Athletics at the 1997 National Games of China explained

Athletics at the 8th National Games of China
Host City:	Shanghai, PR China
Dates:	17–23 October 1997
Previous:	1993 Beijing
Next:	2001 Guangzhou

At the 8th National Games of the People's Republic of China, the athletics events were held in Shanghai in October 1997.

These games were marred by numerous doping affairs.^[1]

Guangxi runners Chen Xuehui (the 800m silver medalist), Jiang Limei (the 400m hurdles champion) and Peng Yinghua (the 400m hurdles silver medalist) were later disqualified for doping. Sichuan long jumper Xiong Qiying, the long jump event winner, was also tested positive.

Medal summary

Men's events

100 metres	Zhou Wei Jiangxi	10.22	Chen Wenzhong Guangxi	10.24	Wei Gong Guangxi	10.27
200 metres	Zhou Wei Jiangxi	20.55	Han Chaoming Guangdong	20.64	Yin Hanzhao Guangdong	20.65
400 metres	Han Chaoming Guangdong	45.46 NR	Xu Zizhou Guangdong	46.01 NYR	Hao Jianlin Hebei	46.14
800 metres	Song Mingyou Shandong	1:49.35	Bai Wentao Heilongjiang	1:49.83	Zhang Yi People's Liberation Army	1:50.1
1500 metres	Song Mingyou Shandong	3:36.54	Gao Shuai Liaoning	3:37.41	Song Weizeng Liaoning	3:38.03
5000 metres	Xia Fengyuan Shandong	13:25.14	Sun Ripeng Liaoning	13:28.17	Cao Changhai Shandong	13:45.20
10,000 metres	Xia Fengyuan Shandong	28:17.71	Li Aiguo Liaoning	28:18.66	Cao Changhai Shandong	28:19.46
110 metres hurdles	Chen Yanhao Shanghai	13.41	Li Tong Beijing	13.64	Li Qiang Sichuan	13.72
400 metres hurdles	Gao Yonghong Shandong	49.34 NR	Du Yuechun Anhui	49.58	Jiang Xuezhou Fujian	50.04
3000 metre steeplechase	Sun Ripeng Liaoning	8:10.46 NR	Li Changzhong Guizhou	8:17.97	Sun Weili Shandong	8:29.57
4 × 100 metres relay	Guangdong Liang Keng Leng Haodong Yin Hanzhao Han Chaoming	39.23	Guangxi	39.52	Shanghai	39.61
4 × 400 metres relay	Guangdong Zheng Guanzhen Lu Bing Xu Zizhou Han Chaoming	3:04.89	Hebei	3:05.70	Jiangsu	3:08.02
Marathon	Hu Gangjun Inner Mongolia	2:09:18	Hao Lijun Inner Mongolia	2:13:25	Meng Xianhui Railways	2:13:25
20 km race walk	Li Zewen Yunnan	1:20:46	Tan Mingjun Shaanxi	1:21:24	Chen Shaoguo Yunnan	1:23:23
50 km race walk	Zou Menghui Shandong	3:48:12	Tan Mingjun Shaanxi	3:50:36	Ma Hongye Hebei	3:55:42
High jump	Niu Jian Shanghai	2.28 m	Tao Rui Shanghai	2.28 m	Bi Hongyong Shandong	2.25 m
Pole vault	Xu Gang Shandong	5.50 m	Zhang Hongwei People's Liberation Army	5.30 m	Ge Yun Shandong	5.30 m
Long jump	Huang Geng Henan	8.05 m	Wen Yutao Sichuan	8.04 m	Huang Le People's Liberation Army	8.03 m
Triple jump	Lao Jianfeng Guangdong	16.90 m	Duan Qifeng Hebei	16.89 m	Zou Sixin Hunan	16.68 m
Shot put	Wen Jili People's Liberation Army	19.46 m	Liu Hao Beijing	18.96 m	Li Wenkui Beijing	18.75 m
Discus throw	Yu Wenge Hunan	62.70 m	Li Shaojie Shandong	62.52 m	Zhang Cunbiao Hebei	61.14 m
Hammer throw	Bi Zhong Jiangxi	71.26 m	Chong Changqing Liaoning	71.24 m	Chen Zhichong Sichuan	69.36 m
Javelin throw	Gao Wenxu Shanxi	81.74 m	Miao Lianjing Shandong	75.70 m	Li Rongxiang Zhejiang	74.36 m
Decathlon	Du Xiaopeng People's Liberation Army	7875 pts	Song Shulin Liaoning	7797 pts	Guo Zhengrong Sichuan	7593 pts

