World Athletics Championships 1997/100 m for women

6th World Athletics Championships
discipline	100 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	56 athletes from 35 countries
venue	Athens
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 2nd (preliminary / quarter finals) August 3rd (semifinals / final)
Medalists Marion Jones ( USA )   Shanna Pintusevich ( UKR )   Savatheda Fynes ( BAH )

The Athens Olympic Stadium in 2014

The women's 100-meter run at the 1997 World Athletics Championships was held on August 2 and 3, 1997 in the Olympic Stadium in the Greek capital, Athens .

The world champion was the American Marion Jones , who won a second gold medal on the final day with the 4 x 100 meter relay of her country. The second place went to the two-time European Vice Champion of 1994 ( 100 / 200m ) Zhanna Pintussewytsch from the Ukraine , which the race over 200 meters decided five days later for themselves. It was started in 1994 under its then name Shanna Tarnopolskaya. Bronze went to Savatheda Fynes , Bahamas , who won Olympic silver in their country's 4 x 100 meter relay in 1996 .

Existing records

World record	10.49 s	Florence Griffith-Joyner	Indianapolis , USA	July 16, 1988
World championship record	10.82 s	Gail Devers	World Cup 1993 in Stuttgart , Germany	August 16, 1993
		Merlene Ottey

The existing world championship record was not set and not improved at these world championships.

The US world champion Marion Jones missed the record in the final by only a hundredth of a second and thus set a new world high for the year.

Four national records have been set:

• 12.00 s - Antonia Cadore ( Grenada ), 1st lead on August 2nd (wind: +0.4 m / s)
• 11.30 s - Lucrécia Jardim ( Portugal ), 4th lead on August 2nd (wind: +0.1 m / s)
• 10.90 s - Shanna Pintusevich ( Ukraine ), 1st quarter-finals on August 2nd (wind: +0.7 m / s)
• 10.85 s - Shanna Pintusevich (Ukraine), final on August 3rd (wind: +0.4 m / s)

Preliminary round

August 5, 1997, 5:35 p.m.

The preliminary round was carried out in eight runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the eight fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the quarter-finals.

Forward 1

August 2, 1997, 9:30 a.m.

Wind: +0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Christine Arron	France	11.13
2	Natalia Voronova	Russia	11.31
3	Liu Xiaomei	People's Republic of China	11.35
4th	Heather Samuel	Antigua and Barbuda	11.46
5	Irina Pucha	Ukraine	11.75
6th	Tamara Shanidze	Georgia	11.97
7th	Antonia Cadore	Grenada	12.00 NO

Forward 2

August 2, 1997, 9:36 a.m.

Wind: -1.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Ekaterini Thanou	Greece	11.32
2	Andrea Philipp	Germany	11.33
3	Debbie Ferguson	Bahamas	11.37
4th	Sanna Hernesniemi	Finland	11.54
5	Sandra Borrero	Colombia	11.83
6th	Cydonie Mothersille	Cayman Islands	11.87
7th	N. Rabbaiya	Indonesia	12.43
8th	Peoria Koshiba	Palau	14.55

Forward 3

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  Manuela Levorato missed the quarter-finals by one place

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  Johanna Manninen was eliminated as fifth in her preliminary run

August 2, 1997, 9:42 am

Wind: +0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	11.27
2	Melanie Paschke	Germany	11.31
3	Eldece Clarke	Bahamas	11.36
4th	Manuela Levorato	Italy	11.57
5	Johanna Manninen	Finland	11.59
6th	Elma Muros-Posadas	Philippines	12.19
7th	Laure Kuetey	Benin	12.38

Forward 4

August 2, 1997, 9:48 a.m.

Wind: +0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Shanna Pinusevych	Ukraine	11.01
2	Lucrécia Jardim	Portugal	11.30 NO
3	Chryste Gaines	United States	11.30
4th	Lucimar Aparecida de Mour	Brazil	11.37
5	Maria Tsoni	Greece	11.48
6th	Marcia Richardson	Great Britain	11.65
7th	Deirdre Caruana	Malta	12.73
8th	Edouwe Appin	Nauru	14.19

Forward 5

August 2, 1997, 9:54 a.m.

Wind: ± 0.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Savatheda Fynes	Bahamas	11.18
2	Chioma Ajunwa	Nigeria	11.28
3	Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe	Madagascar	11.33
4th	Lauren Hewitt	Australia	11.54
5	Aïda Diop	Senegal	11.61
6th	Giada Gallina	Italy	11.64
7th	Shyrome Hughes	Anguilla	13.03

Forward 6

August 2, 1997, 10:00 a.m.

