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1997 6th IAAF World Championships - Athens - Women's 100m Hurdles

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Host City: Athens. Greece

Format: First round (First 2 & 6 fastest to semi-finals) (Aug 9)

Dates: August 1–10. 1997

Format: Semi-finals (First 4 to final) (Aug 10)

Nations participating: 198

Athletes participating: 1882

Main venue: Olympic Stadium

Overview by IAAF

After setting Commonwealth records of 12.53 and 12.52 in the preliminaries. and with a clear lead in the early stages of the final. Freeman must have believed everything was going her way. But her fate was to finish third. Sweden’s Olympic Champion Engquist (who won this title in 1991 as Lyudmila Narozhilenko of the USSR) kept her head and. despite being as much as 6/100ths behind Freeman after 40m she was ahead at the seventh hurdle and went on to finish a metre clear. The Jamaican was passed on the run-in by Dimitrova. Girard was disqualified for two false starts.

These are the results of the Women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens. Greece.

	100m Hurdles			*10 August*	-0.3
Event Report Women 100m Hurdles The 1996 Olympic champion and 1991 world champion (as Lyudmila Narozhilenko, representing the URS), Sweden’s Ludmila Engquist won the first ever gold medal for a female athlete from her country by taking the 100m hurdles in a season’s best of 12.50, the second best performance of the year. The race had 3 false starts, 2 from the 1996 Olympic bronze medallist, France’s Patricia Girard, costing her a disqualification, and the other from the 1996 silver medallist, Slovenia’s Brigita Bukovec. In the definitive start, Jamaican Michelle Freeman got to the initial hurdle first. Engquist, who didn’t have such a good start, caught her at the fifth obstacle, and the two of them, along with the 1997 world leader, Bulgarian Svetla Dimitrova, ran a very even race. After the last obstacle Engquist was clearly ahead, with Freeman in second place, but Dimitrova had a very strong finish, and took the silver medal away. Dimitrova’s time was 12.58, her second performance of 1997, after she ran 12.36 in Bulgaria. Bukovec was fourth in a season’s best of 12.69, and Jamaican Dianne Rose was fifth with 12.87.
	Final
1	Ludmila Engquist	SWE	21 Apr 64	12.50
2	Svetla Pishtikova	BUL	27 Jan 70	12.58
3	Michelle Freeman	JAM	5 May 69	12.61
4	Brigita Bukovec	SLO	21 May 70	12.69
5	Dionne Rose-Henley	JAM	7 Nov 69	12.87
6	Katie Anderson	CAN	9 Jan 68	12.88
7	Svetlana Laukhova	RUS	7 May 73	12.98
	Patricia Girard	FRA	8 Apr 68	DQ
Event Report Women 100m Hurdles Semi Finals The 1997 world indoor champion, Jamaican Michelle Freeman ran the fastest time in the semifinals of the 100m hurdles, and for the second time in this championships set a Central American and Caribbean record, with a 12.52. Running in the first heat from lane 4, Freeman had a very good start, and took command of the race from the very first obstacle. The 1997 world leader and 1994 European champion, Bulgarian Svetla Dimitrova had a poor start, and only recovered by the 5th hurdle to grab the second place with 12.74. The 1996 Olympic silver medallist, Slovenia’s Brigita Bukovec was third in a season’s best of 12.76. Canadian Katie Anderson was fourth in a personal best of 12.80. The second heat was taken by the 1996 Olympic champion, Sweden’s Ludmila Engquist with 12.53. Engquist grabbed the lead by the fifth hurdle. France’s Patricia Girard-Leno, the 1996 Olympic games bronze medallist had a good start and finished second in 12.68. Russian Svetlana Laukhova was third in 12.88 and Jamaican Dionne Rose was fourth in 12.89, the slowest time to advance to the final that will take place later this evening.
	Semifinals			*10 August*
	Heat 1				-0.4
1	Michelle Freeman	JAM	5 May 69	12.52
2	Svetla Pishtikova	BUL	27 Jan 70	12.74
3	Brigita Bukovec	SLO	21 May 70	12.76
4	Katie Anderson	CAN	9 Jan 68	12.80
5	Julie Baumann	SUI	17 Jun 64	12.97
6	Astia Walker	JAM	4 Apr 75	13.00
7	Anjanette Kirkland	USA	24 Feb 74	13.04
8	Yuliya Graudyn	RUS	13 Nov 70	13.07
	Heat 2				0.2
1	Ludmila Engquist	SWE	21 Apr 64	12.53
2	Patricia Girard	FRA	8 Apr 68	12.68
3	Svetlana Laukhova	RUS	7 May 73	12.88
4	Dionne Rose-Henley	JAM	7 Nov 69	12.89
5	Angela Atede	NGR	8 Feb 72	12.91
6	Heike Blaßneck	GER	26 Jul 71	12.94
7	Corien Botha	RSA		13.12
8	Diane Allahgreen	GBR		13.25
Event Report Women 100m Hurdles The world indoor 60m hurdles champion, Michelle Freeman was the fastest qualifier in the first round of the women’s 100m hurdles. Looking extremely smooth over the barriers, Freeman broke the Jamaican national record with 12.53 in the first heat, the third fastest time this year. The fastest hurdler in the world in 1997, Svetla Dimitrova of Bulgaria, also qualified, running a comfortable 12.68, as did the Olympic champion, Ludmila Engquist of Sweden, who ran 12.62. Two notable names who did not make it to the semi-finals tomorrow were USA’s Melissa Morrison and Dawn Bowles. Morrison, with a best of 12.61, ranked 2nd on the 1997 world list before these championships; Bowles ranked 7th at 12.74. Both ran 13.11 in their respective heats.
	Heats			*9 August*
	Heat 1				0.2
1	Michelle Freeman	JAM	5 May 69	12.53
2	Julie Baumann	SUI	17 Jun 64	12.91
3	Anjanette Kirkland	USA	24 Feb 74	12.99
4	Heike Blaßneck	GER	26 Jul 71	13.00
5	Corien Botha	RSA	13 Jun 70	13.00
6	Aneta Sosnowska	POL		13.28
7	Virginie Gollino	MON		15.26
-	Veronique Linster	LUX		DNS
	Heat 2				1.5
1	Ludmila Engquist	SWE	21 Apr 64	12.62
2	Patricia Girard	FRA	8 Apr 68	12.67
3	Svetlana Laukhova	RUS	7 May 73	12.88
4	Sriyani Kulawansa-Fonseka	SRI	1 Mar 70	13.07
5	Angie Thorp	GBR	7 Dec 72	13.08
6	Carla Tuzzi	ITA		13.10
7	Taiwo Aladefa-Darden	NGR		13.16
	Heat 3				0.2
1	Dionne Rose-Henley	JAM	7 Nov 69	12.84
2	Diane Allahgreen	GBR	21 Feb 75	13.03
3	Dawn Bowles	USA		13.11
4	Nadege Joseph	FRA		13.23
5	Irina Korotya	RUS		13.32
6	Yvonne Kanazawa	JPN		13.34
7	Hristiána Tabáki	GRE	13 Jan 73	13.82
	Heat 4				0.6
1	Svetla Pishtikova	BUL	27 Jan 70	12.68
2	Angela Atede	NGR	8 Feb 72	12.83
3	Astia Walker	JAM	4 Apr 75	12.96
4	Iveta Rudova	CZE		13.14
5	Nicole Ramalalanirina	MAD		13.21
6	Johanna Halkoaho	FIN		13.52
-	Anna Leszczynska-Lazor	POL		DNF
	Heat 5				-1.6
1	Katie Anderson	CAN	9 Jan 68	12.96
2	Brigita Bukovec	SLO	21 May 70	12.97
3	Yuliya Graudyn	RUS	13 Nov 70	13.07
4	Melissa Morrison	USA		13.11
5	Aliuska Lopez	CUB		13.19
6	Maria Jose Mardomingo	ESP		13.42
7	Veronica De Paoli	ARG		13.83

