1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 100 metres

1997 European Athletics U23 Championships
Track events
100 m	men
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's 100 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 and 11 July 1997.^[1][2]

Gold	Nora Ivanova  Bulgaria
Silver	Esther Möller  Germany
Bronze	Marie Joëlle Dogbo  France

11 July
Wind: 1.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Nora Ivanova	Bulgaria	11.50
	Esther Möller	Germany	11.53
	Marie Joëlle Dogbo	France	11.54
4	Manuela Levorato	Italy	11.56
5	Katia Benth	France	11.56
6	Tatyana Lukyanenko	Ukraine	11.66
7	Yelena Tishkova	Russia	11.79
8	Vyara Georgieva	Bulgaria	11.80

10 July
Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

Wind: 2.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Esther Möller	Germany	11.44 w	Q
2	Manuela Levorato	Italy	11.52 w	Q
3	Marie Joëlle Dogbo	France	11.56 w	Q
4	Vyara Georgieva	Bulgaria	11.62 w	q
5	Yelena Tishkova	Russia	11.64 w	q
6	Annika Amundin	Sweden	11.81 w
7	Kristina Lörincz	Hungary	11.94 w

Wind: 1.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Katia Benth	France	11.43	Q
2	Nora Ivanova	Bulgaria	11.44	Q
3	Tatyana Lukyanenko	Ukraine	11.56	Q
4	Yuliya Vertyanova	Russia	11.72
5	Monica Giolli	Italy	11.81
6	Victoria Gunnarsson	Sweden	11.85
7	Raquel Fraguas	Spain	11.86

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.