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Events at the 1997 World Championships
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
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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These are the results of the women's 100 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece.

Medalists

Gold	Marion Jones United States (USA)
Silver	Zhanna Pintusevich Ukraine (UKR)
Bronze	Savatheda Fynes Bahamas (BAH)

Records

World Record	Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)	10.49	Indianapolis, United States	16 July 1988
Championship Record	Gail Devers (USA)	10.82	Stuttgart, Germany	16 August 1993
	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	10.82	Stuttgart, Germany	16 August 1993

Results

First round

2 August

Heat	Rank	Name	Result	Notes
4	1	Zhanna Pintusevich (UKR)	11.01 Q	SB
8	2	Inger Miller (USA)	11.07 Q
7	3	Marion Jones (USA)	11.09 Q
1	4	Christine Arron (FRA)	11.13 Q
5	5	Savatheda Fynes (BAH)	11.18 Q
6	6	Li Xuemei (CHN)	11.21 Q
3	7	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	11.27 Q
5	8	Chioma Ajunwa (NGR)	11.28 Q
6	8	Petya Pendareva (BUL)	11.28 Q	SB
7	10	Beverly McDonald (JAM)	11.29 Q
4	11	Lucrecia Jardim (POR)	11.30 Q	NR
4	11	Chryste Gaines (USA)	11.30 Q
1	13	Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova (RUS)	11.31 Q
3	13	Melanie Paschke (GER)	11.31 Q
2	15	Katerina Thanou (GRE)	11.32 Q
2	16	Andrea Philipp (GER)	11.33 Q
5	16	Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe (MAD)	11.33 Q
6	18	Frederique Bangue (FRA)	11.34 Q
1	19	Liu Xiaomei (CHN)	11.35 Q
3	20	Eldece Clarke (BAH)	11.36 Q
6	20	Melinda Gainsford (AUS)	11.36 q
4	22	Lucimar de Moura (BRA)	11.37 q
7	23	Nora Ivanova (BUL)	11.42 Q
8	24	Esther Moller (GER)	11.44 Q
7	25	Anzhela Kravchenko (UKR)	11.46 q
1	25	Heather Samuel (ATG)	11.46 q
2	27	Debbie Ferguson (BAH)	11.47 Q
4	28	Maria Tsoni (GRE)	11.48 q
8	29	Endurance Ojokolu (NGR)	11.53 Q
2	30	Sanna Hernesniemi (FIN)	11.54 q
5	30	Lauren Hewitt (AUS)	11.54 q
8	30	Pei Fang (CHN)	11.54 q
8	33	Delphine Combe (FRA)	11.55
3	34	Manuela Levorato (ITA)	11.57
7	35	Simmone Jacobs (GBR)	11.58
3	36	Johanna Manninen (FIN)	11.59
5	37	Aida Diop (SEN)	11.61
7	38	Leonie Mani (CMR)	11.62
5	39	Giada Gallina (ITA)	11.64
4	40	Marcia Richardson (GBR)	11.65
6	41	Natalya Ignatova (RUS)	11.70
4	42	Deirdre Caruana (MLT)	12.73
1	43	Irina Pukha (UKR)	11.75
8	44	Aksel Gürcan (TUR)	11.82
2	45	Sandra Borrero (COL)	11.83
2	46	Cydonie Mothersille (CAY)	11.87
1	47	Tamara Shanidze (GEO)	11.97
1	48	Antonia Cadore (GRN)	12.00	NR
3	49	Elma Posadas (PHI)	12.19
3	50	Laure Kuetey (BEN)	12.38
2	51	N. Rabbaiya (INA)	12.43
8	52	Devi Maya Paneru (NEP)	12.97
5	53	Shyrome Hughes (ANG)	13.03
4	54	Edouwe Appin (NRU)	14.19
6	55	Tiresa Paselio (SAM)	14.36
2	56	Peoria Koshiba (PLW)	14.55
6	—	Hermin Joseph (DMA)	DNS
7	—	Mayra Mayberry (PUR)	DNS
7	—	Marwa Rostom (PLE)	DNS

Second round

2 August

Heat	Rank	Name	Result	Notes
1	1	Zhanna Pintusevich (UKR)	10.90 Q	NR
3	2	Marion Jones (USA)	10.96 Q
2	3	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	11.00 Q
4	4	Christine Arron (FRA)	11.04 Q
1	5	Chioma Ajunwa (NGR)	11.14 Q	SB
4	6	Sevatheda Fynes (BAH)	11.16 Q
4	7	Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova (RUS)	11.17 Q	SB
1	8	Ekaterini Thanou (GRE)	11.19 Q
1	9	Chryste Gaines (USA)	11.19 q
1	10	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor (AUS)	11.20 q
2	11	Inger Miller (USA)	11.23 Q
3	11	Melanie Paschke (GER)	11.23 Q
2	13	Andrea Philipp (GER)	11.26 Q
3	14	Eldece Clarke-Lewis (BAH)	11.27 Q
2	15	Debbie Ferguson (BAH)	11.28 q	SB
3	16	Frederique Bangue (FRA)	11.31 q
3	17	Beverly McDonald (JAM)	11.31 q
3	18	Li Xuemei (CHN)	11.36
4	18	Nora Ivanova (BUL)	11.36
4	20	Liu Xiaomei (CHN)	11.37
1	21	Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllonen (FIN)	11.37
2	22	Petya Pendareva (BUL)	11.39
4	23	Lucrecia Jardim (POR)	11.40
1	24	Esther Moller (GER)	11.42
4	25	Anzhela Kravchenko (UKR)	11.43
2	26	Lucimar de Moura (BRA)	11.44
2	27	Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe (MAD)	11.49
1	28	Pei Fang (CHN)	11.50
3	29	Endurance Ojokolo (NGR)	11.53
2	30	Lauren Hewitt (AUS)	11.55
3	31	Heather Samuel (ATG)	11.56
4	32	Maria Tsoni (GRE)	11.62

Semifinals

3 August

Heat	Rank	Name	Result	Notes
2	1	Marion Jones (USA)	10.94 Q
2	2	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	11.08 Q
1	3	Zhanna Pintusevich (UKR)	11.10 Q
2	4	Savatheda Fynes (BAH)	11.11 Q
1	5	Christine Arron (FRA)	11.13 Q
2	6	Inger Miller (USA)	11.17 Q
1	7	Melanie Paschke (GER)	11.34 Q
2	7	Katerina Thanou (GRE)	11.34
1	9	Chryste Gaines (USA)	11.35 Q
2	9	Melinda Gainsford (AUS)	11.35
1	9	Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova (RUS)	11.35
2	12	Debbie Ferguson (BAH)	11.39
2	13	Andrea Philipp (GER)	11.40
1	14	Eldece Clarke-Lewis (BAH)	11.41
1	14	Chioma Ajunwa (NGR)	11.41
1	16	Frederique Bangue (FRA)	11.44

Final

3 August

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes
	3	Marion Jones (USA)	10.83	WL
	5	Zhanna Pintusevich (UKR)	10.85	NR
	1	Savatheda Fynes (BAH)	11.03	PB
4	4	Christine Arron (FRA)	11.05
5	7	Inger Miller (USA)	11.18
6	2	Melanie Paschke (GER)	11.19
7	6	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	11.29
8	8	Chryste Gaines (USA)	11.32

References

• Results
• IAAF

• Events at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics
• 100 metres at the World Athletics Championships
• 1997 in women's athletics