Startlist

Heat 1 09 AUG 1997 19:10

Order / Lane	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	PB	SB 1997
1	Heike Blassneck	GER	13.47
2	Aneta Sosnowska	POL
3	Anjanette Kirkland	USA	12.98	12.98
4	Virginie Gollino	MON
5	Corien Botha	RSA	13.15	13.15
6	Michelle Freeman	JAM	12.57	12.74
7	Julie Baumann	SUI	12.76	13.03
8	Véronique Linster	LUX	13.36

Heat 2 09 AUG 1997 19:15

Order / Lane	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	PB	SB 1997
1	Sriyani Kulawansa-Fonseca	SRI	12.91
2	Ludmila Engquist	SWE	12.26	12.62
3	Carla Tuzzi	ITA	12.97
4	Angela Thorp	GBR	12.80	13.44
5	Patricia Girard	FRA	12.59	13.04
6	Taiwo Aladefa-Darden	NGR	13.06
7	Svetlana Laukhova	RUS	13.26

Heat 3 09 AUG 1997 19:20

Order / Lane	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	PB	SB 1997
1	Hristiána Tabáki	GRE
2	Irina Shevchenko	RUS
3	Dionne Rose-Henley	JAM	12.64	12.75
4	Nadège Joseph	FRA	13.77
5	Diane Allahgreen	GBR	13.25
6	Yvonne Kanazawa	JPN	13.08	13.18
7	Dawn Bowles	USA	12.84	12.91

Heat 4 09 AUG 1997 19:25

Order / Lane	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	PB	SB 1997
1	Angela Atede	NGR	12.85	12.85
2	Iveta Rudová	CZE
3	Anna Leszczynska-Lazor	POL	13.67
4	Astia Walker	JAM
5	Svetla Pishtikova	BUL	12.53
6	Johanna Halkoaho	FIN
7	Nicole Ramalalanirina	MAD	12.90	13.02

Heat 5 09 AUG 1997 19:30

Order / Lane	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	PB	SB 1997
1	Aliuska López	CUB	12.67	13.07
2	Yuliya Graudyn	RUS	12.62
3	Keturah Anderson	CAN	12.86	13.15
4	Verónica De Paoli	ARG	13.45	13.45
5	Melissa Morrison-Howard	USA	12.63	12.63
6	María José Mardomingo	ESP	12.89
7	Brigita Bukovec	SLO	12.59	12.78