World Indoor Athletics Championships 1997

6th World Indoor Athletics Championships
Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy (2012)
city	Paris , France
Stadion	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
participating countries	118
Participating athletes	712
Competitions	28
opening	March 7, 1997
Final day	March 9, 1997
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The 6th World Indoor Athletics Championships took place from March 7th to 9th, 1997 in Paris . The competitions were held in the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy . It was the first international championships in which a women's pole vault competition was held.

Three world records were set:

• In the women's 4 x 400 meter relay , the Russian quartet needed 3: 26.84 minutes.
• Wilson Kipketer set two world records in the 800-meter run , in qualifying with 1: 43.96 min and two days later in the final with 1: 42.67 min.

Men

60 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Charalambos papadias	GRE	6.50 (NR)
2	Michael Green	JAM	6.51
3	Davidson Ezinwa	NGR	6.52 (PB)
4th	Raymond Stewart	JAM	6.55
5	Bruny Surin	CAN	6.57
6th	Patrik Lövgren	SWE	6.61

Date: March 7th

200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Kevin Little	United States	20.40 (CR)
2	Iván García	CUB	20.46 (PB)
3	Francis Obikwelu	NGR	21.10
4th	Troy Douglas	BER	21.22
5	Rohsaan Griffin	United States	21.27
6th	Ato Boldon	TRI	DNF

Date: March 8th

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Sunday Bada	NGR	45.51 (AR)
2	Jamie Baulch	GBR	45.62
3	Shunji Karube	JPN	45.76 (AR)
4th	Robert Maćkowiak	POLE	45.94
5	Derek Mills	United States	46.30
	Troy McIntosh	BAH	DNF

Date: March 9th

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Wilson Kipketer	THE	1: 42.67 (WR)
2	Mahjoub Haïda	MAR	1: 45.76 (NR)
3	Rich Kenah	United States	1: 46.16 (PB)
4th	Nico Motchebon	GER	1: 46.19
5	Marko Koers	NED	1: 46.43 (PB)
6th	Einars tupuritis	LAT	1: 46.47

Date: March 9th

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	3: 35.61 (CR)
2	Rüdiger Stenzel	GER	3: 37.24
3	William Tanui	KEN	3: 37.48
4th	Branko Zorko	CRO	3: 39.25
5	Andrés Manuel Díaz	ESP	3: 39.73
6th	Ali Hakimi	TO DO	3: 39.91
7th	Jason Pyrah	United States	3: 41.64
8th	Niall Bruton	IRL	3: 42.65

Date: March 8th

3000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	7: 34.71 (CR)
2	Paul Bitok	KEN	7: 38.84
3	Ismaïl Sghyr	MAR	7:40.01
4th	Gennaro Di Napoli	ITA	7: 41.05 (NR)
5	Moses Kiptanui	KEN	7: 41.87
6th	John Mayock	GBR	7: 44.31
7th	Fita Bayisa	ETH	7: 49.47
8th	El Hassan Lahssini	MAR	7: 50.54

Date: March 9th

60 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Anier García	CUB	7.48 (NR)
2	Colin Jackson	GBR	7.49
3	Tony Dees	United States	7.50
4th	Duane Ross	United States	7.54
5	Igor Kováč	SVK	7.59 (NR)
	Jonathan Nsenga	BEL	DQ

Date: March 9th

The sixth-placed Nsenga (time: 7.71 s) was disqualified for using ephedrine .

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Jason Rouser Mark Everett Sean Maye Deon Minor	3: 04.93 (WL)
2	Jamaica	Linval Laird Michael McDonald Dinsdale Morgan Gregory Haughton	3: 08.11
3	France	Pierre-Marie Hilaire Rodrigue Nordin Loic Lerouge Fred Mango	3: 09.68
4th	Russia	Dmitri Bey Ruslan Mashchenko Dmitri Kosov Dmitri Golowastov	3: 09.75
5	Austria	Martin Lachkovics Rafik Elouardi Andreas Rechbauer Thomas Griesser	3: 11.47
6th	Japan	Shunji Karube Dai Tamesue Shigekazu Omori Masayoshi Kan	3: 20.18

Date: March 9th

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Charles Austin	United States	2.35
2	Lambros papakostas	GRE	2.32
3	Dragutin Topić	YUG	2.32
4th	Charles Lefrançois	CAN	2.29 (PB)
5	Wolfgang Kreissig	GER	2.29
6th	Jarosław Kotewicz	POLE	2.25
	Steve Smith	GBR	2.25
8th	Steinar Hoen	NOR	2.25
	Stefan Holm	SWE	2.25

Date: March 9th

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Igor Potapovich	KAZ	5.90 (AR)
2	Lawrence Johnson	United States	5.85
3	Maxim Tarasov	RUS	5.80
4th	Riaan Botha	RSA	5.75 (PB)
5	Tim Lobinger	GER	5.75 (PB)
6th	Occert Brits	RSA	5.65
7th	Trond Barthel	NOR	5.65 (NR)
8th	Javier García	ESP	5.55
	Michael Stolle	GER	5.55

