despollari Greece	2:04.14
1500 metres	Sophie O'Sullivan Ireland	4:07.18 PB	Sarah Healy Ireland	4:07.36	Shannon Flockhart Great Britain	4:08.37 PB
5000 metres	Megan Keith Great Britain	15:34.33	Maria Forero Spain	15:43.22	Amina Maatoug Netherlands	15:50.83
10,000 metres	Alice Goodall Great Britain	33:16.45	Sara Nestola Italy	33:17.51	Aurora Bado Italy	34:12.75
100 metres hurdles	Ditaji Kambundji Switzerland	12.68 CR	Elena Carraro Italy	12.97	Anna Tóth Hungary	12.97
400 metres hurdles	Andrea Rooth Norway	55.78 EU23L	Louise Maraval France	55.83 PB	Lena Preßler Austria	55.94 NR
3000 metres steeplechase	Olivia Gürth Germany	9:26.98 CR	Greta Karinauskaitė Lithuania	9:30.96	Marta Serrano Spain	9:41.47
20 kilometres walk	Pauline Stey France	1:31:17 NU23R	Alexandrina Mihai Italy	1:32:32 PB	Camille Moutard France	1:35:40
4 × 100 metres relay	Cassie-Ann Pemberton Amy Hunt Alyson Bell Aleeya Sibbons Great Britain	43.04 CR	Hillary Godé Marie-Ange Rimlinger Gémima Joseph Paméra Losange France	43.39 SB	Nathacha Kouni Iris Caligiuri Léonie Pointet Melissa Gutschmidt Switzerland	43.59 NU23R
4 × 400 metres relay	Lea Thery-Demarque Cassandra Delaunay-Belleville Pauline Toriel Louise Maraval France	3:30.60 EU23L	Michelle Gröbli Lena Wernli Giulia Senn Catia Gubelmann Switzerland	3:30.62 NU23R	Rocio Arroyo Berta Segura Blanca Hervás Carmen Avilés Spain	3:31.11 NU23R
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

* Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Elena Kulichenko Cyprus	1.91	Panagiota Dosi Greece	1.89 PB	Wiktoria Miąso Poland	1.87 SB
Pole vault	Marie-Julie Bonnin France	4.50 =EU23L	Elien Vekemans Belgium	4.45	Kitty Friele Faye Norway	4.40 PB
Long jump	Larissa Iapichino Italy	6.93 =EL	Maja Åskag Sweden	6.73	Tessy Ebosele Spain	6.63
Triple jump	María Vicente Spain	14.21 =EU23L	Maja Åskag Sweden	13.76	Jessica Kähärä Finland	13.59
Shot put	Alida van Daalen Netherlands	18.32 EU23L	Serena Vincent Great Britain	16.93 PB	Emilia Kangas Finland	16.75
Discus throw	Alida van Daalen Netherlands	56.77	Özlem Becerek Turkey	55.38	Lotta Flatum Norway	54.45
Hammer throw	Silja Kosonen Finland	73.71 CR	Charlotte Payne Great Britain	69.22	Aileen Kuhn Germany	68.30
Javelin throw	Elina Tzengko Greece	60.73	Gedly Tugi Estonia	57.62	Anni-Linnea Alanen Finland	56.67
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Combined

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Heptathlon	Saga Vanninen Finland	6317	Sofie Dokter Netherlands	6256	Pippi Lotta Enok Estonia	6002
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Entry standards

Event	Men	Quota	Women	Rounds
100 metres	10.50	32	11.70	3
200 metres	21.30	32	24.00	3
400 metres	47.00	32	55.00	3
800 metres	1:48.00	24	2:06.50	2
1500 metres	3:42.50	24	4:24.00	2
5000 metres	13:58.00	25	16:35.00	1
10,000 metres / 10 km road	29:45.00	25	35:40.00	1
3000 metres steeplechase	9:00.00	24	10:25.00	2
110/100 metres hurdles	14.40	32	13.20	3
400 metres hurdles	52.50	32	60.50	3
High jump	2.15 m (7 ft 1⁄2 in)	24	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄4 in)	2
Pole vault	5.20 m (17 ft 1⁄2 in)	24	4.05 m (13 ft 3+1⁄4 in)	2
Long jump	7.60 m (24 ft 11 in)	24	6.25 m (20 ft 6 in)	2
Triple jump	15.55 m (51 ft 0 in)	24	12.95 m (42 ft 5+3⁄4 in)	2
Shot put	17.80 m (58 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	24	14.50 m (47 ft 6+3⁄4 in)	2
Discus throw	54.50 m (178 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	24	49.50 m (162 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	2
Hammer throw	65.50 m (214 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	24	61.00 m (200 ft 1+1⁄2 in)	2
Javelin throw	72.00 m (236 ft 2+1⁄2 in)	24	51.00 m (167 ft 3+3⁄4 in)	2
Decathlon/Heptathlon	7400	20	5600	1
20 kilometres race walk	1:35:00	25	1:48:00	1
4 × 100 metres relay		16		2
4 × 400 metres relay		16		2

Participation

1153 athletes from 40 nations are expected to compete at this edition.

• Andorra (2)
• Armenia (2)
• Austria (26)
• Belgium (26)
• Bulgaria (6)
• Croatia (8)
• Cyprus (3)
• Czech Republic (37)
• Denmark (16)
• Estonia (11)
• Finland (74)
• France (85)
• Germany (78)
• Great Britain (49)
• Greece (40)
• Hungary (36)
• Iceland (3)
• Ireland (32)
• Israel (14)
• Italy (83)
• Kosovo (1)
• Latvia (16)
• Lithuania (8)
• Luxembourg (1)
• Malta (3)
• Moldova (2)
• Netherlands (37)
• Norway (51)
• Poland (66)
• Portugal (25)
• Romania (20)
• San Marino (1)
• Serbia (12)
• Slovakia (13)
• Slovenia (18)
• Spain (76)
• Sweden (45)
• Switzerland (49)
• Turkey (41)
• Ukraine (37)

External links

• Athletics - European U-23 Championships - 2023 - Detailed results The Sports