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Encyclopedia > 1997 World Championships in Athletics

The 6th 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, 1997. The World Championships in Athletics is an event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations. ... The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics (known in the US as track and field). It was founded in 1912 at its first Congress in Stockholm, Sweden by representatives from 17 national athletics federations as the International Amateur Athletics Federation. ... The Olympic Stadium (Greek: Ολυμπιακό Στάδιο) (also known as the Athens Olympic Stadium, and Spiridon Spiros Louis Stadium, named after the man to win the first Olympic marathon race) in 1896, is a stadium that is part of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. ... Athens is the largest and the capital city of Greece, located in the Attica periphery. ... is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ...

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Men's results

Track

1993 |1995 |1997 |1999 |2001 The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, Stuttgart, Germany between August 13 and August 22. ... The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden between August 5 and August 13. ... The 7th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and August 29. ... The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between August 3 and August 12 and was the first time the event had visited North America. ...

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
100 m Maurice Greene
 United States
9.86 Donovan Bailey
 Canada
9.91 Tim Montgomery
 United States
9.94
200 m Ato Boldon
 Trinidad and Tobago
20.04 Frankie Fredericks
 Namibia
20.23 Claudinei da Silva
 Brazil
20.26
400 m Michael Johnson
 United States
44.12 Davis Kamoga
 Uganda
44.37
NR
Tyree Washington
 United States
44.39
PB
800 m Wilson Kipketer
 Denmark
1:43.38 Norberto Téllez
 Cuba
1:44.00
SB
Rich Kenah
 United States
1:44.25
PB
1500 m Hicham El Guerrouj
 Morocco
3:35.83 Fermín Cacho
 Spain
3:36.63 Reyes Estévez
 Spain
3:37.26
5000 m Daniel Komen
 Kenya
13:07.38 Khalid Boulami
 Morocco
13:09.34 Tom Nyariki
 Kenya
13:11.09
10,000 m Haile Gebrselassie
 Ethiopia
27:24.58 Paul Tergat
 Kenya
27:25.62
SB
Salah Hissou
 Morocco
27:28.67
PB
Marathon Abel Antón
 Spain
2:13:16 Martín Fiz
 Spain
2:13:21 Steve Moneghetti
 Australia
2:14:16
110 m hurdles Allen Johnson
 United States
12.93
WL
Colin Jackson
 United Kingdom
13.05
SB
Igor Kovác
 Slovakia
13.18
SB
400 m hurdles Stéphane Diagana
 France
47.70
WL
Herbert Llewellyn
 South Africa
47.86
NR
Bryan Bronson
 United States
47.88
3000 m steeplechase Wilson Boit Kipketer
 Kenya
8:05.84 Moses Kiptanui
 Kenya
8:06.04 Bernard Barmasai
 Kenya
8:06.04
20 km walk Daniel García
 Mexico
1:21:43 Mikhail Shchennikov
 Russia
1:21:53 Mikhail Khmelnitskiy
 Belarus
1:22:01
50 km walk Robert Korzeniowski
 Poland
3:44:46 Jesús Ángel García
 Spain
3:44:59 Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
 Mexico
3:48:30
4 × 100 m Robert Esmie,
Glenroy Gilbert,
Bruny Surin,
Donovan Bailey
 Canada
37.86
WL
Osmond Ezinwa,
Olapade Adeniken,
Francis Obikwelu,
Davidson Ezinwa
 Nigeria
38.07 Darren Braithwaite,
Darren Campbell,
Douglas Walker,
Julian Golding
 United Kingdom
38.14
SB
4 × 400 m Jerome Young,
Antonio Pettigrew,
Chris Jones,
Tyree Washington
 United States
2:56.47
WL
Iwan Thomas,
Roger Black,
Jamie Baulch,
Mark Richardson
 United Kingdom
2:56.65
SB
Michael McDonald,
Greg Haughton,
Danny McFarlane,
Davian Clarke
 Jamaica
2:56.75
NR

AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record Sprints are short running races in athletics. ... Maurice Greene (born July 23, 1974) is an American sprinter in athletics, who holds several world records and Olympic medals. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Donovan Bailey (born December 16, 1967) is a Canadian former athlete. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Timothy Montgomery (born January 25, 1975) is a former American athlete and 100 m record holder. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Sprints are short running races in athletics. ... Ato Boldon (born December 30, 1973) is an athlete from Trinidad and Tobago, a four-time Olympic medal winner. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago. ... Frank Fredericks (born October 2, 1967) is a Namibian athlete, the first and so far only Olympic medalist of his country. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Namibia. ... Claudinei Quirino da Silva (born November 19, 1970 in Lençóis Paulista) is a Brazilian sprinter competing mostly in 200 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Sprints are short running races in athletics. ... Michael Duane Johnson (born September 13, 1967) is a retired American sprinter who holds world records in the 200 m, 400 m and 4 x 400 m relay (2:54. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Davis Kamoga is a Ugandan athlete competing in 400m. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Uganda. ... Tyree Washington (born: August 28, 1974) in Riverside, California, United States of America is an African American athlete. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including) 5000 meters. ... Wilson Kipketer (born December 12, 1970) is a Danish former middle distance runner. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Norberto Téllez (born January 22, 1972 in Rodas, Cienfuegos) is a retired Cuban runner. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Rich Kenah (born 1970) is a former US middle distance runner who won bronze medals over 800 metres at the 1997 World Indoor Championships and at the World Championships in Athens. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including) 5000 meters. ... Hicham El Guerrouj (Arabic: هشام الكروج, born September 14, 1974, Berkane) is a retired Moroccan middle distance runner. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Morocco. ... Fermín Cacho Ruiz (born February 16, 1969) is a Spanish athlete, winner of the 1500 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Reyes Esteves is a Spanish 1500m runner who won the European Championships final 1998 in Budapest. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Long-distance track event races requires runners to balance their energy. ... Daniel Kipngetich Komen (born May 17, 1976 in Marakwet District) is a Kenyan runner and is the first (and thus far only) man to achieve back-to-back sub-four minute miles on his way to clocking a world record 7:58. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Khalid Boulami (born August 7, 1969) is a former long-distance runner from Morocco. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Morocco. ... Tom (Thomas) Nyariki (born September 27, 1971 in Nyamira) is a long-distance runner from Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Long-distance track event races requires runners to balance their energy. ... Haile Gebrselassie (Geez haylÄ“ gebre silassÄ“; born April 18, 1973) is a long distance track and road running athlete born as one of ten children in Asella, Arsi Province, Ethiopia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ethiopia. ... Paul Tergat breaks marathon record at Berlin Paul Kibii Tergat (born June 17, 1969) is a Kenyan professional athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Salah Hissou (born January 16, 1972 in Ait Taghia) is a Moroccan long-distance runner who won the gold medal over 5000m at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in Seville. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Morocco. ... Modern day marathon runners The word marathon refers to a long-distance road running event of 42. ... Abel Antón Rodrigo (born October 24, 1962 in Ojuel, Soria) is a Spanish long-distance runner, who won gold medals in the marathon at the 1997 and the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Martin Fiz is a Spanish long-distance runner who won the marathon at the 1994 European Championships in Athletics in Helsinki and repeated his success at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Steve Moneghetti (born September 26, 1962 in the town of Ballarat, Victoria) is a long-distance runner from Australia, who was not considered to be a good runner in primary school as he never managed to win a single medal. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Hurdling In track and field athletics there are sprint hurdle races and long hurdle races. ... Allen K. Johnson (born March 1, 1971) is a hurdling athlete and won Olympic Gold in the 110 metre high hurdles at the 1996 games in Atlanta, Georgia. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Colin Ray Jackson CBE (born February 18, 1967 in Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh sprint and hurdling athlete of Jamaican and distant Scottish ancestry, who now works as a sports commentator and television presenter predominantly for the BBC. // Jackson attended Llanedeyrn High School playing football and cricket for the county... