World Athletics Championships 1997

6th World Athletics Championships
The Olympic Stadium in 2014
city	Athens , Greece
Stadion	Olympic Stadium
participating countries	200
Participating athletes	2266
Competitions	44
opening	August 1, 1997
Final day	August 10, 1997
timeline
← Gothenburg 1995	Seville 1999 →

Medal table (final score after 44 decisions)
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	United States	6th	3	8th	17th
2	Germany	5	1	4th	10
3	Cuba	4th	1	1	6th
4th	Kenya	3	2	2	7th
5	Ukraine	2	3	2	7th
6th	Morocco	2	1	1	4th
7th	Norway	2	-	-	2
	Czech Republic	2	-	-	2
9	Russia	1	4th	3	8th
10	Great Britain	1	4th	1	6th
Complete medal table

The 6th World Athletics Championships took place from August 1 to 10, 1997 in the Greek capital Athens . The competitions were held in the Olympic Stadium. 2266 athletes from 200 countries took part.

Competitions

This time there were no changes in the competition offer that counts for the medal table, not even for the women, who were missing a few disciplines in the World Cup program. However, expansions in this sense were gradually continued in the coming events.

For the marathon , however, there was now also a team classification for men and women, known as the marathon cup. However, this rating was not included in the medal rating. Five runners from each nation were eligible to take part, and the top three were included in the ranking.

For women there were the following deficits compared to the men's competitions.

• Run area:
  • The 3,000-meter obstacle course , which was only included in the women's World Cup program in 2005, was still missing .
• Walking area:
  • Instead of walking 20 km , the competition was held over a distance of ten kilometers. In 1999 the length of the route was increased to the 20 kilometers that have long been the norm for men.
  • The 50 km walk , which was part of the women's World Cup program in 2017, was missing .
• In the jump area, one discipline was still missing in the women's program:
  • Pole vault - from 1999 in the women's world championship program
• One discipline was also missing in the area of ​​impact / throw:
  • Hammer throw - from 1999 in the women's World Cup program

New rule for defending champions

For the first time at the World Athletics Championships, a new rule for defending champions was applied: they were given a personal right to start. As a result, four participants from the association of the respective defending champion could be eligible to start in the relevant discipline beyond the limit of three starters.

Athletic performance

The sixth edition of the World Athletics Championships was also characterized by a high level of performance.

