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6th World Championships in Athletics
Host city	Athens, Greece
Date(s)	August 1 – August 10, 1997
Main Stadium	Olympic Stadium
Nations participating	198
Athletes participating	1882
← 1995 Gothenburg 1999 Seville →

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. In this event participated 1882 athletes from 198 participant nations.^[1] Athens used the successful organization of the World Championships the next month during the IOC Session in Lausanne during its campaign to host the 2004 Summer Olympics as proof positive of Athens' and Greece's ability and readiness to organize large-scale, international sporting events.

Men's results

Track

1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Maurice Greene (USA)	9.86	Donovan Bailey (CAN)	9.91	Tim Montgomery (USA)	9.94
200 m details	Ato Boldon (TRI)	20.04	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	20.23	Claudinei da Silva (BRA)	20.26
400 m details	Michael Johnson (USA)	44.12	Davis Kamoga (UGA)	44.37 (NR)	Tyree Washington (USA)	44.39 (PB)
800 m details	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:43.38	Norberto Téllez (CUB)	1:44.00 (SB)	Rich Kenah (USA)	1:44.25 (PB)
1,500 m* details	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	3:35.83	Fermín Cacho (ESP)	3:36.63	Reyes Estévez (ESP)	3:37.26
5,000 m details	Daniel Komen (KEN)	13:07.38	Khalid Boulami (MAR)	13:09.34	Tom Nyariki (KEN)	13:11.09
10,000 m details	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	27:24.58	Paul Tergat (KEN)	27:25.62 (SB)	Salah Hissou (MAR)	27:28.67 (PB)
Marathon details	Abel Antón (ESP)	2:13:16	Martín Fiz (ESP)	2:13:21	Steve Moneghetti (AUS)	2:14:16
110 m hurdles details	Allen Johnson (USA)	12.93 (WL)	Colin Jackson (GBR)	13.05 (SB)	Igor Kováč (SVK)	13.18 (SB)
400 m hurdles details	Stéphane Diagana (FRA)	47.70 (WL)	Llewellyn Herbert (RSA)	47.86 (NR)	Bryan Bronson (USA)	47.88
3,000 m st. details	Wilson Boit Kipketer (KEN)	8:05.84	Moses Kiptanui (KEN)	8:06.04	Bernard Barmasai (KEN)	8:06.04
20 km walk details	Daniel García (MEX)	1:21:43	Mikhail Shchennikov (RUS)	1:21:53	Mikhail Khmelnitskiy (BLR)	1:22:01
50 km walk details	Robert Korzeniowski (POL)	3:44:46	Jesús García (ESP)	3:44:59	Miguel Rodríguez (MEX)	3:48:30
4x100 m relay details	Canada (CAN) Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Donovan Bailey	37.86 (WL)	Nigeria (NGR) Osmond Ezinwa Olapade Adeniken Francis Obikwelu Davidson Ezinwa	38.07	Great Britain (GBR) Darren Braithwaite Darren Campbell Douglas Walker Julian Golding	38.14 (SB)
4x400 m relay details	Great Britain (GBR) Iwan Thomas Roger Black Jamie Baulch Mark Richardson	2:56.65 (SB)	Jamaica (JAM) Michael McDonald Greg Haughton Danny McFarlane Davian Clarke	2:56.75 (NR)	Poland (POL) Tomasz Czubak Piotr Rysiukiewicz Piotr Haczek Robert Maćkowiak	3:00.26
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

• The United States 4x400 m relay were originally placed first, but were disqualifed in 2009.See official IAAF results at[2]

*A slow, tactical race from the start, with Morceli tracking El Guerrouj all the way. Estevez tried to slow the pace down even further in the second lap to allow Cacho to save energy for his fast sprint finish. With the whole field still bunched up with 600m to go, El Guerrouj put on a burst of speed which only Morceli and Cacho were able to follow, but eventually, they too were dropped as El Guerrouj wound up the pace faster and faster. Cacho sprinted past Morceli in the home straight, and the dispirited defending champion slowed down towards the finish, allowing Estevez to pip him at the line for the bronze medal.

