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 in Athens, Greece.

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Medalists

Gold Flag of Morocco.svg Nezha Bidouane
Morocco (MAR)
Silver Flag of Jamaica.svg Deon Hemmings
Jamaica (JAM)
Bronze Flag of the United States.svg Kim Batten
United States (USA)

Results

Heats

First 3 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11 Deon Hemmings Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 54.42Q
21 Sally Gunnell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 54.53Q, SB
33 Kim Batten Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 54.56Q
43 Susan Smith-Walsh Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 54.61Q, NR
51 Ester Goossens Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 54.84Q, NR
63 Yekaterina Bakhvalova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 55.08Q
72 Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 55.17Q
82 Tonja Buford-Bailey Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 55.25Q
91 Andrea Blackett Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 55.26q
103 Karlene Haughton Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 55.27q
112 Anna Knoroz Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 55.34Q
124 Nezha Bidouane Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 55.53Q
132 Miriam Alonso Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 55.57q, SB
144 Silvia Rieger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 55.64Q
152 Gudrun Arnardottir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 55.76q
164 Debbie-Ann Parris Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 55.84Q
173 Judit Szekeres Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 55.99
184 Irina Lenskaya Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 56.05
194 Natalya Torshina Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 56.64
204 Ryan Tolbert Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 56.67
212 Donalda Duprey Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56.73
221 Tatyana Ledovskaya Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 56.88
233 Carla Barbarino Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 57.05
243 Rikke Ronholt Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 57.26
251 Rebecca Russell-Buchanan Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 57.79
261 Christina Panagou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:01.14
272 Inicia Coelho da Fonseca Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe 1:01.39

Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12 Nezha Bidouane Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 53.48Q, AR
21 Kim Batten Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 53.67Q
32 Deon Hemmings Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 53.82Q
41 Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 54.02Q, NR
52 Tonja Buford-Bailey Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 54.48Q
61 Debbie-Ann Parris Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 54.72Q
71 Susan Smith-Walsh Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 54.72Q
82 Andrea Blackett Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 54.74Q, NR
92 Gudrun Arnardottir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 54.93
101 Yekaterina Bakhvalova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 55.02
111 Silvia Rieger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 55.08
122 Anna Knoroz Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 55.28
131 Karlene Haughton Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 55.33
141 Miriam Alonso Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 55.49SB
152 Ester Goossens Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 56.17
2 Sally Gunnell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain DNS

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg3 Nezha Bidouane Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 52.97 AR
Silver medal icon.svg4 Deon Hemmings Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 53.09SB
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Kim Batten Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 53.52
46 Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 53.81 NR
58 Debbie-Ann Parris Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 54.19SB
62 Tonja Buford-Bailey Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 54.77
77 Susan Smith-Walsh Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 55.25
81 Andrea Blackett Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 55.63

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