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovakia. ... Hurdling In track and field athletics there are sprint hurdle races and long hurdle races. ... Stéphane Diagana (born July 23, 1969 in Saint-Affrique) is a former French athlete who won the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens over 400 metres hurdles. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The steeplechase is an obstacle race in athletics (track and field), which derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing. ... Wilson Boit Kipketer (born: October 6, 1973 in Kenya, one of twelve children) is a middle and long distance athlete most widely known for running the 3000 m steeplechase. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Moses Kiptanui (born: October 1, 1970 in Marakwet, Kenya) is a middle and long distance athlete mostly famous for 3000  m steeplechase in which he was the number one ranked athlete from 1991 to 1995. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Bernard Barmasai (b. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Mens 20 km walk during the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland. ... Daniel García (born October 28, 1971) is a Mexican race walker. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Mikhail Shchennikov (born December 24, 1967 in Sverdlovsk) is a Russian race walker. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Mikhail Khmelnitskiy (born 24 July 1969) is a race walker who represented the USSR and later Belarus. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belarus. ... Mens 20 km walk during the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland. ... Robert Korzeniowski (born July 30, 1968 in Lubaczow, Poland) is a Polish racewalker. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ... Jesús Ángel García (born October 17, 1969 in Madrid) is a Spanish race walker. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Miguel Angel Rodríguez (born January 5, 1967 in Chihuahua) is a Mexican race walker. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... During a relay race, members of a team take turns swimming or running (usually with a baton) parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. ... Robert Esmie (born July 5, 1972) is a Canadian athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. ... Glenroy John Gilbert (born August 31, 1968) is a former Canadian athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. ... Bruny Surin (born July 12, 1967) is a former Canadian athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. ... Donovan Bailey (born December 16, 1967) is a Canadian former athlete. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Osmond Ezinwa (born November 22, 1971) is a former sprinter from Nigeria. ... Olapade Adeniken (born 19 August 1969 in Osagbo) is a retired Nigerian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres. ... Francis Obiorah Obikwelu, born November 22, 1978 in Nigeria and a Portuguese citizen since 2001, is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 m and 200 m, who finished second in the 100 m at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, the first medal ever in athletics sprinting events for... Davidson Ezinwa (born November 22, 1971) is a former sprinter from Nigeria who won a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics as well as a silver medal at the 1997 World Championships, both in 4 x 100 metres relay . ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nigeria. ... was a sprinter and member of various British and commonwealth track and field teams ... Darren Campbell (born September 12, 1973) is an English sprint athlete. ... Douglas Walker, commonly known as Dougie Walker (born July 28, 1973, Inverness), is a former Scottish sprinter. ... Julian Golding (born February 17, 1975 in London) is an English sprinter. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... During a relay race, members of a team take turns swimming or running (usually with a baton) parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. ... Jerome Young (born: August 14, 1976) in Clarendon, Jamaica, attended high school in Hartford, Connecticut at Prince Technical, is a sprint athlete. ... Antonio Pettigrew was a 2000 Olympic Gold medalist in the Mens 4x400 meter relay for the United States. ... Tyree Washington (born: August 28, 1974) in Riverside, California, United States of America is an African American athlete. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Iwan Thomas (born 5th January 1974) is an Olympic Athlete. ... Roger Anthony Black MBE (born 31 March 1966) is a former Olympic athlete and now works as a television presenter and motivational speaker. ... Jamie Steven Baulch (born May 3, 1973 in Nottingham, England) is a British sprint athlete. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Michael McDonald (born 17 March 1975) was a Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. ... Greg Haughton (born November 10, 1973 in Saint Mary, Jamaica) is a 400 metres runner who has won numerous international medals in individual and relay contests. ... Danny McFarlane (born February 14, 1972) is a Jamaican hurdler, who has won numerous international medals in individual and relay contests. ... Davian Clarke (born April 30, 1976) is a Jamaican athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ...

