1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's shot put

Events at the 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

The women's shot put event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 11 July 1997.

Medalists

Gold	Nadine Kleinert Germany
Silver	Corrie de Bruin Netherlands
Bronze	Yanina Korolchik Belarus

Results

Final

11 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Nadine Kleinert	Germany	18.12	x	x	x	x	18.27	18.27
	Corrie de Bruin	Netherlands	17.76	18.06	17.94	x	x	18.02	18.06
	Yanina Korolchik	Belarus	17.08	17.98	17.56	17.39	x	x	17.98
4	Olga Ryabinkina	Russia	16.28	16.44	16.93	16.89	17.56	17.36	17.56
5	Katarzyna Żakowicz	Poland	16.28	17.34	17.31	17.45	17.10	x	17.45
6	Lieja Koeman	Netherlands	16.59	16.82	x	x	x	x	16.82
7	Martina de la Puente	Spain	16.44	16.70	x	16.72	x	x	16.72
8	Yelena Klochikhina	Russia	15.96	15.96	16.50	x	x	x	16.50
9	Natalya Lazor	Ukraine	15.93	15.82	x				15.93
10	Anna Rauhala	Finland	x	x	15.86				15.86
11	Nadine Beckel	Germany	x	15.51	x				15.51
	Gülseren Tavan	Turkey	x	x	x				NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 12 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

• Belarus (1)
• Finland (1)
• Germany (2)

• Netherlands (2)
• Poland (1)

• Russia (2)
• Spain (1)

• Turkey (1)
• Ukraine (1)