• There were fifteen new world highs for the year:
  • 100 meters men - Ato Boldon ( Trinidad and Tobago ): 9.87 s (quarter-finals)
  • 100 meters men - Maurice Greene ( USA ): 9.86 s (final)
  • 110 meter hurdles men - Allen Johnson (USA): 12.93 s
  • 400 meter hurdles men - Stéphane Diagana ( France ): 47.70 s (final)
  • 4 × 100 m men - Nigeria ( Osmond Ezinwa , Olapade Adeniken , Francis Obikwelu , Davidson Ezinwa ): 37.95 s (final)
  • 4 × 100 m men - Canada ( Robert Esmie , Glenroy Gilbert , Bruny Surin , Donovan Bailey ): 37.86 s (final)
  • High jump men - Javier Sotomayor ( Cuba ): 2.37 m (final)
  • Triple jump men - Yoelbi Quesada (Cuba): 17.85 m (final)
  • 100 meters women - Marion Jones (USA): 10.83 s (final)
  • 4 × 400 m women - Germany ( Anke Feller , Uta Rohländer , Anja Rücker , Grit Breuer ): 3: 20.92 min (final)
  • 10 km walk women - Annarita Sidoti ( Italy ): 42: 55.49 min (final)
  • Long jump women - Chioma Ajunwa (Nigeria): 7.01 m (qualification)
  • Long jump women - Lyudmila Galkina ( Russia ): 7.05 m (final)
  • Triple jump women - Šárka Kašpárková ( Czech Republic ): 15.20 m (final)
• Fourteen continental records have been set or equalized in ten disciplines:
  • 4 × 100 m men - Brazil ( Vicente de Lima , Claudinei da Silva , Robson da Silva , Édson Ribeiro ): South American record in 38.28 s (preliminary)
  • 4 × 100 m men - Brazil (Vicente de Lima, Claudinei da Silva, Robson da Silva, Édson Ribeiro): South American record in 38.17 s (semifinals)
  • 4 × 100 m men - Japan ( Satoru Inoue , Kôji Itô , Hiroyasu Tsuchie , Nobuharu Asahara ): Asian record in 38.44 s (preliminary)
  • 4 × 100 m men - Japan (Satoru Inoue, Kôji Itô, Hiroyasu Tsuchie, Nobuharu Asahara): Asian record in 38.31 s (semifinals)
  • Javelin men - Marius Corbett ( South Africa ): African record with 88.40 m (final)
  • Decathlon men - Ramil Ganijew ( Uzbekistan ): Asian record with 8445 p
  • 200 meters women - Susanthika Jayasinghe ( Sri Lanka ): Asian record in 22.44 s (preliminary)
  • 200 meters women - Li Xuemei ( People's Republic of China ): Asian record equalized in 22.44 s (preliminary)
  • 200 meters women - Susanthika Jayasinghe (Sri Lanka): Asian record in 22.30 s (semifinals)
  • 400 meter hurdles women - Nezha Bidouane ( Morocco ): African record in 53.48 s (semifinals)
  • 400 meter hurdles women - Nezha Bidouane (Morocco): African record in 52.97 s (final)
  • 4 × 100 m women - People's Republic of China ( Pei Fang , Yan Jiankui , Liu Xiaomei , Li Xuemei ): Asian record in 42.42 s (preliminary)
  • High jump women - Solange Witteveen ( Argentina ): South American record equaled with 1.92 m (qualification)
• In addition, 78 national records and a national best performance in 30 disciplines were recorded:
  • 100 meters men
    • Angelos Pavlakakis ( Greece ): 10.11 s (preroll)
    • Mohamed Amir ( Republic of Moldova ): 11.18 s (record set, lead)
    • Sergejs Inšakovs ( Latvia ): 10.28 s (lead)
  • 200 meters men
    • Antoine Boussombo ( Gabon ): 20.79 s (lead)
    • Gary Ryan ( Ireland ): 20.69 s (preroll)
    • Hadhari Djaffar ( Comoros ): 21.59 s (forward)
  • 400 meters men
    • Benjamin Youla ( Republic of the Congo ): 46.62 s (preroll)
    • Sugath Thilakaratne (Sri Lanka): 45.58 s (forward)
    • Robert Maćkowiak ( Poland ): 45.26 s (quarter-finals)
    • Benjamin Youla (Republic of the Congo): 46.29 s (quarter-finals)
    • Davis Kamoga ( Uganda ): 44.37 s (final)
  • 800 meters men
    • Alexis Sharangabo ( Rwanda ): 3: 44.95 min (preliminary)
  • 1500 meters men
    • Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi ( Libya ): 1: 50.66 min (lead time)
  • 5000 meters men
    • Ali Khazaal ( Lebanon ): 13: 58.26 min (preliminary)
  • 10,000 meters men
    • Agustín Morán ( Panama ): 30: 12.32 min (pre-run)
  • 110 meter hurdles men
    • Jovesa Naivalu ( Fiji ): 13.82 s (forward)
    • Artur Kohutek ( Poland ): 13.27 s (quarter-finals)
  • 400 meter hurdles men
    • Lukas Soucek ( Czech Republic ): 49.08 s - equalized (lead)
    • Jiří Mužík (Czech Republic): 48.56 s (lead)
    • Jiří Mužík (Czech Republic): 48.27 s (semi-finals)
    • Mubarak Sultan Al-Nubi Faraj ( Qatar ): 48.84 s (semi-finals)
    • Paweł Januszewski ( Poland ): 48.94 s (semi-finals)
    • Fabrizio Mori (Italy): 48.17 s (semi-finals)
    • Dusán Kovács ( Hungary ): 48.45 s (semi-finals)
    • Llewellyn Herbert (South Africa): 47.86 s (final)
    • Fabrizio Mori (Italy): 48.05 s (final)
  • 3000 meter obstacle men
    • Jim Svenøy ( Norway ): 8: 14.80 min (final)
  • 4 × 100 m men
    • Ghana ( Abu Dua , Eric Nkansah , Aziz Zakari , Emmanuel Tuffour ): 38.41 min (lead time)
    • Ghana (Abu Dua, Eric Nkansah, Aziz Zakari, Emmanuel Tuffour): 38.12 min (semifinals)
    • Slovenia ( Marko Stor , Urban Acman , Tomaz Bozic , Gregor Breznik ): 38.62 min (preliminary)
    • Liberia ( Kouty Mawenh , Sayon Cooper , Robert M. Dennis , Edward Neufville ): 38.90 min (lead time)
    • Bahamas ( Renward Wells , Andrew Tynes , Dennis Darling , Joseph Styles , Edward Neufville ): 38.09 min (lead time)
    • Ireland ( Kevin Cogley , Gary Ryan , Dennis Darling , Neil Ryan ): 39.46 min (lead time)
    • Greece ( Alexandros Genovelis , Thomas Sbokos , Georgios Panagiotopoulos , Angelos Pavlakakis ): 38.47 min (lead time)
    • Qatar ( Jassim Abbas , Sultan Al-Sheeb , Sulaiman Jama Yusuf , Saad Al-Kuwari ): 39.05 min (lead time)
    • Spain ( Frutos Feo , Venancio Jose , Jordi Mayoral , Carlos Berlanga ): 38.60 min (semifinals)
  • 4 × 400 m men
    • Austria ( Christoph Pöstinger , Thomas Griesser , Andreas Rechbauer , Rafik Elouardi ): 3: 02.95 min (lead time)
    • Botswana ( Justice Dipeba , Lulu Basinyi , Rampa Mosweu , Johnson Kubisa ): 3: 05.96 min (lead time)
    • Poland ( Tomasz Czubak , Piotr Rysiukiewicz , Piotr Haczek , Robert Maćkowiak ): 2: 59.91 min (lead time)
    • South Africa ( Arnaud Malherbe , Hezekiél Sepeng , Hendrik Mokganyetsi , Llewellyn Herbert): 3: 00.58 min (lead time)
    • South Africa (Arnaud Malherbe, Hezekiél Sepeng, Hendrick Mokganyetsi, Llewellyn Herbert): 3: 00.26 min (final)
    • Greece ( Panagiotis Sarris , Konstantinos Moumoulidis , Giorgios Batsikas , Periklis Iakovakis ): 3: 05.43 min (lead time)
    • Zimbabwe ( Tawanda Chiwira , Phillip Mukomana , Savieri Ngidhi , Ken Harnden ): 3: 00.79 min (lead time)
    • Jamaica ( Michael McDonald , Gregory Haughton , Danny McFarlane , Davian Clarke ): 2: 56.75 min (final)
  • 50 km walk men
    • Fumio Imamura ( Japan ): 3:50:27 h - national best
  • Long jump men
    • Elston Albert Shaw ( Belize ): 7.21 m (qualification)
  • Triple jump men
    • Hrístos Melétoglou ( Greece ): 17.04 m (qualification) - record equalized
    • Hrístos Melétoglou ( Greece ): 17.12 m (final)
  • Hammer throw men
    • Eduardo Acuña ( Peru ): 60.14 m (qualification)
  • Javelin men
    • Firas Al Mahamid ( Syria ): 74.04 m (qualification)
    • Emeterio González (Cuba): 83.56 m (final)
  • Decathlon men
    • Eduard Hämäläinen ( Finland ): 8730 P
  • 100 meters women
    • Antonia Cadore ( Grenada ): 12.00 s (lead)
    • Lucrécia Jardim ( Portugal ): 11.30 s (preroll)
    • Shanna Pintusevich ( Ukraine ): 10.90 s (quarter-finals)
    • Shanna Pintusevich (Ukraine): 10.85 s (final)
  • 200 meters women
    • Alenka Bikar ( Slovenia ): 22.81 s (forward)
  • 400 meters women
    • Damayanthi Darsha (Sri Lanka): 51.99 s ( preroll )
    • Cathalina Staye ( St. Vincent and the Grenadines ): 55.54 s ( preroll )
  • 800 meters women
    • Leontine Tsiba ( Republic of the Congo ): 2: 07.34 min (lead time)
    • Abok Shol ( Sudan ): 2: 16.74 min (pre-run)
  • 5000 meters women
    • Zalia Aliou ( Togo ): 18: 34.45 (advance)
    • Restituta Joseph ( Tanzania ): 15: 55.22 (preliminary)
  • 10,000 meters women
    • Maysa Matrood ( Iraq ): 35: 44.93 min (lead time)
  • 100 meter hurdles women
    • Michelle Freeman (Jamaica): 12.53 s (lead)
    • Corien Botha (South Africa): 13.00 s (lead)
    • Michelle Freeman (Jamaica): 12.52 s (final)
  • 400 meter hurdles women
    • Ester Goossens ( Netherlands ): 54.84 s (lead)
    • Susan Smith ( Ireland ): 54.61 s (lead)
    • Tetjana Tereshchuk (Ukraine): 54.02 s (semifinals)
    • Andrea Blackett ( Barbados ): 54.74 s (semifinals)
    • Tetjana Tereschchuk (Ukraine): 53.81 s (final)
  • 4 × 100 m women
    • France ( Frédérique Bangué , Christine Arron , Delphine Combe , Sylviane Félix ): 42.53 s (lead time)
    • Brazil ( Rita Gomes , Kátia dos Santos , Cleide Amaral , Lucimar Aparecida de Moura ): 43.8921 s (lead time)
    • France ( Patricia Girard , Christine Arron, Delphine Combe, Sylviane Félix): 42.21 s (final)
  • 4 × 400 m women
    • Jamaica ( Inez Turner , Lorraine Graham , Deon Hemmings , Sandie Richards ): 3: 21.30 min (final)
  • High jump women
    • Pia Zinck ( Denmark ): 1.94 m (qualification)
  • Triple jump women
    • Rodica Mateescu ( Romania ): 15.16 m (final)
    • Olga Vasdeki (Greece): 14.62 m (final)
• In addition, four world championship records in four disciplines were improved or equalized.

