1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships#Men
{{Infobox Athletics Championships
|Name =6th IAAF World Indoor Championships
|Logo = WIC1997.gif
|Size = 120px
|Host city =Paris, France
|Optional caption = Official competition logo
|Nations participating = 118
|Athletes participating = 712
|Events = 28
|Dates = 7 March–9 March
|Stadium = Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
|Previous = 1995 Barcelona
|Next = 1999 Maebashi
}}
The 6th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from March 7 to March 9, 1997. It was the first athletic championships to introduce women's pole vault. There were a total number of 712 participating athletes from 118 countries.
Results
=Men=
1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001
{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} | |||
{{AthleticsLink|60 metres|Men}}
|{{flagmedalist|Haralabos Papadias|GRE}} | 6.50 (NR) |{{flagmedalist|Michael Green|JAM}} | 6.51
|{{flagmedalist|Davidson Ezinwa|NGR}} | 6.52 (PB) |
{{AthleticsLink|200 metres|Men}}
|{{flagmedalist|Kevin Little|USA}} | 20.40 (CR) |{{flagmedalist|Iván García|CUB}} | 20.46 (PB) |{{flagmedalist|Francis Obikwelu|NGR}} | 21.10 |
{{AthleticsLink|400 metres|Men}}
|{{flagmedalist|Sunday Bada|NGR}} | 45.51 (AR) |{{flagmedalist|Jamie Baulch|GBR}} | 45.62
|{{flagmedalist|Shunji Karube|JPN}} | 45.76 (AR) |
{{AthleticsLink|800 metres|Men}}
|{{flagmedalist|Wilson Kipketer|DEN}} | 1:42.67 (WR) |{{flagmedalist|Mahjoub Haida|MAR}} | 1:45.76 (NR) |{{flagmedalist|Rich Kenah|USA}} | 1:46.16 (PB) |
{{AthleticsLink|1500 metres|Men}}
|{{flagmedalist|Hicham El Guerrouj|MAR}} | 3:35.31 (CR) |{{flagmedalist|Rüdiger Stenzel|GER}} | 3:37.24
|{{flagmedalist|William Tanui|KEN}} | 3:37.48 |
{{AthleticsLink|3000 metres|Men}}
|{{flagmedalist|Haile Gebrselassie|ETH|1996}} | 7:34.71 (CR) |{{flagmedalist|Paul Bitok|KEN}} | 7:38.84
|{{flagmedalist|Ismaïl Sghyr|MAR}} | 7:40.01 |
{{AthleticsLink|60 metres hurdles|Men}}
|{{flagmedalist|Anier García|CUB}} | 7.48 (NR) |{{flagmedalist|Colin Jackson|GBR}} | 7.49
|{{flagmedalist|Tony Dees|USA}} | 7.50 |
{{AthleticsLink|4 × 400 metres relay|Men}}
|{{flagu|United States}} | 3:04.93
|{{JAM}} | 3:08.11
|{{flagu|France}} | 3:09.68 |
{{AthleticsLink|High jump|Men}}
|{{flagmedalist|Charles Austin|USA}} | 2.35
|{{flagmedalist|Lambros Papakostas|GRE}} | 2.32
|{{flagmedalist|Dragutin Topić|FR Yugoslavia}} | 2.32 |
{{AthleticsLink|Pole vault|Men}}
|{{flagmedalist|Igor Potapovich|KAZ}} | 5.90 (AR) |{{flagmedalist|Lawrence Johnson|USA}} | 5.85
|{{flagmedalist|Maksim Tarasov|RUS}} | 5.80 |
{{AthleticsLink|Long jump|Men}}
|{{flagmedalist|Iván Pedroso|CUB}} | 8.51 (CR) |{{flagmedalist|Kirill Sosunov|RUS}} | 8.41 (PB) |{{flagmedalist|Joe Greene|USA}} | 8.41 (PB) |
{{AthleticsLink|Triple jump|Men}}
