1997 World Championships in Athletics
The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Amateur Athletic Federation, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10, 1997. In this event participated 1882 athletes from 198 participant nations.[1] Despite several attempts to sabotage,Athens used the successful organization of the World Championships to prove their capacity during the next IOC Session held the following month in Lausanne as a triumph and key event during the final stretch of the process to choose the city who hosted 2004 Summer Olympics. The success of the event showed the Greece abilities and readiness to organize large-scale, international sporting events.
Host city | Athens, Greece |
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Nations | 198 |
Athletes | 1882 |
Dates | 1–10 August 1997 |
Opened by | President Konstantinos Stephanopoulos |
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 four athletes from the same country to compete in an individual event in some cases.[2]
Men's results
editTrack
edit1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
- nb1 The United States (Jerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Chris Jones, and Tyree Washington) originally won the 4 × 400 m relay in 2:56.47, but were disqualified in 2009 after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to using HGH and EPO between 1997 and 2003.[3]
Field
edit1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump |
Javier Sotomayor |
2.37 m WL | Artur Partyka |
2.35 m | Tim Forsyth |
2.35 m |
Pole vault |
Sergey Bubka |
6.01 m CR/WL | Maksim Tarasov |
5.96 m | Dean Starkey |
5.91 m |
Long jump |
Iván Pedroso |
8.42 m | Erick Walder |
8.38 m | Kirill Sosunov |
8.18 m |
Triple jump |
Yoelbi Quesada |
17.85 m WL/NR | Jonathan Edwards |
17.69 m | Aliecer Urrutia |
17.64 m |
Shot put [nb2] |
John Godina |
21.44 m | Oliver-Sven Buder |
21.24 m | C.J. Hunter |
20.33 m |
Discus throw |
Lars Riedel |
68.54 m | Virgilijus Alekna |
66.70 m | Jürgen Schult |
66.14 m |
Hammer throw |
Heinz Weis |
81.78 m | Andriy Skvaruk |
81.46 m | Vasiliy Sidorenko |
80.76 m |
Javelin throw |
Marius Corbett |
88.40 m AR | Steve Backley |
86.80 m | Kostas Gatsioudis |
86.64 m |
Decathlon |
Tomáš Dvořák |
8837 pts CR/WL/NR | Eduard Hämäläinen |
8730 pts NR | Frank Busemann |
8652 pts |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
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- nb2 Aleksandr Bagach of Ukraine originally won the shot put with 21.47 m, but was disqualified after he tested positive for steroids.
Women's results
editTrack
edit1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Field
edit1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump |
Hanne Haugland |
1.99 m | Olga Kaliturina Inha Babakova |
1.96 m | Not awarded | |
Long jump |
Lyudmila Galkina |
7.05 m WL/PB | Niki Xanthou |
6.94 m | Fiona May |
6.91 m |
Triple jump |
Šárka Kašpárková |
15.20 m WL/NR) | Rodica Mateescu |
15.16 m NR | Olena Hovorova |
14.67 m PB |
Shot put |
Astrid Kumbernuss |
20.71 m | Vita Pavlysh |
20.66 m | Stephanie Storp |
19.22 m |
Discus throw |
Beatrice Faumuina |
66.82 m | Ellina Zvereva |
65.90 m | Natalya Sadova |
65.14 m |
Javelin throw |
Trine Hattestad |
68.78 m | Joanna Stone |
68.64 m PB | Tanja Damaske |
67.12 m PB |
Heptathlon |
Sabine Braun |
6739 pts | Denise Lewis |
6654 pts | Remigija Nazarovienė |
6566 pts |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
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Medal table
edit* Host nation (Greece)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | |
2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
27 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
28 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Totals (41 entries) | 44 | 45 | 43 | 132 |
References
edit- ^ [1]. Accessed 2009-04-03. 2009-05-10.
- ^ Rosenthal, Bert (2 August 1997). "Johnson can't wait to compete". The Stuart News. p. 31. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ "Results". www2.iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2022.