Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held on 28 and 29 August at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ekaterini Thanou Greece	Anzhela Kravchenko Ukraine	Katia Benth France

Results

Heats

Wind:
Heat 2: -1.7 m/s, Heat 3: +0.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Melinda Sergent	United States	11.54	Q
2	1	Amara Ezem-Wallace	Nigeria	11.98	Q
2	1	Natalya Ignatova	Russia	11.98	Q
4	1	Rose Abo	Nigeria	12.10	Q
5	1	Chen Shu-chen	Chinese Taipei	12.24	Q
6	1	Lucy Nyadenga	Zimbabwe	13.24
7	1	Adriana Lewis	Peru	13.50
1	2	Tara Perry	Canada	11.78	Q
2	2	Agnė Visockaitė	Lithuania	11.94	Q
3	2	Wan Kin Yee	Hong Kong	12.10	Q
4	2	Rutti Luksepp	Estonia	12.24	Q
5	2	Elena Sordelli	Italy	12.30	Q
1	3	Ekaterini Thanou	Greece	11.23	Q
2	3	Natallia Safronnikava	Belarus	11.71	Q
3	3	Olga Povtaryova	Russia	11.85	Q
4	3	Mireille Donders	Switzerland	11.89	Q
5	3	Annemarie Kramer	Netherlands	11.96	Q
6	3	Adriana Francisco	Brazil	12.09	q
1	4	Anzhela Kravchenko	Ukraine	11.75	Q
2	4	Karen Clarke	Canada	11.86	Q
3	4	Marit Nyberg-Birknes	Norway	11.92	Q
4	4	Sarah Oxley	Great Britain	11.98	Q
5	4	Anna Smythe	New Zealand	12.08	Q
1	5	Katia Benth	France	11.64	Q
2	5	Kim Gevaert	Belgium	11.94	Q
3	5	Rahela Markt	Croatia	11.98	Q
4	5	Manuela Grillo	Italy	12.08	Q
5	5	Lena Barry	Ireland	12.15	Q
6	5	Lorena de Oliveira	Brazil	12.31
7	5	Seynabou N'Diaye	Senegal	12.62
1	6	Passion Richardson	United States	11.87	Q
2	6	Mia Prinsloo	South Africa	11.96	Q
3	6	Monika Gachevska	Bulgaria	12.05	Q
4	6	Mónica Castro	Chile	12.35	Q
5	6	Veronica Wabukawo	Uganda	12.35	Q
	6	Zannatun Nessa	Bangladesh	DNF

Quarterfinals

Wind:
Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s, Heat 3: ? m/s, Heat 4: -1.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Tara Perry	Canada	11.59	Q
2	1	Anzhela Kravchenko	Ukraine	11.60	Q
3	1	Sarah Oxley	Great Britain	11.81	Q
4	1	Marit Nyberg-Birknes	Norway	11.81	Q
5	1	Amara Ezem-Wallace	Nigeria	11.85
5	1	Natalya Ignatova	Russia	11.85
7	1	Manuela Grillo	Italy	11.99
8	1	Lena Barry	Ireland	12.07
1	2	Ekaterini Thanou	Greece	11.25	Q
2	2	Agnė Visockaitė	Lithuania	11.71	Q
3	2	Karen Clarke	Canada	11.80	Q
4	2	Rose Abo	Nigeria	11.90	Q
5	2	Veronica Wabukawo	Uganda	12.30
6	2	Mónica Castro	Chile	12.35
1	3	Katia Benth	France	11.57	Q
2	3	Mireille Donders	Switzerland	11.78	Q
3	3	Passion Richardson	United States	11.87	Q
4	3	Olga Povtaryova	Russia	12.03	Q
5	3	Mia Prinsloo	South Africa	12.04
6	3	Chen Shu-chen	Chinese Taipei	12.04
7	3	Adriana Francisco	Brazil	12.12
1	4	Melinda Sergent	United States	11.45	Q
2	4	Natallia Safronnikava	Belarus	11.74	Q
3	4	Kim Gevaert	Belgium	11.83	Q
4	4	Rahela Markt	Croatia	11.85	Q
5	4	Anna Smythe	New Zealand	12.01
6	4	Rutti Luksepp	Estonia	12.02
7	4	Wan Kin Yee	Hong Kong	12.03

Semifinals

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.3 m/s, Heat 2: +2.4 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ekaterini Thanou	Greece	11.22	Q
2	1	Anzhela Kravchenko	Ukraine	11.39	Q
3	1	Tara Perry	Canada	11.60	Q
4	1	Mireille Donders	Switzerland	11.68	Q
?	1	Marit Nyberg-Birknes	Norway	11.87
?	1	Olga Povtaryova	Russia	11.89
1	2	Melinda Sergent	United States	11.30	Q
2	2	Katia Benth	France	11.30	Q
3	2	Agnė Visockaitė	Lithuania	11.53	Q
4	2	Karen Clarke	Canada	11.65	Q
5	2	Kim Gevaert	Belgium	11.66
6	2	Rahela Markt	Croatia	11.68
7	2	Natallia Safronnikava	Belarus	11.69

Final

Wind: +1.5 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ekaterini Thanou	Greece	11.20
	Anzhela Kravchenko	Ukraine	11.34
	Katia Benth	France	11.35
4	Tara Perry	Canada	11.47
5	Agnė Visockaitė	Lithuania	11.53
6	Melinda Sergent	United States	11.57
7	Mireille Donders	Switzerland	11.65
8	Karen Clarke	Canada	11.80