Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Half marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's heptathlon event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy on 26 and 27 August.^[1][2]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m H	HJ	SP	200m	LJ	JT	800m	Points	Notes
	Mona Steigauf	Germany	13.13	1.85	12.83	24.14	6.56	43.86	2:11.15	6546	[3]
	Irina Vostrikova	Russia	13.97	1.79	15.20	26.10	6.07	49.90	2:19.18	6175	[3]
	Marie Collonvillé	France	13.85	1.85	11.39	24.71	6.03	45.72	2:12.35	6143	[3]
4	Astrid Retzke	Germany	13.95	1.79	13.32	25.11	6.01	43.46	2:25.15	5919	[3]
5	Tatyana Gordeyeva	Russia								5811
6	Pilia Peltosaari	Finland	14.61	1.73	12.07	24.81	6.06w	43.34	2:20.17	5775
6	Anne-Sophie Devillier	France								5775
8	Maralize Visser	South Africa								5765
9	Annelies de Meester	Belgium								5732
10	Karin Periginelli	Italy	14.12	12.96	1.67	25.36	5.84	40.18	2:14.88	5724
11	Svetlana Kazanina	Kazakhstan								5722
12	Euzinete dos Reis	Brazil	14.28	1.73	10.99	24.67	5.83	43.32	2:18.85	5709
13	Yuliya Akulenko	Ukraine								5667
14	Saskia Meijer	Netherlands	14.55	1.70	13.63	25.96	5.79	38.42	2:16.09	5627
15	Maria Richtnér	Sweden								5438
16	Trina Bindel	United States								5352
17	Tania Longe	Norway								5215
18	Kristine Suharevska	Latvia								5047
19	Heather Sterlin	United States								4462
20	Sandra Oliveros	Guatemala								4122
	Jane Jamieson	Australia	14.34	1.85	13.88	25.73	DNS	–	–	DNF
	Clare Thompson	Australia	14.41	1.70	9.29	DNS	–	–	–	DNF
	Lyudmila Kovalenko	Ukraine								DNF