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

These are the results of the Women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece.

Medalists

Gold	Nezha Bidouane Morocco (MAR)
Silver	Deon Hemmings Jamaica (JAM)
Bronze	Kim Batten United 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
1	1	Deon Hemmings	Jamaica	54.42	Q
2	1	Sally Gunnell	Great Britain	54.53	Q, SB
3	3	Kim Batten	United States	54.56	Q
4	3	Susan Smith-Walsh	Ireland	54.61	Q, NR
5	1	Ester Goossens	Netherlands	54.84	Q, NR
6	3	Yekaterina Bakhvalova	Russia	55.08	Q
7	2	Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova	Ukraine	55.17	Q
8	2	Tonja Buford-Bailey	United States	55.25	Q
9	1	Andrea Blackett	Barbados	55.26	q
10	3	Karlene Haughton	Jamaica	55.27	q
11	2	Anna Knoroz	Russia	55.34	Q
12	4	Nezha Bidouane	Morocco	55.53	Q
13	2	Miriam Alonso	Spain	55.57	q, SB
14	4	Silvia Rieger	Germany	55.64	Q
15	2	Gudrun Arnardottir	Iceland	55.76	q
16	4	Debbie-Ann Parris	Jamaica	55.84	Q
17	3	Judit Szekeres	Hungary	55.99
18	4	Irina Lenskaya	Ukraine	56.05
19	4	Natalya Torshina	Kazakhstan	56.64
20	4	Ryan Tolbert	United States	56.67
21	2	Donalda Duprey	Canada	56.73
22	1	Tatyana Ledovskaya	Belarus	56.88
23	3	Carla Barbarino	Italy	57.05
24	3	Rikke Ronholt	Denmark	57.26
25	1	Rebecca Russell-Buchanan	United States	57.79
26	1	Christina Panagou	Greece	1:01.14
27	2	Inicia Coelho da Fonseca	São Tomé and Príncipe	1:01.39

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Nezha Bidouane	Morocco	53.48	Q, AR
2	1	Kim Batten	United States	53.67	Q
3	2	Deon Hemmings	Jamaica	53.82	Q
4	1	Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova	Ukraine	54.02	Q, NR
5	2	Tonja Buford-Bailey	United States	54.48	Q
6	1	Debbie-Ann Parris	Jamaica	54.72	Q
7	1	Susan Smith-Walsh	Ireland	54.72	Q
8	2	Andrea Blackett	Barbados	54.74	Q, NR
9	2	Gudrun Arnardottir	Iceland	54.93
10	1	Yekaterina Bakhvalova	Russia	55.02
11	1	Silvia Rieger	Germany	55.08
12	2	Anna Knoroz	Russia	55.28
13	1	Karlene Haughton	Jamaica	55.33
14	1	Miriam Alonso	Spain	55.49	SB
15	2	Ester Goossens	Netherlands	56.17
	2	Sally Gunnell	Great Britain	DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Nezha Bidouane	Morocco	52.97	AR
	4	Deon Hemmings	Jamaica	53.09	SB
	5	Kim Batten	United States	53.52
4	6	Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova	Ukraine	53.81	NR
5	8	Debbie-Ann Parris	Jamaica	54.19	SB
6	2	Tonja Buford-Bailey	United States	54.77
7	7	Susan Smith-Walsh	Ireland	55.25
8	1	Andrea Blackett	Barbados	55.63

References

• Results
• IAAF