1997 World Championships in Athletics

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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.

1 Medal winners
2 References

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Medal winners

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Track

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

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Field

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

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Medal table by country

Position	Country:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:	Total:
1.	Template:USA	7	3	8	18
2.	Template:GER	5	1	4	10
3.	Template:CUB	4	1	1	6
4.	Template:KEN	3	2	2	7
5.	Template:UKR	2	4	1	7
6.	Template:MAR	2	1	1	4
7=	Template:CZE	2	0	0	2
7=	Template:NOR	2	0	0	2
9.	Template:RUS	1	3	4	8
10.	Template:ESP	1	3	1	5
11.	Template:POR	1	2	1	4
12.	Template:AUS	1	1	2	4
13=	Template:ITA	1	1	1	3
13=	Template:ROM	1	1	1	3
15=	Template:CAN	1	1	0	2
15=	Template:POL	1	1	0	2
15=	Template:RSA	1	1	0	2
18=	Template:FRA	1	0	1	2
18=	Template:JPN	1	0	1	2
18=	Template:MEX	1	0	1	2
21=	Template:DEN	1	0	0	1
21=	Template:ETH	1	0	0	1
21=	Template:NZL	1	0	0	1
21=	Template:SWE	1	0	0	1
21=	Template:TRI	1	0	0	1
26.	Template:UK	0	5	1	6
27.	Template:JAM	0	3	4	7
28.	Template:BLR	0	2	2	4
29=	Template:GRE	0	1	1	2
29=	Template:LTU	0	1	1	2
31=	Template:BUL	0	1	0	1
31=	Template:FIN	0	1	0	1
31=	Template:NAM	0	1	0	1
31=	Template:NGR	0	1	0	1
31=	Template:SRI	0	1	0	1
31=	Template:UGA	0	1	0	1
36=	Template:BAH	0	0	1	1
36=	Template:BRA	0	0	1	1
36=	Template:MOZ	0	0	1	1
36=	Template:SVK	0	0	1	1
36=	Template:SUI	0	0	1	1