Wind: ± 0.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Li Xuemei	People's Republic of China	11.21
2	Petya Pendareva	Bulgaria	11.28
3	Frédérique Bangué	France	11.34
4th	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor	Australia	11.36
5	Natalia Ignatova	Russia	11.70
6th	Tiresa Paselio	Samoa	14.36
DNS	Hermin Joseph	Dominica

Forward 7

August 2, 1997, 10:06 am

Wind: -0.7 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marion Jones	United States	11.09
2	Beverly McDonald	Jamaica	11.29
3	Nora Ivanova	Bulgaria	11.42
4th	Anshela Kravchenko	Ukraine	11.46
5	Simmone Jacobs	Great Britain	11.58
6th	Myriam Léonie Mani	Cameroon	11.62
DNS	Marva Rostom	Palestine
	Mayra Mayberry	Puerto Rico

Forward 8

August 2, 1997, 10:12 am

Wind: +0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Inger Miller	United States	11.07
2	Esther Möller	Germany	11.44
3	Endurance Ojokolo	Nigeria	11.53
4th	Pei Fang	People's Republic of China	11.54
5	Dolphins Combe	France	11.55
6th	Aksel Gurcan	Turkey	11.82
7th	Devi Maya Paneru	Nepal	12.97

Quarter finals

From the four quarter-finals, the first three athletes - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.

Quarter-finals 1

August 2, 1997, 7:35 p.m.

Wind: +0.7 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Shanna Pinusevych	Ukraine	10.90 NO
2	Chioma Ajunwa	Nigeria	11.14
3	Ekaterini Thanou	Greece	11.19
4th	Chryste Gaines	United States	11.19
5	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor	Australia	11.20
6th	Sanna Hernesniemi	Finland	11.38
7th	Esther Möller	Germany	11.42
8th	Pei Fang	People's Republic of China	11.50

Quarter-finals 2

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  Lucimar Aparecida de Mour was eliminated in sixth of their race in the quarter-finals

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  Her eighth place in the second quarter-finals was not enough for Lauren Hewitt (far right) to make it to the semifinals

August 2, 1997, 7:39 pm

Wind: +0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	11.00
2	Inger Miller	United States	11.23
3	Andrea Philipp	Germany	11.26
4th	Debbie Ferguson	Bahamas	11.28
5	Petya Pendareva	Bulgaria	11.39
6th	Lucimar Aparecida de Mour	Brazil	11.44
7th	Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe	Madagascar	11.49
8th	Lauren Hewitt	Australia	11.55

Quarter-finals 3

August 2, 1997, 7:43 pm

Wind: +0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marion Jones	United States	10.96
2	Melanie Paschke	Germany	11.23
3	Eldece Clarke	Bahamas	11.27
4th	Frédérique Bangué	France	11.31
5	Beverly McDonald	Jamaica	11.31
6th	Li Xuemei	People's Republic of China	11.36
7th	Endurance Ojokolo	Nigeria	11.53
8th	Heather Samuel	Antigua and Barbuda	11.56

Quarter-finals 4

August 2, 1997, 7:47 pm

Wind: -0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Christine Arron	France	11.04
2	Savatheda Fynes	Bahamas	11.16
3	Natalia Voronova	Russia	11.17
4th	Nora Ivanova	Bulgaria	11.36
5	Liu Xiaomei	People's Republic of China	11.37
6th	Lucrécia Jardim	Portugal	11.40
7th	Anshela Kravchenko	Ukraine	11.43
8th	Maria Tsoni	Greece	11.62

Semifinals

From the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Semi-final run 1

August 3, 1997, 6:30 p.m.

Wind: +0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Shanna Pinusevych	Ukraine	11.10
2	Christine Arron	France	11.13
3	Melanie Paschke	Germany	11.34
4th	Chryste Gaines	United States	11.35
5	Natalia Voronova	Russia	11.35
6th	Eldece Clarke	Bahamas	11.41
7th	Chioma Ajunwa	Nigeria	11.41
8th	Frédérique Bangué	France	11.44

Semi-final run 2

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  Melinda Gainsford-Taylor finished sixth in her semi-final race and was eliminated

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  Debbie Ferguson failed as the seventh of her race in the semifinals

August 3, 1997, 6:40 p.m.

Wind: -0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marion Jones	United States	10.94
2	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	11.08
3	Savatheda Fynes	Bahamas	11.11
4th	Inger Miller	United States	11.17
5	Ekaterini Thanou	Greece	11.34
6th	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor	Australia	11.35
7th	Debbie Ferguson	Bahamas	11.39
8th	Andrea Philipp	Germany	11.40

final

Marion Jones - world champion with a lead of two hundredths of an hour

August 3, 1997, 9:35 pm

Wind: +0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marion Jones	United States	10.83 WL
2	Shanna Pinusevych	Ukraine	10.85 NO
3	Savatheda Fynes	Bahamas	11.03
4th	Christine Arron	France	11.05
5	Inger Miller	United States	11.18
6th	Melanie Paschke	Germany	11.19
7th	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	11.29
8th	Chryste Gaines	United States	11.32

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  Vice world champion Shanna Pintussewytsch won gold in the 200 meters five days later - under her then name Schanna Tarnopolskaya, she was two-time European champion in the 100 and 200 meters in 1994

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  Christine Arron, who later won multiple medals at World, European and Olympic Games, was fourth

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  Merlene Ottey, who was highly decorated in the past, came in seventh

Video

• Women's 100m World Athletics Championships Athens 1997 on youtube.com, accessed June 26, 2020

Web links

• 6th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed June 4, 2020
• Women 100m Athletics VI World Championship 1997 Athens (GRE) on todor66.com, accessed May 18, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women 100 m, Athens 1997, p. 249 (PDF; 10.3 MB), English, accessed on June 26, 2020
• Marion Jones biography on dieterwunderlich.de, accessed June 26, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 100 m women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on June 26, 2020