1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles
The women's 60 metres hurdles event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8–9.
Medalists[edit]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Michelle Freeman Jamaica
|
Gillian Russell Jamaica
|
Cheryl Dickey United StatesPatricia Girard  France
|
Results[edit]
Heats[edit]
The first 2 of each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Michelle Freeman | Jamaica |
7.88 | Q |
| 1 | 4 | Gillian Russell | Jamaica |
7.88 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 2 | Patricia Girard | France |
7.99 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Brigita Bukovec |  Slovenia |
8.02 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Keturah Anderson |  Canada |
8.05 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Cheryl Dickey | United States |
8.05 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | Lidiya Yurkova |  Belarus |
8.07 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Melissa Morrison | United States |
8.08 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Vida Nsiah |  Ghana |
8.11 | q |
| 9 | 3 | Caren Sonn |  Germany |
8.11 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Monica Grefstad |  Norway |
8.16 | q, SB |
| 12 | 3 | Natalya Grigoryeva |  Ukraine |
8.17 | |
| 13 | 2 | Clova Court |  Great Britain |
8.18 | SB |
| 14 | 4 | Yvonne Kanazawa |  Japan |
8.24 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | Svetlana Laukhova |  Russia |
8.25 | |
| 16 | 1 | Cécile Aholu | France |
8.27 | |
| 16 | 4 | Olena Ovcharova | Ukraine |
8.27 | |
| 18 | 4 | Aliuska López |  Cuba |
8.31 | |
| 19 | 1 | Elke Wölfling |  Austria |
8.35 | |
| 19 | 3 | Naoko Kobayashi | Japan |
8.35 | |
| 21 | 5 | Véronique Linster |  Luxembourg |
8.37 | |
| 22 | 2 | Zhou Jing |  China |
8.38 | |
| 23 | 5 | Maryline Troonen |  Belgium |
8.41 | |
| 24 | 1 | Irina Korotya | Russia |
8.57 | |
| 25 | 4 | Hsu Hsiu-Ying |  Chinese Taipei |
8.62 | |
| 26 | 2 | Aminata Camara |  Mali |
9.08 | |
| 27 | 4 | Zhanna Sokolova |  Tajikistan |
9.39 |
Semifinals[edit]
First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Patricia Girard | France |
7.88 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 2 | Cheryl Dickey | United States |
7.89 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 1 | Gillian Russell | Jamaica |
7.90 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Melissa Morrison | United States |
7.91 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 1 | Keturah Anderson | Canada |
7.93 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 1 | Brigita Bukovec | Slovenia |
7.93 | |
| 7 | 2 | Michelle Freeman | Jamaica |
8.01 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Vida Nsiah | Ghana |
8.03 | |
| 9 | 1 | Caren Sonn | Germany |
8.15 | |
| 10 | 2 | Lidiya Yurkova | Belarus |
8.17 | |
| 11 | 2 | Yvonne Kanazawa | Japan |
8.30 | |
| 12 | 1 | Monica Grefstad | Norway |
8.31 |
Final[edit]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Michelle Freeman | Jamaica |
7.82 | =CR |
 |
Gillian Russell | Jamaica |
7.84 | PB |
 |
Cheryl Dickey | United States |
7.84 | PB |
|
Patricia Girard | France |
7.84 | SB |
| 5 | Melissa Morrison | United States |
7.88 | PB |
| 6 | Keturah Anderson | Canada |
8.02 |
References[edit]
- ^ Heats results
- ^ Semifinals results (archived)
- ^ Final results (archived)