World Athletics Championships 1997/400 m hurdles for women
| 6th World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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| discipline | 400 meter hurdles | ||||||||
| gender | Women | ||||||||
| Attendees | 27 athletes from 20 countries | ||||||||
| venue |
 Athens
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| Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
| Competition phase | August 5th (preliminary) August 6th (semi-finals) August 8th (final) |
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The women's 400-meter hurdles at the 1997 World Athletics Championships was held from August 5th to 8th, 1997 in the Olympic Stadium in the Greek capital, Athens .
The world champion was the Moroccan Nezha Bidouane , who set a new African record in the semifinals and finals. Second place went to the Jamaican Olympic champion in 1996 and third in the 1995 World Cup, Deon Hemmings , who won bronze on the final day of these world championships in her country's 4 x 400 meter relay . Third was the US defending champion, Olympic runner-up in 1996 and world record holder Kim Batten. On the final day, she also received silver with her 4 x 400 meter relay.
Existing records
| World record | 52.61 s |
 Kim Batten
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World Cup 1995 in Gothenburg , Sweden | August 11, 1995 |
| World championship record |
The existing world championship record was not set and not improved at these world championships.
Two continental records and five other national records were set:
- Continental records:
- 53.48 s (African record) - Nezha Bidouane ( Morocco ), 2nd semi-final on August 6th
- 52.97 s (African record) - Nezha Bidouane (Morocco), final on August 8th
- National records:
- 54.84 s - Ester Goossens ( Netherlands ), 1st lead on August 5th
- 54.61s - Susan Smith ( Ireland ), 3rd lead on August 5th
- 54.02 s - Tetiana Tereshchuk ( Ukraine ), 1st semi-final on August 6th
- 54.74s - Andrea Blackett ( Barbados ), 2nd semi-finals on August 6th
- 53.81s - Tetjana Tereshchuk (Ukraine), final on August 6th
Preliminary round
August 5, 1997, 5:35 p.m.
The preliminary round was held in four runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the quarter-finals.
Forward 1
August 5, 1997, 8:35 a.m.
| space | Surname | nation | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deon Hemmings |
 Jamaica
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54.42 s |
| 2 | Sally Gunnell |
 Great Britain
|
54.53 s |
| 3 | Ester Goossens |
 Netherlands
|
54.84 s NO |
| 4th | Andrea Blackett |
 Barbados
|
55.26 s |
| 5 | Tazzjana Ljadouskaja |
 Belarus
|
56.88 s |
| 6th | Rebecca Buchanan |
United States
|
57.79 s |
| 7th | Christína Panágou |
Greece
|
1: 01.14 min |
Forward 2
August 5, 1997, 8:41 am
| space | Surname | nation | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tetiana Tereshchuk |
 Ukraine
|
55.18 s |
| 2 | Tonja Buford-Bailey |
United States
|
55.25 s |
| 3 | Anna Knoros |
 Russia
|
55.34 s |
| 4th | Miriam Alonso |
 Spain
|
55.57 s |
| 5 | Guðrún Arnardóttir |
 Iceland
|
55.76 s |
| 6th | Donalda Duprey |
 Canada
|
56.73 s |
| 7th | Inicia da Fonseca |
 Sao Tome and Principe
|
1: 01.39 min |
Forward 3
August 5, 1997, 8:47 a.m.
| space | Surname | nation | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim Batten |
United States
|
54.56 s |
| 2 | Susan Smith |
 Ireland
|
54.61 s NO |
| 3 | Ekaterina Bachvalova |
Russia
|
55.08 s |
| 4th | Karlene Haughton |
Jamaica
|
55.27 s |
| 5 | Judit Szekeres |
 Hungary
|
55.99 s |
| 6th | Carla Barbarino |
 Italy
|
57.05 s |
| 7th | Rikke Rønholt |
 Denmark
|
57.26 s |
Forward 4
August 5, 1997, 8:53 a.m.
| space | Surname | nation | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nezha Bidouane |
 Morocco
|
55.53 s |
| 2 | Silvia Rieger |
 Germany
|
55.63 s |
| 3 | Debbie-Ann Parris |
Jamaica
|
55.84 s |
| 4th | Irina Lenskiy |
Ukraine
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56.05 s |
| 5 | Natalija Torzina |
 Kazakhstan
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55.64 s |
| 6th | Ryan Tolbert |
United States
|
55.67 s |
Semifinals
From the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Semi-final run 1
August 6, 1997, 7:50 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim Batten |
United States
|
53.67 |
| 2 | Tetiana Tereshchuk |
Ukraine
|
54.02 NO |
| 3 | Debbie-Ann Parris |
Jamaica
|
54.72 |
| 4th | Susan Smith |
Ireland
|
54.72 |
| 5 | Ekaterina Bachvalova |
Russia
|
55.02 |
| 6th | Silvia Rieger |
Germany
|
55.08 |
| 7th | Karlene Haughton |
Jamaica
|
55.33 |
| 8th | Miriam Alonso |
Spain
|
55.49 |
Semi-final run 2
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August 6, 1997, 7:58 pm
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nezha Bidouane |
Morocco
|
53.48 AF |
| 2 | Deon Hemmings |
Jamaica
|
53.82 |
| 3 | Tonja Buford-Bailey |
United States
|
54.48 |
| 4th | Andrea Blackett |
Barbados
|
54.74 NO |
| 5 | Guðrún Arnardóttir |
Iceland
|
54.93 |
| 6th | Anna Knoros |
Russia
|
55.28 |
| 7th | Ester Goossens |
Netherlands
|
56.17 |
| DNS | Sally Gunnell |
Great Britain
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final
August 8, 1997, 8:00 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nezha Bidouane |
Morocco
|
52.97 AF |
| 2 | Deon Hemmings |
Jamaica
|
53.09 |
| 3 | Kim Batten |
United States
|
53.52 |
| 4th | Tetiana Tereshchuk |
Ukraine
|
53.81 NO |
| 5 | Debbie-Ann Parris |
Jamaica
|
54.19 |
| 6th | Tonja Buford-Bailey |
United States
|
54.77 |
| 7th | Susan Smith |
Ireland
|
55.25 |
| 8th | Andrea Blackett |
Barbados
|
55.63 |
Susan Smith came in seventh place
Eighth place for Andrea Blackett
Video
- 1997 World Championships Women's 400 Meters Hurdles nezha bidouane , video posted March 10, 2010 on youtube.com, accessed July 3, 2020
Web links
- 6th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed June 4, 2020
- Women 400m Hurdles Athletics VI World Championship 1997 Athens (GRE) at todor66.com, accessed May 18, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women 400m Hurdles, Athens 1997, p. 306f (PDF; 10.3 MB), English, accessed on July 3, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 400 m hurdles women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on July 3, 2020