1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres
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These are the results of the women's 200 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece.
Medalists
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| bgcolor="gold"|Gold | {{flagicon|UKR}} Zhanna Pintusevich Ukraine (UKR) |
| bgcolor="silver"|Silver | {{flagicon|SRI}} Susanthika Jayasinghe Sri Lanka (SRI) |
| bgcolor="CC9966"|Bronze | {{flagicon|JAM}} Merlene Ottey Jamaica (JAM) |
Records
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| World Record
|{{flagathlete|Florence Griffith Joyner|USA}} |21.34 |29 September 1988 |
| Championship Record
|{{flagathlete|Silke Gladisch-Möller|GDR}} |21.74 |Rome, Italy |3 September 1987 |
Results
=Heats=
6 August
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| Heat
!Rank !Name !Result !Notes |
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|4 |1 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Susanthika Jayasinghe|SRI}} |22.44 Q |AR |
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|7 |1 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Li Xuemei|CHN}} |22.44 Q |=AR |
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|4 |3 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Yekaterina Leshchova|RUS}} |22.47 Q |PB |
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|4 |4 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Merlene Ottey|JAM}} |22.47 Q | |
| style="background:#ccffcc;" align="center"
|6 |5 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Inger Miller|USA}} |22.55 Q | |
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|4 |6 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Sylviane Félix|FRA}} |22.71 Q |PB |
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|2 |7 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Melinda Gainsford-Taylor|AUS}} |22.76 Q | |
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|7 |7 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Hana Benešová|CZE}} |22.76 Q | |
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|7 |9 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Chandra Sturrup|BAH}} |22.77 Q |SB |
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|7 |10 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Alenka Bikar|SLO}} |22.81 Q |NR |
| style="background:#ccffcc;" align="center"
|1 |11 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Zhanna Pintusevich|UKR}} |22.85 Q | |
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|3 |12 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Marie-Jose Perec|FRA}} |22.87 Q | |
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|2 |13 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Merlene Frazer|JAM}} |22.91 Q | |
| style="background:#ccffcc;" align="center"
|3 |14 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Marina Trandenkova|RUS}} |22.94 Q | |
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|3 |15 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Ekaterini Koffa|GRE}} |22.97 Q | |
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|1 |16 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Zundra Feagin-Alexander|USA}} |22.99 Q |SB |
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|6 |16 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Liu Xiaomei|CHN}} |22.99 Q | |
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|6 |18 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Juliet Campbell|JAM}} |23.00 Q | |
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|4 |19 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Petya Pendareva|BUL}} |23.02 q | |
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|6 |20 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Lucrecia Jardim|POR}} |23.04 Q |SB |
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|5 |21 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Juliet Cuthbert|JAM}} |23.08 Q | |
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|1 |22 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Melanie Paschke|GER}} |23.10 Q | |
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|3 |23 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Yan Jiankui|CHN}} |23.11 Q |SB |
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|3 |24 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Felipa Palacios|COL}} |23.15 q | |
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|6 |25 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllonen|FIN}} |23.17 q | |
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|1 |26 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Lauren Hewitt|AUS}} |23.18 Q | |
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|1 |27 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Katharine Merry|GBR}} |23.20 q | |
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|4 |28 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Gabi Rockmeier|GER}} |23.22 | |
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|2 |29 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Simmone Jacobs|GBR}} |23.23 Q |SB |
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|5 |30 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Pauline Davis-Thompson|BAH}} |23.26 Q | |
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|5 |31 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Cheryl Taplin|USA}} |23.28 Q | |
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|5 |32 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Katia Benth|FRA}} |23.33 Q | |
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|1 |33 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Melissa Straker|BAR}} |23.45 |SB |
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|4 |33 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Patricia Rodríguez|COL}} |23.45 | |
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|5 |35 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Marina Filipović|FR Yugoslavia|code=YUG}} |23.54 | |
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|6 |36 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Monika Gachevska|BUL}} |23.55 | |
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|2 |37 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Shanta Ghosh|GER}} |23.58 Q | |
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|3 |38 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Natalya Vinogradova-Safronnikova|BLR}} |23.66 | |
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|2 |39 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Aïda Diop|SEN}} |23.71 | |
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|7 |40 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Ladonna Antoine|CAN}} |23.86 | |
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|5 |41 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Heather Samuel|ATG}} |23.93 | |
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|2 |42 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Danielle Perpoli|ITA}} |23.96 | |
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|3 |42 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Svetlana Bodritskaya|KAZ}} |23.96 | |
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|6 |44 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Dora Kyriakou|CYP}} |24.08 | |
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|4 |45 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Vernetta Lesforis|LCA|1979}} |24.27 | |
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|1 |46 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Ameerah Bello|ISV}} |24.31 | |
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|7 |47 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Georgette Nkoma|CMR}} |24.53 | |
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|7 |48 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Rossa Maira|PNG}} |25.02 |SB |
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|6 |49 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Laure Kuetey|BEN}} |25.15 |PB |
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|7 |50 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Fanta Dao|MLI}} |25.35 | |
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|5 |51 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Sittina Djabiri|COM|1996}} |30.88 | |