Field

1993 |1995 |1997 |1999 |2001 | The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, Stuttgart, Germany between August 13 and August 22. ... The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden between August 5 and August 13. ... The 7th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and August 29. ... The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between August 3 and August 12 and was the first time the event had visited North America. ...

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
High Jump Javier Sotomayor
 Cuba
2.37
WL
Artur Partyka
 Poland
2.35
SB
Tim Forsyth
 Australia
2.35
Pole Vault Sergey Bubka
 Ukraine
6.01
CR WL
Maksim Tarasov
 Russia
5.96 Dean Starkey
 United States
5.91
SB
Long Jump Iván Pedroso
 Cuba
8.42
SB
Erick Walder
 United States
8.38
SB
Kirill Sosunov
 Russia
8.18
SB
Triple Jump Yoelbi Quesada
 Cuba
17.85
WL NR
Jonathan Edwards
 United Kingdom
17.69 Aliecer Urrutia
 Cuba
17.64
SB
Shot Put John Godina
 United States
21.44 Oliver-Sven Buder
 Germany
21.24 C. J. Hunter
 United States
20.33
Discus throw Lars Riedel
 Germany
68.54 Virgilijus Alekna
 Lithuania
66.70
SB
Jürgen Schult
 Germany
66.14
SB
Hammer throw Heinz Weis
 Germany
81.78 Andriy Skvaruk
 Ukraine
81.46
SB
Alexey Sidorenko
 Russia
80.76
SB
Javelin throw Marius Corbett
 South Africa
88.40
AR
Steve Backley
 United Kingdom
86.80 Kostas Gatsioudis
 Greece
86.64
Decathlon Tomáš Dvořák
 Czech Republic
8837
CR WL NR
Eduard Hämäläinen
 Finland
8730 Frank Busemann
 Germany
8652

AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record Gold medal winner Ethel Catherwood of Canada scissors over the bar at the 1928 Summer Olympics. ... Javier Sotomayor (born October 13, 1967), 1. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Artur Partyka of Poland is one of the greatest high jumpers of all time. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ... Tim Forsyth, Geographer, is here Tim Forsyth (born August 17, 1973 in Mirboo North) is a retired Australian high jumper. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Pole vaulting is an athletic event where a person uses a long, flexible pole (usually made either of fiberglass or carbon fiber) as an aid to leap over a bar. ... Sergey Bubka (Сергій Бубка) (born 14 December 1963 in Voroshilovgrad U.S.S.R., today Luhansk, Ukraine) is an Ukrainian (and former Soviet) athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... Maksim Tarasov (born 2 December 1970 in Yaroslavl) is a retired pole vaulter who represented the USSR, the Unified Team, and later Russia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Dean Starkey (born March 27, 1967 in Parkridge, Illinois) is an American pole vaulter. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Long jumper at the GE Money Grand Prix in Helsinki, July 2005. ... Iván Lázaro Pedroso Soler (born December 17, 1972 in La Habana) is a Cuban athlete specializing in long jump. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Erick Walder (born 5 November 1971 in Mobile, Alabama) is an American long jumper. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Kirill Sosunov (born November 1, 1975 in Ryazan) is a Russian long jumper. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... The triple jump is an athletics (track and field) event, previously also known as hop, step and jump, whose various names describe the actions a competitor takes. ... Yoelbi Quesada (born August 4, 1973 in Sancti Spiritus) is a Cuban athlete competing mostly in triple jump. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Jonathan David Edwards CBE (born May 10, 1966 in London, England) is a former British triple jumper and widely regarded as the finest triple jumper of all time. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Aliecer Urrutia (born September 22, 1974) is a former triple jumper from Cuba Having set a personal best of 17. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Shot put The shot put is an athletics (track and field) event involving putting (throwing in a pushing motion) a heavy metal ball (called the shot) as far as possible. ... John Godina (born May 31, 1972 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma) is an American shot putter, whose record includes three World Championship wins and two Olympic medals. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Oliver-Sven Buder (born June 23, 1966 in Erlabrunn, Saxony) is a German track and field athlete, who in the 1990s belong to the best shot-putters in the world. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Cottrell J. Hunter, III (born December 14, 1968, in Washington, D.C.) is a former American shot putter and coach. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Statue of discus thrower in Botanic Garden, Copenhagen, Denmark The Discus throw is an athletic throwing event in track and field competition. ... Lars Riedel (born June 28, 1967 in Zwickau) is a successful German discus thrower. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Virgilijus Alekna is a famous Lithuanian athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Lithuania. ... Jürgen Schult (born May 11, 1960 in Amt Neuhaus, Lower Saxony) is a German track and field athlete, who represented East Germany in the 1988 Olympic competition in the discus throw on October 1, 1988, where he won the gold medal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy steel ball attached with wire (maximum 4 ft (1. ... Heinz Weis (born July 14, 1963 in Trier) is a former hammer thrower from Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Andriy Skvaruk (born 9 March 1967 in Brodivski) is a Ukrainian hammer thrower, whos personal best throw is 82. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Marius Corbett (born September 26, 1975 in Potchefstroom) is a South African javelin thrower. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ... Stephen James (Steve) Backley (born February 12, 1969) is a former British athlete specialising in the javelin. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... ‎Konstadinos Gatsioudis (born 17 December 1973 in Didymotihou) is a Greek javelin thrower. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece. ... // The Decathlon Day 1: 100 m long jump shot put High Jump 400 m Day 2: 110m hurdles discus throw pole vault javelin throw 1500 m Decathlon sprouted from the ancient game pentathlon. ... Tomáš Dvořák (born May 11th, 1972 in Zlín) is an athlete from the Czech Republic. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic. ... Eduard Hämäläinen (born January 21, 1969 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan) is a former decathlete from Finland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ... Frank Busemann (born February 26, 1975 in Recklinghausen) is a former German decathlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ...

