Athletics at the 1997 National Games of China

International athletics championship event

Athletics at the 8th National Games of China

Dates| 17–23 October 1997
Host city| Shanghai, PR China

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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

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### Men's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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### Women

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#### 100 m

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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-finals

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

Rank | Name | Team | Time | Notes

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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

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| 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

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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-finals

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

Rank | Name | Team | Time | Notes

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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

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| 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

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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

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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

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| 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

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Held between October 21–22.[8]

Heats

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

Rank | Name | Team | Time | Notes

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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

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| 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

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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.

Heats

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

Rank | Name | Team | Time | Notes

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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

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| 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

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Held on October 19.[12]

Final
Rank | Name | Team | Time | Notes

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| Dong Yanmei | Liaoning | 30:38.09 | PB, WL
| Lan Lixin | Liaoning | 30:39.41 | WJR
| Yin Lili | Liaoning | 30:39.98 | PB
4 | Dong Zhaoxia | Shanghai | 30:47.22 |
5 | Wang Dongmei | Henan | 30:47.72 |
6 | Liu Shixiang | Shandong | 30:55.83 |
7 | Song Liqing | Liaoning | 31:11.26 | WYB
8 | Wang Mingxia | Shandong | 31:12.58 |
9 | Yang Siju | 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

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Held on October 17–18.

Heats
Rank | Name | Team | Time | Notes

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1 | Liu Jing | Sichuan | 12.85 | Q
2 | Zhou Jing | Hebei | 12.87 | PB, Q
3 | Zhang Yu | 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

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| Zeng Yan | Sichuan | 12.74 | PB
| Liu Jing | Sichuan | 12.76 | PB
| Zhang Yu | 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

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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]

Heats

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

Rank | Name | Team | Time | Notes

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1 | Li Rui | Hebei | 55.32 | SB, Q
2 | Li Shuju | Hebei | 55.43 | PB, Q
3 | Peng Qun | Jiangsu | 55.46 | PB, Q
4 | Song Yinglan | Hunan | 55.58 | PB, Q
5 | Li Yulian | Guangdong | 55.72 | PB, q
6 | Sun Hongwei | Hebei | 55.80 | PB, q
7 | Zhang Yu |  | 56.19 | PB
8 | Rong Guiping | Guangxi | 56.49 | PB
8 | Wang Qi |  | 59.43 | PB
| Huang Xia |  | ? |
DQ | Jiang Limei | Guangxi | ~~54.87~~ | Q
Peng Yinghua | Guangxi | ~~55.50~~ | Q

#### 4 × 400 m relay

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Held on October 23.

Final
Rank | Team | Name | Time | Notes

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| Jiangsu,  China | Zhang Henghua, Cui Danfeng, Lü Xifang, Zhang Hengyun | 3:26.88 | PB
| Hebei,  China |  | 3:29.99 | SB
| Sichuan,  China | Liu Xiaomei, Tian Xiaoxia, Li Xuemei, Li Cong | 3:30.17 |
4 |  |  |  |
5 |  |  |  |
6 |  |  |  |
7 |  |  |  |
DQ | Guangxi,  China | Peng Yinghua, Chen Xuehui, Gong Ruiping, Jiang Limei | ~~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

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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

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1 | Ma Miaolan | Zhejiang | 6236 pts | SB
2 | Shen Shengfei | Zhejiang | 6185 pts | WYR
3 | Liu Xin | Sichuan | 6184 pts | PB
4 | Liu Bo |  | ? |
5 | Ding Ying |  | ? |
6 | Zhang Xiaohui |  | 5739 pts | PB
7 | Wang Hailan |  | ? |
8 | ? |  | ? |
9 | Wang Sili |  | 5652 pts | PB
10 | Wang Qui |  | 5652 pts | PB
11 | Zou Ying |  | 5640 pts | PB

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General

* 1997 Athletics World Rankings Lists Archived 2018-09-30 at the Wayback Machine. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-03-29.
* 8th National Games medallists (in Chinese). jx918. Retrieved on 2013-03-29.

## External links

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* Athlestats2010.izihost.com Archived 2018-10-03 at the Wayback Machine

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World|

* World Championships in Athletics
* World Indoor Championships
* World Cross Country Championships
* World Half Marathon Championships
* World Mountain Running Trophy
* World Race Walking Cup
* World Masters Championships
* Universiade

Regional|

| Championships|

* Arab
* Balkan
* Outdoor
* Indoor
* Central American and Caribbean
* South American

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Games|

* Bolivarian Games
* Central American Games
* East Asian Games
* Games of the Small States of Europe
* Island Games
* Jeux de la Francophonie
* Maccabiah Games
* Mediterranean Games
* Pan Arab Games
* Southeast Asian Games
* South Pacific Mini Games
* West Asian Games

Cross country|

* Asian
* Balkan
* European
* South American

Other|

* European
* Cup
* 10,000 m
* Combined Events
* Mountain Running

Age group|

* African U20
* Asian U20
* CARIFTA Games
* Central American U20/U18
* Central American and Caribbean U14
* European
* U20
* U23
* Youth Olympic Days
* Oceanian U18
* Pan American U20
* South American U20

Seasonal|

| Golden Four|

* Berlin
* Brussels
* Oslo
* Zürich

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* IAAF Grand Prix
* Final
* IAAF Indoor Permit Meetings
* World Cross Challenge
* WMRA Alpine Grand Prix

National|

| Indoor|

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* English
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* German
* Italian
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* Swedish
* Ukrainian
* United States
* NCAA

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Outdoor|

* Australian
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* Canada
* Championships
* Games
* China
* Championships
* Games
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