Women's events

100 metres	Li Xuemei Sichuan	10.79 AR	Liu Xiaomei Sichuan	10.89	Tian Yumei Guangxi	11.06
200 metres	Li Xuemei Sichuan	22.01 AR	Liu Xiaomei Sichuan	22.36	Du Xiujie Guangdong	22.56
400 metres	Li Jing Liaoning	50.01 WYR	Du Xiujie Guangdong	50.87	Chen Yuxiang Shandong	51.15
800 metres	Lang Yinglai Liaoning	1:57.62	Lin Na Liaoning	1:58.16	Zhang Jian Beijing	1:58.98
1500 metres	Jiang Bo Liaoning	3:50.98	Lang Yinglai Liaoning	3:51.34 WJR	Yin Lili Liaoning	3:53.91
5000 metres	Jiang Bo Liaoning	14:28.09 WR	Dong Yanmei Liaoning	14:29.82	Liu Shixiang Shandong	14:38.14
10,000 metres	Dong Yanmei Liaoning	30:38.09	Lan Lixin Liaoning	30:39.41	Yin Lili Liaoning	30:39.98
100 metres hurdles	Zeng Yan Sichuan	12.74	Liu Jing Sichuan	12.76	Zhang Yu Tianjin	12.84
400 metres hurdles	Jiang Limei Guangxi	53.38 AR †	Peng Yinghua Guangxi	54.54 †	Li Rui Hebei	54.93 WJR
4 × 100 metres relay	Sichuan Xiao Lin Li Yali Liu Xiaomei Li Xuemei	42.23 AR	Guangxi Yan Jiankui Tian Yumei Huang Mei Ou Yanlan	42.63	Hunan	43.41
4 × 400 metres relay	Jiangsu Zhang Henghua Cui Danfeng Lü Xifang Zhang Hengyun	3:26.88	Hebei	3:29.99	Sichuan Liu Xiaomei Tian Xiaoxia Li Xuemei Li Cong	3:30.17
Marathon	Pan Jinhong Inner Mongolia	2:26:39	Wang Jianfen Yunnan	2:26:58	Ai Dongmei Railways	2:27:30
10 km race walk	Fan Xiaoling People's Liberation Army	43:47	Sun Chunfang Shanghai	43:50	Feng Haixia People's Liberation Army	43:58
High jump	Jin Ling Liaoning	1.96 m	Wang Wei Shandong	1.94 m	Zhang Liwen Tianjin	1.90 m
Pole vault	Cai Weiyan Anhui	4.25 m	Sun Caiyun Guangdong	4.20 m	Peng Xiaoming Guangdong	4.15 m
Long jump	Xiong Qiying Sichuan	7.01 m †	Guan Yingnan Jiangsu	6.86 m	Zhong Mei Sichuan	6.76 m
Triple jump	Huang Qiuyan Guangxi	14.57 m WYR	Ren Ruiping Shandong	14.49 m	Li Jiahui Guangdong	14.13 m
Shot put	Sui Xinmei Shanghai	20.25 m	Huang Zhihong Zhejiang	20.24 m	Li Meisu Hebei	19.46 m
Discus throw	Xiao Yanling Hebei	70.00 m	Li Qiumei Shanxi	66.48 m	Cheng Xianhong Shanxi	66.00 m
Javelin throw	Wei Jianhua Shanxi	66.64 m	Wang Yaning Shanxi	64.52 m	Li Lei Beijing	64.28 m
Heptathlon	Ma Miaolan Zhejiang	6236 pts	Shen Shengfei Zhejiang	6185 pts WYR	Liu Xin Sichuan	6184 pts

Results

Women

100 m

Held on October 17–18.^[2]

After having clocking 10.90 seconds in the heats (setting a new area record in the process), Sichuan's Li Xuemei easily won her semi-final before smashing her record in a high-level final with a time of 10.79 seconds.^[3]

Her teammate Liu Xiaomei, who had won the event four years before,^[4] took the silver medal in a personal best time of 10.89 seconds.

