1997 World Championships in Athletics
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Host city | Athens, Greece |
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Nations | 198 |
Athletes | 1882 |
Dates | 1–10 August 1997 |
Opened by | President Konstantinos Stephanopoulos |
Main venue | Olympic Stadium |
The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Amateur Athletic Federation, 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] 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.[2]
Men's results
Track
1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres details | Maurice Greene![]() | 9.86 | Donovan Bailey![]() | 9.91 | Tim Montgomery![]() | 9.94 |
200 metres details | Ato Boldon![]() | 20.04 | Frankie Fredericks![]() | 20.23 | Claudinei Quirino![]() | 20.26 |
400 metres details | Michael Johnson![]() | 44.12 | Davis Kamoga![]() | 44.37 NR | Tyree Washington![]() | 44.39 PB |
800 metres details | Wilson Kipketer![]() | 1:43.38 | Norberto Téllez![]() | 1:44.00 | Rich Kenah![]() | 1:44.25 PB |
1500 metres details | Hicham El Guerrouj![]() | 3:35.83 | Fermín Cacho![]() | 3:36.63 | Reyes Estévez![]() | 3:37.26 |
5000 metres details | Daniel Komen![]() | 13:07.38 | Khalid Boulami![]() | 13:09.34 | Tom Nyariki![]() | 13:11.09 |
10,000 metres details | Haile Gebrselassie![]() | 27:24.58 | Paul Tergat![]() | 27:25.62 | Salah Hissou![]() | 27:28.67 PB |
Marathon details | Abel Antón![]() | 2:13:16 | Martín Fiz![]() | 2:13:21 | Steve Moneghetti![]() | 2:14:16 |
110 metres hurdles details | Allen Johnson![]() | 12.93 WL | Colin Jackson![]() | 13.05 | Igor Kováč![]() | 13.18 |
400 metres hurdles details | Stéphane Diagana![]() | 47.70 WL | Llewellyn Herbert![]() | 47.86 NR | Bryan Bronson![]() | 47.88 |
3000 metres steeplechase details | Wilson Boit Kipketer![]() | 8:05.84 | Moses Kiptanui![]() | 8:06.04 | Bernard Barmasai![]() | 8:06.04 |
20 kilometres walk details | Daniel García![]() | 1:21:43 | Mikhail Shchennikov![]() | 1:21:53 | Mikhail Khmelnitskiy![]() | 1:22:01 |
50 kilometres walk details | Robert Korzeniowski![]() | 3:44:46 | Jesús Ángel García![]() | 3:44:59 | Miguel Ángel Rodríguez![]() | 3:48:30 |
4 × 100 metres relay details | ![]() Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Donovan Bailey Carlton Chambers* | 37.86 WL | ![]() Osmond Ezinwa Olapade Adeniken Francis Obikwelu Davidson Ezinwa | 38.07 | ![]() Darren Braithwaite Darren Campbell Douglas Walker Julian Golding Marlon Devonish* Dwain Chambers* | 38.14 |
4 × 400 metres relay details[nb1] | ![]() Iwan Thomas Roger Black Jamie Baulch Mark Richardson Mark Hylton* | 2:56.65 | ![]() Michael McDonald Greg Haughton Danny McFarlane Davian Clarke Linval Laird* | 2:56.75 NR | ![]() Tomasz Czubak Piotr Rysiukiewicz Piotr Haczek Robert Maćkowiak | 3:00.26 |
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) |
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
- 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.[3]
Field
1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump details | Javier Sotomayor![]() | 2.37 m WL | Artur Partyka![]() | 2.35 m | Tim Forsyth![]() | 2.35 m |
Pole vault details | Sergey Bubka![]() | 6.01 m CR/WL | Maksim Tarasov![]() | 5.96 m | Dean Starkey![]() | 5.91 m |
Long jump details | Iván Pedroso![]() | 8.42 m | Erick Walder![]() | 8.38 m | Kirill Sosunov![]() | 8.18 m |
Triple jump details | Yoelbi Quesada![]() | 17.85 m WL/NR | Jonathan Edwards![]() | 17.69 m | Aliecer Urrutia![]() | 17.64 m |
Shot put details[nb2] | John Godina![]() | 21.44 m | Oliver-Sven Buder![]() | 21.24 m | C.J. Hunter![]() | 20.33 m |
Discus throw details | Lars Riedel![]() | 68.54 m | Virgilijus Alekna![]() | 66.70 m | Jürgen Schult![]() | 66.14 m |
Hammer throw details | Heinz Weis![]() | 81.78 m | Andriy Skvaruk![]() | 81.46 m | Vasiliy Sidorenko![]() | 80.76 m |
