1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships

6th IAAF World Indoor Championships
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Dates	7 March–9 March
Host city	Paris, France
Venue	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
Events	28
Participation	712 athletes from 118 nations
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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 athletic championships to introduce women's pole vault. There were a total number of 712 participating athletes from 118 countries.

Results

Men

1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Haralabos Papadias Greece	6.50 (NR)	Michael Green Jamaica	6.51	Davidson Ezinwa Nigeria	6.52 (PB)
200 metres	Kevin Little United States	20.40 (CR)	Iván García Cuba	20.46 (PB)	Francis Obikwelu Nigeria	21.10
400 metres	Sunday Bada Nigeria	45.51 (AR)	Jamie Baulch Great Britain	45.62	Shunji Karube Japan	45.76 (AR)
800 metres	Wilson Kipketer Denmark	1:42.67 (WR)	Mahjoub Haida Morocco	1:45.76 (NR)	Rich Kenah United States	1:46.16 (PB)
1500 metres	Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco	3:35.31 (CR)	Rüdiger Stenzel Germany	3:37.24	William Tanui Kenya	3:37.48
3000 metres	Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia	7:34.71 (CR)	Paul Bitok Kenya	7:38.84	Ismaïl Sghyr Morocco	7:40.01
60 metres hurdles	Anier García Cuba	7.48 (NR)	Colin Jackson Great Britain	7.49	Tony Dees United States	7.50
4 × 400 metres relay	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
High jump	Charles Austin United States	2.35	Lambros Papakostas Greece	2.32	Dragutin Topić Yugoslavia	2.32
Pole vault	Igor Potapovich Kazakhstan	5.90 (AR)	Lawrence Johnson United States	5.85	Maksim Tarasov Russia	5.80
Long jump	Iván Pedroso Cuba	8.51 (CR)	Kirill Sosunov Russia	8.41 (PB)	Joe Greene United States	8.41 (PB)
Triple jump	Yoel García Cuba	17.30	Aliecer Urrutia Cuba	17.27	Aleksandr Aseledchenko Russia	17.22 (PB)
Shot put	Yuriy Bilonog Ukraine	21.02	Aleksandr Bagach Ukraine	20.94	John Godina United States	20.87
Heptathlon	Robert Změlík Czech Republic	6228	Erki Nool Estonia	6213 (PB)	Jón Magnússon Iceland	6145 (NR)

Women

1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Gail Devers United States	7.06	Chandra Sturrup Bahamas	7.15	Frederique Bangue France	7.17
200 metres	Ekaterini Koffa Greece	22.76 (NR)	Juliet Cuthbert Jamaica	22.77	Svetlana Goncharenko Russia	22.85
400 metres	Jearl Miles Clark United States	50.96 (WL)	Sandie Richards Jamaica	51.17 (PB)	Helena Fuchsová Czech Republic	52.04 (PB)
800 metres	Maria Mutola Mozambique	1:58.96	Natalya Dukhnova Belarus	1:59.31 (NR)	Joetta Clark United States	1:59.82 (PB)
1500 metres	Yekaterina Podkopayeva Russia	4:05.19 (PB)	Patricia Djaté-Taillard France	4:06.16 (NR)	Lidia Chojecka Poland	4:06.25 (NR)
3000 metres	Gabriela Szabo Romania	8:45.75	Sonia O'Sullivan Ireland	8:46.19 (NR)	Fernanda Ribeiro Portugal	8:49.79
60 metres hurdles	Michelle Freeman Jamaica	7.82 (=CR)	Gillian Russell Jamaica	7.84 (PB)	Cheryl Dickey United States	7.84 (PB)
					Patricia Girard France	7.84 (SB)
4 × 400 metres relay	Russia Tatyana Chebykina Svetlana Goncharenko Olga Kotlyarova Tatyana Alekseyeva	3:26.84 (WR)	United States Shanelle Porter Natasha Kaiser-Brown Anita Howard Jearl Miles Clark	3:27.66 (AR)	Germany Anja Rücker Anke Feller Heike Meissner Grit Breuer	3:28.39
High jump	Stefka Kostadinova Bulgaria	2.02	Inga Babakova Ukraine	2.00 (NR)	Hanne Haugland Norway	2.00 (NR)
Pole vault	Stacy Dragila United States	4.40 (WR)	Emma George Australia	4.35	Cai Weiyan China	4.35 (AR)
Long jump	Fiona May Italy	6.86 (NR)	Chioma Ajunwa Nigeria	6.80	Agata Karczmarek Poland	6.71 (PB)
Triple jump	Inna Lasovskaya Russia	15.01 (WL)	Ashia Hansen Great Britain	14.70 (NR)	Šárka Kašpárková Czech Republic	14.66 (NR)
Shot put	Vita Pavlysh Ukraine	20.00	Astrid Kumbernuss Germany	19.92	Irina Korzhanenko Russia	19.49 (PB)
Pentathlon	Sabine Braun Germany	4780	Mona Steigauf Germany	4681 (PB)	Kym Carter United States	4627