Most successful athlete

• One athlete won two gold medals:
  • Marion Jones , ( USA ) - 100 meters , 4 × 100 m
• The following world champions have already been victorious at previous world championships:
  • Michael Johnson , (USA) - 400 meters : 1991 victorious over 200 meters , 1993 victorious over 400 meters / 4 × 400 m , 1995 victorious over 200 meters / 400 meters / 4 × 400 m, now seven times world champion
  • Sergey Bubka ( Ukraine ) - Pole Vault : sixth win in a row in the first three successes for the Soviet Union at the start
  • Lars Riedel , ( Germany ) - Discus throw : fourth victory in a row
  • Haile Gebrselassie , ( Ethiopia ) - 10,000 meters : third victory in a row
  • Gail Devers , (USA) - 4 × 100 m: 1993 gold over 100 meters, 1995 gold over 100 meters hurdles
  • Donovan Bailey , ( Canada ) - 4 × 100 m: 1993 victorious over 100 meters / 4 × 100 m
  • Wilson Kipketer , ( Kenya ) - 800 meters : second victory in a row
  • Javier Sotomayor , ( Cuba ) - High jump : second victory after 1991
  • Iván Pedroso, (Cuba) - Long jump : second victory in a row
  • Allen Johnson , (USA) - 100 meter hurdles : second victory in a row
  • John Godina , (USA) - Shot put : second victory in a row
  • Ana Fidelia Quirot , (Cuba) - 800 meters: second victory in a row
  • Astrid Kumbernuss , ( Germany ) - Shot put: second victory in a row
  • Trine Hattestad , ( Norway ) - Javelin throw : second victory in a row
  • Sabine Braun , (Germany) - Heptathlon : second victory after 1991
  • Robert Esmie , Canada - 4 × 100 m: second victory in a row
  • Glenroy Gilbert , Canada - 4 × 100 m: second win in a row
  • Bruny Surin , Canada - 4 × 100 m: second victory in a row

doping

The following seven doping cases occurred at these World Championships:

• Antonio Pettigrew , USA , 400 meters , initially seventh / 4 × 400 m - initially in first place. He confessed to having obtained doping drugs from Angel Heredia, a Mexican dealer, from 1997, including erythropoietin , also known as EPO, and growth hormone. As a result, he was stripped of some results, including his two results from these world championships.
• Pascal Maran , France , 400 meter hurdles , eliminated in the preliminary run. He was convicted of doping with ephedrine following his race and was disqualified.
• Daniel Plaza , Spain , 20 km walk , initially in tenth place. He was convicted of doping abuse and disqualified. His explanation belongs in a hit list of the most ridiculous excuses for a positive doping test: he had oral sex with his pregnant wife, who probably produced the steroid naturally as a pregnant woman and passed it on to him.
• Oleksandr Bahatsch , Ukraine , shot put , initially world champion. He was convicted of doping abuse with ephedrine and disqualified.
• Lyubov Zioma , Russia , 800 meters , eliminated in the semi-finals. She was found positive for doping with stanozolol and disqualified.
• Olimpiada Iwanowa , Russia, 10 km walk , first second. She was convicted of doping with steroids and disqualified.
• Oksana Zelinskaya , Kazakhstan , triple jump , eliminated in qualification. She was convicted of having doped with ephedrine following her competition and was disqualified.

Results men

100 m

Sprint world champion Maurice Greene

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1997/100 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Maurice Greene	United States	09.86 CRe / WL
2	Donovan Bailey	CAN	09.91
3	Tim Montgomery	United States	09.94
4th	Frank Fredericks	NAM	09.95
5	Ato Boldon	TRI	10.02
6th	Davidson Ezinwa	NGR	10.10
7th	Bruny Surin	CAN	10.12
8th	Michael Marsh	United States	10.29

Final: August 3, 9:50 p.m.

