1997 World Athletics Championships

Host City Athina
Country GRE
Held 1 – 10 August 1997
Competitors 172
Countries 41

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Men — Medal 3 2
800 m Men — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Men — Medal 3 2
5,000 m Men — Medal 3 2
10,000 m Men — Medal 3 3
Marathon Men — Medal 3 2
110 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 3
3,000 m Steeplechase Men — Medal 3 1
4 x 100 m Relay Men — Medal 15 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men — Medal 19 4
20 km Walk Men — Medal 3 3
50 km Walk Men — Medal 3 3
High Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Pole Vault Men — Medal 3 3
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Shot Put Men — Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Hammer Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Decathlon Men — Medal 3 3
100 m Women — Medal 3 3
200 m Women — Medal 3 3
400 m Women — Medal 3 3
800 m Women — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Women — Medal 3 3
5,000 m Women — Medal 3 3
10,000 m Women — Medal 3 3
Marathon Women — Medal 3 3
100 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 3
400 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Women — Medal 13 3
4 x 400 m Relay Women — Medal 15 3
10 km Walk Women — Medal 3 2
High Jump Women — Medal 3 3
Long Jump Women — Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Women — Medal 3 3
Shot Put Women — Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Heptathlon Women — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 United States USA 6 3 8 17
2 Germany GER 5 1 4 10
3 Cuba CUB 4 1 1 6
4 Kenya KEN 3 2 2 7
5 Ukraine UKR 2 4 1 7
6 Morocco MAR 2 1 1 4
7 Czech Republic CZE 2 0 0 2
= Norway NOR 2 0 0 2
9 Russia RUS 1 4 3 8
10 Great Britain GBR 1 4 1 6
11 Spain ESP 1 3 1 5
12 Portugal POR 1 2 1 4
13 Australia AUS 1 1 2 4
14 Italy ITA 1 1 1 3
= Poland POL 1 1 1 3
= Romania ROU 1 1 1 3
17 Canada CAN 1 1 0 2
= South Africa RSA 1 1 0 2
19 France FRA 1 0 1 2
= Japan JPN 1 0 1 2
= Mexico MEX 1 0 1 2
22 Denmark DEN 1 0 0 1
= Ethiopia ETH 1 0 0 1
= New Zealand NZL 1 0 0 1
= Sweden SWE 1 0 0 1
= Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1 0 0 1
27 Jamaica JAM 0 4 3 7
28 Belarus BLR 0 2 2 4
29 Greece GRE 0 1 1 2
= Lithuania LTU 0 1 1 2
31 Bulgaria BUL 0 1 0 1
= Finland FIN 0 1 0 1
= Namibia NAM 0 1 0 1
= Nigeria NGR 0 1 0 1
= Sri Lanka SRI 0 1 0 1
= Uganda UGA 0 1 0 1
37 Bahamas BAH 0 0 1 1
= Brazil BRA 0 0 1 1
= Mozambique MOZ 0 0 1 1
= Slovakia SVK 0 0 1 1
= Switzerland SUI 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Maurice Greene USA Donovan Bailey CAN Tim Montgomery USA
200 m, Men Ato Boldon TTO Frankie Fredericks NAM Claudinei da Silva BRA
400 m, Men Michael Johnson USA Davis Kamoga UGA Tyree Washington USA
800 m, Men Wilson Kipketer DEN Norberto Téllez CUB Rich Kenah USA
1,500 m, Men Hicham El Guerrouj MAR Fermín Cacho ESP Reyes Estévez ESP
