The 6th World Championships in Athletics

IAAF World Championships in Athletics

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, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations

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, were held at the Olympic Stadium

Olympic Stadium (Athens)

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, Athens

Athens

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, Greece

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 between August 1 and August 10, 1997. In this event participated 1882 athletes from 198 participant nations. Athens used the successful organization of the World Championships the next month during the IOC Session in Lausanne

Lausanne

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 during its campaign to host the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

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 as proof positive of Athens' and Greece's ability and readiness to organize large-scale, international sporting events.

Track

1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001

100 m	|9.86	|9.91	|9.94
200 m	|20.04	|20.23	|20.26
400 m	|44.12	|44.37 (NR)	|44.39 (PB)
800 m	|1:43.38	|1:44.00 (SB)	|1:44.25 (PB)
1,500 m2	|3:35.83	|3:36.63	|3:37.26
5,000 m	|13:07.38	|13:09.34	|13:11.09
10,000 m	|27:24.58	|27:25.62 (SB)	|27:28.67 (PB)
Marathon	|2:13:16	|2:13:21	|2:14:16
110 m hurdles	|12.93 (WL)	|13.05 (SB)	|13.18 (SB)
400 m hurdles	|47.70 (WL)	|47.86 (NR)	|47.88
3,000 m st.	|8:05.84	|8:06.04	|8:06.04
20 km walk	|1:21:43	|1:21:53	|1:22:01
50 km walk	|3:44:46	|3:44:59	|3:48:30
4x100 m relay	Canada Robert Esmie Robert Esmie Robert Esmie is a Canadian athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics.... Glenroy Gilbert Glenroy Gilbert Glenroy John Gilbert is a Canadian former athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics.... Bruny Surin Bruny Surin Bruny Surin is a Canadian athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 2008 he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics 4x100 relay team.-Career:... Donovan Bailey Donovan Bailey Donovan Bailey is a retired Canadian sprinter, who once held the world record for the 100 metres race following his gold medal performance in the 1996 Olympic Games. He was the first Canadian to legally break the 10-second barrier in the 100 m...	37.86 (WL)	Nigeria Osmond Ezinwa Osmond Ezinwa Osmond Ezinwa is a former sprinter from Nigeria. Together with Olapade Adeniken, Francis Obikwelu and Davidson Ezinwa he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics.... Olapade Adeniken Olapade Adeniken Olapade Adeniken is a retired Nigerian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres,and is the father of Michael Adeniken.... Francis Obikwelu Francis Obikwelu Francis Obiorah Obikwelu, born 22 November 1978 in Nigeria and a Portuguese citizen since 2001, is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 metres and 200 metres. He holds the record for the fastest time in the 100 m set by a European competitor with a time of 9.86 seconds... Davidson Ezinwa Davidson Ezinwa Davidson Ezinwa is a former sprinter from Nigeria.He won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics as well as a silver medal at the 1997 World Championships, both in 4 x 100 metres relay...	38.07	United Kingdom Darren Braithwaite Darren Braithwaite Darren Braithwaite is a retired British sprinter.Braithwaite was a member of the British team which set a world indoor record for the rarely contested 4 x 200 metres relay on 3 March 1991 in Glasgow... Darren Campbell Darren Campbell Darren Andrew Campbell MBE is a former English sprint athlete. He competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres, as well as the 4 × 100 metres relay... Douglas Walker Douglas Walker Douglas Walker , commonly known as Dougie Walker, is a former Scottish sprinter.Educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh, in 1998 he became European champion in both 200 metres and 4x100m relay. With 31.56s he is the European record holder in 300 metres, although this distance is rarely run... Julian Golding Julian Golding Julian Emmanuel Golding is an English sprinter.Julian Golding was born in Harlesden North West London. He enjoyed playing all sports before taking up athletics seriously in 1991...	38.14 (SB)
4x400 m relay	United Kingdom Iwan Thomas Iwan Thomas Iwan Gwyn Thomas MBE is a sprinter who represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Olympic Games in the 400 m, and Wales at the Commonwealth Games. Thomas is the current UK record holder at 400 m with a time of 44.36 seconds and is a former European and Commonwealth games champion... Roger Black Roger Black Roger Anthony Black MBE is a retired British athlete. During his athletics career, he won individual silver medals in the 400 metres sprint at both the Olympic Games and World Championships, two individual gold medals at the European Championships, and 4x400 metres relay gold medals at both the... Jamie Baulch Jamie Baulch James Steven Baulch , but raised by foster parents in Risca, near Newport, is a British sprint athlete and television presenter. He won the 400 metres gold medal at the 1999 World Indoor Championships. As a member of British 4 x 400 metres relay teams, he won a gold medal at the 1997 World... Mark Richardson Mark Richardson (athlete) Mark Ashton Richardson is a British former athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for Great Britain in the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch and Roger Black...	2:56.65 (SB)1	Jamaica Michael McDonald Michael McDonald (athlete) Michael L. McDonald was a Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States where he won the bronze medal in the men's 4 x 400 metre relay with his team mates Roxbert Martin, Greg Haughton and Davian Clarke.A... Greg Haughton Greg Haughton Greg Haughton is a Jamaican 400 metres runner. He won three bronze medals, one at the 1996 Summer Olympics and two at the 2000 Summer Olympics. His personal best for the 400 m was 44.56 seconds.... Danny McFarlane Danny McFarlane Danny McFarlane, OD is a Jamaican hurdler, who has won numerous international medals in individual and relay contests... Davian Clarke Davian Clarke Davian Clarke is a Jamaican athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 metres. He won the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1996 Olympics, and many relay medals followed, before he won his first individual medal at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-External links:*...	2:56.75 (NR)	Poland Tomasz Czubak Tomasz Czubak Tomasz Czubak is a former 400 metres runner from Poland. He won a silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1998 European Championships and the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. Running in the 1999 individual contest, he set a personal best and a national record, with 44.62-External links:... Piotr Rysiukiewicz Piotr Rysiukiewicz Piotr Grzegorz Rysiukiewicz is a Polish sprinter who has won various medals for the Polish 4 x 400 metres relay team. He was a member of the best Polish relay 4 x 400 in the 1990s... Piotr Haczek Piotr Haczek Piotr Haczek is a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. An outdoor and indoor world champion in the 4 x 400 metres relay, his success came mainly in relay, his best individual performance being a gold medal at the 1999 European Under 23 Championships.-Personal bests:*100 metres -... Robert Maćkowiak Robert Mackowiak Robert Maćkowiak is a Polish sprinter. Together with Tomasz Czubak, Jacek Bocian and Piotr Haczek he won the gold medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics...	3:00.26

