Athletics at the 1997 National Games of China

At the 1997 National Games of China, the athletics events were held in Shanghai in October 1997.

These Games were marred by numerous doping affairs.

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, also tested positive.

Medal summary

Men's events 100 metresZhou Wei Jiangxi10.22Chen Wenzhong Guangxi10.24Wei Gong Guangxi10.27 200 metresZhou Wei Jiangxi20.55Han Chaoming Guangdong20.64Yin Hanzhao Guangdong20.65400 metresHan Chaoming Guangdong45.46 NRXu Zizhou Guangdong46.01 NYRHao Jianlin Hebei46.14800 metresSong Mingyou Shandong1:49.35Bai WentaoHeilongjiang1:49.83Zhang YiPeople's Liberation Army1:50.11500 metresSong Mingyou Shandong3:36.54Gao Shuai Liaoning3:37.41Song Weizeng Liaoning3:38.035000 metresXia Fengyuan Shandong13:25.14Sun Ripeng Liaoning13:28.17Cao ChanghaiShandong13:45.2010,000 metresXia Fengyuan Shandong28:17.71Li Aiguo Liaoning28:18.66Cao Changhai Shandong28:19.46110 metres hurdlesChen Yanhao Shanghai13.41Li TongBeijing13.64Li Qiang Sichuan13.72400 metres hurdlesGao Yonghong Shandong49.34 NRDu Yuechun Anhui49.58Jiang Xuezhou Fujian50.043000 metre steeplechaseSun Ripeng Liaoning8:10.46 NRLi Changzhong Guizhou8:17.97Sun Weili Shandong8:29.57 4 × 100 metres relayGuangdongLiang KengLeng HaodongYin HanzhaoHan Chaoming39.23Guangxi39.52Shanghai 39.614 × 400 metres relayGuangdongZheng GuanzhenLu BingXu ZizhouHan Chaoming3:04.89Hebei3:05.70Jiangsu3:08.02 MarathonHu GangjunInner Mongolia2:09:18Hao LijunInner Mongolia2:13:25Meng XianhuiRailways2:13:2520 km race walkLi ZewenYunnan1:20:46Tan MingjunShaanxi1:21:24Chen ShaoguoYunnan1:23:2350 km race walkZou MenghuiShandong3:48:12Tan MingjunShaanxi3:50:36Ma HongyeHebei3:55:42High jumpNiu Jian Shanghai2.28 mTao Rui Shanghai2.28 mBi Hongyong Shandong2.25 mPole vaultXu Gang Shandong5.50 mZhang HongweiPeople's Liberation Army5.30 mGe YunShandong5.30 mLong jumpHuang Geng Henan8.05 mWen Yutao Sichuan8.04 mHuang Le People's Liberation Army8.03 mTriple jumpLao Jianfeng Guangdong16.90 mDuan Qifeng Hebei16.89 mZou Sixin Hunan16.68 mShot putWen Jili People's Liberation Army19.46 mLiu Hao Beijing18.96 mLi Wenkui Beijing18.75 mDiscus throwYu Wenge Hunan62.70 mLi ShaojieShandong62.52 mZhang Cunbiao Hebei61.14 mHammer throwBi Zhong Jiangxi71.26 mChong Changqing Liaoning71.24 mChen Zhichong Sichuan69.36 mJavelin throwGao Wenxu Shanxi81.74 mMiao LianjingShandong75.70 mLi RongxiangZhejiang74.36 mDecathlonDu Xiaopeng People's Liberation Army7875 ptsSong ShulinLiaoning7797 pts Guo ZhengrongSichuan7593 pts