Wind: +0.2 m / s

200 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1997/200 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Ato Boldon	TRI	20.04
2	Frank Fredericks	NAM	20.23
3	Claudinei da Silva	BRA	20.26
4th	Iván García	CUB	20.31
5	Georgios Panagiotopoulos	GRE	20.32
6th	Obadele Thompson	BAR	20.37
7th	Jon Drummond	United States	20.44
8th	Patrick Stevens	BEL	20.44

Final: August 8th, 7:20 pm

Wind: +2.3 m / s

400 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1997/400 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Michael Johnson	United States	44.12
2	Davis Kamoga	UGA	44.37 NO
3	Tyree Washington	United States	44.39
4th	Mark Richardson	GBR	44.47
5	Jerome Young	United States	44.51
6th	Ivan Thomas	GBR	44.52
7th	Jamie Baulch	GBR	45.22
DOP	Antonio Pettigrew	United States

Final: August 5th, 8:40 pm

There was a doping case in this competition:
The US American Antonio Pettigrew, who initially came in seventh , confessed to having obtained doping substances from Angel Heredia, a Mexican dealer, from 1997, including erythropoietin , also known as EPO, and growth hormones. As a result, he was stripped of some results, including his seventh place over 400 meters and his victory with the US 4-by-400-meter relay at these world championships.

800 m

Another win for defending champion Wilson Kipketer

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1997/800 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Wilson Kipketer	THE	1: 43.38
2	Norberto Téllez	CUB	1: 44.00
3	Rich Kenah	United States	1: 44.25
4th	Patrick Konchellah	KEN	1: 44.26
5	Vebjørn Rodal	NOR	1: 44.53
6th	Marko Koers	NED	1: 44.85
7th	Patrick Ndururi	KEN	1: 45.24
8th	Mark Everett	United States	1: 49.02

Final: August 8th, 7:40 pm

1500 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1997/1500 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	3: 35.83
2	Fermín Cacho	ESP	3: 36.63
3	Reyes Estévez	ESP	3: 37.26
4th	Noureddine Morceli	ALG	3: 37.37
5	Ali Hakimi	TO DO	3: 37.51
6th	Mohamed Suleiman	QAT	3: 37.53
7th	Graham Hood	CAN	3: 37.55
8th	Robert Kiplagat Andersen	THE	3: 37.66

Final: August 6th, 8:15 pm

5000 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1997/5000 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Daniel Komen	KEN	13: 07.38
2	Khalid Boulami	MAR	13: 09.34
3	Tom Nyariki	KEN	13: 11.09
4th	Ismaïl Sghyr	MAR	13: 17.45
5	Dieter Baumann	GER	13: 17.64
6th	Bob Kennedy	United States	13: 19.45
7th	El Hassan Lahssini	MAR	13: 20.52
8th	Enrique Molina	ESP	13: 24.54

Final: August 10, 7:25 p.m.

10,000 m

The next win for Haile Gebrselassie, who was dominating in these years

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1997 / men's 10,000m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	27: 24.58
2	Paul Tergat	KEN	27: 25.62
3	Salah Hissou	MAR	27: 28.67
4th	Paul Koech	KEN	27: 30.39
5	Assefa Mezgebu	ETH	27: 32.48
6th	Domingos Castro	POR	27: 36.52
7th	Got Jifar	ETH	28: 00.29
8th	Julio Rey	ESP	28: 07.06

Final: August 6th, 8:35 pm

marathon

→ Main article : 1997 World Athletics Championships / Men's marathon

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Abel Antón	ESP	2:13:16
2	Martín Fiz	ESP	2:13:21
3	Steve Moneghetti	OUT	2:14:16
4th	Danilo Goffi	ITA	2:14:47
5	Luíz Antônio dos Santos	BRA	2:15:31
6th	Fabián Roncero	ESP	2:16:53
7th	Giacomo Leone	ITA	2:17:16
8th	Azzedine Sakhri	ALG	2:17:44

Date: August 10, 8:05 a.m.

Marathon cup

→ Main article : 1997 World Athletics Championships / Men's marathon

space	country	Athletes	Time (h)
1	Spain	Abel Antón Martín Fiz Fabián Roncero	6:43:30
2	Italy	Danilo Goffi Giacomo Leone Francesco Ingargiola	6:55:33
3	Brazil	Luíz Antônio dos Santos Vanderlei de Lima Osmiro Silva	7:02:56
4th	France	Philippe Rémond Jean Pierre Monciaux Dominique Chauvelier	7:07:44
5	Japan	Akira Manai Shinji Kawashima Katsuhiko Hanada	7:08:56
6th	South Africa	Xolile Yawa Adam Motlagale Abner Chipu	7:09:32
7th	Australia	Steve Moneghetti Sean Quilty Raymond Boyd	7:09:33
8th	Ethiopia	Ahmed Hussein Girma Daba Woliye Jara	7:20:22

Date: August 10, 8:05 a.m.

There was also a team ranking in the marathon. Five runners per nation were allowed; the times of the best three were added up for the evaluation. However, the competition was not part of the official medal table.

110 m hurdles

World champion Allen Johnson was the only finalist under 13 seconds

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1997/110 m hurdles for men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Allen Johnson	United States	12.93 WL
2	Colin Jackson	GBR	13.05
3	Igor Kováč	SVK	13.18
4th	Florian Schwarthoff	GER	13.20
5	Dan Philibert	FRA	13.26
6th	Terry Reese	United States	13.30
7th	Mark Crear	United States	13.55
DNS	Artur Kohutek	POLE

Final: August 7th, 9:15 pm

Wind: ± 0.0 m / s

400 m hurdles

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1997/400 m hurdles for men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Stéphane Diagana	FRA	47.70 WL
2	Llewellyn Herbert	RSA	47.86 NO
3	Bryan Bronson	United States	47.88
4th	Fabrizio Mori	ITA	48.05 NO
5	Samuel Matete	ZAM	48.11
6th	Ruslan Mashchenko	RUS	48.62
7th	Dinsdale Morgan	JAM	49.06
8th	Jiří Mužík	CZE	49.51

Final: August 4th, 9:10 p.m.

In this competition, there was a doping case:
The Frenchman Pascal Maran , who resigned in the run, was transferred after his race, with ephedrine to have doped, and was disqualified.

3000 m obstacle

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1997/3000 m obstacle men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Wilson Boit Kipketer	KEN	8: 05.84
2	Moses Kiptanui	KEN	8: 06.04
3	Bernard Barmasai	KEN	8: 06.04
4th	Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari	KSA	8: 13.87
5	Hicham Bouaouiche	MAR	8: 14.04
6th	Mark Croghan	United States	8: 14.09
7th	Jim Svenøy	NOR	8: 14.80 NO
8th	Angelo Carosi	ITA	8: 16.01

Final: August 6th, 7:30 p.m.

