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 | ||||||||
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 | 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 |
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1 | Deon Hemmings | Jamaica | 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | 56.05 s |
5 | Natalija Torzina | Kazakhstan | 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) |
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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
August 6, 1997, 7:58 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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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 |
final
August 8, 1997, 8:00 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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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 |
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