• Mary Slaney of USA originally came second in the 1500 metre and was awarded the silver medal, but was later disqualified for doping.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	6	2	7	15
2	Cuba (CUB)	3	2	0	5
3	Russia (RUS)	3	1	4	8
4	Ukraine (UKR)	2	2	0	4
5	Greece (GRE)	2	1	0	3
6	Jamaica (JAM)	1	5	0	6
7	Germany (GER)	1	3	1	5
8	Nigeria (NGA)	1	1	2	4
9	Morocco (MAR)	1	1	1	3
10	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	2	3
11	Bulgaria (BGR)	1	0	0	1
	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	0	1
	Ethiopia (ETH)	1	0	0	1
	Italy (ITA)	1	0	0	1
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	0	0	1
	Mozambique (MOZ)	1	0	0	1
	Romania (ROM)	1	0	0	1
18	Great Britain (GBR)	0	3	0	3
19	France (FRA)	0	1	2	3
20	Kenya (KEN)	0	1	1	2
21	Australia (AUS)	0	1	0	1
	Bahamas (BAH)	0	1	0	1
	Belarus (BLR)	0	1	0	1
	Estonia (EST)	0	1	0	1
	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	0	1
26	Poland (POL)	0	0	2	2
27	China (CHN)	0	0	1	1
	Iceland (ISL)	0	0	1	1
	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslavia)	0	0	1	1
Totals (32 entries)		28	28	28	84

Participating nations

• Algeria (1)
• Andorra (1)
• Antigua and Barbuda (1)
• Argentina (4)
• Armenia (2)
• Aruba (1)
• Australia (6)
• Austria (10)
• Azerbaijan (1)
• Bahamas (7)
• Belarus (4)
• Belgium (10)
• Benin (2)
• Bermuda (2)
• Bolivia (1)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
• Brazil (16)
• Bulgaria (4)
• Burkina Faso (1)
• Burundi (1)
• Cameroon (2)
• Canada (8)
• Central African Republic (1)
• Chad (1)
• Chile (1)
• China (18)
• Chinese Taipei (2)
• Croatia (1)
• Cuba (10)
• Cyprus (2)
• Czech Republic (18)
• Denmark (7)
• Dominica (2)
• Egypt (1)
• Equatorial Guinea (1)
• Estonia (2)
• Ethiopia (4)
• Finland (6)
• France (44)
• Gabon (1)
• Gambia (1)
• Germany (34)
• Ghana (4)
• Great Britain (40)
•  Greece (GRE) (14)
• Guinea (1)
• Haiti (1)
• Hungary (14)
• Iceland (3)
• Ireland (8)
• Israel (5)
• Italy (25)
• Ivory Coast (3)
• Jamaica (17)
• Japan (10)
• Kazakhstan (4)
• Kenya (5)
• Kyrgyzstan (2)
• Kuwait (1)
• Latvia (4)
• Lebanon (2)
• Liberia (1)
• Lithuania (3)
• Luxembourg (1)
• Madagascar (2)
• Malaysia (1)
• Mali (2)
• Malta (2)
• Mauritania (1)
• Mauritius (1)
• Mexico (4)
• Moldova (2)
• Mongolia (1)
• Mozambique (2)
• Morocco (8)
• Netherlands (5)
• Netherlands Antilles (1)
• New Zealand (4)
• Nigeria (9)
• Norway (10)
• Pakistan (1)
• Papua New Guinea (1)
• Paraguay (1)
• Peru (1)
• Philippines (1)
• Poland (12)
• Portugal (7)
• Puerto Rico (1)
• Qatar (3)
• Republic of the Congo (1)
• Romania (11)
• Russia (42)
• Rwanda (2)
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
• El Salvador (1)
• Senegal (1)
• Saudi Arabia (1)
• Sierra Leone (2)
• Slovakia (3)
• Slovenia (7)
• South Africa (3)
• South Korea (1)
• Spain (23)
• Suriname (1)
• Sweden (10)
• Switzerland (5)
• Tajikistan (1)
• Tanzania (1)
• Trinidad and Tobago (3)
• Tunisia (1)
• Turkey (2)
• Uganda (1)
• Ukraine (27)
• United States (54)
• United States Virgin Islands (2)
• Yugoslavia (4)
• Zaire (1)
• Zambia (1)
• Zimbabwe (2)

See also

• 1997 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• IAAF 1997 World Indoor Championships Official Website (archived)
• Athletics Australia