Guangxi twice Olympian veteran Tian Yumei finished third with a time of 11.06 seconds; equaling her personal best she had set in the semi-finals.^[5]

Nineteen-year-old Xiao Lin from Sichuan broke the Asian junior record three times. She came to Shanghai with a personal best of 11.29 seconds set in Chengdu that year^[6] and improved it to 11.22 in the heats, then to 11.20 in the semi-finals and finally to 11.17 in the final.

Semi-finalsFirst 4 of each heat (Q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
1		Sichuan	11.03	Q
2		Sichuan	11.03	SB, Q
3		Guangxi	11.06	PB, Q
4		Shanghai	11.09	PB, Q
5		Sichuan	11.13	PB, Q
6		Jiangsu	11.16	PB, Q
7		Jiangsu	11.20	PB, Q
		Sichuan	11.20	AJR, Q
9	Xiang Chirong	Shandong	11.25	PB
10	Hu Zhenxia	align=left		11.29	PB
11	Zhang Chunying		11.36	PB
		Guangxi	11.50
	Xiong Xiaoying		11.37
	Yue Ling		11.33
		Sichuan	11.57

Final

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
		Sichuan	10.79	AR, GR
		Sichuan	10.89	PB
		Guangxi	11.06	=PB
4		Shanghai	11.10
5		Sichuan	11.15
6		Sichuan	11.17	AJR
7		Jiangsu	11.20
8		Jiangsu	11.43

200 m

Held on October 21–22. Chen Yuxiang from Shandong set a new Asian junior record of 22.83 seconds in the heats and advanced to the semi-finals.

Semi-finalsFirst 4 of each heat (Q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
1		Sichuan	22.62	Q
2		Sichuan	22.64	PB, Q
3	Du Xiujie	Guangdong	22.76	SB, Q
4	Li Yali	Sichuan	22.80	PB, Q
5	Chen Yuxiang	Shandong	?	Q
6	Xiang Chirong	Shandong	22.92	PB, Q
7	Xiong Xiaoying		22.94	PB, Q
8	Liang Yi	Jiangsu	?	Q
9	Yue Ling		23.20	PB
10	Guo Lijuan		23.48	PB
11	Gao Chunxia		23.57	PB
	Ma Lixia		?
	Qi Hong		?
		Guangxi	?
	Hu Zhenxia		?

Final

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
		Sichuan	22.01	AR, GR
		Sichuan	22.36	PB
	Du Xiujie	Guangdong	22.56	SB
4	Li Yali	Sichuan	22.87
5	Liang Yi	Jiangsu	22.94	PB
6	Xiong Xiaoying		?
7	Xiang Chirong	Shandong	?
8	Chen Yuxiang	Shandong	?

400 m

Held on October 17–18.^[7]

The final was won by Liaoning 17-year-old Li Jing in an astonishing time of 50.01 seconds. She beat Grit Breuer's world youth record of 50.48 seconds set in 1989 in the process.

Guangdong Du Xiujie and Shandong Chen Yuxiang finished respectively second and third. Zhang Hengyun, from Jiangsu, who had finished second in the event four years before; crossed the line in fourth place, recording despite all a new personal best.

Heats

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
1		Liaoning	50.76	AJR, AYR, Q
2		Jiangsu	51.79	SB, Q
3	Chen Yuxiang	Shandong	51.84	Q
4	Zhang Ying		52.13	PB, Q
?	Bu Fanfang	Shandong	?	Q
		Hebei	?	Q
	Du Xiujie	Guangdong	?	Q
	Lü Xifang	Jiangsu	?	Q
9	Li Cong	Sichuan	52.41
10	Zhu Huangchao		52.85	PB
11	Jiang Lanying		53.38	PB
12	Wang Xuemei		53.39	PB

