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1997 World Championships in Athletics
The 1997 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
Medal table by country
| Position | Country: | Total: | |||
| 1. | USA | 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. | Great Britain | 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 |
Track
| Event: | |||
| 100 m Men | Maurice Greene, USA | Donovan Bailey, Canada | Tim Montgomery, USA |
| 100 m Women | Marion Jones, USA | Zhanna Pintusevich , Ukraine | Savatheda 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 Pintusevich , 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 Fidelia 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 | Canada | Nigeria | Great Britain |
| 4 x 100 m Women | USA | Jamaica | France |
| 4 x 400 m Men | USA | Great Britain | Jamaica |
| 4 x 400 m Women | Germany | USA | Jamaica |
Field
| Event: | |||
| Long Jump Men | Iván Pedroso , Cuba | Erick Walder , USA | Kirill Sosunov , Russia |
| Long Jump Women | Lyudmila Galkina , Russia | Niki Xanthou , Greece | Fiona May , Italy |
| Triple Jump Men | Yoelbi Quesada , Cuba | Jonathan Edwards, Great Britain | Aliecer Urrutia , Cuba |
| Triple Jump Women | árka Kapárková , Czech Republic | Rodica Mateescu , Romania | Yelena Govorova , Ukraine |
| high jump Men | Javier Sotomayor, Cuba | Artur Partyka , Poland | Tim Forsyth , Australia |
| high jump Women | Hanne Haugland , Norway | Inga 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 | Tomá Dvorák , Czech Republic | Eduard Hämäläinen , Finland | Frank Busemann , Germany |
References
See Also
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