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1997 World Championships in Athletics#Track 2

{{Short description|6th World Championships in Athletics}}

{{Infobox games

| name = 6th World Championships in Athletics

| logo = Athens IAAF 1997.jpg

| size =

| host_city = Athens, Greece

| caption =

| nations = 198

| athletes = 1882

| events =

| dates = 1–10 August 1997

| opened_by = President Konstantinos Stephanopoulos

| stadium = Olympic Stadium

| previous = 1995 Gothenburg

| next = 1999 Seville

}}

The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Amateur Athletic Federation, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between 1 and 10 August 1997. In this event participated 1882 athletes from 198 participant nations.[http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/history/index.html]. Accessed 2009-04-03. 2009-05-10. Despite several attempts to sabotage, Athens used the successful organization of the World Championships to prove their capacity during the next IOC Session held the following month in Lausanne as a triumph and key event

during the final stretch of the process to choose the city who hosted 2004 Summer Olympics. The success of the event showed the Greece abilities and readiness to organize large-scale, international sporting events.

It was the first edition to award wild cards to defending champions even if they did not qualify for their national team. This allowed four athletes from the same country to compete in an individual event in some cases.{{cite news |last1=Rosenthal |first1=Bert |title=Johnson can't wait to compete |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111418361/the-stuart-news/ |access-date=16 October 2022 |publisher=The Stuart News |date=2 August 1997 |page=31}}

Men's results

=Track=

1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
{{AthleticsLink|100 metres|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Maurice Greene|USA}}

9.86

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Donovan Bailey|CAN}}

9.91

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Tim Montgomery|USA}}

9.94
{{AthleticsLink|200 metres|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Ato Boldon|TRI}}

20.04

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Frankie Fredericks|NAM}}

20.23

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Claudinei Quirino|BRA}}

20.26
{{AthleticsLink|400 metres|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Michael Johnson|USA}}

44.12

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Davis Kamoga|UGA}}

44.37 {{AthAbbr|NR|Ugandan}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Tyree Washington|USA}}

44.39 {{AthAbbr|PB}}
{{AthleticsLink|800 metres|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Wilson Kipketer|DEN}}

1:43.38

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Norberto Téllez|CUB}}

1:44.00

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Rich Kenah|USA}}

1:44.25 {{AthAbbr|PB}}
{{AthleticsLink|1500 metres|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Hicham El Guerrouj|MAR}}

3:35.83

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Fermín Cacho|ESP}}

3:36.63

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Reyes Estévez|ESP}}

3:37.26
{{AthleticsLink|5000 metres|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Daniel Komen|KEN}}

13:07.38

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Khalid Boulami|MAR}}

13:09.34

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Tom Nyariki|KEN}}

13:11.09
{{AthleticsLink|10,000 metres|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Haile Gebrselassie|ETH|1996}}

27:24.58

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Paul Tergat|KEN}}

27:25.62

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Salah Hissou|MAR}}

27:28.67 {{AthAbbr|PB}}
{{AthleticsLink|Marathon|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Abel Antón|ESP}}

2:13:16

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Martín Fiz|ESP}}

2:13:21

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Steve Moneghetti|AUS}}

2:14:16
{{AthleticsLink|110 metres hurdles|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Allen Johnson|USA}}

12.93 {{AthAbbr|WL}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Colin Jackson|GBR}}

13.05

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Igor Kováč|SVK}}

13.18
{{AthleticsLink|400 metres hurdles|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Stéphane Diagana|FRA}}

47.70 {{AthAbbr|WL}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Llewellyn Herbert|RSA}}

47.86 {{AthAbbr|NR|South African}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Bryan Bronson|USA}}

47.88
{{AthleticsLink|3000 metres steeplechase|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Wilson Boit Kipketer|KEN}}

8:05.84

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Moses Kiptanui|KEN}}

8:06.04

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Bernard Barmasai|KEN}}

8:06.04
{{AthleticsLink|20 kilometres walk|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Daniel García|MEX}}

1:21:43

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Mikhail Shchennikov|RUS}}

1:21:53

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Mikhail Khmelnitskiy|BLR}}

1:22:01
{{AthleticsLink|50 kilometres walk|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Robert Korzeniowski|POL}}

3:44:46

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Jesús Ángel García|ESP}}

3:44:59

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Miguel Ángel Rodríguez|MEX}}

3:48:30
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|{{AthleticsLink|4 × 100 metres relay|Men}}

|{{flaglinkteam|CAN}}
Robert Esmie
Glenroy Gilbert
Bruny Surin
Donovan Bailey
Carlton Chambers*

