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

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

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

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