4 × 100 m relay

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1997/4 × 100 men

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Canada	Robert Esmie (semifinals / final) Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Donovan Bailey in the run-up also: Carlton Chambers	37.86 WL
2	Nigeria	Osmond Ezinwa Olapade Adeniken Francis Obikwelu Davidson Ezinwa	38.07
3	Great Britain	Darren Braithwaite Darren Campbell Douglas Walker (final) Julian Golding in the semifinals and: Dwain Chambers in the preliminary also: Marlon Devonish	38.14
4th	Cuba	Alfredo García-Baró Misael Ortíz Iván García Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda	38.15
5	Ghana	Abu Dua Eric Nkansah Aziz Zakari Emmanuel Tuffour	38.26
6th	Brazil	Vicente de Lima Claudinei da Silva Robson da Silva Édson Ribeiro	38.48
7th	Spain	Frutos Feo Venancio José Jordi Mayoral Carlos Berlanga	38.72
DSQ	France	Emmanuel Bangué Frederic Krantz Gilles Quénéhervé (final) Stéphane Cali in the preliminary / semi-final also: Olivier Theophile	IAAF Rule 170.7 faulty substitution

Final: August 10, 7:55 p.m.

4 × 400 m relay

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1997/4 × 400 men

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Great Britain	Iwan Thomas Roger Black Jamie Baulch Mark Richardson (final) in the preliminary run also: Mark Hylton	2: 56.65
2	Jamaica	Michael McDonald (final) Gregory Haughton Danny McFarlane Davian Clarke in the preliminary run also: Linval Laird	2: 56.75 NO
3	Poland	Tomasz Czubak Piotr Rysiukiewicz Piotr Haczek Robert Maćkowiak	3: 00.26
4th	South Africa	Arnaud Malherbe Hezekiél Sepeng Hendrik Mokganyetsi Llewellyn Herbert	3: 00.26 NO
5	France	Jean-Louis Rapnouil Marc Foucan Fred Mango Stéphane Diagana	3: 01.06
6th	Zimbabwe	Tawanda Chiwira Phillip Mukomana Savieri Ngidhi Ken Harnden	3: 01.43
7th	Italy	Ashraf Saber Marco Vaccari Andrea Nuti Fabrizio Mori	3: 01.52
DOP	United States	Jerome Young Antonio Pettigrew Chris Jones Tyree Washington (final) in the preliminary also: Allen Johnson

Final: August 10, 8:50 p.m.

In this competition, there was a doping case:
The American Antonio Pettigrew admitted doping from 1997 funds from Angel Heredia, a Mexican retailer to have related, including erythropoietin , also known as EPO and growth hormones. As a result, he was stripped of some results, including his gold medal in the 4 × 400 m with the US relay.

20 km walking

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1997/20 km walking men

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Daniel García	MEX	1:21:43
2	Mikhail Shchennikov	RUS	1:21:53
3	Mikhail Khmelnitsky	BLR	1:22:01
4th	Yu Guohui	CHN	1:22:57
5	Li Zewen	CHN	1:23:03
6th	Jauhen Missjulja	BLR	1:23:10
7th	Michele Didoni	ITA	1:23:14
8th	Giovanni De Benedictis	ITA	1:23:33

Date: August 2nd, 7:20 pm

The competition was overshadowed by a doping case: the Spanish Olympic champion from 1992, Daniel Plaza ,
who initially came tenth , was convicted of doping abuse and disqualified. His explanation belongs in a hit list of the most ridiculous excuses for a positive doping test: he had oral sex with his pregnant wife, who probably produced the steroid naturally as a pregnant woman and passed it on to him.

50 km of walking

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  Robert Korzeniowski - after his Olympic victory in 1996 there was now also the first World Cup title

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1997/50 km men's walk

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Robert Korzeniowski	POLE	3:44:46
2	Jesús Ángel García	ESP	3:44:59
3	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	MEX	3:48:30
4th	Oleg Ishutkin	RUS	3:50:04
5	Tomasz Lipíec	POLE	3:50:14
6th	Fumio Imamura	JPN	3:50:27 NBL
7th	Sylvain Caudron	FRA	3:51:17
8th	Arturo Di Mezza	ITA	3:51:33

Date: August 7th, 7:00 a.m.

high jump

→ Main article : 1997 World Athletics Championships / Men's high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Javier Sotomayor	CUB	2.37 WL
2	Artur Partyka	POLE	2.35
3	Tim Forsyth	OUT	2.35
4th	Steinar Hoen	NOR	2.32
	Dalton Grant	GBR	2.32
6th	Lambros papakostas	GRE	2.32
7th	Konstantin Matusevich	ISR	2.29
8th	Lee Jin-taek	COR	2.29

Final: August 6th, 6:10 pm

Pole vault

→ Main article : 1997 World Athletics Championships / Men's pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Serhiy Bubka	UKR	6.01 CR
2	Maxim Tarasov	RUS	5.96
3	Dean Starkey	United States	5.91
4th	Tim Lobinger	GER	5.80
5	Nick Buckfield	GBR	5.70
6th	Pat Manson	United States	5.70
7th	Vadim Strogalev	RUS	5.70
8th	Yevgeny Smiryagin	RUS	5.70

Final: August 10, 5:30 p.m.

Serhiy Bubka won his sixth consecutive title at the sixth World Athletics Championships.

Long jump

Iván Pedroso, the dominant long jumper of those years, won

→ Main article : 1997 World Athletics Championships / Men's Long Jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Iván Pedroso	CUB	8.42
2	Erick Walder	United States	8.38
3	Kirill Sossunov	RUS	8.18
4th	James Beckford	JAM	8.14
5	Nélson Carlos Ferreira	BRA	8.04
6th	Aljaksandr Hlawazki	BLR	8.03
7th	Tidiane Touré Cheikh	SEN	7.98
8th	Kevin Dilworth	United States	7.88

Final: August 5th, 7:00 p.m.

