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.

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Medal winners

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.svgLlewellyn 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

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

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

References

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