37.86 {{AthAbbr|WL}}

|{{flaglinkteam|NGR}}
Osmond Ezinwa
Olapade Adeniken
Francis Obikwelu
Davidson Ezinwa

38.07

|{{flaglinkteam|GBR}}
Darren Braithwaite
Darren Campbell
Douglas Walker
Julian Golding
Marlon Devonish*
Dwain Chambers*

38.14
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|{{AthleticsLink|4 × 400 metres relay|Men}}{{ref label|nb1|nb1|nb1}}

|{{flaglinkteam|GBR}}
Iwan Thomas
Roger Black
Jamie Baulch
Mark Richardson
Mark Hylton*

2:56.65{{flaglinkteam|JAM}}
Michael McDonald
Greg Haughton
Danny McFarlane
Davian Clarke
Linval Laird*		2:56.75 {{AthAbbr|NR|Jamaican}}

|{{flaglinkteam|POL}}
Tomasz Czubak
Piotr Rysiukiewicz
Piotr Haczek
Robert Maćkowiak

3:00.26
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Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

  • {{note label|nb1|nb1|nb1}} The United States (Jerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Chris Jones, and 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.{{cite web |url=http://www2.iaaf.org/athens97/results/index.html |title=Results |website=www2.iaaf.org |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004152018/http://www2.iaaf.org/athens97/results/index.html |archive-date=4 October 2009 |url-status=dead}}

=Field=

1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
{{AthleticsLink|High jump|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Javier Sotomayor|CUB}}

2.37 m {{AthAbbr|WL}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Artur Partyka|POL}}

2.35 m

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Tim Forsyth|AUS}}

2.35 m
{{AthleticsLink|Pole vault|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Sergey Bubka|UKR}}

6.01 m {{AthAbbr|CR}}/{{AthAbbr|WL}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Maksim Tarasov|RUS}}

5.96 m

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Dean Starkey|USA}}

5.91 m
{{AthleticsLink|Long jump|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Iván Pedroso|CUB}}

8.42 m

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Erick Walder|USA}}

8.38 m

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Kirill Sosunov|RUS}}

8.18 m
{{AthleticsLink|Triple jump|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Yoelbi Quesada|CUB}}

17.85 m {{AthAbbr|WL}}/{{AthAbbr|NR|Cuban}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Jonathan Edwards|GBR}}

17.69 m

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Aliecer Urrutia|CUB}}

17.64 m
{{AthleticsLink|Shot put|Men}}{{ref label|nb2|nb2|nb2}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|John Godina|USA}}

21.44 m

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Oliver-Sven Buder|GER}}

21.24 m

|{{flaglinkmedalist|C.J. Hunter|USA}}

20.33 m
{{AthleticsLink|Discus throw|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Lars Riedel|GER}}

68.54 m

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Virgilijus Alekna|LTU}}

66.70 m

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Jürgen Schult|GER}}

66.14 m
{{AthleticsLink|Hammer throw|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Heinz Weis|GER}}

81.78 m

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Andriy Skvaruk|UKR}}

81.46 m

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Vasiliy Sidorenko|RUS}}

80.76 m
{{AthleticsLink|Javelin throw|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Marius Corbett|RSA}}

88.40 m {{AthAbbr|AR|African}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Steve Backley|GBR}}

86.80 m

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Kostas Gatsioudis|GRE}}

86.64 m
{{AthleticsLink|Decathlon|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Tomáš Dvořák|CZE}}

8837 pts {{AthAbbr|CR}}/{{AthAbbr|WL}}/{{AthAbbr|NR|Czech}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Eduard Hämäläinen|FIN}}

8730 pts {{AthAbbr|NR|Finnish}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Frank Busemann|GER}}

8652 pts
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  • {{note label|nb2|nb2|nb2}} Aleksandr Bagach of Ukraine originally won the shot put with 21.47 m, but was disqualified after he tested positive for steroids.

