1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

None These are the results of the Women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece. Medalists GoldMAR Nezha BidouaneMorocco (MAR)SilverJAM Deon HemmingsJamaica (JAM)BronzeUSA Kim BattenUnited States (USA) Results Heats First 3 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 01 1 1 Deon Hemmings 54.42 Q 02 2 1 Sally Gunnell Great Britain 54.53 Q, SB 03 3 3 Kim Batten 54.56 Q 04 4 3 Susan Smith-Walsh 54.61 Q, NR 05 5 1 Ester Goossens 54.84 Q, NR 06 6 3 Yekaterina Bakhvalova 55.08 Q 07 7 2 Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova 55.17 Q 08 8 2 Tonja Buford-Bailey 55.25 Q 09 9 1 Andrea Blackett 55.26 q 10 3 Karlene Haughton 55.27 q 11 2 Anna Knoroz 55.34 Q 12 4 Nezha Bidouane 55.53 Q 13 2 Miriam Alonso 55.57 q, SB 14 4 Silvia Rieger 55.64 Q 15 2 Gudrun Arnardottir 55.76 q 16 4 Debbie-Ann Parris 55.84 Q 17 3 Judit Szekeres 55.99 18 4 Irina Lenskaya 56.05 19 4 Natalya Torshina 56.64 20 4 Ryan Tolbert 56.67 21 2 Donalda Duprey 56.73 22 1 Tatyana Ledovskaya 56.88 23 3 Carla Barbarino 57.05 24 3 Rikke Ronholt 57.26 25 1 Rebecca Russell-Buchanan 57.79 26 1 Christina Panagou 61.14 1:01.14 27 2 Inicia Coelho da Fonseca 61.39 1:01.39 Semifinals First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 01 1 2 Nezha Bidouane 53.48 Q, AR 02 2 1 Kim Batten 53.67 Q 03 3 2 Deon Hemmings 53.82 Q 04 4 1 Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova 54.02 Q, NR 05 5 2 Tonja Buford-Bailey 54.48 Q 06 6 1 Debbie-Ann Parris 54.72 Q 07 7 1 Susan Smith-Walsh 54.72 Q 08 8 2 Andrea Blackett 54.74 Q, NR 09 9 2 Gudrun Arnardottir 54.93 10 1 Yekaterina Bakhvalova 55.02 11 1 Silvia Rieger 55.08 12 2 Anna Knoroz 55.28 13 1 Karlene Haughton 55.33 14 1 Miriam Alonso 55.49 SB 15 2 Ester Goossens 56.17 99 2 Sally Gunnell Great Britain 99.99 DNS Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Nezha Bidouane 52.97 AR 4 Deon Hemmings 53.09 SB 5 Kim Batten 53.52 4 6 Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova 53.81 NR 5 8 Debbie-Ann Parris 54.19 SB 6 2 Tonja Buford-Bailey 54.77 7 7 Susan Smith-Walsh 55.25 8 1 Andrea Blackett 55.63 References Results IAAF H Category:400 metres hurdles at the World Athletics Championships