Final

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
		Liaoning	50.01	WYR, AJR
		Guangdong	50.87	SB
		Shandong	51.15	PB
4		Jiangsu	51.22	PB
5		Shandong	51.85	PB
6		Jiangsu	51.99
7		Hebei	52.21	SB
8			53.23

800 m

Held between October 21–22.^[8]

HeatsFirst 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
Dq	Chen Xuehui	Guangxi	1:57.92	Q, PB
1	Lin Na	Liaoning	1:58.26	PB, Q
2		Jiangsu	1:58.55	Q, PB
3		Liaoning	1:58.57	Q, PB
4	Liu Haiyan	Guangdong	1:58.57	q, PB
5		Henan	1:58.69	q, PB
6	Liu Qifang	Guangxi	1:59.01	PB
7		Liaoning	1:59.25	SB
8		Henan	1:59.81	Q, PB
9		Beijing	1:59.91	Q, PB
10	Wang Yuanping	Heilongjiang	2:00.76
11	Zhang Jinqing	Henan	2:01.17	PB
12	Zhang Xiaolan	Hebei	2:01.68	PB
13	Zhang Meng	Liaoning	2:01.73	PB
14	Liu Liping	Hebei	2:02.95	PB
15	Cui Yuying	Liaoning	2:03.01	PB
16	Zeng Yuying	Guangdong	?
17	Mi Yuzhen	Hunan	2:03.60	PB
18	Yu Junping	Shanxi	2:03.63	PB
19	Yan Junli	Henan	2:04.19	PB
20	Tian Xiaoxia	Sichuan	?

Final

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
		Liaoning	1:57.62	PB
		Liaoning	1:58.16	PB
		Beijing	1:58.98	PB
4		Jiangsu	1:59.15
5		Henan	1:59.29
6		Henan	1:59.66	PB
7		Guangdong	2:00.99
DQ		Guangxi	1:57.82

1500 m

Held on October 17–18. It primarily consisted of Liaoning runners.

Qu Yunxia was expected to break the 3:50 bar according to her coach, Ma Junren. However, she fell during the final and only finished eighth.^[9] Her 20-year-old teammate Jiang Bo eventually won the race, clocking 3:50.98, the second fastest time ever.^[10] It remains one of three times under 3:51.^[11] Less than a half second behind her, barely 18 year old Lang Yinglai set the still standing World Junior Record, breaking the previous record by Lan Lixin set in the qualifying round. In fifth place, 16 year old Zhang Ling set the still standing World Youth Best. At the conclusion of this race, the top six all were in the top 12 in history (plus Qu in eight place still the world record holder). Since this race, only Genzebe Dibaba has run faster than any of them.

HeatsFirst 5 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
1		Liaoning	3:55.01	WJR, Q
2		Liaoning	3:55.38	SB, Q
3		Beijing	3:55.47	WYR, Q
4		Liaoning	3:55.82	PB, Q
5		Liaoning	3:56.31	PB
6		Jiangsu	3:57.02	PB, q
7		Liaoning	3:57.15	PB, Q
8		Liaoning	3:57.20	PB, Q
9		Liaoning	3:58.22	PB, Q
10		Henan	3:58.74	PB, Q
11		Henan	3:58.97	PB, q
12		Henan	3:59.48	PB, Q
13	Wang Ai	Liaoning	4:00.34	PB
14	Wang Xiaoxia		4:03.67	PB
15	Zhang Jinqing		4:04.05	PB
16	Liu Haiyan	Guangdong	4:04.49	PB
17	Cui Yuying			4:08.29	PB
18	Tao Sumei		4:08.52	PB
19	Tang Xueqing		4:13.17	PB
20	Liu Jianying		4.13.99	PB
?	Wang Renmei		?

Final

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
		Liaoning	3:50.98	WL
		Liaoning	3:51.34	WJR
		Liaoning	3:53.91	PB
4		Liaoning	3:53.97	PB
5		Beijing	3:54.52	WYR
6		Liaoning	3:55.07	PB
7		Jiangsu	3:57.77
8		Liaoning	3:57.83
9		Liaoning	3:58.18
10		Henan	4:02.22
11		Henan	4:04.27
		Henan	?

