Athletics at the 1997 National Games of China

Athletics at the 8th National Games of China
Athletics at the 8th National Games of China
Dates	17–23 October 1997
Host city	Shanghai, PR China
	← 1993 Beijing 2001 Guangzhou → ;

At the , the athletics events were held in Shanghai in October 1997.

These games were marred by numerous doping affairs.^[1]

Guangxi runners (the 800m silver medalist), (the 400m hurdles champion) and (the 400m hurdles silver medalist) were later disqualified for doping. Sichuan long jumper Xiong Qiying, the long jump event winner, was also tested positive.

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Zhou Wei Jiangxi	10.22	Chen Wenzhong Guangxi	10.24	Guangxi	10.27
200 metres	Zhou Wei Jiangxi	20.55	Guangdong	20.64	Guangdong	20.65
400 metres	Guangdong	45.46 NR	Xu Zizhou Guangdong	46.01 NYR	Hebei	46.14
800 metres	Shandong	1:49.35	Heilongjiang	1:49.83	People's Liberation Army	1:50.1
1500 metres	Shandong	3:36.54	Liaoning	3:37.41	Liaoning	3:38.03
5000 metres	Shandong	13:25.14	Sun Ripeng Liaoning	13:28.17	Shandong	13:45.20
10,000 metres	Shandong	28:17.71	Liaoning	28:18.66	Shandong	28:19.46
110 metres hurdles	Chen Yanhao Shanghai	13.41	Li Tong Beijing	13.64	Sichuan	13.72
400 metres hurdles	Shandong	49.34 NR	Anhui	49.58	Fujian	50.04
3000 metre steeplechase	Sun Ripeng Liaoning	8:10.46 NR	Guizhou	8:17.97	Shandong	8:29.57
4 × 100 metres relay	Guangdong	39.23	Guangxi	39.52	Shanghai	39.61
4 × 400 metres relay	Guangdong Xu Zizhou	3:04.89	Hebei	3:05.70	Jiangsu	3:08.02
Marathon	Inner Mongolia	2:09:18	Inner Mongolia	2:13:25	Railways	2:13:25
20 km race walk	Li Zewen Yunnan	1:20:46	Shaanxi	1:21:24	Chen Shaoguo Yunnan	1:23:23
50 km race walk	Shandong	3:48:12	Shaanxi	3:50:36	Hebei	3:55:42
High jump	Shanghai	2.28 m	Shanghai	2.28 m	Bi Hongyong Shandong	2.25 m
Pole vault	Shandong	5.50 m	Zhang Hongwei People's Liberation Army	5.30 m	Shandong	5.30 m
Long jump	Huang Geng Henan	8.05 m	Sichuan	8.04 m	Huang Le People's Liberation Army	8.03 m
Triple jump	Lao Jianfeng Guangdong	16.90 m	Duan Qifeng Hebei	16.89 m	Zou Sixin Hunan	16.68 m
Shot put	People's Liberation Army	19.46 m	Liu Hao Beijing	18.96 m	Beijing	18.75 m
Discus throw	Yu Wenge Hunan	62.70 m	Li Shaojie Shandong	62.52 m	Zhang Cunbiao Hebei	61.14 m
Hammer throw	Bi Zhong Jiangxi	71.26 m	Liaoning	71.24 m	Sichuan	69.36 m
Javelin throw	Shanxi	81.74 m	Shandong	75.70 m	Li Rongxiang Zhejiang	74.36 m
Decathlon	People's Liberation Army	7875 pts	Liaoning	7797 pts	Sichuan	7593 pts

