1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

None These are the results of the women's 200 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece. Medalists GoldUKR Zhanna PintusevichUkraine (UKR)SilverSRI Susanthika JayasingheSri Lanka (SRI)BronzeJAM Merlene OtteyJamaica (JAM) Records World RecordFlorence Griffith Joyner USA21.34Seoul, South Korea29 September 1988Championship RecordSilke Gladisch-Möller GDR21.74Rome, Italy3 September 1987 Results Heats 6 August HeatRankNameResultNotes41Susanthika Jayasinghe SRI22.44 QAR71Li Xuemei CHN22.44 Q=AR43Yekaterina Leshchova RUS22.47 QPB44Merlene Ottey JAM22.47 Q65Inger Miller USA22.55 Q46Sylviane Félix FRA22.71 QPB27Melinda Gainsford-Taylor AUS22.76 Q77Hana Benešová CZE22.76 Q79Chandra Sturrup BAH22.77 QSB710Alenka Bikar SLO22.81 QNR111Zhanna Pintusevich UKR22.85 Q312Marie-Jose Perec FRA22.87 Q213Merlene Frazer JAM22.91 Q314Marina Trandenkova RUS22.94 Q315Ekaterini Koffa GRE22.97 Q116Zundra Feagin-Alexander USA22.99 QSB616Liu Xiaomei CHN22.99 Q618Juliet Campbell JAM23.00 Q419Petya Pendareva BUL23.02 q620Lucrecia Jardim POR23.04 QSB521Juliet Cuthbert JAM23.08 Q122Melanie Paschke GER23.10 Q323Yan Jiankui CHN23.11 QSB324Felipa Palacios COL23.15 q625Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllonen FIN23.17 q126Lauren Hewitt AUS23.18 Q127Katharine Merry GBR23.20 q428Gabi Rockmeier GER23.22229Simmone Jacobs GBR23.23 QSB530Pauline Davis-Thompson BAH23.26 Q531Cheryl Taplin USA23.28 Q532Katia Benth FRA23.33 Q133Melissa Straker BAR23.45SB433Patricia Rodríguez COL23.45535Marina Filipović FR Yugoslavia YUG23.54636Monika Gachevska BUL23.55237Shanta Ghosh GER23.58 Q338Natalya Vinogradova-Safronnikova BLR23.66239Aïda Diop SEN23.71740Ladonna Antoine CAN23.86541Heather Samuel ATG23.93242Danielle Perpoli ITA23.96342Svetlana Bodritskaya KAZ23.96644Dora Kyriakou CYP24.08445Vernetta Lesforis LCA 197924.27146Ameerah Bello ISV24.31747Georgette Nkoma CMR24.53748Rossa Maira PNG25.02SB649Laure Kuetey BEN25.15PB750Fanta Dao MLI25.35551Sittina Djabiri COM 199630.88598Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova RUS99.98 DNF299Nadjina Kaltouma CHA99.99 DNS Second round 6 August HeatRankNameResultNotes41Melinda Gainsford AUS22.45 Q22Susanthika Jayasinghe SRI22.47 Q43Sylviane Félix FRA22.56 QPB43Zhanna Pintusevich UKR22.56 Q25Marina Trandenkova RUS22.63 Q16Merlene Ottey JAM22.65 Q37Marie-José Pérec FRA22.69 Q 48Juliet Campbell JAM22.75 q49Zundra Feagin USA22.81 qSB210Juliet Cuthbert JAM22.83 Q311Inger Miller USA22.85 Q412Petya Pendareva BUL22.90 qSB113Yekaterina Leshchova RUS22.91 Q314Merlene Frazer JAM22.92 Q415Liu Xiaomei CHN22.95 q216Yan Jiankui CHN22.97SB117Ekaterini Koffa GRE23.05 Q118Li Xuemei CHN23.06219Cheryl Taplin USA23.07219Chandra Sturrup BAH23.07321Pauline Davis BAH23.13122Lucrecia Jardim POR23.16223Katia Benth FRA23.20324Melanie Paschke GER23.22125Hana Benešová CZE23.34325Felipa Palacios COL23.34327Alenka Bikar SLO23.43228Simmone Jacobs GBR23.49329Sanna Hernesniemi FIN23.52130Lauren Hewitt AUS23.53431Shanta Ghosh GER23.62132Katharine Merry GBR23.98 Semifinals 7 August HeatRankNameResultNotes21Merlene Ottey JAM22.26 QSB22Susanthika Jayasinghe SRI22.33 Q AR 23Sylviane Félix FRA22.57 Q 24Yekaterina Leshchova RUS22.59 Q 14Inger Miller USA22.59 Q 16Zhanna Pintusevich UKR22.65 Q 17Marina Trandenkova RUS22.69 Q 18Melinda Gainsford AUS22.70 Q28Ekaterini Koffa GRE22.70SB110Merlene Frazer JAM22.81211Zundra Feagin USA22.92 112Juliet Campbell JAM22.94 213Juliet Cuthbert JAM23.03113Liu Xiaomei CHN23.032—Petya Pendareva BULDNS 1—Marie-José Pérec FRADNS Final 8 August RankNameResultNotesImage:Gold medal icon.svgZhanna Pintusevich UKR22.32 Image:Silver medal icon.svgSusanthika Jayasinghe SRI22.39Image:Bronze medal icon.svgMerlene Ottey JAM22.404Yekaterina Leshchova RUS22.505Inger Miller USA22.526Marina Trandenkova RUS22.657Melinda Gainsford AUS22.738Sylviane Félix FRA22.81 References Results IAAF - Women's 200 Metres, 1997 World Championships In Athletics Category:200 metres at the World Athletics Championships