Women's Results

Track

1993 |1995 |1997 |1999 |2001 The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, Stuttgart, Germany between August 13 and August 22. ... The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden between August 5 and August 13. ... The 7th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and August 29. ... The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between August 3 and August 12 and was the first time the event had visited North America. ...

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
100 m Marion Jones
 United States
10.83
WL
Zhanna Pintusevich
 Ukraine
10.85
NR
Sevatheda Fynes
 Bahamas
11.03
PB
200 m Zhanna Pintusevich
 Ukraine
22.32 Susanthika Jayasinghe
 Sri Lanka
22.39 Merlene Ottey
 Jamaica
22.40
400 m Cathy Freeman
 Australia
49.77 Sandie Richards
 Jamaica
49.79
PB
Jearl Miles-Clark
 United States
49.90
800 m Ana Fidelia Quirot
 Cuba
1:57.14 Yelena Afanasyeva
 Russia
1:57.56 Maria Mutola
 Mozambique
1:57.59
1500 m Carla Sacramento
 Portugal
4:04.24
SB
Regina Jacobs
 United States
4:04.63 Anita Weyermann
 Switzerland
4:04.70
SB
5000 m Gabriela Szabó
 Romania
14:57.68 Roberta Brunet
 Italy
14:58.29
SB
Fernanda Ribeiro
 Portugal
14:58.85
10,000 m Sally Barsosio
 Kenya
31:32.92
WJR
Fernanda Ribeiro
 Portugal
31:39.15
SB
Masako Chiba
 Japan
31:41.93
Marathon Hiromi Suzuki
 Japan
2:29:48 Manuela Machado
 Portugal
2:31:12 Lidia Slavuteanu-Simon
 Romania
2:31:55
100 m hurdles Ludmila Engquist
 Sweden
12.50
SB
Svetla Dimitrova
 Bulgaria
12.58 Michelle Freeman
 Jamaica
12.61
400 m hurdles Nezha Bidouane
 Morocco
52.97
AR
Deon Hemmings
 Jamaica
53.09
SB
Kim Batten
 United States
53.52
4 × 100 m Chryste Gaines,
Marion Jones,
Inger Miller,
Gail Devers
 United States
41.47
CR AR
Beverly McDonald,
Merlene Frazer,
Juliet Cuthbert,
Beverly Grant
 Jamaica
42.10
SB
Patricia Girard,
Christine Arron,
Delphine Combe,
Sylviane Félix
 France
42.21
NR
4 × 400 m Anke Feller,
Uta Rohlände,
Anja Rücker,
Grit Breuer
 Germany
3:20.92
WL
Maicel Malone-Wallace,
Kim Graham,
Kim Batten,
Jearl Miles-Clark
 United States
3:21.03
SB
Inez Turner,
Lorraine Fenton,
Deon Hemmings,
Sandie Richards
 Jamaica
3:21.30
NR

AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record Sprints are short running races in athletics. ... Marion Jones (born October 12, 1975 in Los Angeles, California) is an American athlete of half Belizean and half African American descent. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Zhanna Pintusevich-Block (née Tarnopolskaya) (Ukrainian: Жанна Пинтусевич Блок; born July 6, 1972, in Nezhin, Ukraine) is a sprinter who has competed in the Olympic Games. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... Sevatheda Fynes (born October 17, 1974) is a Track and Field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Bahamas. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Bahamas. ... Sprints are short running races in athletics. ... Zhanna Pintusevich-Block (née Tarnopolskaya) (Ukrainian: Жанна Пинтусевич Блок; born July 6, 1972, in Nezhin, Ukraine) is a sprinter who has competed in the Olympic Games. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... Susanthika Jayasinghe (born December 17, 1975 in Atnawala, Sri Lanka) is a sprint athlete specializing in the 100 and 200 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sri_Lanka. ... Image:Merlene Ottey. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... Sprints are short running races in athletics. ... Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman OAM (born February 16, 1973) is an Australian athlete who is particularly associated with the 400 m race. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Sandie Richards (born November 6, 1968 in Clarendon Park, Jamaica) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for the Jamaica. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... Jearl Miles-Clark (born September 4, 1966). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including) 5000 meters. ... Ana Fidelia Quirot (born March 23, 1963, Santiago de Cuba) is an athlete from Cuba who specialised in the 800m but was also successful over 400m. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Yelena Afanasyeva (born March 1, 1967) was a Russian athlete who competed in the 800 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Maria de Lurdes Mutola (born October 27, 1972 in Maputo) is an athlete from Mozambique who has specialised in the 800 m. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mozambique. ... Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including) 5000 meters. ... Carla Cristina Paquete Sacramento (born 10 December 1971, São Sebastião da Pedreira) is a middle distance runner from Portugal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... Regina Jacobs (born August 28, 1963) is a former middle distance runner from the United States, who represented her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... Long-distance track event races requires runners to balance their energy. ... Gabriela Szabó (born November 14, 1975 in BistriÅ£a) is a Romanian track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in 5000 m and winner of bronze and silver medals in 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in 1500 m, respectively. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Romania. ... Roberta Brunet (born May 20, 1965 in Aosta) is a former middle distance runner from Italy who won a bronze medal in the 5,000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics, silver medal in the same discipline at the 1997 World Championships et bronze medal in the 3,000 metres... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Maria Fernanda Moreira Ribeiro (born June 23rd, 1969), a long-distance runner, born in Penafiel, Portugal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... Long-distance track event races requires runners to balance their energy. ... Sally Barsosio (born March 21, 1978) is a Kenyan distance runner. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Maria Fernanda Moreira Ribeiro (born June 23rd, 1969), a long-distance runner, born in Penafiel, Portugal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... Masako Chiba (born 18 July 1976) is a Japanese long-distance runner. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... Modern day marathon runners The word marathon refers to a long-distance road running event of 42. