1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
These are the results of the Women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece.
Medalists[]
Gold | ![]() Morocco (MAR) |
Silver | ![]() Jamaica (JAM) |
Bronze | ![]() United States (USA) |
Results[]
Heats[]
First 3 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Deon Hemmings | ![]() |
54.42 | Q |
2 | 1 | Sally Gunnell | ![]() |
54.53 | Q, SB |
3 | 3 | Kim Batten | ![]() |
54.56 | Q |
4 | 3 | Susan Smith-Walsh | ![]() |
54.61 | Q, NR |
5 | 1 | Ester Goossens | ![]() |
54.84 | Q, NR |
6 | 3 | Yekaterina Bakhvalova | ![]() |
55.08 | Q |
7 | 2 | Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova | ![]() |
55.17 | Q |
8 | 2 | Tonja Buford-Bailey | ![]() |
55.25 | Q |
9 | 1 | Andrea Blackett | ![]() |
55.26 | q |
10 | 3 | Karlene Haughton | ![]() |
55.27 | q |
11 | 2 | Anna Knoroz | ![]() |
55.34 | Q |
12 | 4 | Nezha Bidouane | ![]() |
55.53 | Q |
13 | 2 | Miriam Alonso | ![]() |
55.57 | q, SB |
14 | 4 | Silvia Rieger | ![]() |
55.64 | Q |
15 | 2 | Gudrun Arnardottir | ![]() |
55.76 | q |
16 | 4 | Debbie-Ann Parris | ![]() |
55.84 | Q |
17 | 3 | ![]() |
55.99 | ||
18 | 4 | Irina Lenskaya | ![]() |
56.05 | |
19 | 4 | Natalya Torshina | ![]() |
56.64 | |
20 | 4 | ![]() |
56.67 | ||
21 | 2 | Donalda Duprey | ![]() |
56.73 | |
22 | 1 | Tatyana Ledovskaya | ![]() |
56.88 | |
23 | 3 | Carla Barbarino | ![]() |
57.05 | |
24 | 3 | Rikke Ronholt | ![]() |
57.26 | |
25 | 1 | ![]() |
57.79 | ||
26 | 1 | ![]() |
1:01.14 | ||
27 | 2 | ![]() |
1:01.39 |
Semifinals[]
First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | Nezha Bidouane | ![]() |
53.48 | Q, AR |
2 | 1 | Kim Batten | ![]() |
53.67 | Q |
3 | 2 | Deon Hemmings | ![]() |
53.82 | Q |
4 | 1 | Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova | ![]() |
54.02 | Q, NR |
5 | 2 | Tonja Buford-Bailey | ![]() |
54.48 | Q |
6 | 1 | Debbie-Ann Parris | ![]() |
54.72 | Q |
7 | 1 | Susan Smith-Walsh | ![]() |
54.72 | Q |
8 | 2 | Andrea Blackett | ![]() |
54.74 | Q, NR |
9 | 2 | Gudrun Arnardottir | ![]() |
54.93 | |
10 | 1 | Yekaterina Bakhvalova | ![]() |
55.02 | |
11 | 1 | Silvia Rieger | ![]() |
55.08 | |
12 | 2 | Anna Knoroz | ![]() |
55.28 | |
13 | 1 | Karlene Haughton | ![]() |
55.33 | |
14 | 1 | Miriam Alonso | ![]() |
55.49 | SB |
15 | 2 | Ester Goossens | ![]() |
56.17 | |
2 | Sally Gunnell | ![]() |
DNS |
Final[]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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3 | Nezha Bidouane | ![]() |
52.97 | AR |
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4 | Deon Hemmings | ![]() |
53.09 | SB |
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5 | Kim Batten | ![]() |
53.52 | |
4 | 6 | Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova | ![]() |
53.81 | NR |
5 | 8 | Debbie-Ann Parris | ![]() |
54.19 | SB |
6 | 2 | Tonja Buford-Bailey | ![]() |
54.77 | |
7 | 7 | Susan Smith-Walsh | ![]() |
55.25 | |
8 | 1 | Andrea Blackett | ![]() |
55.63 |
References[]
Categories:
- Events at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics
- 400 metres hurdles at the World Athletics Championships
- 1997 in women's athletics