1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships

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

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Results

Men

1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 m
details
Flag of Greece Charalambos Papadias (GRE) 6.50
(NR)
Flag of Jamaica Michael Green (JAM) 6.51 Flag of Nigeria Davidson Ezinwa (NGR) 6.52
(PB)
200 m
details
Flag of the United States Kevin Little (USA) 20.40
(CR)
Flag of Cuba Iván García (CUB) 20.46
(PB)
Flag of Nigeria Francis Obikwelu (NGR) 21.10
400 m
details
Flag of Nigeria Sunday Bada (NGR) 45.51
(AR)
Flag of the United Kingdom Jamie Baulch (GBR) 45.62 Flag of Japan Shunji Karube (JPN) 45.76
(AR)
800 m
details
Flag of Denmark Wilson Kipketer (DEN) 1:42.67
(WR)
Flag of Morocco Mahjoub Haida (MAR) 1:45.76
(NR)
Flag of the United States Rich Kenah (USA) 1:46.16
(PB)
1,500 m
details
Flag of Morocco Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:35.31
(CR)
Flag of Germany Rüdiger Stenzel (GER) 3:37.24 Flag of Kenya William Tanui (KEN) 3:37.48
3,000 m
details
Flag of Ethiopia Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 7:34.71
(CR)
Flag of Kenya Paul Bitok (KEN) 7:38.84 Flag of Morocco Ismaïl Sghyr (MAR) 7:40.01
60 m hurdles
details
Flag of Cuba Anier García (CUB) 7.48
(NR)
Flag of the United Kingdom Colin Jackson (GBR) 7.49 Flag of the United States Tony Dees (USA) 7.50
High jump
details
Flag of the United States Charles Austin (USA) 2.35 Flag of Greece Lambros Papakostas (GRE) 2.32 Flag of Yugoslavia Dragutin Topic (YUG) 2.32
Pole vault
details
Flag of Kazakhstan Igor Potapovich (KAZ) 5.90
(AR)
Flag of the United States Lawrence Johnson (USA) 5.85 Flag of Russia Maksim Tarasov (RUS) 5.80
Long jump
details
Flag of Cuba Iván Pedroso (CUB) 8.51
(CR)
Flag of Russia Kirill Sosunov (RUS) 8.41
(PB)
Flag of the United States Joe Greene (USA) 8.41
(PB)
Triple jump
details
Flag of Cuba Yoel García (CUB) 17.30 Flag of Cuba Aliecer Urrutia (CUB) 17.27 Flag of Russia Aleksandr Aseledchenko (RUS) 17.22
(PB)
Shot put
details
Flag of Ukraine Yuriy Bilonog  (UKR) 21.02 Flag of Ukraine Aleksandr Bagach (UKR) 20.94 Flag of the United States John Godina (USA) 20.87
4x400 m relay
details
 United States
Jason Rouser
Mark Everett
Sean Maye
Deon Minor
3:04.93  Jamaica
Linval Laird
Michael McDonald
Dinsdale Morgan
Gregory Haughton
3:08.11  France
Pierre Marie Hilaire
Rodrigue Nordin
Loïc Lerouge
Fred Mango
3:09.68
Heptathlon
details
Flag of the Czech Republic Robert Zmelik (CZE) 6228 Flag of Estonia Erki Nool (EST) 6213
(PB)
Flag of Iceland Jon Magnússon (ISL) 6145
(NR)