Women's events 100 metresLi Xuemei Sichuan10.79 ARLiu Xiaomei Sichuan10.89Tian Yumei Guangxi11.06200 metresLi Xuemei Sichuan22.01 ARLiu Xiaomei Sichuan22.36Du Xiujie Guangdong22.56400 metresLi Jing Liaoning50.01 WYRDu Xiujie Guangdong50.87Chen Yuxiang Shandong51.15800 metresLang Yinglai Liaoning1:57.62 Lin Na Liaoning1:58.16Zhang Jian Beijing1:58.981500 metresJiang Bo Liaoning3:50.98Lang Yinglai Liaoning3:51.34 WJRYin Lili Liaoning3:53.915000 metresJiang Bo Liaoning14:28.09 WRDong Yanmei Liaoning14:29.82Liu Shixiang Shandong14:38.1410,000 metresDong Yanmei Liaoning30:38.09Lan Lixin Liaoning30:39.41Yin Lili Liaoning30:39.98100 metres hurdlesZeng Yan Sichuan12.74Liu Jing Sichuan12.76Zhang Yu Tianjin12.84400 metres hurdlesJiang Limei Guangxi53.38 AR †Peng Yinghua Guangxi54.54 † Li Rui Hebei54.93 WJR4 × 100 metres relaySichuanXiao LinLi YaliLiu XiaomeiLi Xuemei42.23 AR GuangxiYan JiankuiTian YumeiHuang MeiOu Yanlan42.63Hunan43.41 4 × 400 metres relayJiangsuZhang HenghuaCui DanfengLü XifangZhang Hengyun3:26.88Hebei 3:29.99SichuanLiu XiaomeiTian XiaoxiaLi XuemeiLi Cong3:30.17MarathonPan JinhongInner Mongolia 2:26:39Wang JianfenYunnan 2:26:58Ai DongmeiRailways 2:27:3010 km race walkFan XiaolingPeople's Liberation Army43:47Sun ChunfangShanghai43:50Feng HaixiaPeople's Liberation Army43:58High jumpJin Ling Liaoning1.96 mWang Wei Shandong1.94 mZhang LiwenTianjin1.90 mPole vaultCai Weiyan Anhui4.25 mSun Caiyun Guangdong4.20 mPeng Xiaoming Guangdong4.15 mLong jumpXiong Qiying Sichuan7.01 m † Guan Yingnan Jiangsu6.86 mZhong Mei Sichuan6.76 mTriple jumpHuang Qiuyan Guangxi14.57 m WYRRen Ruiping Shandong14.49 mLi JiahuiGuangdong14.13 mShot putSui Xinmei Shanghai20.25 mHuang Zhihong Zhejiang20.24 mLi Meisu Hebei19.46 mDiscus throwXiao Yanling Hebei70.00 mLi Qiumei Shanxi66.48 mCheng Xianhong Shanxi66.00 mJavelin throwWei JianhuaShanxi66.64 mWang YaningShanxi64.52 mLi LeiBeijing64.28 mHeptathlonMa Miaolan Zhejiang6236 ptsShen Shengfei Zhejiang6185 pts WYRLiu Xin Sichuan6184 pts

Results Women 100 m The 100m was held from 17 to 18 October. 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. Her teammate Liu Xiaomei, who had won the event four years before, took the silver medal in a personal best time of 10.89 seconds. Guangxi two-time Olympian veteran Tian Yumei finished third with a time of 11.06 seconds; equaling her personal best she had set in the semi-finals.

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 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-finals First 4 of each heat (Q) qualified for the final.

Rank Name Team Time Notes 1 Li Xuemei Sichuan 11.03 Q 2 Liu Xiaomei Sichuan 11.03 SB, Q 3 Tian Yumei Guangxi 11.06 PB, Q 4 Pei Fang Shanghai 11.09 PB, Q 5 Li Yali Sichuan 11.13 PB, Q 6 Liang Yi Jiangsu 11.16 PB, Q 7 Cui Danfeng Jiangsu 11.20 PB, Q Xiao Lin Sichuan 11.20 AJR, Q 9 Xiang Chirong Shandong 11.25 PB 10 Hu Zhenxia 11.29 PB 11 Zhang Chunying 11.36 PB Huang Mei Guangxi 11.50 Xiong Xiaoying 11.37 Yue Ling 11.33 Zeng Xiujun Sichuan 11.57

Final Rank Name Team Time Notes Li Xuemei Sichuan 10.79 AR, GR Liu Xiaomei Sichuan 10.89 PB Tian Yumei Guangxi 11.06 =PB 4 Pei Fang Shanghai 11.10 5 Li Yali Sichuan 11.15 6 Xiao Lin Sichuan 11.17 AJR 7 Liang Yi Jiangsu 11.20 8 Cui Danfeng Jiangsu 11.43

200 m

The 200m was held from 21–22 October. Chen Yuxiang from Shandong set a new Asian junior record of 22.83 seconds in the heats and advanced to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals First 4 of each heat (Q) qualified for the final. Rank Name Team Time Notes 1 Li Xuemei Sichuan 22.62 Q 2 Liu Xiaomei 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 ? Yan Jiankui Guangxi ? Hu Zhenxia ?

