1997_World_Championships_in

1997 World Championships in Athletics

The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10, 1997.

1 Men's results
- 1.1 Track
- 1.2 Field
2 Women's Results
- 2.1 Track
- 2.2 Field
3 Medals table
4 References

Men's results

Track

1993 |1995 |1997 |1999 |2001

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
100 m	Maurice Greene United States	9.86	Donovan Bailey Canada	9.91	Tim Montgomery United States	9.94
200 m	Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago	20.04	Frankie Fredericks Namibia	20.23	Claudinei da Silva Brazil	20.26
400 m	Michael Johnson United States	44.12	Davis Kamoga Uganda	44.37 NR	Tyree Washington United States	44.39 PB
800 m	Wilson Kipketer Denmark	1:43.38	Norberto Téllez Cuba	1:44.00 SB	Rich Kenah United States	1:44.25 PB
1500 m	Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco	3:35.83	Fermín Cacho Spain	3:36.63	Reyes Estévez Spain	3:37.26
A slow, tactical race from the start, with Morceli tracking El Guerrouj all the way. Estevez tried to slow the pace down even further in the second lap to allow Cacho to save energy for his fast sprint finish. With the whole field still bunched up with 600m to go, El Guerrouj put on a burst of speed which only Morceli and Cacho were able to follow, but eventually, they too were dropped as El Guerrouj wound up the pace faster and faster. Cacho sprinted past Morceli in the home straight, and the dispirited defending champion slowed down towards the finish, allowing Estevez to pip him at the line for the bronze medal.
5000 m	Daniel Komen Kenya	13:07.38	Khalid Boulami Morocco	13:09.34	Tom Nyariki Kenya	13:11.09
10,000 m	Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia	27:24.58	Paul Tergat Kenya	27:25.62 SB	Salah Hissou Morocco	27:28.67 PB
Marathon	Abel Antón Spain	2:13:16	Martín Fiz Spain	2:13:21	Steve Moneghetti Australia	2:14:16
110 m hurdles	Allen Johnson United States	12.93 WL	Colin Jackson United Kingdom	13.05 SB	Igor Kovác Slovakia	13.18 SB
400 m hurdles	Stéphane Diagana France	47.70 WL	Herbert Llewellyn South Africa	47.86 NR	Bryan Bronson United States	47.88
3000 m steeplechase	Wilson Boit Kipketer Kenya	8:05.84	Moses Kiptanui Kenya	8:06.04	Bernard Barmasai Kenya	8:06.04
20 km walk	Daniel García Mexico	1:21:43	Mikhail Shchennikov Russia	1:21:53	Mikhail Khmelnitskiy Belarus	1:22:01
50 km walk	Robert Korzeniowski Poland	3:44:46	Jesús Ángel García Spain	3:44:59	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Mexico	3:48:30
4 × 100 m	Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey Canada	37.86 WL	Osmond Ezinwa, Olapade Adeniken, Francis Obikwelu, Davidson Ezinwa Nigeria	38.07	Darren Braithwaite, Darren Campbell, Douglas Walker, Julian Golding United Kingdom	38.14 SB
4 × 400 m	Jerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Chris Jones, Tyree Washington United States	2:56.47 WL	Iwan Thomas, Roger Black, Jamie Baulch, Mark Richardson United Kingdom	2:56.65 SB	Michael McDonald, Greg Haughton, Danny McFarlane, Davian Clarke Jamaica	2:56.75 NR
AR Area record \| CR championship record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB/PR personal best/record \| SB seasonal best \| WL world leading (in a given season) \| WR world record

Field

1993 |1995 |1997 |1999 |2001 |

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
High Jump	Javier Sotomayor Cuba	2.37 WL	Artur Partyka Poland	2.35 SB	Tim Forsyth Australia	2.35
Pole Vault	Sergey Bubka Ukraine	6.01 CR WL	Maksim Tarasov Russia	5.96	Dean Starkey United States	5.91 SB
Long Jump	Iván Pedroso Cuba	8.42 SB	Erick Walder United States	8.38 SB	Kirill Sosunov Russia	8.18 SB
Triple Jump	Yoelbi Quesada Cuba	17.85 WL NR	Jonathan Edwards United Kingdom	17.69	Aliecer Urrutia Cuba	17.64 SB
Shot Put	John Godina United States	21.44	Oliver-Sven Buder Germany	21.24	C. J. Hunter United States	20.33
Discus throw	Lars Riedel Germany	68.54	Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania	66.70 SB	Jürgen Schult Germany	66.14 SB
Hammer throw	Heinz Weis Germany	81.78	Andriy Skvaruk Ukraine	81.46 SB	Alexey Sidorenko Russia	80.76 SB
Javelin throw	Marius Corbett South Africa	88.40 AR	Steve Backley United Kingdom	86.80	Kostas Gatsioudis Greece	86.64
Decathlon Details	Tomáš Dvořák Czech Republic	8837 CR WL NR	Eduard Hämäläinen Finland	8730	Frank Busemann Germany	8652
AR Area record \| CR championship record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB/PR personal best/record \| SB seasonal best \| WL world leading (in a given season) \| WR world record

Aleksandr Bagach of Ukraine originally won the shot put with 21.47m, but was disqualified after he tested positive for steroids.