Women's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Li Xuemei Sichuan	10.79 AR	Liu Xiaomei Sichuan	10.89	Tian Yumei Guangxi	11.06
200 metres	Li Xuemei Sichuan	22.01 AR	Liu Xiaomei Sichuan	22.36	Du Xiujie Guangdong	22.56
400 metres	Liaoning	50.01 WYR	Du Xiujie Guangdong	50.87	Shandong	51.15
800 metres	Lang Yinglai Liaoning	1:57.62	Liaoning	1:58.16	Zhang Jian Beijing	1:58.98
1500 metres	Jiang Bo Liaoning	3:50.98	Lang Yinglai Liaoning	3:51.34 WJR	Yin Lili Liaoning	3:53.91
5000 metres	Jiang Bo Liaoning	14:28.09 WR	Dong Yanmei Liaoning	14:29.82	Liu Shixiang Shandong	14:38.14
10,000 metres	Dong Yanmei Liaoning	30:38.09	Lan Lixin Liaoning	30:39.41	Yin Lili Liaoning	30:39.98
100 metres hurdles	Sichuan	12.74	Liu Jing Sichuan	12.76	Zhang Yu Tianjin	12.84
400 metres hurdles	Guangxi	53.38 AR †	Guangxi	54.54 †	Li Rui Hebei	54.93 WJR
4 × 100 metres relay	Sichuan Xiao Lin Liu Xiaomei Li Xuemei	42.23 AR	Guangxi Yan Jiankui Tian Yumei Huang Mei	42.63	Hunan	43.41
4 × 400 metres relay	Jiangsu Cui Danfeng Zhang Hengyun	3:26.88	Hebei	3:29.99	Sichuan Liu Xiaomei Li Xuemei	3:30.17
Marathon	Inner Mongolia	2:26:39	Yunnan	2:26:58	Railways	2:27:30
10 km race walk	People's Liberation Army	43:47	Shanghai	43:50	People's Liberation Army	43:58
High jump	Jin Ling Liaoning	1.96 m	Shandong	1.94 m	Tianjin	1.90 m
Pole vault	Cai Weiyan Anhui	4.25 m	Sun Caiyun Guangdong	4.20 m	Peng Xiaoming Guangdong	4.15 m
Long jump	Xiong Qiying Sichuan	7.01 m †	Guan Yingnan Jiangsu	6.86 m	Sichuan	6.76 m
Triple jump	Huang Qiuyan Guangxi	14.57 m WYR	Ren Ruiping Shandong	14.49 m	Guangdong	14.13 m
Shot put	Sui Xinmei Shanghai	20.25 m	Huang Zhihong Zhejiang	20.24 m	Li Meisu Hebei	19.46 m
Discus throw	Xiao Yanling Hebei	70.00 m	Li Qiumei Shanxi	66.48 m	Shanxi	66.00 m
Javelin throw	Wei Jianhua Shanxi	66.64 m	Shanxi	64.52 m	Li Lei Beijing	64.28 m
Heptathlon	Ma Miaolan Zhejiang	6236 pts	Shen Shengfei Zhejiang	6185 pts WYR	Sichuan	6184 pts

Results[]

Women[]

100 m[]

Held on October 17–18.^[2]

After having clocking 10.90 seconds in the heats (setting a new area record in the process), Sichuan's Li Xuemei easily won her semi-final before smashing her record in a high-level final with a time of 10.79 seconds.^[3]

Her teammate Liu Xiaomei, who had won the event four years before,^[4] took the silver medal in a personal best time of 10.89 seconds.

Guangxi twice Olympian veteran Tian Yumei finished third with a time of 11.06 seconds; equaling her personal best she had set in the semi-finals.^[5]

Nineteen-year-old Xiao Lin from Sichuan broke the Asian junior record three times. She came to Shanghai with a personal best of 11.29 seconds set in Chengdu that year^[6] and improved it to 11.22 in the heats, then to 11.20 in the semi-finals and finally to 11.17 in the final.

Semi-finals

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

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
1	Li Xuemei	Sichuan	11.03	Q
2	Liu Xiaomei	Sichuan	11.03	SB, Q
3	Tian Yumei	Guangxi	11.06	PB, Q
4	Pei Fang	Shanghai	11.09	PB, Q
5		Sichuan	11.13	PB, Q
6		Jiangsu	11.16	PB, Q
7	Cui Danfeng	Jiangsu	11.20	PB, Q
7	Xiao Lin	Sichuan	11.20	AJR, Q
9	Xiang Chirong	Shandong	11.25	PB
10	Hu Zhenxia		11.29	PB
11	Zhang Chunying		11.36	PB
	Huang Mei	Guangxi	11.50
	Xiong Xiaoying		11.37
	Yue Ling		11.33
	Zeng Xiujun	Sichuan	11.57

Final

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
	Li Xuemei	Sichuan	10.79	AR, GR
	Liu Xiaomei	Sichuan	10.89	PB
	Tian Yumei	Guangxi	11.06	=PB
4	Pei Fang	Shanghai	11.10
5		Sichuan	11.15
6	Xiao Lin	Sichuan	11.17	AJR
7		Jiangsu	11.20
8	Cui Danfeng	Jiangsu	11.43

