Athletics VI World Championship 1997 Athens, Greece - 1st to 10th August
1992 athletes from 198 nations. Main venue: Olympic Stadium. It was the first edition to award wild cards to defending champions even if they did not qualify for their national team. This allowed 4 athletes from a country to compete ina a individual event in some cases.
DisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Men 100mMaurice GreeneUSAUSA9.86sDonovan BaileyCANCAN9.91sTim MontgomeryUSAUSA9.94s
Men 200mAto BoldonTRITRI20.04sFrank FredericksNAMNAM20.23sClaudinei Quirino Da SilvaBRABRA20.26s
Men 400mMichael JohnsonUSAUSA44.12sDavis KamogaUGAUGA44.37sTyree WashingtonUSAUSA44.39s
Men 800mWilson KipketerDENDEN1:43.38Norberto TellezCUBCUB1:44.00Rich KenahUSAUSA1:44.25
Men 1500mHicham El GuerroujMARMAR3:35.83Fermin CachoESPESP3:36.63Reyes EstevezESPESP3:37.26
Men 5000mDaniel KomenKENKEN13:07.38Khalid BoulamiMARMAR13:09.34Tom NyarikiKENKEN13:11.09
Men 10000mHaile GebrselassieETHETH27:24.58Paul TergatKENKEN27:25.62Salah HissouMARMAR27:28.67
Men MarathonAbel AntonESPESP2:13:16Martin FizESPESP2:13:21Steve MoneghettiAUSAUS2:14:16
Men 110m HurdlesAllen JohnsonUSAUSA12.93sColin JacksonGBRGBR13.05sIgor KovacSVKSVK13.18s
Men 400m HurdlesStephane DiaganaFRAFRA47.70sLlewellyn HerbertRSARSA47.86sBryan BronsonUSAUSA47.88s
Men 3000m SteeplechaseWilson Boit KipketerKENKEN8:05.84Moses KiptanuiKENKEN8:06.04Bernard BarmasaiKENKEN8:06.04
Men 4x100m RelayCAN Canada37.86sNGR Nigeria38.07sGBR Great Britain38.14s
Men 4x400m RelayGBR Great Britain2:56.65JAM Jamaica2:56.75POL Poland3:00.26
Men High JumpJavier SotomayorCUBCUB2.37mArtur PartykaPOLPOL2.35mTim ForsythAUSAUS2.35m
Men Pole VaultSergey BubkaUKRUKR6.01mMaksim TarasovRUSRUS5.96mDean StarkeyUSAUSA5.91m
Men Long JumpIvan PedrosoCUBCUB8.42mErick WalderUSAUSA8.38mKirill SosunovRUSRUS8.18m
Men Triple JumpYoelbi QuesadaCUBCUB17.85mJonathan EdwardsGBRGBR17.69mAliecer UrrutiaCUBCUB17.64m
Men Shot PutJohn GodinaUSAUSA21.44mOliver-Sven BuderGERGER21.24mC.J. HunterUSAUSA20.33m
Men Discus ThrowLars RiedelGERGER68.54mVirgilijus AleknaLITLIT66.70mJurgen SchultGERGER66.14m
Men Hammer ThrowHeinz WeisGERGER81.78mAndrey SkvarukUKRUKR81.46mVasiliy SidorenkoRUSRUS80.76m
Men Javelin ThrowMarius CorbettRSARSA88.40mSteve BackleyGBRGBR86.80mKostas GatsioudisGREGRE86.64m
Men DecathlonTomas DvorakCZECZE8837Eduard HamalainenFINFIN8730Frank BusemannGERGER8652
Men 20km WalkDaniel GarciaMEXMEX1:21:43Mikhail ShchennikovRUSRUS1:21:53Mikhail KhmelnitskiyBLRBLR1:22:01
Men 50km WalkRobert KorzeniowskiPOLPOL3:44:46Jesus Angel GarciaESPESP3:44:59Miguel Angel RodriguezMEXMEX3:48:30
DisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Women 100mMarion JonesUSAUSA10.83sZhanna Tarnopolskaya-PintusevichUKRUKR10.85sSevatheda FynesBAHBAH11.03s