|{{flagmedalist|Yoel García|CUB}} | 17.30
|{{flagmedalist|Aliecer Urrutia|CUB}} | 17.27
|{{flagmedalist|Aleksandr Aseledchenko|RUS}} | 17.22 (PB) |
{{AthleticsLink|Shot put|Men}}
|{{flagmedalist|Yuriy Bilonog |UKR}} | 21.02
|{{flagmedalist|Aleksandr Bagach|UKR}} | 20.94
|{{flagmedalist|John Godina|USA}} | 20.87 |
{{AthleticsLink|Heptathlon|Men}}
|{{flagmedalist|Robert Změlík|CZE}} | 6228
|{{flagmedalist|Erki Nool|EST}} | 6213 (PB) |{{flagmedalist|Jón Magnússon|ISL}} | 6145 (NR) |
=Women=
1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001
{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} | |||
{{AthleticsLink|60 metres|Women}}
|{{flagmedalist|Gail Devers|USA}} | 7.06
|{{flagmedalist|Chandra Sturrup|BAH}} | 7.15
|{{flagmedalist|Frederique Bangue|FRA}} | 7.17 |
{{AthleticsLink|200 metres|Women}}
|{{flagmedalist|Ekaterini Koffa|GRE}} | 22.76 (NR) |{{flagmedalist|Juliet Cuthbert|JAM}} | 22.77
|{{flagmedalist|Svetlana Goncharenko|RUS}} | 22.85 |
{{AthleticsLink|400 metres|Women}}
|{{flagmedalist|Jearl Miles Clark|USA}} | 50.96 (WL) |{{flagmedalist|Sandie Richards|JAM}} | 51.17 (PB) |{{flagmedalist|Helena Fuchsová|CZE}} | 52.04 (PB) |
{{AthleticsLink|800 metres|Women}}
|{{flagmedalist|Maria Mutola|MOZ}} | 1:58.96
|{{flagmedalist|Natalya Dukhnova|BLR|1995}} | 1:59.31 (NR) |{{flagmedalist|Joetta Clark|USA}} | 1:59.82 (PB) |
{{AthleticsLink|1500 metres|Women}}
|{{flagmedalist|Yekaterina Podkopayeva|RUS}} | 4:05.19 (PB) |{{flagmedalist|Patricia Djaté-Taillard|FRA}} | 4:06.16 (NR) |{{flagmedalist|Lidia Chojecka|POL}} | 4:06.25 (NR) |
{{AthleticsLink|3000 metres|Women}}
|{{flagmedalist|Gabriela Szabo|ROU}} | 8:45.75
|{{flagmedalist|Sonia O'Sullivan|IRL}} | 8:46.19 (NR) |{{flagmedalist|Fernanda Ribeiro|POR}} | 8:49.79 |
rowspan="2"|{{AthleticsLink|60 metres hurdles|Women}}
|rowspan="2"|{{flagmedalist|Michelle Freeman|JAM}} | rowspan="2"|7.82 (=CR) |rowspan="2"|{{flagmedalist|Gillian Russell|JAM}} | rowspan="2"|7.84 (PB) |{{flagmedalist|Cheryl Dickey|USA}} | 7.84 (PB) |
{{flagmedalist|Patricia Girard|FRA}} | 7.84 (SB) | ||
{{AthleticsLink|4 × 400 metres relay|Women}}
|{{flagu|Russia}} | 3:26.84 (WR) |{{flagu|United States}} | 3:27.66 (AR) |{{flagu|Germany}} | 3:28.39 |
{{AthleticsLink|High jump|Women}}
|{{flagmedalist|Stefka Kostadinova|BUL}} | 2.02
|{{flagmedalist|Inga Babakova|UKR}} | 2.00 (NR) |{{flagmedalist|Hanne Haugland|NOR}} | 2.00 (NR) |
{{AthleticsLink|Pole vault|Women}}
|{{flagmedalist|Stacy Dragila|USA}} | 4.40 (WR) |{{flagmedalist|Emma George|AUS}} | 4.35
|{{flagmedalist|Cai Weiyan|CHN}} | 4.35 (AR) |
{{AthleticsLink|Long jump|Women}}
|{{flagmedalist|Fiona May|ITA}} | 6.86 (NR) |{{flagmedalist|Chioma Ajunwa|NGR}} | 6.80
|{{flagmedalist|Agata Karczmarek|POL}} | 6.71 (PB) |
{{AthleticsLink|Triple jump|Women}}