¹ The United States (Jerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Chris Jones, Tyree Washington) originally won the 4x400m relay in 2:56.47, but were disqualified in 2009 after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to using HGH and EPO between 1997 and 2003. http://www2.iaaf.org/athens97/results/index.html

²A 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

High jump	|2.37 (WL)	|2.35 (SB)	|2.35
Pole vault	|6.01 (CR/WL)	|5.96	|5.91 (SB)
Long jump	|8.42 (SB)	|8.38 (SB)	|8.18 (SB)
Triple jump	|17.85 (WL/NR)	|17.69	|17.64 (SB)
Shot put	|21.441	|21.24	|20.33
Discus throw	|68.54	|66.70 (SB)	|66.14 (SB)
Hammer throw	|81.78	|81.46 (SB)	|80.76 (SB)
Javelin throw	|88.40 (AR)	|86.80	|86.64
Decathlon	|8837 (CR/WL/NR)	|8730	|8652

¹ Aleksandr Bagach of Ukraine originally won the shot put with 21.47m, but was disqualified after he tested positive for steroids.

Track

1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001

100 m	|10.83 (WL)	|10.85	|11.03 (PB)
200 m	|22.32	|22.39	|22.40
400 m	|49.77	|49.79 (PB)	|49.90
800 m	|1:57.14	|1:57.56	|1:57.59
1,500 m	|4:04.24 (SB)	|4:04.63	|4:04.70 (SB)
5,000 m	|14:57.68	|14:58.29 (SB)	|14:58.85
10,000 m	|31:32.92 (WJR)	|31:39.15 (SB)	|31:41.93
Marathon	|2:29:48	|2:31:12	|2:31:55
10 km walk	|42:55.49 (WL)	|43:30.20	|43:49.24
100 m hurdles	|12.50 (SB)	|12.58	|12.61
400 m hurdles	|52.97 (AR)	|53.09 (SB)	|53.52
4x100 m relay	Chryste Gaines Chryste Gaines Chryste Dionne Gaines is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.... , Marion Jones Marion Jones Marion Lois Jones , also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is a former world champion track and field athlete, and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA... , Inger Miller Inger Miller Inger Miller is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for United States. She is the daughter of Lennox Miller, an Olympic champion runner from Jamaica.... , Gail Devers Gail Devers Yolanda Gail Devers is a retired three-time Olympic champion in track and field for the US Olympic Team. Devers was born in Seattle, Washington, and grew up near National City, California and graduated from Sweetwater High School in 1984...  United States	41.47 (CR/AR)	Beverly McDonald Beverly McDonald Beverly McDonald is a Jamaican sprinter. Her accomplishments include winning the silver medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2000 Olympics and the gold medal in the same event at the 2004 Olympics... , Merlene Frazer Merlene Frazer Merlene Frazer is a retired female track and field sprinter from Jamaica who specialized in the 200 metres. She also competed on the successful Jamaican 4 x 100 metres relay team, and was on the Olympic silver medal team in 2000 .-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 11.20 s *200 metres -... , Juliet Cuthbert Juliet Cuthbert Juliet Cuthbert is a Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the sprints .... , Beverly Grant  Jamaica	42.10 (SB)	Patricia Girard-Léno Patricia Girard-Léno Patricia Girard is a French athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metre Hurdles.... , Christine Arron, Delphine Combe Delphine Combe Delphine Combe is a French sprinter. She won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics and a gold medal in the same event at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics.-External links:... , Sylviane Félix Sylviane Felix Sylviane Felix is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece....  Early Modern France	42.21 (NR)
