1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's pole vault

The women's pole vault event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 13 July 1997.

Medalists

Gold	Ester Szemeredi Hungary
Silver	Janet Zach Germany
Bronze	Sabine Schulte Germany
Bronze	Monique de Wilt Netherlands

Results

Final

13 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts										Result	Notes
			3.20	3.40	3.60	3.70	3.80	3.90	4.00	4.05	4.10	4.15
	Ester Szemeredi	Hungary	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	xo	o	xxx	4.10
	Janet Zach	Germany	–	–	o	–	xxo	o	o	xo	x–	xx	4.05
	Sabine Schulte	Germany	–	–	o	–	o	xxx					3.80
	Monique de Wilt	Netherlands	–	–	o	–	o	xxx					3.80
5	Rhian Clark	Great Britain	–	o	xo	o	o	xxx					3.80
5	Yuliya Tsygankova	Russia	o	o	o	xo	o	xxx					3.80
7	Šárka Mládková	Czech Republic	–	–	–	xo	–	xxx					3.70
8	Louise Brændstrup	Denmark	xo	o	xo	xxo	xxx						3.70
9	Þórey Edda Elísdóttir	Iceland	xo	o	xxo	xxo	xxx						3.70
10	Dana Nováková	Czech Republic	–	o	xo	xxx							3.60
10	Edit Bolla	Hungary	–	o	xo	xxx							3.60
12	Tali Grinner	Israel	o	xo	xxx								3.40
13	Petra Kratky	Austria	xxo	xo	xxx								3.40
	Anna Fitídou	Cyprus	xxx										NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

• Austria (1)
• Cyprus (1)
• Czech Republic (2)
• Denmark (1)
• Germany (2)
• Great Britain (1)
• Hungary (2)
• Iceland (1)
• Israel (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• Russia (1)