Triple jump

→ Main article : 1997 World Athletics Championships / Men's triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Yoelbi Quesada	CUB	17.85 WL
2	Jonathan Edwards	GBR	17.69
3	Aliecer Urrutia	CUB	17.64
4th	Denis Kapustin	RUS	17.59
5	Brian Wellman	BER	17.22
6th	Jérôme Romain	DMA	17.17
7th	Hrístos Melétoglou	GRE	17.12 NO
8th	Andrew Owusu	GHA	17.11

Final: August 8, 6:45 p.m.

Shot put

→ Main article : 1997 World Athletics Championships / Men's Shot Put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	John Godina	United States	21.44
2	Oliver-Sven Buder	GER	21.24
3	Cottrell J. Hunter	United States	20.33
4th	Jurij Bilonoh	UKR	20.26
5	Mika Halvari	FIN	20.13
6th	Roman Wirastyuk	UKR	20.12
7th	Kevin Toth	United States	20.02
8th	Michael Mertens	GER	19.91

Final: August 2nd, 7:10 pm

There was a doping case in the shot put:
The Ukrainian Oleksandr Bahatsch , who was initially proclaimed world champion , was convicted of doping abuse with ephedrine and disqualified.

Discus throw

Lars Riedel won his fourth World Cup title in a row

→ Main article : 1997 World Athletics Championships / Men's discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Lars Riedel	GER	68.54
2	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	66.70
3	Jürgen Schult	GER	66.14
4th	Uladsimir Dubrouschtschyk	BLR	66.12
5	John Godina	United States	65.40
6th	Andreas Seelig	GER	64.48
7th	Adam Setliff	United States	63.44
8th	Robert Weir	GBR	63.06

Final: August 10, 6:00 p.m.

Hammer throw

→ Main article : 1997 World Athletics Championships / Men's hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Heinz Weis	GER	81.78
2	Andrij Skwaruk	UKR	81.46
3	Vasily Sidorenko	RUS	80.76
4th	Baláz's Kiss	HUN	79.96
5	Ihar Astapkovich	BLR	79.70
6th	Ilya Konovalov	RUS	78.68
7th	Vadim Khersontsev	RUS	77.42
8th	Oleksandr Krykun	UKR	77.14

Final: August 3, 5:30 p.m.

Javelin throw

→ Main article : 1997 World Athletics Championships / Men's javelin

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Marius Corbett	RSA	88.40 AF
2	Steve Backley	GBR	86.80
3	Konstandinos Gatsioudis	GRE	86.64
4th	Mick Hill	GBR	86.54
5	Sergei Makarov	RUS	86.32
6th	Boris Henry	GER	84.54
7th	Emeterio González	CUB	83.56 NO
8th	Aki Parviainen	FIN	82.80

Final: August 5th, 6:40 p.m.

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  Tomáš Dvořák came here to his first big title win

Decathlon

→ Main article : 1997 World Athletics Championships / Men's Decathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Tomáš Dvořák	CZE	8837 CR
2	Eduard Hämäläinen	FIN	8730 NO
3	Frank Busemann	GER	8652
4th	Steve Fritz	United States	8463
5	Ramil Ganyev	UZB	8445 AS
6th	Erki Nool	EST	8413
7th	Stefan Schmid	GER	8360
8th	Mike Smith	CAN	8307

Date: 5th and 6th August

Results women

100 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1997/100 m women

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Marion Jones	United States	10.83 WL
2	Shanna Pinusevych	UKR	10.85 NO
3	Savatheda Fynes	BAH	11.03
4th	Christine Arron	FRA	11.05
5	Inger Miller	United States	11.18
6th	Melanie Paschke	GER	11.19
7th	Merlene Ottey	JAM	11.29
8th	Chryste Gaines	United States	11.32

Final: August 3, 9:35 p.m.

Wind: +0.4 m / s

200 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1997/200 m women

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Shanna Pinusevych	UKR	22.32
2	Susanthika Jayasinghe	SRI	22.39
3	Merlene Ottey	JAM	22.40
4th	Ekaterina Leschchowa	RUS	22.50
5	Inger Miller	United States	22.52
6th	Marina Trandenkowa	RUS	22.65
7th	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor	OUT	22.73
8th	Sylviane Félix	FRA	22.81

Final: August 8, 7:05 p.m.

Wind: -0.7 m / s

400 m

Cathy Freeman - world champion with a lead of two hundredths of a second

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1997/400 m women

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Cathy Freeman	OUT	49.77
2	Sandie Richards	JAM	49.79
3	Jearl Miles Clark	United States	49.90
4th	Grit Breuer	GER	50.06
5	Falilat Ogunkoya	NGR	50.27
6th	Helena Fuchsová	CZE	50.66
7th	Pauline Davis	BAH	50.68
8th	Tatyana Alexeyeva	RUS	51.37

Final: August 4th, 8:05 pm

800 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1997/800 m women

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ana Fidelia Quirot	CUB	1: 57.14
2	Jelena Afanassjewa	RUS	1: 57.56
3	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	MOZ	1: 57.59
4th	Letitia Vriesde	SUR	1: 58.12
5	Ludmila Formanová	CZE	1: 59.52
6th	Toni Hodgkinson	NZL	2: 00.40
7th	Joetta Clark	United States	2: 02.05
8th	Stella Jongmans	NED	2: 05.50

Final: August 9th, 6:10 pm

In the 800-meter race , there was a doping case:
The retired in the semifinals Russian Lyubov Zioma was positive for doping with stanozolol convicted and disqualified.

1500 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1997/1500 m for women

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Carla Sacramento	POR	4: 04.24
2	Regina Jacobs	United States	4: 04.63
3	Anita Weyermann	SUI	4: 04.70
4th	Maite Zúñiga	ESP	4: 04.80
5	Leah Pells	CAN	4: 06.18
6th	Andrea Šuldesová	CZE	4: 06.33
7th	Olga Nelyubova	RUS	4: 07.34
8th	Sonia O'Sullivan	IRL	4: 07.81

Final: August 5th, 7:40 pm

5000 m

World champion Gabriela Szabo added to her collection of medals

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1997/5000 m women

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Gabriela Szabo	ROME	14: 57.68
2	Roberta Brunet	ITA	14: 58.29
3	Fernanda Ribeiro	POR	14: 58.85
4th	Paula Radcliffe	GBR	15: 01.74
5	Lydia Cheromei	KEN	15: 07.88
6th	Liu Jianying	CHN	15: 10.64
7th	Libbie Hickman	United States	15: 11.15
8th	Harumi Hiroyama	JPN	15: 21.19

Final: August 9th, 8:30 p.m.