Women's Results

Track

1993 |1995 |1997 |1999 |2001

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
100 m	Marion Jones United States	10.83 WL	Zhanna Pintusevich Ukraine	10.85	Savatheda Fynes Bahamas	11.03 PB
200 m	Zhanna Pintusevich Ukraine	22.32	Susanthika Jayasinghe Sri Lanka	22.39	Merlene Ottey Jamaica	22.40
400 m	Cathy Freeman Australia	49.77	Sandie Richards Jamaica	49.79 PB	Jearl Miles-Clark United States	49.90
800 m	Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba	1:57.14	Yelena Afanasyeva Russia	1:57.56	Maria de Lurdes Mutola Mozambique	1:57.59
1500 m	Carla Sacramento Portugal	4:04.24 SB	Regina Jacobs United States	4:04.63	Anita Weyermann Switzerland	4:04.70 SB
5000 m	Gabriela Szabo Romania	14:57.68	Roberta Brunet Italy	14:58.29 SB	Fernanda Ribeiro Portugal	14:58.85
10,000 m	Sally Barsosio Kenya	31:32.92 WJR	Fernanda Ribeiro Portugal	31:39.15 SB	Masako Chiba Japan	31:41.93
Marathon	Hiromi Suzuki Japan	2:29:48	Manuela Machado Portugal	2:31:12	Lidia Slavuteanu-Simon Romania	2:31:55
10,000 m walk	Annarita Sidoti Italy	42:55.49 WL	Olga Kardopoltseva Belarus	43:30.20	Valentina Tsybulskaya Belarus	43:49.24
100 m hurdles	Ludmila Engquist Sweden	12.50 SB	Svetla Dimitrova Bulgaria	12.58	Michelle Freeman Jamaica	12.61
400 m hurdles	Nezha Bidouane Morocco	52.97 AR	Deon Hemmings Jamaica	53.09 SB	Kim Batten United States	53.52
4 x 100 m	Chryste Gaines, Marion Jones, Inger Miller, Gail Devers United States	41.47 CR AR	Beverly McDonald, Merlene Frazer, Juliet Cuthbert, Beverly Grant Jamaica	42.10 SB	Patricia Girard-Léno, Christine Arron, Delphine Combe, Sylviane Félix France	42.21 NR
4 x 400 m	Anke Feller, Uta Rohlände, Anja Rücker, Grit Breuer Germany	3:20.92 WL	Maicel Malone-Wallace, Kim Graham, Kim Batten, Jearl Miles-Clark United States	3:21.03 SB	Inez Turner, Lorraine Fenton, Deon Hemmings, Sandie Richards Jamaica	3:21.30 NR
AR Area record \| CR championship record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB/PR personal best/record \| SB seasonal best \| WL world leading (in a given season) \| WR world record

Field

1993 |1995 |1997 |1999 |2001 |

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
High Jump	Hanne Haugland Norway	1.99	Olga Kaliturina Russia Inha Babakova Ukraine	1.96
Long Jump	Lyudmila Galkina Russia	7.05 WL PB	Niki Xanthou Greece	6.94 SB	Fiona May Italy	6.91
Triple Jump	Šárka Kašpárková Czech Republic	15.20 WL NR	Rodica Mateescu Romania	15.16 NR	Olena Hovorova Ukraine	14.67 PB
Shot Put	Astrid Kumbernuss Germany	20.71	Vita Pavlysh Ukraine	20.66	Stephanie Storp Germany	19.22
Discus throw	Beatrice Faumuina New Zealand	66.82	Ellina Zvereva Belarus	65.90	Natalya Sadova Russia	65.14
Javelin throw	Trine Hattestad Norway	68.78	Joanna Stone Australia	68.64 PB	Tanja Damaske Germany	67.12 PB
Heptathlon	Sabine Braun Germany	6739	Denise Lewis United Kingdom	6654	Remigija Nazarovienė Lithuania	6566
AR Area record \| CR championship record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB/PR personal best/record \| SB seasonal best \| WL world leading (in a given season) \| WR world record

Medals table

Position	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	United States	7	3	8	18
2.	Germany	5	1	4	10
3.	Cuba	4	1	1	6
4.	Kenya	3	2	2	7
5.	Ukraine	2	4	1	7
6.	Morocco	2	1	1	4
7=	Czech Republic	2	0	0	2
7=	Norway	2	0	0	2
9.	Russia	1	4	3	8
10.	Spain	1	3	1	5
11.	Portugal	1	2	1	4
12.	Australia	1	1	2	4
13=	Italy	1	1	1	3
13=	Romania	1	1	1	3
15=	Canada	1	1	0	2
15=	Poland	1	1	0	2
15=	South Africa	1	1	0	2
18=	France	1	0	1	2
18=	Japan	1	0	1	2
18=	Mexico	1	0	1	2
21=	Denmark	1	0	0	1
21=	Ethiopia	1	0	0	1
21=	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
21=	Sweden	1	0	0	1
21=	Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	0	1
26.	United Kingdom	0	5	1	6
27.	Jamaica	0	3	4	7
28.	Belarus	0	2	2	4
29=	Greece	0	1	1	2
29=	Lithuania	0	1	1	2
31=	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
31=	Finland	0	1	0	1
31=	Namibia	0	1	0	1
31=	Nigeria	0	1	0	1
31=	Sri Lanka	0	1	0	1
31=	Uganda	0	1	0	1
36=	Bahamas	0	0	1	1
36=	Brazil	0	0	1	1
36=	Mozambique	0	0	1	1
36=	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
36=	Switzerland	0	0	1	1

References

IAAF 1997

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Contents

Men's results

Track

Field

Women's Results

Track

Field

Medals table

References