1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships#Women

{{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}}
Jason Rouser
Mark Everett
Sean Maye
Deon Minor

3:04.93

|{{JAM}}
Linval Laird
Michael McDonald
Dinsdale Morgan
Gregory Haughton

3:08.11

|{{flagu|France}}
Pierre-Marie Hilaire
Rodrigue Nordin
Loïc Lerouge
Fred Mango

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}}
Tatyana Chebykina
Svetlana Goncharenko
Olga Kotlyarova
Tatyana Alekseyeva

3:26.84
(WR)

|{{flagu|United States}}
Shanelle Porter
Natasha Kaiser-Brown
Anita Howard
Jearl Miles Clark

3:27.66
(AR)

|{{flagu|Germany}}
Anja Rücker
Anke Feller
Heike Meissner
Grit Breuer

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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