200 m[]

Held on October 21–22. from Shandong set a new Asian junior record of 22.83 seconds in the heats and advanced to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals

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

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
1	Li Xuemei	Sichuan	22.62	Q
2	Liu Xiaomei	Sichuan	22.64	PB, Q
3	Du Xiujie	Guangdong	22.76	SB, Q
4	Li Yali	Sichuan	22.80	PB, Q
5	Chen Yuxiang	Shandong	?	Q
6	Xiang Chirong	Shandong	22.92	PB, Q
7	Xiong Xiaoying		22.94	PB, Q
8	Liang Yi	Jiangsu	?	Q
9	Yue Ling		23.20	PB
10	Guo Lijuan		23.48	PB
11	Gao Chunxia		23.57	PB
	Ma Lixia		?
	Qi Hong		?
	Yan Jiankui	Guangxi	?
	Hu Zhenxia		?

Final

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
	Li Xuemei	Sichuan	22.01	AR, GR
	Liu Xiaomei	Sichuan	22.36	PB
	Du Xiujie	Guangdong	22.56	SB
4	Li Yali	Sichuan	22.87
5	Liang Yi	Jiangsu	22.94	PB
6	Xiong Xiaoying		?
7	Xiang Chirong	Shandong	?
8	Chen Yuxiang	Shandong	?

400 m[]

Held on October 17–18.^[7]

The final was won by Liaoning 17-year-old in an astonishing time of 50.01 seconds. She beat Grit Breuer's world youth record of 50.48 seconds set in 1989 in the process.

Guangdong Du Xiujie and Shandong finished respectively second and third. Zhang Hengyun, from Jiangsu, who had finished second in the event four years before; crossed the line in fourth place, recording despite all a new personal best.

Heats

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
1		Liaoning	50.76	AJR, AYR, Q
2	Zhang Hengyun	Jiangsu	51.79	SB, Q
3	Chen Yuxiang	Shandong	51.84	Q
4	Zhang Ying		52.13	PB, Q
?	Bu Fanfang	Shandong	?	Q
	Cao Chunying	Hebei	?	Q
	Du Xiujie	Guangdong	?	Q
	Lü Xifang	Jiangsu	?	Q
9	Li Cong	Sichuan	52.41
10	Zhu Huangchao		52.85	PB
11	Jiang Lanying		53.38	PB
12	Wang Xuemei		53.39	PB

Final

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
		Liaoning	50.01	WYR, AJR
	Du Xiujie	Guangdong	50.87	SB
		Shandong	51.15	PB
4	Zhang Hengyun	Jiangsu	51.22	PB
5		Shandong	51.85	PB
6		Jiangsu	51.99
7	Cao Chunying	Hebei	52.21	SB
8			53.23

800 m[]

Held between on October 21–22.^[8]

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
Dq	Chen Xuehui	Guangxi	~~1:57.92~~	Q, PB
1	Lin Na	Liaoning	1:58.26	PB, Q
2	Liu Jing	Jiangsu	1:58.55	Q, PB
3	Lang Yinglai	Liaoning	1:58.57	Q, PB
4	Liu Haiyan	Guangdong	1:58.57	q, PB
5	Wang Qingfen	Henan	1:58.69	q, PB
6	Liu Qifang	Guangxi	1:59.01	PB
7	Qu Yunxia	Liaoning	1:59.25	SB
8	Yan Wei	Henan	1:59.81	Q, PB
9	Zhang Jian	Beijing	1:59.91	Q, PB
10	Wang Yuanping	Heilongjiang	2:00.76
11	Zhang Jinqing	Henan	2:01.17	PB
12	Zhang Xiaolan	Hebei	2:01.68	PB
13	Zhang Meng	Liaoning	2:01.73	PB
14	Liu Liping	Hebei	2:02.95	PB
15	Cui Yuying	Liaoning	2:03.01	PB
16	Zeng Yuying	Guangdong	?
17	Mi Yuzhen	Hunan	2:03.60	PB
18	Yu Junping	Shanxi	2:03.63	PB
19	Yan Junli	Henan	2:04.19	PB
20	Tian Xiaoxia	Sichuan	?

