The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 11 July 1997.
| Gold | Irina Korotya | |
| Silver | Diane Allahgreen | |
| Bronze | Johanna Halkoaho |
11 July
Wind: 1.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | | 12.97 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 13.03 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 13.35 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 13.50 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 13.53 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 13.56 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 13.82 | |||
| align=left | align=left |  | DNF |
11 July
Qualified: first 2 in each heat and 2 best to the Final
Wind: 1.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 13.34 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 13.58 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left |  | 13.65 | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 13.70 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 13.87 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 14.33 |
Wind: 1.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 13.43 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 13.55 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 13.59 | q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 13.59 | q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 14.19 | |||
| align=left | align=left | DNF |
Wind: 1.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 13.27 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 13.48 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 13.96 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 14.04 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 14.12 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 14.35 |
According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
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