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1997
Track
Field
100 m
1
Marion Jones
USA
10.76
2
Xuemei Li
CHN
10.79
3
Merlene Ottey
JAM
10.83
4
Zhanna Pintusevich
UKR
10.85
5
Gail Devers
USA
10.88
6
Xiaomei Liu
CHN
10.89
7
Christine Arron
FRA
11.03
7
Sevatheda Fynes
BAH
11.03
9
Andrea Philipp
GER
11.05
9
Inger Miller
USA
11.05
200 m
1
Marion Jones
USA
21.76
2
Xuemei Li
CHN
22.01
3
Merlene Ottey
JAM
22.06
4
Zhanna Pintusevich
UKR
22.17
5
Melinda Gainsford-Taylor
AUS
22.23
6
Susanthika Jayasinghe
SRI
22.33
7
Xiaomei Liu
CHN
22.36
8
Inger Miller
USA
22.37
9
Marina Trandenkova
RUS
22.44
10
Juliet Cuthbert
JAM
22.45
400 m
1
Cathy Freeman
AUS
49.39
2
Jearl Miles-Clark
USA
49.40
3
Falilat Ogunkoya
NGR
49.48
4
Sandie Richards
JAM
49.79
4
Christy Opara
NGR
49.79
6
Grit Breuer
GER
49.98
6
Tatyana Alekseyeva
RUS
49.98
8
Jing Li
CHN
50.01
9
Helena Fuchsova
CZE
50.36
10
Olabisi Afolabi
NGR
50.41
800 m
1
Ana Fidelia Quirot
CUB
1.54.82
2
Maria Lurdes Mutola
MOZ
1.55.29
3
Yelena Afanasyeva
RUS
1.56.61
4
Jearl Miles-Clark
USA
1.56.78
5
Kelly Holmes
GBR
1.57.14
6
Lang Yinlai
CHN
1.57.62
7
Chen Xuehui
CHN
1.57.82
8
Letitia Vriesde
SUR
1.57.86
9
Lin Nuo
CHN
1.58.16
10
Linda Kisabaka
GER
1.58.38
1500 m
1
Jiang Bo
CHN
3.50.98
2
Lang Yinlai
CHN
3.51.34
3
Lili Yin
CHN
3.53.91
4
Lan Lixin
CHN
3.53.97
5
Zhang Ling
CHN
3.54.52
6
Dong Yanmei
CHN
3.55.07
7
Qu Yunxia
CHN
3.55.38
8
Liu Dong
CHN
3.56.31
9
Liu Jing
CHN
3.57.03
10
Kelly Holmes
GBR
3.58.07
3000 m
1
Gabriela Szabo
ROU
8.27.78
2
Paula Radcliffe
GBR
8.35.28
3
Roberta Brunet
ITA
8.35.65
4
Sally Barsosio
KEN
8.35.89
5
Lydia Cheromei
KEN
8.36.11
6
Fernanda Ribeiro
POR
8.37.14
7
Anita Weyermann
SUI
8.37.69
8
Berhane Adere
ETH
8.40.14
9
Elena Fidatov
ROU
8.41.98
10
Marina Bastos
POR
8.45.70
5000 m
1
Jiang Bo
CHN
14.28.09
2
Dong Yanmei
CHN
14.29.82
3
Liu Shixiang
CHN
14.32.33
4
Lili Yin
CHN
14.39.96
5
Gabriela Szabo
ROU
14.42.43
6
Lan Lixin
CHN
14.45.33
7
Paula Radcliffe
GBR
14.45.51
8
Song Liqing
CHN
14.45.71
9
Sally Barsosio
KEN
14.46.71
10
Lydia Cheromei
KEN
14.46.72
10000 m
1
Dong Yanmei
CHN
30.38.09
2
Lan Lixin
CHN
30.39.41
3
Lili Yin
CHN
30.39.98
4
Dong Zhaoxia
CHN
30.47.22
5
Wang Dongmei
CHN
30.47.72
6
Liu Shixiang
CHN
30.55.83
7
Song Liqing
CHN
31.11.26
8
Wang Mingxia
CHN
31.12.58
9
Julia Vaquero
ESP
31.14.51
10
Yang Siju
CHN
31.16.39
Marathon (42.195 km.)
1
Tegla Loroupe
KEN
2.22.07
2
Catherina McKiernan
IRL
2.23.44
3
Madina Biktagirova
RUS
2.24.46
4
Marleen Renders
BEL
2.25.56
5
Katrin Dörre
GER
2.25.57
6
Makiko Ito
JPN
2.26.03
7
Kwon Eun-ju
KOR
2.26.12
8
Fatuma Roba
ETH
2.26.23
9
Pan Jinhong
CHN
2.26.39
10
Joyce Chepchumba
KEN
2.26.51
100 m Hurdles
1
Lyudmila Narozhilenko-Engquist
SWE
12.50
2
Michelle Freeman
JAM
12.52
3
Svetla Dimitrova
BUL
12.58
4
Melissa Morrison
USA
12.61
5
Patricia Girard-Leno
FRA
12.67
6
Brigitta Bukovec
SLO
12.69
7
Tiffany Lott
USA
12.72
A
8
Anjanette Kirkland
USA
12.74
8
Dawn Bowles
USA
12.74
8
Yan Zeng
CHN
12.74
400 m Hurdles
1
Kim Batten
USA
52.97
1
Nezha Bidouane
MAR
52.97
3
Deon Hemmings
JAM
52.98
4
Jiang Limei
CHN
53.38
5
Tatyana Tereshchuk
UKR
53.64
6
Tonja Buford-Bailey
USA
54.05
7
Debbie-Ann Parris
JAM
54.19
8
Ryan Tolbert
USA
54.21
9
Sally Gunnell
GBR
54.53
10
Peng Yinghua
CHN
54.54