Final

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
	Lang Yinglai	Liaoning	1:57.62	PB
		Liaoning	1:58.16	PB
	Zhang Jian	Beijing	1:58.98	PB
4	Liu Jing	Jiangsu	1:59.15
5	Wang Qingfen	Henan	1:59.29
6	Yan Wei	Henan	1:59.66	PB
7		Guangdong	2:00.99
DQ		Guangxi	~~1:57.82~~

1500 m[]

Held on October 17–18. It primarily consisted of Liaoning runners.

Qu Yunxia was expected to break the 3:50 bar according to her coach, Ma Junren. However, she fell during the final and only finished eighth.^[9] Her 20-year-old teammate Jiang Bo eventually won the race, clocking 3:50.98, the second fastest time ever.^[10] It remains one of three times under 3:51.^[11] Less than a half second behind her, barely 18 year old Lang Yinglai set the still standing World Junior Record, breaking the previous record by Lan Lixin set in the qualifying round. In fifth place, 16 year old Zhang Ling set the still standing World Youth Best. At the conclusion of this race, the top six all were in the top 12 in history (plus Qu in eight place still the world record holder). Since this race, only Genzebe Dibaba has run faster than any of them.

Heats

First 5 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
1	Lan Lixin	Liaoning	3:55.01	WJR, Q
2	Qu Yunxia	Liaoning	3:55.38	SB, Q
3	Zhang Ling	Beijing	3:55.47	WYR, Q
4	Dong Yanmei	Liaoning	3:55.82	PB, Q
5	Liu Dong	Liaoning	3:56.31	PB
6	Liu Jing	Jiangsu	3:57.02	PB, q
7	Lang Yinglai	Liaoning	3:57.15	PB, Q
8	Jiang Bo	Liaoning	3:57.20	PB, Q
9	Yin Lili	Liaoning	3:58.22	PB, Q
10	Yan Wei	Henan	3:58.74	PB, Q
11	Wang Qingfen	Henan	3:58.97	PB, q
12	Wang Chunmei	Henan	3:59.48	PB, Q
13	Wang Ai	Liaoning	4:00.34	PB
14	Wang Xiaoxia		4:03.67	PB
15	Zhang Jinqing		4:04.05	PB
16	Liu Haiyan	Guangdong	4:04.49	PB
17	Cui Yuying		4:08.29	PB
18	Tao Sumei		4:08.52	PB
19	Tang Xueqing		4:13.17	PB
20	Liu Jianying		4.13.99	PB
?	Wang Renmei		?

Final

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
	Jiang Bo	Liaoning	3:50.98	WL
	Lang Yinglai	Liaoning	3:51.34	WJR
	Yin Lili	Liaoning	3:53.91	PB
4	Lan Lixin	Liaoning	3:53.97	PB
5	Zhang Ling	Beijing	3:54.52	WYR
6	Dong Yanmei	Liaoning	3:55.07	PB
7	Liu Jing	Jiangsu	3:57.77
8	Qu Yunxia	Liaoning	3:57.83
9	Liu Dong	Liaoning	3:58.18
10	Wang Qingfen	Henan	4:02.22
11	Yan Wei	Henan	4:04.27
	Wang Chunmei	Henan	?

10,000 m[]

Held on October 19.^[12]

Final

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
	Dong Yanmei	Liaoning	30:38.09	PB, WL
	Lan Lixin	Liaoning	30:39.41	WJR
	Yin Lili	Liaoning	30:39.98	PB
4	Dong Zhaoxia	Shanghai	30:47.22
5	Wang Dongmei	Henan	30:47.72
6	Liu Shixiang	Shandong	30:55.83
7	Song Liqing	Liaoning	31:11.26	WYB
8	Wang Mingxia	Shandong	31:12.58
9	Yang Siju	Yunnan	31:16.39
10	Wang Yanfang	Liaoning	31:59.93
11	Wang Xiaoxia	Liaoning	32:15.22
12	Cui Guomei	Shandong	32:46.67
13	Liang Ying	Yunnan	33:06.19
14	Wang Xiujie	Army	33:17.98
15	Cui Yuying	Liaoning	33:26.32
16	Li Dong	Henan	33:27.79
17	Tong Dejing	Jilin	33:36.95
18	Lu Jing	Railway	33:41.22
19	Li Wei	Shandong	?

100 m hurdles[]

Held on October 17–18.

