1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles

The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 11 July 1997.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Irina Korotya  Russia
Silver	Diane Allahgreen  Great Britain
Bronze	Johanna Halkoaho  Finland

Results

Final

11 July
Wind: 1.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Irina Korotya	Russia	12.97
	Diane Allahgreen	Great Britain	13.03
	Johanna Halkoaho	Finland	13.35
4	Aurelia Trywiańska	Poland	13.50
5	Sandra Turpin	Portugal	13.53
6	Evelina Peltola	Finland	13.56
7	Natalya Davydenko	Russia	13.82
	Yelena Ovcharova	Ukraine	DNF

Heats

11 July
Qualified: first 2 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

Heat 1

Wind: 1.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Irina Korotya	Russia	13.34	Q
2	Sandra Turpin	Portugal	13.58	Q
3	Nikola Špinová	Czech Republic	13.65
4	Nadia Waeber	Switzerland	13.70
5	Anna Pettersson	Sweden	13.87
6	Dragana Ciganović	Croatia	14.33

Heat 2

Wind: 1.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yelena Ovcharova	Ukraine	13.43	Q
2	Evelina Peltola	Finland	13.55	Q
3	Aurelia Trywiańska	Poland	13.59	q
4	Natalya Davydenko	Russia	13.59	q
5	Raquel Fraguas	Spain	14.19
	Deborah den Boer	Netherlands	DNF

Heat 3

Wind: 1.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Diane Allahgreen	Great Britain	13.27	Q
2	Johanna Halkoaho	Finland	13.48	Q
3	Alexandra Keil	Germany	13.96
4	Miriam Tschomba	Belgium	14.04
5	Jessica Rodríguez	Spain	14.12
6	Edit Vári	Hungary	14.35

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

•  Belgium (1)
•  Croatia (1)
•  Czech Republic (1)
•  Finland (2)
•  Germany (1)
•  Great Britain (1)
•  Hungary (1)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  Poland (1)
•  Portugal (1)
•  Russia (2)
•  Spain (2)
•  Sweden (1)
•   Switzerland (1)
•  Ukraine (1)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 1st European Athletics U23 Championships - Turku, Finland 10.7. - 13.7.1997 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 5–16, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. Gordon, Ed, European Championships for Under 23 (Turku, Finland), athletix.org, archived from the original on 12 November 2007, retrieved 24 October 2014{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)