2007 European Athletics U23 Championships
# 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships

The 6th European Athletics U23 Championships were held between 12 and 15 July 2007 in the Gyulai István Athletic Stadium in Debrecen, Hungary.

## Results

Complete results and medal winners were published.

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres details | Simeon Williamson Great Britain | 10.10 | Craig Pickering Great Britain | 10.14 | Martial Mbandjock France | 10.27 |
| 200 metres details | Visa Hongisto Finland | 20.84 | Vojtech Šulc Czech Republic | 20.91 | Rikki Fifton Great Britain | 21.02 |
| 400 metres details | Denis Alekseyev Russia | 45.69 | Željko Vincek Croatia | 45.69 | Kacper Kozłowski Poland | 45.86 |
| 800 metres details | Marcin Lewandowski Poland | 1:49.94 | Oleksandr Osmolovych Ukraine | 1:50.21 | Abdesslam Merabet France | 1:50.31 |
| 1500 metres details | Álvaro Rodriguez Spain | 3:44.00 | Yohan Durand France | 3:44.38 | Barnabás Bene Hungary | 3:44.47 |
| 5000 metres details | Noureddine Smaïl France | 13:53.15 | Andrey Safronov Russia | 13:54.04 | Kemal Koyuncu Turkey | 13:54.32 |
| 10,000 metres details | Anatoliy Rybakov Russia | 29:09.89 | Michel Butter Netherlands | 29:12.95 | Daniele Meucci Italy | 29:18.26 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Konstadinos Douvalidis Greece | 13.49 | Adrien Deghelt Belgium | 13.59 | Emanuele Abate Italy | 13.66 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Dai Greene Great Britain | 49.58 | Fadil Bellaabouss France | 49.58 | Milan Kotur Croatia | 50.14 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Mahiedine Mekhissi France | 8:33.91 | Ildar Minshin Russia | 8:34.27 | Balázs Ott Hungary | 8:35.04 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Valeriy Borchin Russia | 1:20:43 | Andrey Krivov Russia | 1:21:51 | Sergey Bakulin Russia | 1:23:33 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Great Britain Ryan Scott Craig Pickering Rikki Fifton James Ellington | 38.95 | Portugal Dany Gonçalves Arnaldo Abrantes Ricardo Martins Yazaldes Nascimento | 39.37 | Finland Hannu Hämäläinen Visa Hongisto Rami Jokinen Jonathan Åstrand | 39.53 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Russia Maksim Dyldin Denis Alekseyev Artem Sergeyenkov Anton Kokorin | 3:02.13 | Poland Grzegorz Klimczyk Patryk Baranowski Piotr Dąbrowski Kacper Kozłowski | 3:04.76 | Germany Jonas Plass Florian Schwalm Matthias Bos Martin Grothkopp | 3:05.25 |
| High jump details | Linus Thörnblad Sweden | 2.24 m | Benjamin Lauckner Germany | 2.21 m | Jussi Viita Finland | 2.21 m |
| Pole vault details | Pavel Prokopenko Russia | 5.75 m | Jesper Fritz Sweden | 5.70 m | Denys Fedas Ukraine | 5.65 m |
| Long jump details | Michał Rosiak Poland | 7.94 m | Petteri Lax Finland | 7.89 m | Roman Novotný Czech Republic | 7.87 m |
| Triple jump details | Gary White Great Britain | 16.33 m | Adrian Świderski Poland | 16.29 m | Yuriy Zhuravlyev Russia | 16.22 m |
| Shot put details | Jakub Giża Poland | 19.87 m | Luka Rujevic Serbia | 19.55 m | Aleksandr Grekov Ukraine | 19.13 m |
| Discus throw details | Martin Wierig Germany | 61.10 m | Jan Marcell Czech Republic | 58.48 m | Apostolos Parellis Cyprus | 58.16 m |
| Hammer throw details | Yury Shayunou Belarus | 74.92 m | Kristóf Németh Hungary | 72.56 m | Marcel Lomnicky Slovakia | 72.17 m |
| Javelin throw details | Alexander Vieweg Germany | 79.56 m | Karlis Alainis Latvia | 76.83 m | Oleksandr Pyatnytsya Ukraine | 76.28 m |
| Decathlon details | Andrei Krauchanka Belarus | 8,492 pts | Pascal Behrenbruch Germany | 8,239 pts | Arkadiy Vasilyev Russia | 8,179 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres details | Verena Sailer Germany | 11.66 | Montell Douglas Great Britain | 11.66 | Myriam Soumaré France | 11.68 |
| 200 metres details | Yuliya Chermoshanskaya Russia | 23.19 | Nelly Banco France | 23.36 | Marta Jeschke Poland | 23.42 |
| 400 metres details | Lyudmila Litvinova Russia | 51.25 | Olga Shulikova Russia | 51.57 | Kseniya Zadorina Russia | 51.78 |
| 800 metres details | Mariya Shapayeva Russia | 2:00.86 | Élodie Guégan France | 2:01.26 | Vanja Perisic Croatia | 2:01.34 |
| 1500 metres details | Abby Westley Great Britain | 4:15.48 | Lizi Brathwaite Great Britain | 4:16.45 | Tatyana Beltyukova Russia | 4:16.49 |
| 5000 metres details | Laura Kenney Great Britain | 16:22.28 | Volha Minina Belarus | 16:27.31 | Marta Romo Spain | 16:29.56 |
| 10,000 metres details | Volha Minina Belarus | 33:06.37 | Irina Sergeyeva Russia | 33:08.69 | Alina Alekseyeva Russia | 33:09.63 |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Nevin Yanit Turkey | 12.90 | Christina Vukicevic Norway | 13.08 | Jessica Ennis Great Britain | 13.09 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Angela Moroșanu Romania | 54.50 | Irina Obedina Russia | 55.19 | Zuzana Hejnova Czech Republic | 55.93 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Katarzyna Kowalska Poland | 9:39.40 | Ancuta Bobocel Romania | 9:41.84 | Sara Moreira Portugal | 9:42.47 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Tatyana Shemyakina Russia | 1:28:48 | Svetlana Solovyova Russia | 1:33:58 | Olga Mikhaylova Russia | 1:34:41 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Russia Yuna Mekhti-Zade Kseniya Vdovina Natalya Murinovich Yuliya Chermoshanskaya | 43.67 | Germany Anne-Kathrin Elbe Verena Sailer Mareike Peters Anne Möllinger | 43.75 | Poland Paulina Siemieniako Ewelina Klocek Marta Jeschke Iwona Brzezińska | 43.78 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Russia Olga Shulikova Ksenia Zadorina Yelena Novikova Lyudmila Litvinova | 3:26.58 | France Marie-Angélique Lacordelle Symphora Béhi Virginie Michanol Thélia Sigère | 3:30.56 | Ukraine Hanna Platitsyna Kseniya Karandyuk Yuliya Irhina Oleksandra Peycheva | 3:33.90 |
| High jump details | Svetlana Shkolina Russia | 1.92 m | Adonía Steryiou Greece | 1.92 m | Ebba Jungmark Sweden | 1.89 m |
| Pole vault details | Aleksandra Kiryashova Russia | 4.50 m | Anna Schultze Germany | 4.35 m | Anna Battke Germany | 4.35 m |
| Long jump details | Anna Nazarova Russia | 6.81 m | Denisa Ščerbová Czech Republic | 6.80 m | Yelena Sokolova Russia | 6.71 m |
| Triple jump details | Liliya Kulyk Ukraine | 14.39 m | Yekaterina Kayukova Russia | 14.11 m | Anastasiya Taranova Russia | 13.99 m |
| Shot put details | Irina Tarasova Russia | 18.26 m | Denise Hinrichs Germany | 17.56 m | Anna Avdeyeva Russia | 17.47 m |
| Discus throw $details^†$ | Kateryna Karsak Ukraine | 64.40 m | Veronika Watzek Austria | 57.15 m | Svetlana Saykina Russia | 56.92 m |
| Hammer throw details | Maryia Smaliachkova Belarus | 69.34 m | Lenka Ledvinova Czech Republic | 67.63 m | Nataliya Zolotukhina Ukraine | 67.00 m |
| Javelin throw details | Linda Stahl Germany | 62.17 m | Annika Suthe Germany | 57.86 m | Madara Palameika Latvia | 57.07 m |
| Heptathlon details | Viktorija Zemaityte Lithuania | 6,219 pts | Jolanda Keizer Netherlands | 6,219 pts | Julia Mächtig Germany | 6,151 pts |

