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 edit

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

11 July
Wind: 1.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	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

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

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

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

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

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