|{{flagmedalist|Inna Lasovskaya|RUS}} | 15.01 (WL) |{{flagmedalist|Ashia Hansen|GBR}} | 14.70 (NR) |{{flagmedalist|Šárka Kašpárková|CZE}} | 14.66 (NR) |
{{AthleticsLink|Shot put|Women}}
|{{flagmedalist|Vita Pavlysh|UKR}} | 20.00
|{{flagmedalist|Astrid Kumbernuss|GER}} | 19.92
|{{flagmedalist|Irina Korzhanenko|RUS}} | 19.49 (PB) |
{{AthleticsLink|Pentathlon|Women}}
|{{flagmedalist|Sabine Braun|GER}} | 4780
|{{flagmedalist|Mona Steigauf|GER}} | 4681 (PB) |{{flagmedalist|Kym Carter|USA}} | 4627 |
- Mary Slaney of USA originally came second in the 1500 metre and was awarded the silver medal, but was later disqualified for doping.{{ Citation | title = IAAF Statistics Book – World Indoor Championships SOPOT 2014 | url = http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/2014/Sopot2014/projet/SOPOT-2014.pdf | publisher = IAAF | editor=Mark Butler | chapter= DOPING VIOLATIONS AT IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS | pages = 47–48 | access-date = 27 September 2015 }}
Medal table
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| gold_USA = 6 | silver_USA = 2 | bronze_USA = 7
| gold_CUB = 3 | silver_CUB = 2 | bronze_CUB = 0
| gold_RUS = 3 | silver_RUS = 1 | bronze_RUS = 4
| gold_UKR = 2 | silver_UKR = 2 | bronze_UKR = 0
| gold_GRE = 2 | silver_GRE = 1 | bronze_GRE = 0
| gold_JAM = 1 | silver_JAM = 5 | bronze_JAM = 0
| gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 3 | bronze_GER = 1
| gold_NGA = 1 | silver_NGA = 1 | bronze_NGA = 2
| gold_MAR = 1 | silver_MAR = 1 | bronze_MAR = 1
| gold_CZE = 1 | silver_CZE = 0 | bronze_CZE = 2
| gold_BGR = 1 | silver_BGR = 0 | bronze_BGR = 0
| gold_DEN = 1 | silver_DEN = 0 | bronze_DEN = 0
| gold_ETH = 1 | silver_ETH = 0 | bronze_ETH = 0 | name_ETH = {{flagteam|ETH|1996}}
| gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 0
| gold_MOZ = 1 | silver_MOZ = 0 | bronze_MOZ = 0
| gold_KAZ = 1 | silver_KAZ = 0 | bronze_KAZ = 0
| gold_ROM = 1 | silver_ROM = 0 | bronze_ROM = 0
| gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 3 | bronze_GBR = 0
| gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 2
| gold_KEN = 0 | silver_KEN = 1 | bronze_KEN = 1
| gold_AUS = 0 | silver_AUS = 1 | bronze_AUS = 0
| gold_BAH = 0 | silver_BAH = 1 | bronze_BAH = 0
| gold_BLR = 0 | silver_BLR = 1 | bronze_BLR = 0 | name_BLR = {{flagteam|BLR|1995}}
| gold_EST = 0 | silver_EST = 1 | bronze_EST = 0
| gold_IRL = 0 | silver_IRL = 1 | bronze_IRL = 0
| gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 2
| gold_ISL = 0 | silver_ISL = 0 | bronze_ISL = 1
| gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 0 | bronze_JPN = 1
| gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 0 | bronze_NOR = 1
| gold_POR = 0 | silver_POR = 0 | bronze_POR = 1
| gold_CHN = 0 | silver_CHN = 0 | bronze_CHN = 1