Field

1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.37 (WL)	Artur Partyka (POL)	2.35 (SB)	Tim Forsyth (AUS)	2.35
Pole vault details	Sergey Bubka (UKR)	6.01 (CR/WL)	Maksim Tarasov (RUS)	5.96	Dean Starkey (USA)	5.91 (SB)
Long jump details	Iván Pedroso (CUB)	8.42 (SB)	Erick Walder (USA)	8.38 (SB)	Kirill Sosunov (RUS)	8.18 (SB)
Triple jump details	Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)	17.85 (WL/NR)	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	17.69	Aliecer Urrutia (CUB)	17.64 (SB)
Shot put * details	John Godina (USA)	21.44	Oliver-Sven Buder (GER)	21.24	C. J. Hunter (USA)	20.33
Discus throw details	Lars Riedel (GER)	68.54	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	66.70 (SB)	Jürgen Schult (GER)	66.14 (SB)
Hammer throw details	Heinz Weis (GER)	81.78	Andriy Skvaruk (UKR)	81.46 (SB)	Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS)	80.76 (SB)
Javelin throw details	Marius Corbett (RSA)	88.40 (AR)	Steve Backley (GBR)	86.80	Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE)	86.64
Decathlon details	Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)	8837 (CR/WL/NR)	Eduard Hämäläinen (FIN)	8730	Frank Busemann (GER)	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

* Aleksandr Bagach of Ukraine originally won the shot put with 21.47m, but was disqualified after he tested positive for steroids.

Women's results

Track

1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Marion Jones (USA)	10.83 (WL)	Zhanna Pintusevich (UKR)	10.85	Savatheda Fynes (BAH)	11.03 (PB)
200 m details	Zhanna Pintusevich (UKR)	22.32	Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)	22.39	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	22.40
400 m details	Cathy Freeman (AUS)	49.77	Sandie Richards (JAM)	49.79 (PB)	Jearl Miles Clark (USA)	49.90
800 m details	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)	1:57.14	Yelena Afanasyeva (RUS)	1:57.56	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	1:57.59
1,500 m details	Carla Sacramento (POR)	4:04.24 (SB)	Regina Jacobs (USA)	4:04.63	Anita Weyermann (SUI)	4:04.70 (SB)
5,000 m details	Gabriela Szabo (ROU)	14:57.68	Roberta Brunet (ITA)	14:58.29 (SB)	Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)	14:58.85
10,000 m details	Sally Barsosio (KEN)	31:32.92 (WJR)	Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)	31:39.15 (SB)	Masako Chiba (JPN)	31:41.93
Marathon details	Hiromi Suzuki (JPN)	2:29:48	Manuela Machado (POR)	2:31:12	Lidia Slavuteanu (ROU)	2:31:55
10 km walk details	Annarita Sidoti (ITA)	42:55.49 (WL)	Olga Kardopoltseva (BLR)	43:30.20	Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR)	43:49.24
100 m hurdles details	Ludmila Engquist (SWE)	12.50 (SB)	Svetla Dimitrova (BUL)	12.58	Michelle Freeman (JAM)	12.61
400 m hurdles details	Nezha Bidouane (MAR)	52.97 (AR)	Deon Hemmings (JAM)	53.09 (SB)	Kim Batten (USA)	53.52
4x100 m relay details	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-Léno, Christine Arron, Delphine Combe, Sylviane Félix  France	42.21 (NR)
4x400 m relay details	Anke Feller, Uta Rohländer, 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

Field

1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Hanne Haugland (NOR)	1.99	Olga Kaliturina (RUS)	1.96
			Inha Babakova (UKR)
Long jump details	Lyudmila Galkina (RUS)	7.05 (WL/PB)	Niki Xanthou (GRE)	6.94 (SB)	Fiona May (ITA)	6.91
Triple jump details	Šárka Kašpárková (CZE)	15.20 (WL/NR)	Rodica Mateescu (ROU)	15.16 (NR)	Olena Hovorova (UKR)	14.67 (PB)
Shot put details	Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)	20.71	Vita Pavlysh (UKR)	20.66	Stephanie Storp (GER)	19.22
Discus throw details	Beatrice Faumuina (NZL)	66.82	Ellina Zvereva (BLR)	65.90	Natalya Sadova (RUS)	65.14
Javelin throw details	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	68.78	Joanna Stone (AUS)	68.64 (PB)	Tanja Damaske (GER)	67.12 (PB)
Heptathlon details	Sabine Braun (GER)	6739	Denise Lewis (GBR)	6654	Remigija Nazarovienė (LTU)	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

Medals table

Rank	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.	Great Britain	1	4	1	6
11.	Spain	1	3	1	5
12.	Portugal	1	2	1	4
13.	Australia	1	1	2	4
14=	Italy	1	1	1	3
14=	Poland	1	1	1	3
14=	Romania	1	1	1	3
17=	Canada	1	1	0	2
17=	South Africa	1	1	0	2
19=	France	1	0	1	2
19=	Japan	1	0	1	2
19=	Mexico	1	0	1	2
22=	Denmark	1	0	0	1
22=	Ethiopia	1	0	0	1
22=	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
22=	Sweden	1	0	0	1
22=	Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	0	1
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

References

1. ^ [1]. Accessed 2009-04-03. Archived 2009-05-10.

• IAAF 1997