1997_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships

6th 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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1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships

International athletics championship event

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.

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Mark Butler (ed.), "DOPING VIOLATIONS AT IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS", IAAF Statistics Book – World Indoor Championships SOPOT 2014 (PDF), IAAF, pp. 47–48, retrieved 27 September 2015

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

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

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

1997_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships

1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships

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Medal table

Participating nations

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