Date: March 8th

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Iván Pedroso	CUB	8.51 (CR)
2	Kirill Sossunov	RUS	8.41 (PB)
3	Joe Greene	United States	8.41 (PB)
4th	Erick Walder	United States	8.24
5	James Beckford	JAM	8.17
6th	Yevgeny Tretyak	RUS	8.12
7th	Gregor Cankar	SLO	8.02
8th	Spyridon Vasdekis	GRE	7.99

Date: March 8th

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Yoel García	CUB	17.30
2	Aliecer Urrutia	CUB	17.27
3	Alexandr Asseledtschenko	RUS	17.22 (PB)
4th	Charles Friedek	GER	17.16
5	Andrew Murphy	OUT	16.96
6th	Rogel Nachum	ISR	16.81
7th	Sigurd Njerve	NOR	16.81
8th	Tibor Ordina	HUN	16.65

Date: March 9th

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Jurij Bilonoh	UKR	21.02 (PB)
2	Oleksandr Bahach	UKR	20.94
3	John Godina	United States	20.87
4th	Oliver-Sven Buder	GER	20.70
5	Manuel Martínez	ESP	20.37 (NR)
6th	Mika Halvari	FIN	20.22
7th	Corrado Fantini	ITA	20.02
8th	Arsi Harju	FIN	20.00

Date: March 7th

Heptathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Robert Změlík	CZE	6228
2	Erki Nool	EST	6213 (PB)
3	Jón Arnar Magnússon	ISL	6145 (NR)
4th	Chris Huffins	United States	6128
5	Christian Plaziat	FRA	6106
6th	Steve Fritz	United States	6008
7th	Sébastien Levicq	FRA	5865

Date: 8./9. March

The heptathlon consisted of a 60-meter run, long jump, shot put, high jump, 60-meter hurdle run, pole vault and 1000-meter run.

Women

60 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Gail Devers	United States	7.06
2	Chandra Sturrup	BAH	7.15
3	Frédérique Bangué	FRA	7.17
4th	Chioma Ajunwa	NGR	7.19
5	Endurance Ojokolo	NGR	7.38
6th	Irina Privaleova	RUS	7.88

Date: March 7th

200 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Ekaterini Koffa	GRE	22.76 (NR)
2	Juliet Cuthbert	JAM	22.77
3	Svetlana Goncharenko	RUS	22.85
4th	Merlene Frazer	JAM	22.88
5	Ekaterina Leschchowa	RUS	23.81
6th	Carlette Guidry	United States	DNS

Date: March 8th

400 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Jearl Miles Clark	United States	50.96 (WL)
2	Sandie Richards	JAM	51.17 (PB)
3	Helena Fuchsová	CZE	52.04 (PB)
4th	Ionela Târlea	ROU	52.06 (NR)
5	Charity Opara	NGR	52.19
6th	Grit Breuer	GER	52.22

Date: March 9th

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	MOZ	1: 58.96
2	Natallja Duchnowa	BLR	1: 59.31 (NR)
3	Joetta Clark	United States	1: 59.82 (PB)
4th	Letitia Vriesde	SUR	1: 59.84
5	Toni Hodgkinson	NZL	2: 00.36 (AR)
6th	Irina Biryukova	RUS	2: 00.61 (PB)

Date: March 9th

1500 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ekaterina Podkopaeva	RUS	4: 05.19 (PB)
2	Patricia Djaté-Taillard	FRA	4: 06.16 (NR)
3	Lidia Chojecka	POLE	4: 06.25 (NR)
4th	Carla Sacramento	POR	4: 06.33 (NR)
5	Sylvia Kühnemund	GER	4: 06.56 (PB)
6th	Catalina Gheorghiu	ROU	4: 07.04 (PB)
7th	Malin Ewerlöf	SWE	4: 09.72 (PB)
8th	Kutre Dulecha	ETH	4: 09.76 (AR)

Date: March 9th

The US American Mary Slaney took second place in 4: 05.22 minutes. She was disqualified in 1999 after it was revealed that she had inflated a doping control test in 1996.

3000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Gabriela Szabo	ROU	8: 45.75 (WL)
2	Sonia O'Sullivan	IRL	8: 46.19 (NR)
3	Fernanda Ribeiro	POR	8: 49.79
4th	Marina Bastos	POR	8: 52.64
5	Marta Domínguez	ESP	8: 52.74 (NR)
6th	Olga Yegorova	RUS	8: 52.99 (PB)
7th	Farida Fatès	FRA	8: 54.98 (PB)
8th	Laurence Duquenoy	FRA	9: 00.27

Date: March 8th

60 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Michelle Freeman	JAM	7.82 (CR)
2	Gillian Russell	JAM	7.84 (PB)
3	Cheryl Dickey	United States	7.84 (PB)
3	Patricia Girard	FRA	7.84
5	Melissa Morrison	United States	7.88 (PB)
6th	Keturah Anderson	CAN	8.02