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... Maria Manuela Machado (born August 9, 1963 in Viana do Castelo) is a former Portuguese long-distance runner, who was particularly successful when running the marathon. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Romania. ... Hurdling In track and field athletics there are sprint hurdle races and long hurdle races. ... Ludmila Engquist (born April 21, 1964 in Tambov Oblast, Russia) is a Swedish athlete who won gold medals in 100m hurdles at the 1991 World Championships (for the Soviet Union under the name Ludmila Narozhilenko) and 1997 World Championships as well as the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Svetla Dimitrova (Bulgarian: ) was a Bulgarian athlete who competed in the sprint hurdles. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bulgaria. ... Michelle Freeman is a Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... Hurdling In track and field athletics there are sprint hurdle races and long hurdle races. ... Nezha Bidouane is a Moroccan hurdler, born on Thursday, 18th September 1969. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Morocco. ... Deon Hemmings (born 10 September 1968 in Saint Ann, Jamaica) is a former female 400 metres hurdler. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... Kim Batten born 29 March 1969 in McRae, Georgia, Usa Kim is a retired female American 400m Hurdler. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... During a relay race, members of a team take turns swimming or running (usually with a baton) parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. ... Chryste Gaines is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. ... Marion Jones (born October 12, 1975 in Los Angeles, California) is an American athlete of half Belizean and half African American descent. ... Inger Miller (born June 12, 1972 in Los Angeles, California) is a Track and Field sprint athlete, competing internationally for United States. ... Yolanda Gail Devers (born November 19, 1966 in Seattle, Washington, USA) is a three-time Olympic 100 m champion in athletics for the US Olympic Team. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Beverly McDonald (born February 15, 1970 in Saint Mary, Jamaica) is a Jamaican sprinter. ... Merlene Frazer (born 27 December 1973 in Trelawny) is a Jamaican sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. ... Juliet Cuthbert (born 6 April 1964) is a Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the sprints (100 and 200 metres). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... Patricia Girard-Léno is a French athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metre Hurdles. ... Christine Arron (born September 13, 1973 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France. ... Delphine Combe (born December 6, 1974) is a French sprinter. ... Sylviane Felix (born October 31, 1977 in Créteil, France) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... During a relay race, members of a team take turns swimming or running (usually with a baton) parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. ... Anja Rücker (born December 20, 1972 in Lobenstein, Thüringen) is a German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. ... Grit Breuer (born February 16, 1972 in Robel, Germany) is an East German athlete who competes in the womens 200m, 400m, 4x100m, and 4x100m events. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Maicel Malone-Wallace (born June 6, 1969 in Indianapolis) was a 1996 Olympic Gold medalist in the Womens 4x400 meter relay for the United States. ... Kim Graham (born June 6, 1969) was a 1996 Olympic Gold medalist in the Womens 4x400 meter relay for the United States. ... Kim Batten born 29 March 1969 in McRae, Georgia, Usa Kim is a retired female American 400m Hurdler. ... Jearl Miles-Clark (born September 4, 1966). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Inez Turner (born December 3, 1972) is a former sprinter/middle-distance runner from Jamaica. ... Lorraine Fenton (born September 8, 1973 in Manchester, Jamaica) is a Jamaican athlete competing in the 400 m. ... Deon Hemmings (born 10 September 1968 in Saint Ann, Jamaica) is a former female 400 metres hurdler. ... Sandie Richards (born November 6, 1968 in Clarendon Park, Jamaica) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for the Jamaica. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ...

