title: 1997 ITU Triathlon World Championships
text: # 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. The championship was won by Australians Chris McCormack and Emma Carney. The course was a 1.5 kilometres (0.93mi) swim, 40 kilometres (25mi) bike, 10 kilometres (6.2mi) 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 (AUS) | 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 |
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  ### 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 |
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  ### 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 |
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  ### 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 |
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