5,000 m, Men Daniel Komen KEN Khalid Boulami MAR Tom Nyariki KEN
10,000 m, Men Haile Gebrselassie ETH Paul Tergat KEN Salah Hissou MAR
Marathon, Men Abel Antón ESP Martín Fiz ESP Steve Moneghetti AUS
110 m Hurdles, Men Allen Johnson USA Colin Jackson GBR Igor Kováč SVK
400 m Hurdles, Men Stéphane Diagana FRA Llewellyn Herbert RSA Bryan Bronson USA
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Wilson Boit Kipketer KEN Moses Kiptanui KEN Bernard Barmasai KEN
4 x 100 m Relay, Men Canada CAN Nigeria NGR Great Britain GBR
4 x 400 m Relay, Men Great Britain GBR Jamaica JAM Poland POL
20 km Walk, Men Daniel García MEX Mikhail Shchennikov RUS Mikhail Khmelnitsky BLR
50 km Walk, Men Robert Korzeniowski POL Jesús Ángel García ESP Miguel Ángel Rodríguez MEX
High Jump, Men Javier Sotomayor CUB Artur Partyka POL Tim Forsyth AUS
Pole Vault, Men Sergey Bubka UKR Maksim Tarasov RUS Dean Starkey USA
Long Jump, Men Iván Pedroso CUB Erick Walder USA Kirill Sosunov RUS
Triple Jump, Men Yoelbi Quesada CUB Jonathan Edwards GBR Aliecer Urrutia CUB
Shot Put, Men John Godina USA Oliver-Sven Buder GER C. J. Hunter USA
Discus Throw, Men Lars Riedel GER Virgilijus Alekna LTU Jürgen Schult GER
Hammer Throw, Men Heinz Weis GER Andriy Skvaruk UKR Vasily Sidorenko RUS
Javelin Throw, Men Marius Corbett RSA Steve Backley GBR Kostas Gatsioudis GRE
Decathlon, Men Tomáš Dvořák CZE Eduard Hämäläinen FIN Frank Busemann GER
100 m, Women Marion Jones USA Zhanna Pintusevych-Blok UKR Savatheda Fynes BAH
200 m, Women Zhanna Pintusevych-Blok UKR Susanthika Jayasinghe SRI Merlene Ottey-Page JAM
400 m, Women Cathy Freeman AUS Sandie Richards JAM Jearl Miles-Clark USA
800 m, Women Ana Fidelia Quirot CUB Yelena Afanasyeva RUS Maria Mutola MOZ
1,500 m, Women Carla Sacramento POR Regina Jacobs USA Anita Weyermann SUI
5,000 m, Women Gabriela Szabo ROU Roberta Brunet ITA Fernanda Ribeiro POR
10,000 m, Women Sally Barsosio KEN Fernanda Ribeiro POR Masako Chiba JPN
Marathon, Women Hiromi Suzuki JPN Manuela Machado POR Lidia Șimon ROU
100 m Hurdles, Women Ludmila Narozhilenko-Engquist SWE Svetla Dimitrova BUL Michelle Freeman JAM
400 m Hurdles, Women Nezha Bidouane MAR Deon Hemmings JAM Kim Batten USA
4 x 100 m Relay, Women United States USA Jamaica JAM France FRA
4 x 400 m Relay, Women Germany GER United States USA Jamaica JAM
10 km Walk, Women Annarita Sidoti ITA Olga Kardopoltseva BLR Valya Tsybulskaya BLR
High Jump, Women Hanne Haugland NOR Inha Babakova
Olga Kaliturina 		UKR
RUS
Long Jump, Women Lyudmila Galkina RUS Niki Xanthou GRE Fiona May ITA
Triple Jump, Women Šárka Kašpárková CZE Rodica Mateescu ROU Olena Hovorova UKR
Shot Put, Women Astrid Kumbernuss GER Vita Pavlysh UKR Stephanie Storp GER
Discus Throw, Women Beatrice Faumuina NZL Ellina Zvereva BLR Nataliya Sadova RUS
Javelin Throw, Women Trine Solberg-Hattestad NOR Jo Stone AUS Tanja Damaske GER
Heptathlon, Women Sabine Braun GER Denise Lewis GBR Remigija Sablovskaitė-Nazarovienė LTU