10,000 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1997 / women 10,000m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Sally Barsosio	KEN	31: 32.92
2	Fernanda Ribeiro	POR	31: 39.15
3	Masako Chiba	JPN	31: 41.93
4th	Berhane Adere	ETH	31: 48.95
5	Ren Xiujuan	CHN	31: 50.63
6th	Tegla Loroupe	KEN	32: 00.93
7th	Yang Siju	CHN	32: 01.61
8th	Colleen De Reuck	RSA	32: 03.81

Final: August 5th, 7:55 pm

marathon

→ Main article : 1997 World Athletics Championships / Women's marathon

space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Hiromi Suzuki	JPN	2:29:48
2	Maria Manuela Machado	POR	2:31:12
3	Lidia Șimon	ROME	2:31:55
4th	Takako Tobise	JPN	2:32:18
5	Ornella Ferrara	ITA	2:33:10
6th	Iris Biba	GER	2:34:06
7th	Sonja Krolik	GER	2:35:28
8th	Franziska Rochat-Moser	SUI	2:36:16

Date: August 9, 8:05 a.m.

Marathon cup

→ Main article : 1997 World Athletics Championships / Women's marathon

space	country	Athletes	Time (h)
1	Japan	Hiromi Suzuki Takako Tobise Nobuko Fujimura	7:38:57
2	Romania	Lidia Șimon Anuța Cătună Aurica Buia	7:52:18
3	Italy	Ornella Ferrara Franca Fiacconi Laura Fogli	7:56:31
4th	Germany	Iris Biba Sonja Krolik Manuela Veith	7:58:19
5	France	Christine Mallo Maryse Le Gallo Evelyne Mura	8:11:00
6th	Great Britain	Angharad Mair Sally Goldsmith Danielle Sanderson	8:15:54
7th	Russia	Yelena Razdrogina Anfisa Kosacheva Irina Timofejewa	8:20:07
8th	Ethiopia	Elfenesh Alemu Asselefech Assefa Alemitu Bekele	8:25:00

Date: August 10, 8:05 a.m.

There was also a team ranking in the marathon. Five runners per nation were allowed, and the times of the best three were added together. However, the competition was not part of the official medal table.

100 m hurdles

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1997/100 m hurdles for women

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Ludmila Engquist	SWE	12.50
2	Svetla Dimitrova	BUL	12.58
3	Michelle Freeman	JAM	12.61
4th	Brigita Bukovec	SLO	12.69
5	Dionne Rose	JAM	12.87
6th	Keturah Anderson	CAN	12.88
7th	Svetlana Lauchowa	RUS	12.98
DSQ	Patricia Girard	FRA	IAAF Rule 162.8 - false start

Final: August 10, 8:35 p.m.

Wind: -0.3 m / s

400 m hurdles

Nezha Bidouane won with an African record

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1997/400 m hurdles for women

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Nezha Bidouane	MAR	52.97 AF
2	Deon Hemmings	JAM	53.09
3	Kim Batten	United States	53.52
4th	Tetiana Tereshchuk	UKR	53.81 NO
5	Debbie-Ann Parris	JAM	54.19
6th	Tonja Buford-Bailey	United States	54.77
7th	Susan Smith	IRL	55.25
8th	Andrea Blackett	BAR	55.63

Final: August 8th, 8:00 p.m.

4 × 100 m relay

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1997/4 × 100 women

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Chryste Gaines Marion Jones Inger Miller Gail Devers	41.47 CR
2	Jamaica	Beverly McDonald Merlene Frazer Juliet Cuthbert Beverly Grant	42.10
3	France	Patricia Girard (final) Christine Arron Delphine Combe Sylviane Félix in the run-up also: Frédérique Bangué	42.21 NO
4th	Germany	Melanie Paschke Esther Möller Birgit Rockmeier Andrea Philipp	42.44
5	Russia	Olga Powtarjowa Galina Maltschugina Marina Trandenkowa Jekaterina Leschchowa	42.50
6th	Bahamas	Eldece Clarke Savatheda Fynes Debbie Ferguson Pauline Davis	42.77
7th	Nigeria	Beatrice Utondu Endurance Ojokolo Angela Atede Falilat Ogunkoya (final) in the preliminary also: Chioma Ajunwa	43.27
8th	People's Republic of China	Pei Fang Yan Jiankui Liu Xiaomei Li Xuemei	43.32

Final: August 9th, 9:10 pm

4 × 400 m relay

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1997/4 × 400 women

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Germany	Anke Feller Uta Rohländer Anja Rücker Grit Breuer	3: 20.92 WL
2	United States	Maicel Malone Kim Graham Kim Batten (final) Jearl Miles Clark (final) in the preliminary run also: Michele Collins Natasha Kaiser-Brown	3: 21.03
3	Jamaica	Inez Turner Lorraine Graham Deon Hemmings (final) Sandie Richards in the run-up also: Nadia Graham	3: 21.30 NO
4th	Russia	Tatiana Tschebykina Olga Kotljarowa Jekaterina Kulikowa Tatiana Alexejewa (final) in the preliminary run also: Julia Tarasenko	3: 21.57
5	Czech Republic	Nadezda Kostovalová Ludmila Formanová Hana Benešová Helena Fuchsová	3: 23.73
6th	Great Britain	Allison Curbishley Michelle Pierre Michelle Thomas Donna Fraser	3: 26.27
7th	Nigeria	Olabisi Afolabi Fatima Yusuf (final) Doris Jacob Falilat Ogunkoya in the preliminary also: Saidat Onanuga	3: 30.04
8th	Italy	Patrizia Spuri Francesca Carbone Carla Barbarino (final) Virna De Angeli in the preliminary run also: Danielle Perpoli	3: 30.63

Final: August 10, 8:15 p.m.

