1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles

Events at the 1997 World 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
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the results of the Women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece.

Medalists

Gold	Ludmila Engquist Sweden (SWE)
Silver	Svetla Dimitrova Bulgaria (BUL)
Bronze	Michelle Freeman Jamaica (JAM)

Results

Heats

First 2 of each Heat (Q) and the next 7 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Michelle Freeman	Jamaica	12.53	Q, NR
2	2	Ludmila Engquist	Sweden	12.62	Q
3	2	Patricia Girard	France	12.67	Q, SB
4	4	Svetla Dimitrova	Bulgaria	12.68	Q
5	4	Angela Atede	Nigeria	12.83	Q
6	3	Dionne Rose	Jamaica	12.84	Q
7	2	Svetlana Laukhova	Russia	12.88	q
8	1	Julie Baumann	Switzerland	12.91	Q, SB
9	4	Astia Walker	Jamaica	12.96	q
9	5	Keturah Anderson	Canada	12.96	Q
11	5	Brigita Bukovec	Slovenia	12.97	Q
12	1	Anjanette Kirkland	United States	12.99	Q
13	1	Heike Blassneck	Germany	13.00	q, PB
14	1	Corien Botha	South Africa	13.00	q, NR
15	3	Diane Allahgreen	Great Britain	13.03	Q
16	2	Sriyani Kulawansa	Sri Lanka	13.07	SB
16	5	Yuliya Filippova-Graudyn	Russia	13.07	q SB
18	2	Angela Thorp	Great Britain	13.08	SB
19	2	Carla Tuzzi	Italy	13.10
20	3	Dawn Bowles	United States	13.11
20	5	Melissa Morrison	United States	13.11
22	4	Iveta Rudová	Czech Republic	13.14
23	2	Taiwo Aladefa-Darden	Nigeria	13.16
24	5	Aliuska López	Cuba	13.19
25	4	Nicole Ramalalanirina	Madagascar	13.21	SB
26	3	Nadege Joseph	France	13.23
27	1	Aneta Sosnowska	Poland	13.28
28	3	Irina Korotya	Russia	13.32
29	3	Yvonne Kanazawa	Japan	13.34
30	5	María José Mardomingo	Spain	13.42
31	4	Johanna Halkoaho	Finland	13.52
32	3	Christiana Tabaki	Greece	13.82	PB
33	5	Veronica De Paoli	Argentina	13.83
34	1	Virginie Gollino	Monaco	15.26
	4	Anna Leszczyńska-Łazor	Poland	DNF
	1	Veronique Linster	Luxembourg	DNS

Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Michelle Freeman	Jamaica	12.52	Q, NR
2	2	Ludmila Engquist	Sweden	12.53	Q, SB
3	2	Patricia Girard	France	12.68	Q
4	1	Svetla Dimitrova	Bulgaria	12.74	Q
5	1	Brigita Bukovec	Slovenia	12.76	Q, SB
6	1	Keturah Anderson	Canada	12.87	Q, PB
7	2	Svetlana Laukhova	Russia	12.88	Q
8	2	Dionne Rose	Jamaica	12.89	Q
9	2	Angela Atede	Nigeria	12.91
10	2	Heike Blassneck	Germany	12.94	PB
11	1	Julie Baumann	Switzerland	12.97
12	1	Astia Walker	Jamaica	13.00
13	1	Anjanette Kirkland	United States	13.04
14	1	Yuliya Filippova-Graudyn	Russia	13.07
15	2	Corien Botha	South Africa	13.12
16	2	Diane Allahgreen	Great Britain	13.25

Final

Wind: -0.3 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Ludmila Engquist	Sweden	12.50	SB
	3	Svetla Dimitrova	Bulgaria	12.58
	4	Michelle Freeman	Jamaica	12.61
4	2	Brigita Bukovec	Slovenia	12.69	SB
5	1	Dionne Rose	Jamaica	12.87
6	8	Keturah Anderson	Canada	12.88
7	7	Svetlana Laukhova	Russia	12.98
	6	Patricia Girard	France	DQ

References

• Results
• IAAF