Women 200mZhanna Tarnopolskaya-PintusevichUKRUKR22.32sSusanthika JayasingheSRISRI22.39sMerlene OtteyJAMJAM22.40s
Women 400mCathy FreemanAUSAUS49.77sSandie RichardsJAMJAM49.79sJearl Miles-ClarkUSAUSA49.90s
Women 800mAna Fidelia QuirotCUBCUB1:57.14Yelena AfanasyevaRUSRUS1:57.56Maria Lurdes MutolaMOZMOZ1:57.59
Women 1500mCarla SacramentoPORPOR4:04.24Regina JacobsUSAUSA4:04.63Anita WeyermannSUISUI4:04.70
Women 5000mGabriela SzaboROMROM14:57.68Roberta BrunetITAITA14:58.29Fernanda RibeiroPORPOR14:58.85
Women 10000mSally BarsosioKENKEN31:32.92Fernanda RibeiroPORPOR31:39.15Masako ChibaJPNJPN31:41.93
Women MarathonHiromi SuzukiJPNJPN2:29:48Maria Manuela MachadoPORPOR2:31:12Lidia Slavuteanu-SimonROMROM2:31:55
Women 100m HurdlesLudmila EngquistSWESWE12.50sSvetla DimitrovaBULBUL12.58sMichelle FreemanJAMJAM12.61s
Women 400m HurdlesNezha BidouaneMARMAR52.97sDeon HemmingsJAMJAM53.09sKim BattenUSAUSA53.52s
Women 4x100m RelayUSA United States41.47sJAM Jamaica42.10sFRA France42.21s
Women 4x400m RelayGER Germany3:20.92USA United States3:21.03JAM Jamaica3:21.30
Women High JumpHanne HauglandNORNOR1.99mOlga KaliturinaRUSRUS1.96m
Inga BabakovaUKRUKR1.96m
Women Long JumpLyudmila GalkinaRUSRUS7.05mNiki XanthouGREGRE6.94mFiona MayITAITA6.91m
Women Triple JumpSarka KasparkovaCZECZE15.20mRodica Petrescu-MateescuROMROM15.16mYelena GovorovaUKRUKR14.67m
Women Shot PutAstrid KumbernussGERGER20.71mVita PavlyshUKRUKR20.66mStephanie StorpGERGER19.22m
Women Discus ThrowBeatrice FaumuinaNZLNZL66.82mEllina ZverevaBLRBLR65.90mNatalya SadovaRUSRUS65.14m
Women Javelin ThrowTrine Solberg-HattestadNORNOR68.78mJoanna StoneAUSAUS68.64mTanja DamaskeGERGER67.12m
Women HeptathlonSabine BraunGERGER6739Denise LewisGBRGBR6654Remigija NazarovieneLITLIT6566
Women 10km WalkAnnarita SidotiITAITA42:55.49Olga KardopoltsevaBLRBLR43:30.20Valentina TsybulskayaBLRBLR43:49.24
MedalsGdSvBrAll
1.USA United States63817
2.GER Germany51410
3.CUB Cuba4116
4.KEN Kenya3227
5.UKR Ukraine2417
6.MOR Marocco2114
7.NOR Norway2 2
7.CZE Czechia2 2
9.RUS Russia1438
10.GBR Great Britain1416
11.ESP Spain1315
12.POR Portugal1214
13.AUS Australia1124
14.ITA Italy1113
14.POL Poland1113
14.ROU Romania1113
17.CAN Canada11 2
17.RSA South Africa11 2
19.FRA France1 12
19.JPN Japan1 12
19.MEX Mexico1 12
22.DEN Denmark1 1
22.ETH Ethiopia1 1
22.NZL New Zealand1 1
22.SWE Sweden1 1
22.TRI Trinidad Tobago1 1
27.JAM Jamaica 437
28.BLR Belarus 224
29.GRE Greece 112
29.LTU Lithuania 112
31.BUL Bulgaria 1 1
31.FIN Finland 1 1
31.NAM Namibia 1 1
31.NGR Nigeria 1 1
31.SRI Sri Lanka 1 1
31.UGA Uganda 1 1
37.BAH Bahamas 11
37.BRA Brazil 11
37.MOZ Mozambique 11
37.SVK Slovakia 11
37.SUI Switzerland 11
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