10 km walking

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1997/10 km women's walking

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Annarita Sidoti	ITA	42: 55.49 WL
2	Wolha Kardapolzawa	BLR	43: 30.20
3	Valyanzina Zybulskaya	BLR	43: 49.24
4th	Liu Hongyu	CHN	43: 56.86
5	Erica Alfridi	ITA	43: 59.73
6th	Anikó Szebenszky	HUN	44: 14.94
7th	Gu Yan	CHN	44: 24.17
8th	Anita Liepina	LAT	45: 00.56

Date: August 7th, 6:00 p.m.

The walking competition was overshadowed by a doping case:
the Russian Olimpiada Iwanowa , initially a silver medalist, was convicted of doping with steroids and was disqualified.

high jump

→ Main article : 1997 World Athletics Championships / Women's high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Hanne Haugland	NOR	1.96 - in the jump-off: 1.99
2	Olga Kaliturina	RUS	1.96
	Inha Babakowa	UKR	1.96
4th	Yulia Lyachova	RUS	1.96
5	Kajsa Bergqvist	SWE	1.93
	Tatiana Motkova	RUS	1.93
7th	Antonella Bevilacqua	ITA	1.93
	Alina Astafei	GER	1.93
	Britta Bilač	SLO	1.93

Final: August 10, 6:00 p.m.

After the jump height of 1.99 m could not be jumped by anyone with the regular three attempts, Hanne Haugland, Olga Kaliturina and Inha Babakowa, who were now tied in the competition up to 1.96 m without failed attempts, went into a jump-off. Hanne Haugland was the only one to jump the 1.99 m again and was thus world champion. Olga Kaliturina and Inha Babakowa took second place together. Julija Lyachowa came after the correctly applied failed attempt rule with also skipped 1.96 m in the thankless fourth place. She had only made the last altitude on the third attempt.

Long jump

→ Main article : 1997 World Athletics Championships / Women's Long Jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Lyudmila Galkina	RUS	7.05 WL
2	Niki Xanthou	GRE	6.94
3	Fiona May	ITA	6.91
4th	Heike Drechsler	GER	6.89
5	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	United States	6.79
6th	Susen Tiedtke	GER	6.78
7th	Viktoria Vershynina	UKR	6.71
8th	Erica Johansson	SWE	6.64

Final: August 9, 6:25 p.m.

After the Olympic bronze in 1996 there was now World Cup gold for Šárka Kašpárková

Triple jump

→ Main article : 1997 World Athletics Championships / Women's triple jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Šárka Kašpárková	CZE	15.20 WL
2	Rodica Mateescu	ROME	15.16 NO
3	Olena Howorova	UKR	14.67
4th	Olga Vasdeki	GRE	14.62 NO
5	Ashia Hansen	GBR	14.49
6th	Teresa Marinova	BUL	14.34
7th	Jeļena Blaževiča	LAT	14.06
8th	Betty Lise	FRA	14.03

Final: August 4th, 7:30 p.m.

There was one doping case in this competition: Oksana Zelinskaya , a Kazakh who was
eliminated in the qualification, was convicted of having doped with ephedrine after her competition and was disqualified.

Shot put

→ Main article : 1997 World Athletics Championships / Women's shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Astrid Kumbernuss	GER	20.71
2	Wita Pavlysch	UKR	20.66
3	Stephanie Storp	GER	19.22
4th	Huang Zhihong	CHN	19.15
5	Connie Price-Smith	United States	19.00
6th	Li Meisu	CHN	18.62
7th	Nadine Kleinert	GER	18.42
8th	Krystyna Danilczyk	POLE	17.83

Final: August 7th, 6:30 p.m.

Discus throw

→ Main article : 1997 World Athletics Championships / Women's discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Beatrice Faumuina	NZL	66.82
2	Elina Swerava	BLR	65.90
3	Natalia Sadova	RUS	65.14
4th	Larissa Korotkewitsch	RUS	63.02
5	Iryna Yatchanka	BLR	62.58
6th	Teresa Machado	POR	62.00
7th	Stella Tsikouna	GRE	61.92
8th	Agnese Maffeis	ITA	61.40

Final: August 7th, 6:10 pm

Javelin throw

→ Main article : 1997 World Athletics Championships / women's javelin

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Trine Hattestad	NOR	68.78
2	Joanna Stone	OUT	68.64
3	Tanja Damaske	GER	67.12
4th	Mikaela Ingberg	FIN	66.00
5	Felicia Țilea	ROME	64.90
6th	Sonia Bisset	CUB	63.80
7th	Osleidys Menéndez	CUB	63.76
8th	Tatiana Schikolenko	RUS	63.76

Final: August 9th, 7:10 pm

Heptathlon

→ Main article : 1997 World Athletics Championships / Women's Heptathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Sabine Braun	GER	6739
2	Denise Lewis	GBR	6654
3	Remigija Nazarovienė	LTU	6566
4th	Urszula Włodarczyk	POLE	6542
5	Natallia Sasanovich	BLR	6428
6th	Mona Steigauf	GER	6406
7th	Le Shundra Nathan	United States	6298
8th	Irina Vostrikova	RUS	6277

Date: 3rd and 4th August

Web links

• 6th IAAF World Championships in Athletics at iaaf.org, accessed June 12, 2020
• Athletics VI World Championship 1997 Athens (GRE) on todor66.com, accessed June 12, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 100 m, Athens 1997 (PDF 10.3 MB), English, accessed on June 12, 2020
• Results of all Athletics World Championships Athens 1997 on sportschau.de, accessed on June 12, 2020
• Athletics. World Champion - Medal Winner on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on June 12, 2020
• World Athletics Championships 1997 in Athens, Greece ifosta.de, accessed on June 12, 2020

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} US runner Pettigrew faces severe punishment , Handelsblatt November 21, 2008, accessed June 19, 2020
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} First doping case of the World Cup , Rhein Zeitung August 10, 1997, accessed on June 22, 2020
3. ↑ ^{a b} The Doping Excuses Hall of Fame on wired.com (English), accessed on June 20, 2020
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Ivanova stripped of silver after positive drug test on apnews.com, August 10, 1997 (English), accessed on June 29, 2020
5. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 120 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on June 19, 2020
6. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 86f (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on July 1, 2020