1997 ITU Triathlon World Championships

The 1997 ITU Triathlon World Championships was a triathlon event held in Perth, Western Australia on 16 November 1997, organised by the International Triathlon Union.[1] The championship was won by Australians Chris McCormack and Emma Carney. The course was a 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) swim, 40 kilometres (25 mi) bike, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) run.

Results

Men's Championship

Rank	Name	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Time
	Chris McCormack (AUS)	18:48	00:51	0:58:24	00:54	29:32	1:48:29
	Hamish Carter (NZL)	18:50	00:52	0:58:22	00:51	29:46	1:48:42
	Simon Lessing (GBR)	18:40	01:00	0:58:24	00:58	30:04	1:49:07
4	Brad Beven (AUS)	18:44	00:51	0:58:28	00:51	30:41	1:49:39
5	Greg Bennett (USA)	18:49	00:54	0:58:21	00:53	30:48	1:49:47
6	Greg Welch (AUS)	19:02	00:57	0:59:24	00:54	29:37	1:49:55
7	Paul Amey (GBR)	19:18	00:56	0:59:08	00:52	29:44	1:50:00
8	Stephane Poulat (FRA)	18:52	00:54	0:58:19	00:58	31:05	1:50:09
9	Simon Whitfield (CAN)	19:53	00:54	0:58:40	00:52	29:51	1:50:13
10	Jamie Hunt (NZL)	19:54	00:53	0:58:39	00:53	29:56	1:50:17
11	Laurent Jeanselme (FRA)	18:49	00:58	0:58:19	00:58	31:16	1:50:21
12	Stephan Bignet (FRA)	18:58	00:54	0:58:14	00:59	31:18	1:50:23
13	Gilberto González (VEN)	19:12	00:54	0:59:29	00:56	30:09	1:50:44
14	Ralf Eggert (GER)	19:18	00:53	0:59:15	00:53	30:26	1:50:47
15	Dmitriy Gaag (KAZ)	19:18	00:54	0:59:18	01:00	30:31	1:51:03
16	Martin Matula (CZE)	19:57	00:54	0:58:45	00:59	30:34	1:51:10
17	Lothar Leder (GER)	19:21	00:53	0:59:17	00:54	30:52	1:51:19
18	Eric Van Der Linden (NED)	19:17	00:54	0:59:15	00:58	31:05	1:51:31
19	Markus Keller (SUI)	20:08	01:04	0:59:16	00:56	30:14	1:51:39
20	Chris Hill (AUS)	19:12	00:53	0:59:24	00:58	31:18	1:51:47
21	Joachim Willen (SWE)	18:57	00:53	0:58:15	01:05	32:38	1:51:50
22	Takumi Obara (JPN)	19:18	00:54	0:59:19	00:57	31:22	1:51:51
23	Stefan Vuckovic (GER)	19:43	01:02	0:58:31	00:52	31:46	1:51:55
24	Volodymyr Polikarpenko (UKR)	18:58	01:02	0:59:36	00:59	31:18	1:51:57
25	Alec Rukosuev (USA)	18:46	00:58	0:59:50	00:56	31:49	1:52:19
26	Javier Rosas (MEX)	19:10	00:54	0:59:29	00:56	32:04	1:52:35
27	Peter Alder (SUI)	19:12	01:02	0:59:16	00:57	32:16	1:52:44
28	Eneko Llanos (ESP)	20:01	00:56	0:59:29	01:02	31:16	1:52:47
29	Mark O'Donnell (NZL)	19:49	00:51	0:58:52	00:54	32:23	1:52:51
30	Wes Hobson (USA)	18:45	00:59	0:59:44	01:02	32:30	1:53:00
31	Arnd Schomburg (GER)	19:10	00:00	0:59:21	00:00	32:58	1:51:25
Sources:[2]