Women's results

=Track=

1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
{{AthleticsLink|100 metres|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Marion Jones|USA}}

10.83 {{AthAbbr|WL}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Zhanna Pintusevich|UKR}}

10.85

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Savatheda Fynes|BAH}}

11.03 {{AthAbbr|PB}}
{{AthleticsLink|200 metres|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Zhanna Pintusevich|UKR}}

22.32

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Susanthika Jayasinghe|SRI}}

22.39

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Merlene Ottey|JAM}}

22.40
{{AthleticsLink|400 metres|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Cathy Freeman|AUS}}

49.77

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Sandie Richards|JAM}}

49.79 {{AthAbbr|PB}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Jearl Miles Clark|USA}}

49.90
{{AthleticsLink|800 metres|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Ana Fidelia Quirot|CUB}}

1:57.14

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Yelena Afanasyeva|RUS}}

1:57.56

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Maria Mutola|MOZ}}

1:57.59
{{AthleticsLink|1500 metres|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Carla Sacramento|POR}}

4:04.24

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Regina Jacobs|USA}}

4:04.63

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Anita Weyermann|SUI}}

4:04.70
{{AthleticsLink|5000 metres|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Gabriela Szabo|ROU}}

14:57.68

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Roberta Brunet|ITA}}

14:58.29

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Fernanda Ribeiro|POR}}

14:58.85
{{AthleticsLink|10,000 metres|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Sally Barsosio|KEN}}

31:32.92 {{AthAbbr|WJR}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Fernanda Ribeiro|POR}}

31:39.15

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Masako Chiba|JPN}}

31:41.93
{{AthleticsLink|Marathon|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Hiromi Suzuki|JPN}}

2:29:48

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Manuela Machado|POR}}

2:31:12

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Lidia Șimon|ROU}}

2:31:55
{{AthleticsLink|10 kilometres walk|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Annarita Sidoti|ITA}}

42:55.49 {{AthAbbr|WL}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Olga Kardopoltseva|BLR}}

43:30.20

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Valentina Tsybulskaya|BLR}}

43:49.24
{{AthleticsLink|100 metres hurdles|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Ludmila Engquist|SWE}}

12.50

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Svetla Dimitrova|BUL}}

12.58

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Michelle Freeman|JAM}}

12.61
{{AthleticsLink|400 metres hurdles|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Nezha Bidouane|MAR}}

52.97 {{AthAbbr|AR|African}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Deon Hemmings|JAM}}

53.09

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Kim Batten|USA}}

53.52
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|{{AthleticsLink|4 × 100 metres relay|Women}}

|{{flaglinkteam|USA}}
Chryste Gaines
Marion Jones
Inger Miller
Gail Devers

41.47 {{AthAbbr|CR}}/{{AthAbbr|AR|NACAC}}

|{{flaglinkteam|JAM}}
Beverly McDonald
Merlene Frazer
Juliet Cuthbert
Beverly Grant

42.10

|{{flaglinkteam|FRA}}
Patricia Girard-Léno
Christine Arron
Delphine Combe
Sylviane Félix
Frédérique Bangué*

42.21 {{AthAbbr|NR|French}}
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|{{AthleticsLink|4 × 400 metres relay|Women}}

|{{flaglinkteam|GER}}
Anke Feller
Uta Rohländer
Anja Rücker
Grit Breuer

3:20.92 {{AthAbbr|WL}}

|{{flaglinkteam|USA}}
Maicel Malone-Wallace
Kim Graham
Kim Batten
Jearl Miles Clark
Michelle Collins*
Natasha Kaiser-Brown*

3:21.03

|{{flaglinkteam|JAM}}
Inez Turner
Lorraine Graham
Deon Hemmings
Sandie Richards
Nadia Graham-Hutchinson*

3:21.30 {{AthAbbr|NR|Jamaican}}
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Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

=Field=

1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
{{AthleticsLink|High jump|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Hanne Haugland|NOR}}

|1.99 m

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Olga Kaliturina|RUS}}

{{flaglinkmedalist|Inha Babakova|UKR}}		1.96 m

!colspan=2|Not awarded

{{AthleticsLink|Long jump|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Lyudmila Galkina|RUS}}

7.05 m {{AthAbbr|WL}}/{{AthAbbr|PB}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Niki Xanthou|GRE}}

6.94 m

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Fiona May|ITA}}

6.91 m
{{AthleticsLink|Triple jump|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Šárka Kašpárková|CZE}}

15.20 m {{AthAbbr|WL}}/{{AthAbbr|NR|Czech}})

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Rodica Mateescu|ROU}}

15.16 m {{AthAbbr|NR|Romanian}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Olena Hovorova|UKR}}

14.67 m {{AthAbbr|PB}}
{{AthleticsLink|Shot put|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Astrid Kumbernuss|GER}}

20.71 m

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Vita Pavlysh|UKR}}

20.66 m

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Stephanie Storp|GER}}

19.22 m
{{AthleticsLink|Discus throw|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Beatrice Faumuina|NZL}}

