1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships

6th IAAF World Indoor Championships

Official competition logo
Host city Paris, France
Date(s) 7 March–9 March
Main stadium Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
Participation 712 athletes from
118 nations
Events 28


The 6th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from March 7 to March 9, 1997. It was the first athletic championships to introduce women's pole vault. There were a total number of 712 participating athletes from 118 countries.

Results

Men

1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres
  Haralabos Papadias (GRE)6.50
(NR)		  Michael Green (JAM)6.51  Davidson Ezinwa (NGR)6.52
(PB)
200 metres
  Kevin Little (USA)20.40
(CR)		  Iván García (CUB)20.46
(PB)		  Francis Obikwelu (NGR)21.10
400 metres
  Sunday Bada (NGR)45.51
(AR)		  Jamie Baulch (GBR)45.62  Shunji Karube (JPN)45.76
(AR)
800 metres
  Wilson Kipketer (DEN)1:42.67
(WR)		  Mahjoub Haida (MAR)1:45.76
(NR)		  Rich Kenah (USA)1:46.16
(PB)
1500 metres
  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)3:35.31
(CR)		  Rüdiger Stenzel (GER)3:37.24  William Tanui (KEN)3:37.48
3000 metres
  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)7:34.71
(CR)		  Paul Bitok (KEN)7:38.84  Ismaïl Sghyr (MAR)7:40.01
60 metres hurdles
  Anier García (CUB)7.48
(NR)		  Colin Jackson (GBR)7.49  Tony Dees (USA)7.50
4 × 400 metres relay
  United States
Jason Rouser
Mark Everett
Sean Maye
Deon Minor		3:04.93  Jamaica
Linval Laird
Michael McDonald
Dinsdale Morgan
Gregory Haughton		3:08.11  France
Pierre-Marie Hilaire
Rodrigue Nordin
Loïc Lerouge
Fred Mango		3:09.68
High jump
  Charles Austin (USA)2.35  Lambros Papakostas (GRE)2.32  Dragutin Topic (FR Yugoslavia)2.32
Pole vault
  Igor Potapovich (KAZ)5.90
(AR)		  Lawrence Johnson (USA)5.85  Maksim Tarasov (RUS)5.80
Long jump
  Iván Pedroso (CUB)8.51
(CR)		  Kirill Sosunov (RUS)8.41
(PB)		  Joe Greene (USA)8.41
(PB)
Triple jump
  Yoel García (CUB)17.30  Aliecer Urrutia (CUB)17.27  Aleksandr Aseledchenko (RUS)17.22
(PB)
Shot put
  Yuriy Bilonog (UKR)21.02  Aleksandr Bagach (UKR)20.94  John Godina (USA)20.87
Heptathlon
  Robert Změlík (CZE)6228  Erki Nool (EST)6213
(PB)		  Jón Magnússon (ISL)6145
(NR)

Women

1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres
  Gail Devers (USA)7.06  Chandra Sturrup (BAH)7.15  Frederique Bangue (FRA)7.17
200 metres
  Ekaterini Koffa (GRE)22.76
(NR)		  Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)22.77  Svetlana Goncharenko (RUS)22.85
400 metres
  Jearl Miles Clark (USA)50.96
(WL)		  Sandie Richards (JAM)51.17
(PB)		  Helena Fuchsová (CZE)52.04
(PB)
800 metres
  Maria Mutola (MOZ)1:58.96  Natalya Dukhnova (BLR)1:59.31
(NR)		  Joetta Clark (USA)1:59.82
(PB)
1500 metres
  Yekaterina Podkopayeva (RUS)4:05.19
(PB)		  Patricia Djaté-Taillard (FRA)4:06.16
(NR)		  Lidia Chojecka (POL)4:06.25
(NR)
3000 metres
  Gabriela Szabo (ROU)8:45.75  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)8:46.19
(NR)		  Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)8:49.79
60 metres hurdles
  Michelle Freeman (JAM)7.82
(CR)		  Gillian Russell (JAM)7.84
(PB)		  Cheryl Dickey (USA)7.84
(PB)
4 × 400 metres relay
  Russia
Tatyana Chebykina
Svetlana Goncharenko
Olga Kotlyarova
Tatyana Alekseyeva 		3:26.84
(WR)		  United States
Shanelle Porter
Natasha Kaiser-Brown
Anita Howard
Jearl Miles Clark		3:27.66
(AR)		  Germany
Anja Rucker
Anke Feller
Heike Meissner
Grit Breuer		3:28.39
High jump
  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)2.02  Inga Babakova (UKR)2.00
(NR)		  Hanne Haugland (NOR)2.00
(NR)
Pole vault
  Stacy Dragila (USA)4.40
(WR)		  Emma George (AUS)4.35  Cai Weiyan (CHN)4.35
(AR)
Long jump
  Fiona May (ITA)6.86
(NR)		  Chioma Ajunwa (NGR)6.80  Agata Karczmarek (POL)6.71
(PB)
Triple jump
  Inna Lasovskaya (RUS)15.01
(WL)		  Ashia Hansen (GBR)14.70
(NR)		  Šárka Kašpárková (CZE)14.66
(NR)
Shot put
  Vita Pavlysh (UKR)20.00  Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)19.92  Irina Korzhanenko (RUS)19.49
(PB)
Pentathlon
  Sabine Braun (GER)4780  Mona Steigauf (GER)4681
(PB)		  Kym Carter (USA)4627

Medal table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States 6 2 7 15
2  Cuba 3 2 0 5
3  Russia 3 1 4 8
4  Ukraine 2 2 0 4
5  Greece 2 1 0 3
6  Jamaica 1 5 0 6
7  Germany 1 3 1 5
8  Nigeria 1 1 2 4
9  Morocco 1 1 1 3
10  Czech Republic 1 0 2 3
11  Bulgaria 1 0 0 1
 Denmark 1 0 0 1
 Ethiopia 1 0 0 1
 Italy 1 0 0 1
 Mozambique 1 0 0 1
 Kazakhstan 1 0 0 1
 Romania 1 0 0 1
18  Great Britain 0 3 0 3
19  France 0 1 2 3
20  Kenya 0 1 1 2
21  Australia 0 1 0 1
 Bahamas 0 1 0 1
 Belarus 0 1 0 1
 Estonia 0 1 0 1
 Ireland 0 1 0 1
26  Poland 0 0 2 2
27  Iceland 0 0 1 1
 Japan 0 0 1 1
 Norway 0 0 1 1
 Portugal 0 0 1 1
 China 0 0 1 1
 FR Yugoslavia 0 0 1 1

Participating nations

See also

References

  1. ↑ Mark Butler (ed.), "DOPING VIOLATIONS AT IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS", IAAF Statistics Book – World Indoor Championships SOPOT 2014 (PDF), IAAF, pp. 47–48, retrieved 27 September 2015

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