10,000 m

Held on October 19.^[12]

Final

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
		Liaoning	30:38.09	PB, WL
		Liaoning	30:39.41	WJR
		Liaoning	30:39.98	PB
4	Dong Zhaoxia	Shanghai	30:47.22
5	Wang Dongmei	Henan	30:47.72
6		Shandong	30:55.83
7	Song Liqing	Liaoning	31:11.26	WYB
8	Wang Mingxia	Shandong	31:12.58
9		Yunnan	31:16.39
10	Wang Yanfang	Liaoning	31:59.93
11	Wang Xiaoxia	Liaoning	32:15.22
12	Cui Guomei	Shandong	32:46.67
13	Liang Ying	Yunnan	33:06.19
14	Wang Xiujie	Army	33:17.98
15	Cui Yuying	Liaoning	33:26.32
16	Li Dong	Henan	33:27.79
17	Tong Dejing	Jilin	33:36.95
18	Lu Jing	Railway	33:41.22
19	Li Wei	Shandong	?

100 m hurdles

Held on October 17–18.

Heats

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
1		Sichuan	12.85	Q
2	Zhou Jing	Hebei	12.87	PB, Q
3		Tianjin	13.01	SB, Q
4	Luo Bin	Hunan	13.03	PB, Q
5	Zeng Yan	Sichuan	13.06	Q
6	Tan Yali		13.12	PB, Q
7	Tang Xiaoyue		13.13	PB, Q
?	Sun Hongwei	Hebei	?	Q
9	Liu Hao		13.33	PB
10	Jiang Jianchun		13.36	PB
11	Xiong Yanling		13.50	PB
?	Deng Xiaocen		?
	Zhou Hongyan		?
	Zhu Shuiying		?

Final

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
	Zeng Yan	Sichuan	12.74	PB
		Sichuan	12.76	PB
		Tianjin	12.84	SB
4	Luo Bin	Hunan	12.88	PB
5	Zhou Jing	Hebei	12.89
6	Sun Hongwei	Hebei	12.92	AJR
7	Tan Yali		?
8	Tang Xiaoyue		?

400 m hurdles

Held on October 21–22.^[13]

Jiang Limei and Peng Yinghua, both from Guangxi had respectively won the gold and the silver medals but were later disqualified after failing a doping test.^[14]

HeatsFirst 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
1		Hebei	55.32	SB, Q
2		Hebei	55.43	PB, Q
3		Jiangsu	55.46	PB, Q
4		Hunan	55.58	PB, Q
5		Guangdong	55.72	PB, q
6		Hebei	55.80	PB, q
7			56.19	PB
8		Guangxi	56.49	PB
8				59.43	PB
	Huang Xia		?
DQ	Jiang Limei	Guangxi	54.87	Q
	Peng Yinghua	Guangxi	55.50	Q

4 × 400 m relay

Held on October 23.

Final

Rank	Team	Name	Time	Notes
	Jiangsu,		3:26.88	PB
	Hebei,		3:29.99	SB
	Sichuan,		3:30.17
4
5
6
7
DQ	Guangxi,		3:26.37

• The Guangxi team was later disqualified after the hurdlers Peng Yinghua, Jiang Limei and the 800 m runner Chen Xuehui failed a doping test. Jiangsu was awarded the gold medal and Sichuan, which originally finished fourth took the bronze medal.

Heptathlon

Held on October 17–18, after a three years break, Zhejiang Chinese record holder Ma Miaolan won her second consecutive National Games title, winning the event with a total of 6236 points. Her 16-year-old teammate Shen Shengfei set a new World youth record to finish second, beating Sichuan's Liu Xin by only one point.

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
1		Zhejiang	6236 pts	SB
2		Zhejiang	6185 pts	WYR
3		Sichuan	6184 pts	PB
4			?
5			?
6			5739 pts	PB
7			?
8	?		?
9			5652 pts	PB
10			5652 pts	PB
11			5640 pts	PB

References

General

• 1997 Athletics World Rankings Lists . Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-03-29.
• 8th National Games medallists . jx918. Retrieved on 2013-03-29.

External links

• Athlestats2010.izihost.com

Notes and References

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