1997 World Championships in Athletics

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.

Medal winners

Track

1993 |1995 |1997 |1999 |2001

Event:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
100 m Men	Maurice Greene, USA	Donovan Bailey, Canada	Tim Montgomery, USA
100 m Women	Marion Jones, USA	Zhanna Block, Ukraine	Sevatheda Fynes, Bahamas
100 m Hurdles Women	Ludmila Engquist, Sweden	Svetla Dimitrova, Bulgaria	Michelle Freeman, Jamaica
110 m Hurdles Men	Allen Johnson, USA	Colin Jackson, Great Britain	Igor Kovác, Slovakia
200 m Men	Ato Boldon, Trinidad & Tobago	Frankie Fredericks, Namibia	Claudinei da Silva, Brazil
200 m Women	Zhanna Block, Ukraine	Susanthika Jayasinghe, Sri Lanka	Merlene Ottey, Jamaica
400 m Men	Michael Johnson, USA	Davis Kamoga, Uganda	Tyree Washington, USA
400 m Women	Cathy Freeman, Australia	Sandie Richards, Jamaica	Jearl Miles-Clark, USA
400 m Hurdles Men	Stéphane Diagana, France	Llewellyn Herbert, South Africa	Bryan Bronson, USA
400 m Hurdles Women	Nezha Bidouane, Morocco	Deon Hemmings, Jamaica	Kim Batten, USA
800 m Men	Wilson Kipketer, Denmark	Norberto Téllez, Cuba	Rich Kenah, USA
800 m Women	Ana Quirot, Cuba	Yelena Afanasyeva, Russia	Maria Mutola, Mozambique
1500 m Men	Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco	Fermín Cacho, Spain	Reyes Estévez, Spain
1500 m Women	Carla Sacramento, Portugal	Regina Jacobs, USA	Anita Weyermann, Switzerland
3,000 m Steeplechase Men	Wilson Boit Kipketer, Kenya	Moses Kiptanui, Kenya	Bernard Barmasai, Kenya
5,000 m Men	Daniel Komen, Kenya	Khalid Boulami, Morocco	Tom Nyariki, Kenya
5,000 m Women	Gabriela Szabo, Romania	Roberta Brunet, Italy	Fernanda Ribeiro, Portugal
10,000 m Men	Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopia	Paul Tergat, Kenya	Salah Hissou, Morocco
10,000 m Women	Sally Barsosio, Kenya	Fernanda Ribeiro, Portugal	Masako Chiba, Japan
Marathon Men	Abel Antón, Spain	Martín Fiz, Spain	Steve Moneghetti, Australia
Marathon Women	Hiromi Suzuki, Japan	Manuela Machado, Portugal	Lidia Simon, Romania
20 km Walk Men	Daniel García, Mexico	Mikhail Shchennikov, Russia	Mikhail Khmelnitskiy, Belarus
10 km Walk Women	Annarita Sidoti, Italy	Olga Kardopoltseva, Belarus	Valentina Tsybulskaya, Belarus
50 km Walk Men	Robert Korzeniowski, Poland	Jesús Ángel García, Spain	Miguel Rodríguez, Mexico
4 x 100 m Relay Men	Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Donovan Bailey Canada	Osmond Ezinwa Olapade Adeniken Francis Obikwelu Davidson Ezinwa Nigeria	Darren Braithwaite Darren Campbell Douglas Walker Julian Golding Great Britain
4 x 100 m Women	Chryste Gaines Marion Jones Inger Miller Gail Devers USA	Beverly McDonald Merlene Frazer Juliet Cuthbert Beverly Grant Jamaica	Patricia Girard Christine Arron Delphine Combe Sylviane Félix France
4 x 400 m Men	Jerome Young Antonio Pettigrew Chris Jones Tyree Washington USA	Iwan Thomas Roger Black Jamie Baulch Mark Richardson Great Britain	Michael McDonald Gregory Haughton Danny McFarlane Davian Clarke Jamaica
4 x 400 m Women	Anke Feller Uta Rohländer-Fromm Anja Rücker Grit Breuer Germany	Maicel Malone-Wallace Kim Graham Kim Batten Jearl Miles-Clark USA	Inez Turner Lorraine Fenton Deon Hemmings Sandie Richards Jamaica

Field

Event:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Long Jump Men	Iván Pedroso, Cuba	Erick Walder, USA	Kirill Sosunov, Russia
Long Jump Women	Lyudmila Galkina, Russia	Níki Xánthou, Greece	Fiona May, Italy
Triple Jump Men	Yoelbi Quesada, Cuba	Jonathan Edwards, Great Britain	Aliecer Urrutia, Cuba
Triple Jump Women	Šárka Kašpárková, Czech Republic	Rodica Mateescu, Romania	Olena Hovorova, Ukraine
High jump Men	Javier Sotomayor, Cuba	Artur Partyka, Poland	Tim Forsyth, Australia
High jump Women	Hanne Haugland, Norway	Inha Babakova, Ukraine & Olga Kaliturina, Russia (tied)
Javelin throw Men	Marius Corbett, South Africa	Steve Backley, Great Britain	Kostas Gatsioudis, Greece
Javelin throw Women	Trine Hattestad, Norway	Joanna Stone, Australia	Tanja Damaske, Germany
Discus Men	Lars Riedel, Germany	Virgilijus Alekna, Lithuania	Jürgen Schult, Germany
Discus Women	Beatrice Faumuina, New Zealand	Ellina Zvereva, Belarus	Natalya Sadova, Russia
Hammer Men	Heinz Weis, Germany	Andrey Skvaruk, Ukraine	Vasiliy Sidorenko, Russia
Shot Put Men	John Godina, USA	Oliver-Sven Buder, Germany	C.J. Hunter, USA
Shot Put Women	Astrid Kumbernuss, Germany	Vita Pavlysh, Ukraine	Stephanie Storp, Germany
Pole vault Men	Sergey Bubka, Ukraine	Maksim Tarasov, Russia	Dean Starkey, USA
Heptathlon Women	Sabine Braun, Germany	Denise Lewis, Great Britain	Remigija Nazaroviené, Lithuania
Decathlon Men	Tomáš Dvořák, Czech Republic	Eduard Hämäläinen, Finland	Frank Busemann, Germany

Medal table by country

Position	Country:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:	Total:
1.	United States	7	3	8	18
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	3	4	8
10.	Spain	1	3	1	5
11.	Portugal	1	2	1	4
12.	Australia	1	1	2	4
13=	Italy	1	1	1	3
13=	Romania	1	1	1	3
15=	Canada	1	1	0	2
15=	Poland	1	1	0	2
15=	South Africa	1	1	0	2
18=	France	1	0	1	2
18=	Japan	1	0	1	2
18=	Mexico	1	0	1	2
21=	Denmark	1	0	0	1
21=	Ethiopia	1	0	0	1
21=	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
21=	Sweden	1	0	0	1
21=	Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	0	1
26.	United Kingdom	0	5	1	6
27.	Jamaica	0	3	4	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

References

• IAAF 1997