| gold_FRY = 0 | silver_FRY = 0 | bronze_FRY = 1 | name_FRY = {{flagteam|FR Yugoslavia}}
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Participating nations
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- {{ALG}} (1)
- {{AND}} (1)
- {{ATG}} (1)
- {{flag|Argentina|alt}} (4)
- {{ARM}} (2)
- {{ARU}} (1)
- {{flagu|Australia}} (6)
- {{AUT}} (10)
- {{AZE}} (1)
- {{BAH}} (7)
- {{Flag|Belarus|1995}} (4)
- {{flagu|Belgium}} (10)
- {{BEN}} (2)
- {{BER}} (2)
- {{BOL}} (1)
- {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina|1992}} (1)
- {{flagu|Brazil}} (16)
- {{BUL}} (4)
- {{BUR}} (1)
- {{BDI}} (1)
- {{CMR}} (2)
- {{flagu|Canada}} (8)
- {{CAF}} (1)
- {{CHA}} (1)
- {{flagu|Chile}} (1)
- {{flagu|China}} (18)
- {{TPE}} (2)
- {{CRO}} (1)
- {{CUB}} (10)
- {{CYP}} (2)
- {{CZE}} (18)
- {{DEN}} (7)
- {{DMA}} (2)
- {{EGY}} (1)
- {{GEQ}} (1)
- {{EST}} (2)
- {{flag|Ethiopia|1996}} (4)
- {{FIN}} (6)
- {{flagu|France}} (44)
- {{GAB}} (1)
- {{GAM}} (1)
- {{flagu|Germany}} (34)
- {{GHA}} (4)
- {{flagu|Great Britain}} (40)
- {{flaglinkteam|Greece}} (14)
- {{GUI}} (1)
- {{HAI}} (1)
- {{HUN}} (14)
- {{ISL}} (3)
- {{IRL}} (8)
- {{ISR}} (5)
- {{flagu|Italy}} (25)
- {{CIV}} (3)
- {{JAM}} (17)
- {{flagu|Japan}} (10)
- {{KAZ}} (4)
- {{KEN}} (5)
- {{flag|Kyrgyzstan|1992}} (2)
- {{KUW}} (1)
- {{LAT}} (4)
- {{LIB}} (2)
- {{LBR}} (1)
- {{flag|Lithuania|1988}} (3)
- {{LUX}} (1)
- {{MAD}} (2)
- {{MAS}} (1)
- {{MLI}} (2)
- {{MLT}} (2)
- {{flag|Mauritania|1959}} (1)
- {{MRI}} (1)
- {{flagu|Mexico}} (4)
- {{MDA}} (2)
- {{MGL}} (1)
- {{MOZ}} (2)
- {{MAR}} (8)
- {{flagu|Netherlands}} (5)
- {{AHO}} (1)
- {{flagu|New Zealand}} (4)
- {{NGR}} (9)
- {{NOR}} (10)
- {{PAK}} (1)
- {{PNG}} (1)
- {{PAR}} (1)
- {{PER}} (1)
- {{flag|Philippines|1986}} (1)
- {{flagu|Poland}} (12)
- {{flagu|Portugal}} (7)
- {{PUR}} (1)
- {{QAT}} (3)
- {{CGO}} (1)
- {{ROM}} (11)
- {{flagu|Russia}} (42)
- {{flag|Rwanda|1962}} (2)
- {{VIN}} (1)
- {{ESA}} (1)
- {{SEN}} (1)
- {{KSA}} (1)
- {{SLE}} (2)
- {{SVK}} (3)
- {{SLO}} (7)
- {{flagu|South Africa}} (3)
- {{KOR}} (1)
- {{flagu|Spain|civil}} (23)
- {{SUR}} (1)
- {{flagu|Sweden}} (10)
- {{flagu|Switzerland}} (5)
- {{TJK}} (1)
- {{TAN}} (1)
- {{TRI}} (3)
- {{TUN}} (1)
- {{TUR}} (2)
- {{UGA}} (1)
- {{UKR}} (27)
- {{flagu|United States}} (54)
- {{ISV}} (2)
- {{flagcountry|FR Yugoslavia}} (4)
- {{ZAI}} (1)
- {{ZAM}} (1)
- {{ZIM}} (2)
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See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131001115016/http://www2.iaaf.org/WIC97/index.html IAAF 1997 World Indoor Championships Official Website] (archived)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120313040000/http://www.athletics.com.au/history/international/int40.htm Athletics Australia]
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