1997 World Championships in Athletics
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| Host city | Athens, Greece | ||
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| Nations participating | 198 | ||
| Athletes participating | 1882 | ||
| Dates | August 1–10, 1997 | ||
| Main venue | Olympic Stadium | ||
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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. In this event participated 1882 athletes from 198 participant nations.[1] Athens used the successful organization of the World Championships the next month during the IOC Session in Lausanne during its campaign to host the 2004 Summer Olympics as proof positive of Athens' and Greece's ability and readiness to organize large-scale, international sporting events.
Men's results
Track
1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m |
 Maurice Greene (USA) | 9.86 |  Donovan Bailey (CAN) | 9.91 | Tim Montgomery (USA) | 9.94 |
| 200 m |
 Ato Boldon (TRI) | 20.04 |  Frankie Fredericks (NAM) | 20.23 |  Claudinei Quirino (BRA) | 20.26 |
| 400 m |
Michael Johnson (USA) | 44.12 |  Davis Kamoga (UGA) | 44.37 (NR) |
Tyree Washington (USA) | 44.39 (PB) |
| 800 m |
 Wilson Kipketer (DEN) | 1:43.38 |  Norberto Téllez (CUB) | 1:44.00 (SB) |
Rich Kenah (USA) | 1:44.25 (PB) |
| 1,500 m |
 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) | 3:35.83 |  Fermín Cacho (ESP) | 3:36.63 | Reyes Estévez (ESP) | 3:37.26 |
| 5,000 m |
 Daniel Komen (KEN) | 13:07.38 | Khalid Boulami (MAR) | 13:09.34 | Tom Nyariki (KEN) | 13:11.09 |
| 10,000 m |
.svg.png){kind=small} Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) | 27:24.58 | Paul Tergat (KEN) | 27:25.62 (SB) |
Salah Hissou (MAR) | 27:28.67 (PB) |
| Marathon |
Abel Antón (ESP) | 2:13:16 | Martín Fiz (ESP) | 2:13:21 |  Steve Moneghetti (AUS) | 2:14:16 |
| 110 m hurdles |
Allen Johnson (USA) | 12.93 (WL) |
 Colin Jackson (GBR) | 13.05 (SB) |
 Igor Kováč (SVK) | 13.18 (SB) |
| 400 m hurdles |
 Stéphane Diagana (FRA) | 47.70 (WL) |
 Llewellyn Herbert (RSA) | 47.86 (NR) |
Bryan Bronson (USA) | 47.88 |
| 3,000 m st. |
Wilson Boit Kipketer (KEN) | 8:05.84 | Moses Kiptanui (KEN) | 8:06.04 | Bernard Barmasai (KEN) | 8:06.04 |
| 20 km walk |
 Daniel García (MEX) | 1:21:43 |  Mikhail Shchennikov (RUS) | 1:21:53 |  Mikhail Khmelnitskiy (BLR) | 1:22:01 |
| 50 km walk |
 Robert Korzeniowski (POL) | 3:44:46 | Jesús García (ESP) | 3:44:59 | Miguel Rodríguez (MEX) | 3:48:30 |
| 4 × 100 m relay |
Canada (CAN) Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Donovan Bailey | 37.86 (WL) |
 Nigeria (NGR)Osmond Ezinwa Olapade Adeniken Francis Obikwelu Davidson Ezinwa | 38.07 | Great Britain (GBR) Darren Braithwaite Darren Campbell Douglas Walker Julian Golding | 38.14 (SB) |
| 4 × 400 m relay |
Great Britain (GBR) Iwan Thomas Roger Black Jamie Baulch Mark Richardson | 2:56.65 (SB)1 |
 Jamaica (JAM)Michael McDonald Greg Haughton Danny McFarlane Davian Clarke | 2:56.75 (NR) |
Poland (POL) Tomasz Czubak Piotr Rysiukiewicz Piotr Haczek Robert Maćkowiak | 3:00.26 |
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WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) | ||||||
1 The United States (Jerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Chris Jones, Tyree Washington) originally won the 4 × 400 m relay in 2:56.47, but were disqualified in 2009 after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to using HGH and EPO between 1997 and 2003.
2A 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.
