1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 and 11 July 1997. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Nora Ivanova   Bulgaria
Silver	Esther Möller   Germany
Bronze	Marie Joëlle Dogbo   France

Results

Final

11 July
Wind: 1.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Nora Ivanova	Bulgaria	11.50
	Esther Möller	Germany	11.53
	Marie Joëlle Dogbo	France	11.54
4	Manuela Levorato	Italy	11.56
5	Katia Benth	France	11.56
6	Tatyana Lukyanenko	Ukraine	11.66
7	Yelena Tishkova	Russia	11.79
8	Vyara Georgieva	Bulgaria	11.80

Heats

10 July
Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

Heat 1

Wind: 2.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Esther Möller	Germany	11.44w	Q
2	Manuela Levorato	Italy	11.52w	Q
3	Marie Joëlle Dogbo	France	11.56w	Q
4	Vyara Georgieva	Bulgaria	11.62w	q
5	Yelena Tishkova	Russia	11.64w	q
6	Annika Amundin	Sweden	11.81w
7	Kristina Lörincz	Hungary	11.94w

Heat 2

Wind: 1.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Katia Benth	France	11.43	Q
2	Nora Ivanova	Bulgaria	11.44	Q
3	Tatyana Lukyanenko	Ukraine	11.56	Q
4	Yuliya Vertyanova	Russia	11.72
5	Monica Giolli	Italy	11.81
6	Victoria Gunnarsson	Sweden	11.85
7	Raquel Fraguas	Spain	11.86

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

•   Bulgaria (2)
•   France (2)
•   Germany (1)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Italy (2)
•   Russia (2)
•   Spain (1)
•   Sweden (2)
•   Ukraine (1)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 1st European Athletics U23 Championships - Turku, Finland 10.7. - 13.7.1997 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 5–16, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. Gordon, Ed, European Championships for Under 23 (Turku, Finland), athletix.org, archived from the original on 12 November 2007, retrieved 24 October 2014