4x400 m relay	Anke Feller Anke Feller Anke Feller is a retired German sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.Her personal best time is 51.82 seconds, achieved in July 1999 in Erfurt.-Achievements:-References:... , Uta Rohländer, Anja Rücker Anja Rücker Anja Rücker is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, she won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay with her teammates Uta Rohländer, Linda Kisabaka and Grit Breuer... , Grit Breuer Grit Breuer Grit Breuer is a former East German athlete, who competed in the women's 200m, 400m, 4x100m, and 4x400m events....  Germany	3:20.92 (WL)	Maicel Malone-Wallace Maicel Malone-Wallace Maicel Malone-Wallace is a former track and field athlete who specialised in the 400 meters. She was the 1996 Olympic Games gold medalist in the women's 4 x 400 meters relay for the United States.-External links:... , Kim Graham Kim Graham Kimberly Elaine Graham is a former American sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres event. She represented the United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where she received a gold medal in women's 4x400 metres relay with Rochelle Stevens, Maicel Malone, and Jearl Miles... , Kim Batten Kim Batten Kim Batten is a retired female American 400 meter hurdles champion. She was the 1995 world record holder in the women's 400-meter hurdles.... , Jearl Miles Clark  United States	3:21.03 (SB)	Inez Turner Inez Turner Inez Turner is a retired female sprinter and middle-distance runner from Jamaica. She won the 800m gold at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. Together with Lorraine Fenton, Deon Hemmings and Sandie Richards she claimed a bronze medal in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1997 World Championships... , Lorraine Fenton Lorraine Fenton Lorraine Fenton is a retired Jamaican athlete who specialized in the 400 metres.... , Deon Hemmings Deon Hemmings Deon Hemmings is a former female 400 metres hurdler.Hemmings was the first ever Jamaican woman to win an Olympic Gold when she won the 400m Hurdles at the 1996 Olympics breaking the Olympic record which stood to 2004... , Sandie Richards Sandie Richards Alexandra Richards is a Jamaican track and field athlete. She was a bronze medalist in the 4x400 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece....  Jamaica	3:21.30 (NR)

Field

1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001

High jump	rowspan="2"	|rowspan="2"|1.99	|rowspan="2"|1.96
Long jump	|7.05 (WL/PB)	|6.94 (SB)	|6.91
Triple jump	|15.20 (WL/NR)	|15.16 (NR)	|14.67 (PB)
Shot put	|20.71	|20.66	|19.22
Discus throw	|66.82	|65.90	|65.14
Javelin throw	|68.78	|68.64 (PB)	|67.12 (PB)
Heptathlon	|6739	|6654	|6566

Medals table

1.		6	3	8	17
2.		5	1	4	10
3.		4	1	1	6
4.		3	2	2	7
5.		2	4	1	7
6.		2	1	1	4
7=		2	0	0	2
7=		2	0	0	2
9.		1	4	3	8
10.		1	4	1	6
11.		1	3	1	5
12.		1	2	1	4
13.		1	1	2	4
14=		1	1	1	3
14=		1	1	1	3
14=		1	1	1	3
17=		1	1	0	2
17=		1	1	0	2
19=		1	0	1	2
19=		1	0	1	2
19=		1	0	1	2
22=		1	0	0	1
22=		1	0	0	1
22=		1	0	0	1
22=		1	0	0	1
22=		1	0	0	1
27.		0	4	3	7
28.		0	2	2	4
29=		0	1	1	2
29=		0	1	1	2
31=		0	1	0	1
31=		0	1	0	1
31=		0	1	0	1
31=		0	1	0	1
31=		0	1	0	1
31=		0	1	0	1
36=		0	0	1	1
36=		0	0	1	1
36=		0	0	1	1
36=		0	0	1	1
36=		0	0	1	1