$^†:$ In discus throw, Darya Pishchalnikova from Russia ranked initially 2nd (64.15m), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 15 | 8 | 11 | 34 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Belarus (BLR) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Romania (ROM) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 16 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | Cyprus (CYP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (27 entries) | Totals (27 entries) | 44 | 44 | 44 | 132 |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 851 athletes from 44 countries participated in the event.

* Armenia (1)
* Austria (4)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Belarus (23)
* Belgium (13)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
* Bulgaria (9)
* Croatia (8)
* Cyprus (10)
* Czech Republic (27)
* Denmark (8)
* Estonia (11)
* Finland (24)
* France (65)
* Germany (60)
* Great Britain (46)
* Greece (25)
* Hungary (39)
* Iceland (3)
* Ireland (6)
* Israel (14)
* Italy (44)
* Latvia (14)
* Lithuania (23)
* Luxembourg (2)
* Macedonia (1)
* Malta (1)
* Moldova (6)
* Montenegro (1)
* Netherlands (18)
* Norway (17)
* Poland (59)
* Portugal (19)
* Romania (21)
* Russia (72)
* San Marino (1)
* Serbia (4)
* Slovakia (8)
* Slovenia (7)
* Spain (44)
* Sweden (28)
* Switzerland (9)
* Turkey (10)
* Ukraine (44)