Javelin throw details | Marius Corbett![]() | 88.40 m AR | Steve Backley![]() | 86.80 m | Kostas Gatsioudis![]() | 86.64 m |
Decathlon details | Tomáš Dvořák![]() | 8837 pts CR/WL/NR | Eduard Hämäläinen![]() | 8730 pts NR | Frank Busemann![]() | 8652 pts |
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) |
- 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
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres details | Marion Jones![]() | 10.83 WL | Zhanna Pintusevich![]() | 10.85 | Savatheda Fynes![]() | 11.03 PB |
200 metres details | Zhanna Pintusevich![]() | 22.32 | Susanthika Jayasinghe![]() | 22.39 | Merlene Ottey![]() | 22.40 |
400 metres details | Cathy Freeman![]() | 49.77 | Sandie Richards![]() | 49.79 PB | Jearl Miles Clark![]() | 49.90 |
800 metres details | Ana Fidelia Quirot![]() | 1:57.14 | Yelena Afanasyeva![]() | 1:57.56 | Maria Mutola![]() | 1:57.59 |
1500 metres details | Carla Sacramento![]() | 4:04.24 | Regina Jacobs![]() | 4:04.63 | Anita Weyermann![]() | 4:04.70 |
5000 metres details | Gabriela Szabo![]() | 14:57.68 | Roberta Brunet![]() | 14:58.29 | Fernanda Ribeiro![]() | 14:58.85 |
10,000 metres details | Sally Barsosio![]() | 31:32.92 WJR | Fernanda Ribeiro![]() | 31:39.15 | Masako Chiba![]() | 31:41.93 |
Marathon details | Hiromi Suzuki![]() | 2:29:48 | Manuela Machado![]() | 2:31:12 | Lidia Șimon![]() | 2:31:55 |
10 kilometres walk details | Annarita Sidoti![]() | 42:55.49 WL | Olga Kardopoltseva![]() | 43:30.20 | Valentina Tsybulskaya![]() | 43:49.24 |
100 metres hurdles details | Ludmila Engquist![]() | 12.50 | Svetla Dimitrova![]() | 12.58 | Michelle Freeman![]() | 12.61 |
400 metres hurdles details | Nezha Bidouane![]() | 52.97 AR | Deon Hemmings![]() | 53.09 | Kim Batten![]() | 53.52 |
4 × 100 metres relay details | ![]() Chryste Gaines Marion Jones Inger Miller Gail Devers | 41.47 CR/AR | ![]() Beverly McDonald Merlene Frazer Juliet Cuthbert Beverly Grant | 42.10 | ![]() Patricia Girard-Léno Christine Arron Delphine Combe Sylviane Félix Frédérique Bangué* | 42.21 NR |
4 × 400 metres relay details | ![]() Anke Feller Uta Rohländer Anja Rücker Grit Breuer | 3:20.92 WL | ![]() Maicel Malone-Wallace Kim Graham Kim Batten Jearl Miles Clark Michelle Collins* Natasha Kaiser-Brown* | 3:21.03 | ![]() Inez Turner Lorraine Graham Deon Hemmings Sandie Richards Nadia Graham-Hutchinson* | 3:21.30 NR |
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) |
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Field
1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump details | Hanne Haugland![]() | 1.99 m | Olga Kaliturina![]() Inha Babakova ![]() | 1.96 m | Not awarded | |
Long jump details | Lyudmila Galkina![]() | 7.05 m WL/PB | Niki Xanthou![]() | 6.94 m | Fiona May![]() | 6.91 m |
Triple jump details | Šárka Kašpárková![]() | 15.20 m WL/NR) | Rodica Mateescu![]() | 15.16 m NR | Olena Hovorova![]() | 14.67 m PB |
Shot put details | Astrid Kumbernuss![]() | 20.71 m | Vita Pavlysh![]() | 20.66 m | Stephanie Storp![]() | 19.22 m |
Discus throw details | Beatrice Faumuina![]() | 66.82 m | Ellina Zvereva![]() | 65.90 m | Natalya Sadova![]() | 65.14 m |
Javelin throw details | Trine Hattestad![]() | 68.78 m | Joanna Stone![]() | 68.64 m PB | Tanja Damaske![]() | 67.12 m PB |
Heptathlon details | Sabine Braun![]() | 6739 pts | Denise Lewis![]() | 6654 pts | Remigija Nazarovienė![]() | 6566 pts |
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) |
Medal table
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References
- ^ [1]. Accessed 2009-04-03. 2009-05-10.
- ^ Rosenthal, Bert (2 August 1997). "Johnson can't wait to compete". The Stuart News. p. 31. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ "Results". www2.iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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