Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Women's 200 metres

Last updated December 21, 2025

The women's 200 metres event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held on 26 and 27 August at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Yekaterina Leshcheva Russia	Katia Benth France	Monika Gachevska Bulgaria

Results

Heats

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.2 m/s, Heat 2: +1.5 m/s, Heat 3: -1.2 m/s, Heat 4: +0.8 m/s, Heat 5: ? m/s, Heat 6: ? m/s

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Mireille Donders	Switzerland	23.31	Q
2	1	Natallia Safronnikava	Belarus	23.73	Q
3	1	LaDonna Antoine	Canada	23.94	Q^[2]
4	1	Ameerah Bello	United States Virgin Islands	23.96	Q
5	1	Michelle Thomas	Great Britain	23.98	q
6	1	Wan Kin Yee	Hong Kong	24.30	q
7	1	Chen Shu-chen	Chinese Taipei	24.49
8	1	Adriana Francisco	Brazil	24.58
1	2	Anke Feller	Germany	23.76	Q
2	2	Kim Gevaert	Belgium	23.92	Q
3	2	LaTasha Jenkins	United States	24.12	Q
4	2	Olivia Haddon	New Zealand	25.97	Q
1	3	Katia Benth	France	23.51	Q
2	3	Svetlana Goncharenko	Russia	23.84	Q
3	3	Sarah Oxley	Great Britain	23.89	Q
4	3	Mia Prinsloo	South Africa	24.28	Q
5	3	Rose Abo	Nigeria	24.49	q
6	3	Rahela Markt	Croatia	24.67
7	3	Jane Arnott	New Zealand	24.78
8	3	Andrea Pinnock	Canada	25.21	^[2]
1	4	Yekaterina Leshcheva	Russia	23.29	Q
2	4	Elona Reinalda	Australia	24.16	Q^[3]
3	4	Elena Apollonio	Italy	24.42	Q
4	4	Biljana Mitrović	Yugoslavia	24.54	Q
5	4	Rutti Luksepp	Estonia	24.80
5	4	Veronica Wabukawo	Uganda	25.45
6	4	Lisbeth Nielsen	Denmark	26.50
1	5	Monika Gachevska	Bulgaria	23.74	Q
2	5	Kelli White	United States	24.10	Q
3	5	Shanta Ghosh	Germany	24.23	Q
4	5	Lorena de Oliveira	Brazil	24.65	Q
5	5	Seynabou N'Diaye	Senegal	25.58
6	5	Lucy Nyadenga	Zimbabwe	26.42
	5	Olajide Olusola	Nigeria	DQ
1	6	Annemarie Kramer	Netherlands	24.12	q
2	6	Irene Daniele	Italy	24.60
3	6	Lena Barry	Ireland	24.66

Quarterfinals

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.0 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s, Heat 3: +0.8 m/s

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Yekaterina Leshcheva	Russia	23.13	Q
2	1	Katia Benth	France	23.36	Q
3	2	Mireille Donders	Switzerland	23.46	Q
4	3	LaDonna Antoine	Canada	23.50	Q^[2]
5	2	Sarah Oxley	Great Britain	23.55	Q
6	1	Monika Gachevska	Bulgaria	23.57	Q
7	1	Elona Reinalda	Australia	23.60	Q^[3]
8	2	Anke Feller	Germany	23.61	Q
9	1	Shanta Ghosh	Germany	23.75	Q
10	3	Natallia Safronnikava	Belarus	23.83	Q
11	2	Svetlana Goncharenko	Russia	23.90	Q
12	3	Kim Gevaert	Belgium	23.95	Q
13	1	Ameerah Bello	United States Virgin Islands	23.97	q
13	1	Annemarie Kramer	Netherlands	23.97	q
15	1	Michelle Thomas	Great Britain	24.02	q
16	2	Elena Apollonio	Italy	24.15	q
17	2	Mia Prinsloo	South Africa	24.17
18	3	LaTasha Jenkins	United States	24.20
19	3	Lorena de Oliveira	Brazil	24.41
20	3	Biljana Mitrović	Yugoslavia	24.42
21	3	Rose Abo	Nigeria	24.53
22	2	Wan Kin Yee	Hong Kong	24.54
23	2	Olivia Haddon	New Zealand	26.03
	1	Kelli White	United States	?

Semifinals

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.9 m/s, Heat 2: -0.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Yekaterina Leshcheva	Russia	23.23	Q
2	2	Katia Benth	France	23.26	Q
3	2	Monika Gachevska	Bulgaria	23.37	Q
4	2	Mireille Donders	Switzerland	23.53	Q
5	1	Anke Feller	Germany	23.62	Q
6	1	Sarah Oxley	Great Britain	23.70	Q
7	2	Elona Reinalda	Australia	23.74	Q^[3]
8	1	LaDonna Antoine	Canada	23.76	Q^[4]
9	2	Shanta Ghosh	Germany	23.84
10	1	Natallia Safronnikava	Belarus	23.86
11	1	Kim Gevaert	Belgium	24.03
12	2	Annemarie Kramer	Netherlands	24.06
13	2	Svetlana Goncharenko	Russia	24.09
14	1	Ameerah Bello	United States Virgin Islands	24.12
15	1	Elena Apollonio	Italy	24.13
16	2	Michelle Thomas	Great Britain	24.23

Final

^[5]

Wind: -0.6 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Yekaterina Leshcheva	Russia	23.18
	Katia Benth	France	23.31
	Monika Gachevska	Bulgaria	23.60
4	Anke Feller	Germany	23.61
5	Sarah Oxley	Great Britain	23.66
6	LaDonna Antoine	Canada	23.73
7	Mireille Donders	Switzerland	23.74
8	Elona Reinalda	Australia	24.31

References

↑ Results at Tilastopaja
1 2 3 "Canadian results". Calgary Herald. 27 August 1997. p. 34. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
1 2 3 "Australian 1997 Almanac" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
↑ "Canadian results". Calgary Herald. 29 August 1997. p. 40. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
↑ "Results". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2014-09-30.

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[1] Results at Tilastopaja

[Canada1-2] 1 2 3 "Canadian results". Calgary Herald. 27 August 1997. p. 34. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

[Australia-3] 1 2 3 "Australian 1997 Almanac" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-08.

[Canada-4] "Canadian results". Calgary Herald. 29 August 1997. p. 40. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

[5] "Results". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2014-09-30.

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Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Half marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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