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 event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 11 and 12 July 1997.^[1][2]

Gold	Allison Curbishley  Great Britain
Silver	Hana Benešová  Czech Republic
Bronze	Claudia Angerhausen  Germany

12 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Allison Curbishley	Great Britain	50.85
	Hana Benešová	Czech Republic	51.82
	Claudia Angerhausen	Germany	53.45
4	Larisa Bolenok	Russia	53.79
5	Brigita Langerholc	Slovenia	53.80
6	Riikka Niemelä	Finland	54.06
7	Heidi Suomi	Finland	54.20
8	Annamária Bori	Hungary	54.58

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hana Benešová	Czech Republic	53.35	Q
2	Brigita Langerholc	Slovenia	55.17	Q
3	Heidi Suomi	Finland	55.22	Q
4	Christina Panágou	Greece	55.35
5	Irina Rosikhina	Russia	55.44
6	Nicoletta Nobili	Italy	55.95
7	Alice Kun	Hungary	56.56
	Jovana Miljković	Yugoslavia	DNF

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Allison Curbishley	Great Britain	51.67	Q
2	Claudia Angerhausen	Germany	53.37	Q
3	Riikka Niemelä	Finland	53.99	Q
4	Larisa Bolenok	Russia	53.99	q
5	Annamária Bori	Hungary	54.43	q
6	Jitka Burianová	Czech Republic	54.48
7	Manuela Caddeo	Italy	55.08
8	Chrisoula Goudenoudi	Greece	55.11

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