Final Rank Name Team Time Notes Li Xuemei Sichuan 22.01 AR, GR Liu Xiaomei 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 The 400m was held from 17–18 October.

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 Li Jing Liaoning 50.76 AJR, AYR, Q 2 Zhang Hengyun Jiangsu 51.79 SB, Q 3 Chen Yuxiang Shandong 51.84 Q 4 Zhang Ying 52.13 PB, Q ? Bu Fanfang Shandong ? Q Cao Chunying 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 Li Jing Liaoning 50.01 WYR, AJR Du Xiujie Guangdong 50.87 SB Chen Yuxiang Shandong 51.15 PB 4 Zhang Hengyun Jiangsu 51.22 PB 5 Bu Fanfang Shandong 51.85 PB 6 Lü Xifang Jiangsu 51.99 7 Cao Chunying Hebei 52.21 SB 8 Zhang Ying 53.23

800 m The 800m was held from 21–22 October.

Heats First 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 Liu Jing Jiangsu 1:58.55 Q, PB 3 Lang Yinglai Liaoning 1:58.57 Q, PB 4 Liu Haiyan Guangdong 1:58.57 q, PB 5 Wang Qingfen Henan 1:58.69 q, PB 6 Liu Qifang Guangxi 1:59.01 PB 7 Qu Yunxia Liaoning 1:59.25 SB 8 Yan Wei Henan 1:59.81 Q, PB 9 Zhang Jian 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 Lang Yinglai Liaoning 1:57.62 PB Lin Na Liaoning 1:58.16 PB Zhang Jian Beijing 1:58.98 PB 4 Liu Jing Jiangsu 1:59.15 5 Wang Qingfen Henan 1:59.29 6 Yan Wei Henan 1:59.66 PB 7 Liu Haiyan Guangdong 2:00.99 DQ Chen Xuehui Guangxi 1:57.82

1500 m The 1500m was held from 17–18 October. 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. Her 20-year-old teammate Jiang Bo eventually won the race, clocking 3:50.98, the second fastest time ever. It remains one of three times under 3:51. 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.

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

Rank Name Team Time Notes 1 Lan Lixin Liaoning 3:55.01 WJR, Q 2 Qu Yunxia Liaoning 3:55.38 SB, Q 3 Zhang Ling Beijing 3:55.47 WYR, Q 4 Dong Yanmei Liaoning 3:55.82 PB, Q 5 Liu Dong Liaoning 3:56.31 PB 6 Liu Jing Jiangsu 3:57.02 PB, q 7 Lang Yinglai Liaoning 3:57.15 PB, Q 8 Jiang Bo Liaoning 3:57.20 PB, Q 9 Yin Lili Liaoning 3:58.22 PB, Q 10 Yan Wei Henan 3:58.74 PB, Q 11 Wang Qingfen Henan 3:58.97 PB, q 12 Wang Chunmei 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 Jiang Bo Liaoning 3:50.98 WL Lang Yinglai Liaoning 3:51.34 WJR Yin Lili Liaoning 3:53.91 PB 4 Lan Lixin Liaoning 3:53.97 PB 5 Zhang Ling Beijing 3:54.52 WYR 6 Dong Yanmei Liaoning 3:55.07 PB 7 Liu Jing Jiangsu 3:57.77 8 Qu Yunxia Liaoning 3:57.83 9 Liu Dong Liaoning 3:58.18 10 Wang Qingfen Henan 4:02.22 11 Yan Wei Henan 4:04.27 Wang Chunmei Henan ?

10,000 m The 10000m was held on 19 October. Final