66.82 m

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Ellina Zvereva|BLR}}

65.90 m

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Natalya Sadova|RUS}}

65.14 m
{{AthleticsLink|Javelin throw|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Trine Hattestad|NOR}}

68.78 m

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Joanna Stone|AUS}}

68.64 m {{AthAbbr|PB}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Tanja Damaske|GER}}

67.12 m {{AthAbbr|PB}}
{{AthleticsLink|Heptathlon|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Sabine Braun|GER}}

6739 pts

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Denise Lewis|GBR}}

6654 pts

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Remigija Nazarovienė|LTU}}

6566 pts
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Medal table

File:Beer glass 1997 IAAF World Championships.jpg

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host = GRE

| flag_template =

| event =

| team =

| source = [https://www.worldathletics.org/Competitions/world-athletics-championships/6th-iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics-1274/medaltable]

| gold_USA = 6 | silver_USA = 3 | bronze_USA = 8

| gold_GER = 5 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 4

| gold_CUB = 4 | silver_CUB = 1 | bronze_CUB = 1

| gold_KEN = 3 | silver_KEN = 2 | bronze_KEN = 2

| gold_UKR = 2 | silver_UKR = 4 | bronze_UKR = 1

| gold_MAR = 2 | silver_MAR = 1 | bronze_MAR = 1

| gold_CZE = 2 | silver_CZE = 0 | bronze_CZE = 0

| gold_NOR = 2 | silver_NOR = 0 | bronze_NOR = 0

| gold_RUS = 1 | silver_RUS = 4 | bronze_RUS = 3

| gold_GBR = 1 | silver_GBR = 4 | bronze_GBR = 1

| gold_ESP = 1 | silver_ESP = 3 | bronze_ESP = 1

| gold_POR = 1 | silver_POR = 2 | bronze_POR = 1

| gold_AUS = 1 | silver_AUS = 1 | bronze_AUS = 2

| gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 1

| gold_POL = 1 | silver_POL = 1 | bronze_POL = 1

| gold_ROM = 1 | silver_ROM = 1 | bronze_ROM = 1

| gold_CAN = 1 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 0

| gold_RSA = 1 | silver_RSA = 1 | bronze_RSA = 0

| gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 1

| gold_JPN = 1 | silver_JPN = 0 | bronze_JPN = 1

| gold_MEX = 1 | silver_MEX = 0 | bronze_MEX = 1

| gold_DEN = 1 | silver_DEN = 0 | bronze_DEN = 0

| gold_ETH = 1 | silver_ETH = 0 | bronze_ETH = 0 | name_ETH = {{flagteam|ETH|1996}}

| gold_NZL = 1 | silver_NZL = 0 | bronze_NZL = 0

| gold_SWE = 1 | silver_SWE = 0 | bronze_SWE = 0

| gold_TRI = 1 | silver_TRI = 0 | bronze_TRI = 0

| gold_JAM = 0 | silver_JAM = 4 | bronze_JAM = 3

| gold_BLR = 0 | silver_BLR = 2 | bronze_BLR = 2

| gold_GRE = 0 | silver_GRE = 1 | bronze_GRE = 1 | name_GRE = {{flaglinkteam|GRE}} | host_GRE = yes

| gold_LTU = 0 | silver_LTU = 1 | bronze_LTU = 1

| gold_BUL = 0 | silver_BUL = 1 | bronze_BUL = 0

| gold_FIN = 0 | silver_FIN = 1 | bronze_FIN = 0

| gold_NAM = 0 | silver_NAM = 1 | bronze_NAM = 0

| gold_NGR = 0 | silver_NGR = 1 | bronze_NGR = 0

| gold_SRI = 0 | silver_SRI = 1 | bronze_SRI = 0

| gold_UGA = 0 | silver_UGA = 1 | bronze_UGA = 0

| gold_BAH = 0 | silver_BAH = 0 | bronze_BAH = 1

| gold_BRA = 0 | silver_BRA = 0 | bronze_BRA = 1

| gold_MOZ = 0 | silver_MOZ = 0 | bronze_MOZ = 1

| gold_SVK = 0 | silver_SVK = 0 | bronze_SVK = 1

| gold_SUI = 0 | silver_SUI = 0 | bronze_SUI = 1

}}

References

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20041212065020/http://www2.iaaf.org/results/past/WCH97/index.html IAAF 1997]

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