Heats

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
1	Liu Jing	Sichuan	12.85	Q
2	Zhou Jing	Hebei	12.87	PB, Q
3	Zhang Yu	Tianjin	13.01	SB, Q
4	Luo Bin	Hunan	13.03	PB, Q
5	Zeng Yan	Sichuan	13.06	Q
6	Tan Yali		13.12	PB, Q
7	Tang Xiaoyue		13.13	PB, Q
?	Sun Hongwei	Hebei	?	Q
9	Liu Hao		13.33	PB
10	Jiang Jianchun		13.36	PB
11	Xiong Yanling		13.50	PB
?	Deng Xiaocen		?
	Zhou Hongyan		?
	Zhu Shuiying		?

Final

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
	Zeng Yan	Sichuan	12.74	PB
	Liu Jing	Sichuan	12.76	PB
	Zhang Yu	Tianjin	12.84	SB
4	Luo Bin	Hunan	12.88	PB
5	Zhou Jing	Hebei	12.89
6	Sun Hongwei	Hebei	12.92	AJR
7	Tan Yali		?
8	Tang Xiaoyue		?

400 m hurdles[]

Held on October 21–22.^[13]

and , both from Guangxi had respectively won the gold and the silver medals but were later disqualified after failing a doping test.^[14]

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
1	Li Rui	Hebei	55.32	SB, Q
2		Hebei	55.43	PB, Q
3		Jiangsu	55.46	PB, Q
4	Song Yinglan	Hunan	55.58	PB, Q
5		Guangdong	55.72	PB, q
6		Hebei	55.80	PB, q
7	Zhang Yu		56.19	PB
8		Guangxi	56.49	PB
8			59.43	PB
	Huang Xia		?
DQ	Jiang Limei	Guangxi	~~54.87~~	Q
DQ	Peng Yinghua	Guangxi	~~55.50~~	Q

4 × 400 m relay[]

Held on October 23.

Final

Rank	Team	Name	Time	Notes
	Jiangsu, China	, Cui Danfeng, , Zhang Hengyun	3:26.88	PB
	Hebei, China		3:29.99	SB
	Sichuan, China	Liu Xiaomei, , Li Xuemei,	3:30.17
4
5
6
7
DQ	Guangxi, China	, , ,	~~3:26.37~~	*

The Guangxi team was later disqualified after the hurdlers , and the 800 m runner failed a doping test. Jiangsu was awarded the gold medal and Sichuan, which originally finished fourth took the bronze medal.

Heptathlon[]

Held on October 17–18, after a three years break, Zhejiang Chinese record holder Ma Miaolan won her second consecutive National Games title, winning the event with a total of 6236 points. Her 16-year-old teammate Shen Shengfei set a new World youth record to finish second, beating Sichuan's by only one point.

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
1	Ma Miaolan	Zhejiang	6236 pts	SB
2	Shen Shengfei	Zhejiang	6185 pts	WYR
3		Sichuan	6184 pts	PB
4			?
5			?
6			5739 pts	PB
7			?
8	?		?
9			5652 pts	PB
10			5652 pts	PB
11			5640 pts	PB

References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-19. Retrieved 2013-06-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Rosenbaum, Mike. "Women's Outdoor Asian Records". About.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-25. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
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General

1997 Athletics World Rankings Lists. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-03-29.
8th National Games medallists (in Chinese). jx918. Retrieved on 2013-03-29.

External links[]

Athlestats2010.izihost.com

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-19. Retrieved 2013-06-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] Rosenbaum, Mike. "Women's Outdoor Asian Records". About.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-25. Retrieved 10 December 2013.

[3] "Xuemei LI". All-Athletics. Retrieved 10 December 2013.

[4] "CHINESE CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 10 December 2013.

[5] "Tian Yumei". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2013.

[6] "Xiao Lin". Retrieved 10 December 2013.

[7] Athlestats2000.izihost.com

[8] Athlestats2010.izihost.com

[9] "CND-Global, October 22, 1997 (GL97-144)".

[10] "1500m - All-time / Tous Temps / Todo Tiempo - end 2012 with indoor 2013" (PDF). Athlestats. Retrieved 22 November 2013.

[11] "1500 Metres - women - senior - outdoor".

[12] "World-10000m" (PDF). Athlestats. Retrieved 10 December 2013.

[13] Athlestats2010.izihost.com

[14] "Women's non-legal 400m hurdles". Alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

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