Date: March 9th

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Russia	Tatiana Tschebykina Svetlana Goncharenko Olga Kotlyarova Tatiana Alexejewa	3: 26.84 (WR)
2	United States	Shanelle Porter Natasha Kaiser-Brown Anita Howard Jearl Miles Clark	3: 27.66 (AR)
3	Germany	Anja Rücker Anke Feller Heike Meißner Grit Breuer	3: 28.39
4th	Czech Republic	Naděžda Koštovalová Ludmila Formanová Helena Fuchsová Hana Benešová	3: 28.47
5	Ukraine	Tetjana Mowtschan Aelita Yurchenko Halyna Misiruk Olha Moros	3: 30.43
6th	United Kingdom	Phylis Smith Sally Gunnell Michelle Thomas Donna Fraser	3: 32.25 (NR)

Date: March 9th

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Stefka Kostadinova	BUL	2.02 (WL)
2	Inha Babakowa	UKR	2.00 (NR)
3	Hanne Haugland	NOR	2.00 (NR)
4th	Alina Astafei	GER	1.95
5	Ioamnet Quintero	CUB	1.95
6th	Nelė Žilinskienė	LTU	1.95 (NR)
7th	Viktoria Feodorova	RUS	1.95
8th	Kajsa Bergqvist	SWE	1.95 (NR)

Date: March 8th

Pole vault

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Stacy Dragila	United States	4.40 (WR)
2	Emma George	OUT	4.35 (NR)
3	Cai Weiyan	CHN	4.35 (AR)
4th	Sun Caiyun	CHN	4.20
5	Daniela Bártová	CZE	4.35
6th	Svetlana Abramova	RUS	4.10
7th	Eszter Szemerédi	HUN	4.10
8th	Vala Flosadóttir	ISL	4.00

Date: March 9th

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Fiona May	ITA	6.86 (NR)
2	Chioma Ajunwa	NGR	6.80
3	Agata Karczmarek	POLE	6.71 (PB)
4th	Joanne Wise	GBR	6.70 (NR)
5	Niki Xanthou	GRE	6.69
6th	Nina Perevedentseva	RUS	6.65
7th	Heike Drechsler	GER	6.63
8th	Olena Chlopotnova	UKR	6.59

Date: March 9th

Triple jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Inna Lasovskaya	RUS	15.01 (WL)
2	Ashia Hansen	GBR	14.70 (NR)
3	Šárka Kašpárková	CZE	14.66 (NR)
4th	Rodica Mateescu	ROU	14.65
5	Petra Lobinger	GER	14.36 (NR)
6th	Yamilé Aldama	CUB	14.28 (AR)
7th	Olena Howorova	UKR	14.13
8th	Teresa Marinova	BUL	14.00 (PB)

Date: March 8th

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Wita Pavlysch	UKR	20.00
2	Astrid Kumbernuss	GER	19.92
3	Irina Korschanenko	RUS	19.49 (PB)
4th	Stephanie Storp	GER	18.80
5	Huang Zhihong	CHN	18.67
6th	Connie Price-Smith	United States	18.38
7th	Mara Rosolen	ITA	18.37
8th	Zhang Liuhong	CHN	18.29

Date: March 8th

Pentathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Sabine Braun	GER	4780 (WL)
2	Mona Steigauf	GER	4681 (PB)
3	Kym Carter	United States	4627
4th	Urszula Włodarczyk	POLE	4613
5	Tatiana Gordeeva	RUS	4575
6th	Eunice Barber	SLE	4558 (PB)
7th	Le Shundra Nathan	United States	4513
8th	Marie Collonvillé	FRA	4225

Date: March 7th

The pentathlon consisted of a 60-meter hurdle, high jump, shot put, long jump and 800-meter run.

Explanations

• WR: world record
• WMR: world championship record
• AR: continental record
• NR: national record
• WL: world annual best
• PB: personal best

Medal table

Medal table
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	United States	6th	2	7th	15th
2	Cuba	3	2	-	5
3	Russia	3	1	4th	8th
4th	Ukraine	2	2	-	4th
5	Greece	2	1	-	3
6th	Jamaica	1	5	-	6th
7th	Germany	1	3	1	5
8th	Nigeria	1	1	2	4th
9	Morocco	1	1	1	3
10	Czech Republic	1	-	2	3
11	Bulgaria	1	-	-	1
	Denmark	1	-	-	1
	Ethiopia	1	-	-	1
	Italy	1	-	-	1
	Kazakhstan	1	-	-	1
	Mozambique	1	-	-	1
	Romania	1	-	-	1
18th	United Kingdom	-	3	-	3
19th	France	-	1	3	4th
20th	Kenya	-	1	1	2
21st	Australia	-	1	-	1
	Bahamas	-	1	-	1
	Belarus	-	1	-	1
	Estonia	-	1	-	1
	Ireland	-	1	-	1
26th	Poland	-	-	2	2
27	Iceland	-	-	1	1
	Japan	-	-	1	1
	Norway	-	-	1	1
	Portugal	-	-	1	1
	CHN	-	-	1	1
	Yugoslavia	-	-	1	1

Web links

• World Cup website of the world association IAAF