Field

1993 |1995 |1997 |1999 |2001 | The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, Stuttgart, Germany between August 13 and August 22. ... The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden between August 5 and August 13. ... The 7th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and August 29. ... The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between August 3 and August 12 and was the first time the event had visited North America. ...

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
High Jump Hanne Haugland
 Norway
1.99 Olga Kaliturina
 Russia
Inha Babakova
 Ukraine
1.96
Long Jump Lyudmila Galkina
 Russia
7.05
WL PB
Niki Xanthou
 Greece
6.94
SB
Fiona May
 Italy
6.91
Triple Jump Šárka Kašpárková
 Czech Republic
15.20
WL NR
Rodica Mateescu
 Romania
15.16
NR
Olena Govorova
 Ukraine
14.67
PB
Shot Put Astrid Kumbernuss
 Germany
20.71 Vita Pavlysh
 Ukraine
20.66 Stephanie Storp
 Germany
19.22
Discus throw Beatrice Faumuina
 New Zealand
66.82 Ellina Zvereva
 Belarus
65.90 Natalya Sadova
 Russia
65.14
Javelin throw Trine Hattestad
 Norway
68.78 Joanna Stone
 Australia
68.64
PB
Tanja Damaske
 Germany
67.12
PB
Heptathlon Sabine Braun
 Germany
6739 Denise Lewis
 United Kingdom
6654 Remigija Nazarovienė
 Lithuania
6566

AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record Gold medal winner Ethel Catherwood of Canada scissors over the bar at the 1928 Summer Olympics. ... Hanne Haugland (born December 14, 1967 in Haugesund) is a former Norwegian high jumper. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Olga Kaliturina (born 9 March 1976) is a Russian high jumper. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Inha Babakova née Butkus (born June 26, 1967 in AÅŸgabat, Turkmen SSR). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... Long jumper at the GE Money Grand Prix in Helsinki, July 2005. ... Lyudmila Galkina (born January 20, 1972 in Saratov) is a Russian athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Niki Xanthou (born 11 October 1973 in Rhodos) is a Greek long jumper. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece. ... Fiona May (born December 12, 1969 in Slough, England) is an Italian athlete competing in the long jump. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... The triple jump is an athletics (track and field) event, previously also known as hop, step and jump, whose various names describe the actions a competitor takes. ... Šárka KaÅ¡párková (born May 20, 1971 in Karviná) is a Czech athlete, competing in the 100m hurdles, high-, long- and triple-jumps. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic. ... Rodica Mateescu (born Petrescu on March 13, 1971 in Bucuresti) is a former triple jumper from Romania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Romania. ... Olena Hovorova (born September 18, 1973 in Izmail) is a Ukrainian athlete competing in long jump and triple jump. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... Shot put The shot put is an athletics (track and field) event involving putting (throwing in a pushing motion) a heavy metal ball (called the shot) as far as possible. ... Astrid Kumbernuss (born 5 February 1970 in Grevesmühlen) is a former German female shot putter and discus thrower. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Vita Pavlysh (born: January 15, 1969 in Ukraine) was an athlete who specialised in the shot put. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Statue of discus thrower in Botanic Garden, Copenhagen, Denmark The Discus throw is an athletic throwing event in track and field competition. ... Beatrice Faumuina is a New Zealand sportsman. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ... Ellina Zvereva (born November 16, 1960 in Dolgoprudny) is a Belarusian discus thrower best known for winning the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belarus. ... Natalya Sadova (born July 15 1972). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Trine Hattestad is a Norwegian javelin thrower, born on 18 April, 1966 in Lørenskog, Norway, as Elsa Katrine Solberg. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... A heptathlon is a sportive contest made up of seven events (from the Greek hepta (seven) and athlon (contest)). More specifically, the term heptathlon refers to an athletics event consisting of seven events. ... Sabine Braun (born June 19, 1965 in Essen) is a German Olympic athlete in track and field. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Denise Lewis OBE (born August 27, 1972, in West Bromwich, England) is a British athlete who specialises in the heptathlon. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Remigija NazarovienÄ—, née SablovskaitÄ— (born 2 June 1967 in Ashkabad, Turkmen SSR) is a retired Lithuanian heptathlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Lithuania. ...

Medals table

Position Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1.  United States 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 4 3 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.  United Kingdom 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

Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Morocco. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Romania. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ethiopia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belarus. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Lithuania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bulgaria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Namibia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nigeria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sri_Lanka. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Uganda. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Bahamas. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mozambique. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovakia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ...

References

  • IAAF 1997

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