1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
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These are the results of the Women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics
1997 World Championships in Athletics
The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10, 1997. In this event participated 1882 athletes from 198 participant nations...

 in Athens, Greece.

Medalists

Gold   Nezha Bidouane
Nezha Bidouane
Nezha Bidouane is a retired Moroccan hurdler.She won the 400 m hurdles gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athens...


Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

 (MAR)
Silver   Deon Hemmings
Deon Hemmings
Deon Hemmings is a former female 400 metres hurdler.Hemmings was the first ever Jamaican woman to win an Olympic Gold when she won the 400m Hurdles at the 1996 Olympics breaking the Olympic record which stood to 2004...


Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

 (JAM)
Bronze   Kim Batten
Kim Batten
Kim Batten is a retired female American 400 meter hurdles champion. She was the 1995 world record holder in the women's 400-meter hurdles....


United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 (USA)

Heats

First 3 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Deon Hemmings
Deon Hemmings
Deon Hemmings is a former female 400 metres hurdler.Hemmings was the first ever Jamaican woman to win an Olympic Gold when she won the 400m Hurdles at the 1996 Olympics breaking the Olympic record which stood to 2004...

 
54.42 Q
1 Sally Gunnell
Sally Gunnell
Sally Jane Janet Gunnell OBE is a former British Olympic champion in the 400 m hurdles...

 
 United Kingdom 54.53 Q, SB
3 Kim Batten
Kim Batten
Kim Batten is a retired female American 400 meter hurdles champion. She was the 1995 world record holder in the women's 400-meter hurdles....

 
54.56 Q
3 Susan Smith-Walsh  54.61 Q, NR
Irish records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Ireland maintained by Athletics Association of Ireland .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distanceA = affected by altitudea = aided road course according to IAAF rule 260.28...

1 Ester Goossens  54.84 Q, NR
Dutch records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in the Netherlands maintained by its national athletics federation: Koninklijke Nederlandse Atletiek Unie .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distance...

3 Yekaterina Bakhvalova  55.08 Q
2 Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova  55.17 Q
2 Tonja Buford-Bailey
Tonja Buford-Bailey
Tonja Buford-Bailey is a former American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles. She competed as Tonja Buford until marrying Victor Bailey on October 28, 1995...

 
55.25 Q
1 Andrea Blackett
Andrea Blackett
Andrea Blackett is a Barbadian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles. She is also an assistant women's track coach at her alma mater, Rice University.-Education:...

 
55.26 q
10 3 Karlene Haughton  55.27 q
11 2 Anna Chuprina-Knoroz  55.34 Q
12 4 Nezha Bidouane
Nezha Bidouane
Nezha Bidouane is a retired Moroccan hurdler.She won the 400 m hurdles gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athens...

 
55.53 Q
13 2 Miriam Alonso  55.57 q, SB
14 4 Silvia Rieger
Silvia Rieger
Silvia Rieger is a retired German athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.Her personal best time in the 200 metres is 54.22 seconds, achieved at the 1998 IAAF World Cup in Johannesburg...

 
55.64 Q
15 2 Gudrun Arnardottir  55.76 q
16 4 Debbie-Ann Parris  55.84 Q
17 3 Judit Szekeres  55.99
18 4 Irina Lenskaya  56.05
19 4 Natalya Torshina  56.64
20 4 Ryan Tolbert  56.67
21 2 Donalda Duprey  56.73
22 1 Tatyana Ledovskaya
Tatyana Ledovskaya
Tatyana Mikhailovna Ledovskaya is a retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres hurdles. She represented the Soviet Union, training in Minsk....

 
56.88
23 3 Carla Barbarino  57.05
24 3 Rikke Ronholt  57.26
25 1 Rebecca Russell-Buchanan  57.79
26 1 Christina Panagou 
27 2 Inicia C. Da Fonseca 

Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
2 Nezha Bidouane
Nezha Bidouane
Nezha Bidouane is a retired Moroccan hurdler.She won the 400 m hurdles gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athens...

 
53.48 Q, AR
1 Kim Batten
Kim Batten
Kim Batten is a retired female American 400 meter hurdles champion. She was the 1995 world record holder in the women's 400-meter hurdles....

 
53.67 Q
2 Deon Hemmings
Deon Hemmings
Deon Hemmings is a former female 400 metres hurdler.Hemmings was the first ever Jamaican woman to win an Olympic Gold when she won the 400m Hurdles at the 1996 Olympics breaking the Olympic record which stood to 2004...

 
53.82 Q
1 Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova  54.02 Q, NR
Ukrainian records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Ukraine maintained by the Ukrainian Athletic Federation .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:A = affected by altitudeht = hand timing# = not recognised by federation-External links:* * *...

2 Tonja Buford-Bailey
Tonja Buford-Bailey
Tonja Buford-Bailey is a former American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles. She competed as Tonja Buford until marrying Victor Bailey on October 28, 1995...

 
54.48 Q
1 Debbie-Ann Parris  54.72 Q
1 Susan Smith-Walsh  54.72 Q
2 Andrea Blackett
Andrea Blackett
Andrea Blackett is a Barbadian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles. She is also an assistant women's track coach at her alma mater, Rice University.-Education:...

 
54.74 Q, NR
Barbadian records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Barbados maintained by its national athletics federation: Amateur Athletic Association of Barbados .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timingOT = oversized track-External links:...

2 Gudrun Arnardottir  54.93
10 1 Yekaterina Bakhvalova  55.02
11 1 Silvia Rieger
Silvia Rieger
Silvia Rieger is a retired German athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.Her personal best time in the 200 metres is 54.22 seconds, achieved at the 1998 IAAF World Cup in Johannesburg...

 
55.08
12 2 Anna Chuprina-Knoroz  55.28
13 1 Karlene Haughton  55.33
14 1 Miriam Alonso  55.49 SB
15 2 Ester Goossens  56.17
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Sally Gunnell
Sally Jane Janet Gunnell OBE is a former British Olympic champion in the 400 m hurdles...

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Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
3 Nezha Bidouane
Nezha Bidouane
Nezha Bidouane is a retired Moroccan hurdler.She won the 400 m hurdles gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athens...

 
52.97 AR
4 Deon Hemmings
Deon Hemmings
Deon Hemmings is a former female 400 metres hurdler.Hemmings was the first ever Jamaican woman to win an Olympic Gold when she won the 400m Hurdles at the 1996 Olympics breaking the Olympic record which stood to 2004...

 
53.09 SB
5 Kim Batten
Kim Batten
Kim Batten is a retired female American 400 meter hurdles champion. She was the 1995 world record holder in the women's 400-meter hurdles....

 
53.52
4 6 Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova  53.81 NR
Ukrainian records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Ukraine maintained by the Ukrainian Athletic Federation .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:A = affected by altitudeht = hand timing# = not recognised by federation-External links:* * *...

5 8 Debbie-Ann Parris  54.19 SB
6 2 Tonja Buford-Bailey
Tonja Buford-Bailey
Tonja Buford-Bailey is a former American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles. She competed as Tonja Buford until marrying Victor Bailey on October 28, 1995...

 
54.77
7 7 Susan Smith-Walsh  55.25
8 1 Andrea Blackett
Andrea Blackett
Andrea Blackett is a Barbadian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles. She is also an assistant women's track coach at her alma mater, Rice University.-Education:...

55.63
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