Women's Championship

Rank	Name	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Time
	Emma Carney (AUS)	20:57	00:58	1:03:31	01:02	34:40	1:59:22
	Jackie Gallagher (AUS)	20:03	01:02	1:04:23	00:58	35:55	1:59:36
	Michellie Jones (AUS)	21:01	01:05	1:04:49	00:59	36:00	2:00:48
4	Marie Overbye (DEN)	23:17	00:00	1:05:08	00:00	35:26	2:01:05
5	Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys (FRA)	21:08	01:00	1:04:46	01:00	36:55	2:01:09
6	Anja Dittmer (GER)	21:34	00:59	1:04:16	01:02	33:50	2:01:44
7	Virginia Berasategi (ESP)	20:42	01:07	1:03:41	00:57	34:20	2:01:48
8	Rina Hill (AUS)	19:31	00:59	1:04:53	00:57	36:56	2:01:54
9	Mieke Suys (BEL)	21:38	00:00	1:10:38	00:00	35:54	2:02:12
10	Magali Di Marco Messmer (SUI)	21:03	00:00	1:03:42	01:09	36:29	2:02:23
11	Erika Molnár (HUN)	21:20	00:57	1:06:10	00:59	35:07	2:02:34
12	Loretta Harrop (AUS)	19:27	01:00	1:04:59	01:02	36:16	2:02:48
13	Jennifer Gutierrez (USA)	21:58	00:56	1:05:31	00:54	33:12	2:03:14
14	Barbara Lindquist (USA)	21:38	01:04	1:05:46	01:07	34:34	2:03:18
15	Sharon Donnelly (CAN)	21:14	00:59	1:04:42	01:04	33:47	2:03:27
16	Jill Newman (USA)	21:18	00:57	1:06:18	00:59	35:22	2:03:38
17	Wieke Hoogzaad (NED)	21:30	01:11	1:04:11	01:02	35:42	2:03:48
18	Silvia Pepels (NED)	21:32	00:00	1:05:59	00:00	37:22	2:03:55
19	Nicole Andronicus (AUS)	21:08	00:59	1:03:20	00:59	32:52	2:04:00
20	Ines Estedt (GER)	21:11	00:56	1:04:47	01:00	34:16	2:04:04
21	Haruna Hosoya (JPN)	21:09	00:59	1:04:46	01:00	35:53	2:04:09
22	Siri Lindley (USA)	21:27	00:54	1:04:32	01:04	36:10	2:04:10
23	Maribel Blanco (ESP)	21:10	00:57	1:03:21	01:00	34:35	2:04:26
24	Nancy Kemp-Arendt (LUX)	21:27	01:02	1:04:23	00:59	36:07	2:04:27
25	Gail Laurence (USA)	21:30	00:57	1:04:46	01:05	35:44	2:04:29
26	Nóra Edöcsény (HUN)	19:40	00:58	1:06:19	00:59	33:57	2:04:32
27	Christine Hocq (FRA)	20:00	01:02	1:05:54	00:59	35:31	2:04:51
28	Kiyomi Niwata (JPN)	21:38	01:05	1:05:41	01:02	35:41	2:04:54
29	Suzanne Nielsen (DEN)	21:18	01:02	1:06:00	01:00	35:33	2:05:05
30	Natasja Hilgeholt (NZL)	20:41	01:02	1:03:47	01:02	36:40	2:05:08
35	Natascha Badmann (SUI)	20:53	01:05	1:03:31	00:59	33:05	2:06:07
39	Sibylle Matter (SUI)	22:03	00:58	1:05:20	00:59	35:02	2:06:54
44	Nicole Mertes (GER)	20:47	01:07	1:03:34	01:04	37:54	2:10:24
Sources:[3]

Junior men

Rank	Name	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Time
	Andriy Glushchenko (UKR)	18:19	00:51	1:02:41	00:51	30:38	1:53:24
	András Héczey (HUN)	18:38	01:03	1:02:19	00:57	30:36	1:53:37
	Clemente Alonso (ESP)	18:59	00:57	1:01:57	00:53	31:25	1:54:15
Sources:[4]

Junior women

Rank	Name	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Time
	Nicole Hackett (AUS)	18:56	00:59	1:06:37	00:49	38:05	2:05:31
	Beth Thomson (GBR)	20:22	01:13	1:06:55	00:59	38:22	2:07:55
	Melanie Mitchell (AUS)	18:53	01:03	1:06:38	00:51	40:59	2:08:28
Sources:[5]

References

1. "1997 Perth ITU Triathlon World Championships". International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
2. "1997 Perth ITU Triathlon World Championships : Nov 16 1997 : Elite Men : Results". International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
3. "1997 Perth ITU Triathlon World Championships : Nov 16 1997 : Elite Women : Results". International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
4. "1997 Perth ITU Triathlon World Championships : Nov 16 1997 : Junior Men : Results". International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
5. "1997 Perth ITU Triathlon World Championships : Nov 16 1997 : Junior Women : Results". International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 21 April 2015.