Women

1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 m
details
Flag of the United States Gail Devers (USA) 7.06 Flag of the Bahamas Chandra Sturrup (BAH) 7.15 Flag of France Frederique Bangue (FRA) 7.17
200 m
details
Flag of Greece Ekaterini Koffa (GRE) 22.76
(NR)
Flag of Jamaica Juliet Cuthbert (JAM) 22.77 Flag of Russia Svetlana Goncharenko (RUS) 22.85
400 m
details
Flag of the United States Jearl Miles (USA) 50.96
(WL)
Flag of Jamaica Sandie Richards (JAM) 51.17
(PB)
Flag of the Czech Republic Helena Fuchsová (CZE) 52.04
(PB)
800 m
details
Flag of Mozambique Maria Mutola (MOZ) 1:58.96 Flag of Belarus Natalya Dukhnova (BLR) 1:59.31
(NR)
Flag of the United States Joetta Clark (USA) 1:59.82
(PB)
1,500 m
details
Flag of Russia Yekaterina Podkopayeva (RUS) 4:05.19
(PB)
Flag of the United States Mary Slaney (USA) 4:05.22 Flag of France Patricia Djate (FRA) 4:06.16
(NR)
3,000 m
details
Flag of Romania Gabriela Szabo (ROU) 8:45.75 Flag of Ireland Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) 8:46.19
(NR)
Flag of Portugal Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) 8:49.79
60 m hurdles
details
Flag of Jamaica Michelle Freeman (JAM) 7.82
(CR)
Flag of Jamaica Gillian Russell (JAM) 7.84
(PB)
Flag of the United States Cheryl Dickey (USA) 7.84
(PB)
High jump
details
Flag of Bulgaria Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 2.02 Flag of Ukraine Inga Babakova (UKR) 2.00
(NR)
Flag of Norway Hanne Haugland (NOR) 2.00
(NR)
Pole vault
details
Flag of the United States Stacy Dragila (USA) 4.40
(WR)
Flag of Australia Emma George (AUS) 4.35 Flag of the People's Republic of China Weiyan Cai (CHN) 4.35
(AR)
Long jump
details
Flag of Italy Fiona May (ITA) 6.86
(NR)
Flag of Nigeria Chioma Ajunwa (NGR) 6.80 Flag of Poland Agata Karczmarek (POL) 6.71
(PB)
Triple jump
details
Flag of Russia Inna Lasovskaya (RUS) 15.01
(WL)
Flag of the United Kingdom Ashia Hansen (GBR) 14.70
(NR)
Flag of the Czech Republic Šárka Kašpárková (CZE) 14.66
(NR)
Shot put
details
Flag of Ukraine Vita Pavlysh (UKR) 20.00 Flag of Germany Astrid Kumbernuss (GER) 19.92 Flag of Russia Irina Korzhanenko (RUS) 19.49
(PB)
4x400 m relay
details
 Russia
Tatyana Chebykina
Svetlana Goncharenko
Olga Kotlyarova
Tatyana Alekseyeva
3:26.84
(WR)
 United States
Shanelle Porter
Natasha Kaiser-Brown
Anita Howard
Jearl Miles
3:27.66
(AR)
 Germany
Anja Rucker
Anke Feller
Heike Meissner
Grit Breuer
3:28.39
Pentathlon
details
Flag of Germany Sabine Braun (GER) 4780 Flag of Germany Mona Steigauf (GER) 4681
(PB)
Flag of the United States Kym Carter (USA) 4627

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States 6 3 7 16
2  Cuba 3 2 0 5
3  Russia 3 1 4 8
4  Ukraine 2 2 0 4
5  Greece 2 1 0 3
6  Germany 1 3 1 5
7  Nigeria 1 1 2 4
8  Morocco 1 1 1 3
9  Czech Republic 1 0 2 3
10  Bulgaria 1 0 0 1
 Denmark 1 0 0 1
 Ethiopia 1 0 0 1
 Mozambique 1 0 0 1
 Kazakhstan 1 0 0 1
 Romania 1 0 0 1
16  United Kingdom 0 3 0 3
17  Kenya 0 1 1 2
18  Australia 0 1 0 1
 Bahamas 0 1 0 1
 Belarus 0 1 0 1
 Estonia 0 1 0 1
 Ireland 0 1 0 1
23  France 0 0 4 4
24  Iceland 0 0 1 1
 Japan 0 0 1 1
 Norway 0 0 1 1
 Poland 0 0 1 1
 Portugal 0 0 1 1
 China 0 0 1 1
 Yugoslavia 0 0 1 1

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