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 discus throw event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 11 and 13 July 1997.^[1][2]

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

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

11 July
Qualify: first to 12 to the Final

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

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

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