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|5 |{{Sort|98 |
|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova|RUS}}
|{{Sort|99.98|DNF}}
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|2
|{{Sort|99|}}
|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Nadjina Kaltouma|CHA}}
|{{Sort|99.99|DNS}}
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=Second round=
6 August
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| Heat
!Rank !Name !Result !Notes |
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|4 |1 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Melinda Gainsford|AUS}} |22.45 Q | |
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|2 |2 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Susanthika Jayasinghe|SRI}} |22.47 Q | |
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|4 |3 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Sylviane Félix|FRA}} |22.56 Q |PB |
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|4 |3 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Zhanna Pintusevich|UKR}} |22.56 Q | |
| style="background:#ccffcc;" align="center"
|2 |5 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Marina Trandenkova|RUS}} |22.63 Q | |
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|1 |6 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Merlene Ottey|JAM}} |22.65 Q | |
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|3 |7 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Marie-José Pérec|FRA}} |22.69 Q | |
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|4 |8 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Juliet Campbell|JAM}} |22.75 q | |
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|4 |9 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Zundra Feagin|USA}} |22.81 q |SB |
| style="background:#ccffcc;" align="center"
|2 |10 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Juliet Cuthbert|JAM}} |22.83 Q | |
| style="background:#ccffcc;" align="center"
|3 |11 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Inger Miller|USA}} |22.85 Q | |
| style="background:#ccffcc;" align="center"
|4 |12 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Petya Pendareva|BUL}} |22.90 q |SB |
| style="background:#ccffcc;" align="center"
|1 |13 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Yekaterina Leshchova|RUS}} |22.91 Q | |
| style="background:#ccffcc;" align="center"
|3 |14 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Merlene Frazer|JAM}} |22.92 Q | |
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|4 |15 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Liu Xiaomei|CHN}} |22.95 q | |
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|2 |16 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Yan Jiankui|CHN}} |22.97 |SB |
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|1 |17 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Ekaterini Koffa|GRE}} |23.05 Q | |
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|1 |18 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Li Xuemei|CHN}} |23.06 | |
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|2 |19 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Cheryl Taplin|USA}} |23.07 | |
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|2 |19 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Chandra Sturrup|BAH}} |23.07 | |
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|3 |21 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Pauline Davis|BAH}} |23.13 | |
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|1 |22 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Lucrecia Jardim|POR}} |23.16 | |
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|2 |23 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Katia Benth|FRA}} |23.20 | |
| align="center"
|3 |24 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Melanie Paschke|GER}} |23.22 | |
| align="center"
|1 |25 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Hana Benešová|CZE}} |23.34 | |
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|3 |25 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Felipa Palacios|COL}} |23.34 | |
| align="center"
|3 |27 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Alenka Bikar|SLO}} |23.43 | |
| align="center"
|2 |28 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Simmone Jacobs|GBR}} |23.49 | |
| align="center"
|3 |29 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Sanna Hernesniemi|FIN}} |23.52 | |
| align="center"
|1 |30 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Lauren Hewitt|AUS}} |23.53 | |
| align="center"
|4 |31 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Shanta Ghosh|GER}} |23.62 | |
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|1 |32 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Katharine Merry|GBR}} |23.98 | |
=Semifinals=
7 August
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| Heat
!Rank !Name !Result !Notes |
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|2 |1 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Merlene Ottey|JAM}} |22.26 Q |SB |
| style="background:#ccffcc;" align="center"
|2 |2 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Susanthika Jayasinghe|SRI}} |22.33 Q |AR |
| style="background:#ccffcc;" align="center"
|2 |3 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Sylviane Félix|FRA}} |22.57 Q | |
| style="background:#ccffcc;" align="center"
|2 |4 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Yekaterina Leshchova|RUS}} |22.59 Q | |
| style="background:#ccffcc;" align="center"
|1 |4 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Inger Miller|USA}} |22.59 Q | |
| style="background:#ccffcc;" align="center"
|1 |6 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Zhanna Pintusevich|UKR}} |22.65 Q | |
| style="background:#ccffcc;" align="center"
|1 |7 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Marina Trandenkova|RUS}} |22.69 Q | |
| style="background:#ccffcc;" align="center"
|1 |8 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Melinda Gainsford|AUS}} |22.70 Q | |
| align="center"
|2 |8 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Ekaterini Koffa|GRE}} |22.70 |SB |
| align="center"
|1 |10 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Merlene Frazer|JAM}} |22.81 | |
| align="center"
|2 |11 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Zundra Feagin|USA}} |22.92 | |
| align="center"
|1 |12 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Juliet Campbell|JAM}} |22.94 | |
| align="center"
|2 |13 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Juliet Cuthbert|JAM}} |23.03 | |
| align="center"
|1 |13 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Liu Xiaomei|CHN}} |23.03 | |
| align="center"
|2 |— |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Petya Pendareva|BUL}} |DNS | |
| align="center"
|1 |— |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Marie-José Pérec|FRA}} |DNS | |
=Final=
8 August
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| Rank
!Name !Result !Notes |
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|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Zhanna Pintusevich|UKR}} |22.32 | |
| align="center"
|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Susanthika Jayasinghe|SRI}} |22.39 | |
| align="center"
|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Merlene Ottey|JAM}} |22.40 | |
| align="center"
|4 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Yekaterina Leshchova|RUS}} |22.50 | |
| align="center"
|5 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Inger Miller|USA}} |22.52 | |
| align="center"
|6 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Marina Trandenkova|RUS}} |22.65 | |
| align="center"
|7 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Melinda Gainsford|AUS}} |22.73 | |
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|8 |align="left"|{{flagathlete|Sylviane Félix|FRA}} |22.81 | |
References
- [http://todor66.com/athletics/world/1997/Women_200m.html Results]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091004152018/http://www2.iaaf.org/athens97/results/index.html IAAF]
{{200 metres at the World Championships in Athletics}}
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- Women's 200 Metres, 1997 World Championships In Athletics