Athletics At The 1997 Summer Universiade – Women's 100 Metres Hurdles
The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held on 29 and 30 August at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy. Medalists Results Heats Wind:Heat 1: +1.7 m/s, Heat 2: +0.7 m/s, Heat 3: +0.6 m/s, Heat 4: -1.3 m/s Semifinals Wind:Heat 1: +1.0 m/s, Heat 2: +2.4 m/s Final Wind: -1.1 m/s References {{DEFAULTSORT:100 Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade 1997 in women's athletics 1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

100 Metres Hurdles
The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten Hurdling, hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first hurdle is placed after a run-up of 13 metres from the starting line. The next 9 hurdles are set at a distance of 8.5 metres from each other, and the home stretch from the last hurdle to the finish line is 10.5 metres long. The hurdles are set up so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner, but weighted so this is disadvantageous. Fallen hurdles do not count against runners provided that they do not run into them on purpose. Like the 100 metres sprint, the 100 m hurdles begins with athletes in starting blocks. The fastest 100 m hurdlers run the distance in a time of around 12.5 seconds. The world record set by Oluwatobiloba Amusan, Tobi Amusan stands at 12.12 seconds. History The race started back in the 1830s in England wher ...
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