1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10 kilometres walk

These are the official results of the Women's 10 km Walk event at the 1997 World Championships , with the final held on Thursday 7 August 1997 in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 41 participating athletes.

Medalists

Gold	Annarita Sidoti Italy (ITA)
Silver	Olga Kardopoltseva Belarus (BLR)
Bronze	Valentina Tsybulskaya Belarus (BLR)

Final

RANK	FINAL RANKING	TIME
	Annarita Sidoti  (ITA)	42:55.49
	Olga Kardopoltseva  (BLR)	43:30.20
	Valentina Tsybulskaya  (BLR)	43:49.24
4.	Liu Hongyu  (CHN)	43:56.86
5.	Erica Alfridi  (ITA)	43:59.73
6.	Anikó Szebenszky  (HUN)	44:14.94
7.	Gu Yan  (CHN)	44:24.17
8.	Anita Liepina  (LAT)	45:00.56
9.	Yelena Nikolayeva  (RUS)	45:01.90
10.	Elisabetta Perrone  (ITA)	45:16.64
11.	Mária Urbanik  (HUN)	45:36.57
12.	Wang Yan  (CHN)	46:21.69
13.	Svetlana Tolstaya  (KAZ)	47:09.51
14.	Yuka Mitsumori  (JPN)	47:24.22
—	Larisa Ramazanova  (BLR)	DNF
—	Beate Gummelt  (GER)	DNF
—	Irina Stankina  (RUS)	DSQ
—	Maya Sazonova  (KAZ)	DSQ
—	Olga Panfyorova  (RUS)	DSQ
—	Olimpiada Ivanova  (RUS)	DSQ

Qualifying heats

• Held on Monday 4 August 1997

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Anita Liepina  (LAT)	44:07.88
2.	Mária Urbanik  (HUN)	44:13.76
3.	Olga Kardopoltseva  (BLR)	44:16.00
4.	Yelena Nikolayeva  (RUS)	44:16.08
5.	Larisa Ramazanova  (BLR)	44:18.49
6.	Wang Yan  (CHN)	44:18.50
7.	Annarita Sidoti  (ITA)	44:19.33
8.	Olga Panfyorova  (RUS)	44:22.63
9.	Svetlana Tolstaya  (KAZ)	44:32.34
10.	Graciela Mendoza  (MEX)	44:51.81
11.	Susana Feitor  (POR)	45:00.77
12.	Celia Marcen  (ESP)	45:09.85
13.	Ildikó Ilyés  (HUN)	45:18.02
14.	Ivonne Varas  (MEX)	47:03.18
15.	Hanne Liland  (NOR)	47:51.23
16.	Valérie Nadaud  (FRA)	47:52.90
17.	Kathrin Born-Boyde  (GER)	48:01.28
18.	Christina Kokotou  (GRE)	48:52.36
19.	Aida Isayeva  (AZE)	50:44.62
—	Geovana Irusta  (BOL)	DSQ
—	Annastasia Karen Raj  (MAS)	DSQ

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Olimpiada Ivanova  (RUS)	44:31.98
2.	Erica Alfridi  (ITA)	44:32.04
3.	Elisabetta Perrone  (ITA)	44:32.06
4.	Irina Stankina  (RUS)	44:32.17
5.	Anikó Szebenszky  (HUN)	44:32.22
6.	Valentina Tsybulskaya  (BLR)	44:32.24
7.	Liu Hongyu  (CHN)	44:32.47
8.	Maya Sazonova  (KAZ)	44:33.48
9.	Gu Yan  (CHN)	44:36.17
10.	Beate Gummelt  (GER)	44:37.78
11.	Yuka Mitsumori  (JPN)	44:43.99
12.	Tina Poitras  (CAN)	45:18.76
13.	Jane Saville  (AUS)	46:12.76
14.	Nathalie Marchand-Fortain  (FRA)	46:28.58
15.	Nora Leksir  (FRA)	47:15.15
16.	Valentyna Savchuk  (UKR)	47:47.57
17.	Francisca Martínez  (MEX)	48:29.81
18.	Miriam Ramón  (ECU)	48:39.75
—	Victoria Herazo  (USA)	DSQ
—	Tong Lean Cheng  (MAS)	DSQ

See also

• 1992 Women's Olympic 10km Walk (Barcelona)
• 1993 Women's World Championships 10km Walk (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Women's European Championships 10km Walk (Helsinki)
• 1996 Women's Olympic 10km Walk (Atlanta)
• 1998 Women's European Championships 10km Walk (Budapest)
• 1999 Women's World Championships 20km Walk (Seville)

References

• Results
• Die Leichtathletik-Statistik-Seite