1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 100 metres

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]

Medalists

11 July
Wind: 1.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	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.