Field
1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High jump |
Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.37 (WL) |
Artur Partyka (POL) | 2.35 (SB) |
Tim Forsyth (AUS) | 2.35 |
| Pole vault |
 Sergey Bubka (UKR) | 6.01 (CR/WL) |
Maksim Tarasov (RUS) | 5.96 | Dean Starkey (USA) | 5.91 (SB) |
| Long jump |
Iván Pedroso (CUB) | 8.42 (SB) |
Erick Walder (USA) | 8.38 (SB) |
Kirill Sosunov (RUS) | 8.18 (SB) |
| Triple jump |
Yoelbi Quesada (CUB) | 17.85 (WL/NR) |
Jonathan Edwards (GBR) | 17.69 | Aliecer Urrutia (CUB) | 17.64 (SB) |
| Shot put |
John Godina (USA) | 21.441 |  Oliver-Sven Buder (GER) | 21.24 | C. J. Hunter (USA) | 20.33 |
| Discus throw |
Lars Riedel (GER) | 68.54 |  Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) | 66.70 (SB) |
Jürgen Schult (GER) | 66.14 (SB) |
| Hammer throw |
Heinz Weis (GER) | 81.78 | Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) | 81.46 (SB) |
Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS) | 80.76 (SB) |
| Javelin throw |
Marius Corbett (RSA) | 88.40 (AR) |
Steve Backley (GBR) | 86.80 |  Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE) | 86.64 |
| Decathlon |
 Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) | 8837 (CR/WL/NR) |
 Eduard Hämäläinen (FIN) | 8730 (NR) |
Frank Busemann (GER) | 8652 |
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1 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 (USA) | 10.83 (WL) |
Zhanna Pintusevich (UKR) | 10.85 |  Savatheda Fynes (BAH) | 11.03 (PB) |
| 200 m |
Zhanna Pintusevich (UKR) | 22.32 |  Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI) | 22.39 | Merlene Ottey (JAM) | 22.40 |
| 400 m |
Cathy Freeman (AUS) | 49.77 | Sandie Richards (JAM) | 49.79 (PB) |
Jearl Miles Clark (USA) | 49.90 |
| 800 m |
Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) | 1:57.14 | Yelena Afanasyeva (RUS) | 1:57.56 |  Maria Mutola (MOZ) | 1:57.59 |
| 1,500 m |
 Carla Sacramento (POR) | 4:04.24 (SB) |
Regina Jacobs (USA) | 4:04.63 |  Anita Weyermann (SUI) | 4:04.70 (SB) |
| 5,000 m |
 Gabriela Szabo (ROU) | 14:57.68 |  Roberta Brunet (ITA) | 14:58.29 (SB) |
Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) | 14:58.85 |
| 10,000 m |
Sally Barsosio (KEN) | 31:32.92 (WJR) |
Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) | 31:39.15 (SB) |
 Masako Chiba (JPN) | 31:41.93 |
| Marathon |
Hiromi Suzuki (JPN) | 2:29:48 | Manuela Machado (POR) | 2:31:12 | Lidia Șimon (ROU) | 2:31:55 |
| 10 km walk |
Annarita Sidoti (ITA) | 42:55.49 (WL) |
Olga Kardopoltseva (BLR) | 43:30.20 | Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR) | 43:49.24 |
| 100 m hurdles |
 Ludmila Engquist (SWE) | 12.50 (SB) |
 Svetla Dimitrova (BUL) | 12.58 | Michelle Freeman (JAM) | 12.61 |
| 400 m hurdles |
Nezha Bidouane (MAR) | 52.97 (AR) |
Deon Hemmings (JAM) | 53.09 (SB) |
Kim Batten (USA) | 53.52 |
| 4 × 100 m relay |
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 × 400 m relay |
Anke Feller, Uta Rohländer, 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) |
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Field
1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High jump |
 Hanne Haugland (NOR) | 1.99 | Olga Kaliturina (RUS)
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1.96 | ||
| Long jump |
Lyudmila Galkina (RUS) | 7.05 (WL/PB) |
Niki Xanthou (GRE) | 6.94 (SB) |
Fiona May (ITA) | 6.91 |
| Triple jump |
Šárka Kašpárková (CZE) | 15.20 (WL/NR) |
Rodica Mateescu (ROU) | 15.16 (NR) |
Olena Hovorova (UKR) | 14.67 (PB) |
| Shot put |
Astrid Kumbernuss (GER) | 20.71 | Vita Pavlysh (UKR) | 20.66 | Stephanie Storp (GER) | 19.22 |
| Discus throw |
 Beatrice Faumuina (NZL) | 66.82 | Ellina Zvereva (BLR) | 65.90 | Natalya Sadova (RUS) | 65.14 |
| Javelin throw |
Trine Hattestad (NOR) | 68.78 | Joanna Stone (AUS) | 68.64 (PB) |
Tanja Damaske (GER) | 67.12 (PB) |
| Heptathlon |
Sabine Braun (GER) | 6739 | Denise Lewis (GBR) | 6654 | Remigija Nazarovienė (LTU) | 6566 |
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Medals table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States |
6 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 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. | Great Britain |
1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 11. | Spain |
1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 12. | Portugal |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 13. | Australia |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 14= | Italy |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14= | Poland |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14= | Romania |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 17= | Canada |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 17= | South Africa |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 19= | France |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19= | Japan |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19= | Mexico |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 22= | Denmark |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22= | Ethiopia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22= | New Zealand |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22= | Sweden |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22= | Trinidad and Tobago |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 27. | Jamaica |
0 | 4 | 3 | 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 |