The Top Finishers in the 1997 Men’s World Outdoor Track and Field Championships

In the 1997 World Outdoor Championships, Sergey Bubka of the Ukraine came back from a 1996 Achilles tendon injury to remain a perfect 6-for-6 in World Outdoor competition by winning the pole vault gold medal. American Michael Johnson earned his seventh World Championship gold by winning the 400 meters. Other highlights included the fourth consecutive discus throw championship by Germany’s Lars Reidel and the third consecutive 10,000-meter gold medal for Ethiopia’s Haile Gebrselassie.

6th IAAF World Championships in Athletics
Athens, Greece
August 2-10, 1997

• 100 meters
  GOLD Maurice Greene, USA 9.86
  SILVER Donovan Bailey, CAN 9.91
  BRONZE Tim Montgomery, USA 9.94

• 200 meters
  GOLD Ato Boldon, TRI 20.04
  SILVER Frankie Fredericks, NAM 20.23
  BRONZE Claudinei da Silva, BRA 20.26

• 400 meters
  GOLD Michael Johnson, USA 44.12
  SILVER Davis Kamoga, UGA 44.37
  BRONZE Tyree Washington, USA 44.39

• 800 meters
  GOLD Wilson Kipketer, DEN 1:43.38
  SILVER Norberto Tellez, CUB 1:44.00
  BRONZE Rich Kenah, USA 1:44.25

• 1500 meters
  GOLD Hicham El Guerrouj, MAR 3:35.83
  SILVER Fermin Cacho, ESP 3:36.63
  BRONZE Reyes Estevez, ESP 3:37.26

• 5000 meters
  GOLD Daniel Komen, KEN 13:07.38;
  SILVER Khalid Boulami, MAR 13:09.34
  BRONZE Tom Nyariki, KEN 13:11.09

• 10,000 meters
  GOLD Haile Gebrselassie, ETH 27:24.58
  SILVER Paul Tergat, KEN 27:25.62
  BRONZE Salah Hissou, MAR 27:28.67

• Steeplechase
  GOLD Wilson Boit Kipketer, KEN 8:05.84
  SILVER Moses Kiptanui, KEN 8:06.04
  BRONZE Bernard Barmasai, KEN 8:06.04

• Marathon
  GOLD Abel Anton, ESP 2:13:16
  SILVER Martin Fiz, ESP 2:13:21
  BRONZE Steve Moneghetti, AUS 2:14:16

• 110-meter Hurdles
  GOLD Allen Johnson, USA 12.93
  SILVER Colin Jackson, GBR 13.05
  BRONZE Igor Kovac, SVK 13.18

• 400-meter Hurdles
  GOLD Stephane Diagana, FRA 47.70
  SILVER Llewellyn Herbert, RSA 47.86
  BRONZE Bryan Bronson, USA 47.88

• Discus Throw
  GOLD Lars Riedel, GER 68.54
  SILVER Virgilijus Alekna, LIT 66.70
  BRONZE Jurgen Schult, GER 66.14

• Shot Put
  GOLD John Godina, USA 21.44
  SILVER Oliver-Sven Buder, GER 21.24
  BRONZE C. J. Hunter, USA 20.33

• Javelin Throw
  GOLD Marius Corbett, RSA 88.40
  SILVER Steve Backley, GBR 86.80
  BRONZE Kostas Gatsioudis, GRE 86.64

• Hammer Throw
  GOLD Heinz Weis, GER 81.78
  SILVER Andrey Skvaruk, UKR 81.46
  BRONZE Vasiliy Sidorenko, RUS 80.76

• Long Jump
  GOLD Iván Pedroso, CUB 8.42
  SILVER Erick Walder, USA 8.38
  BRONZE Kirill Sosunov, RUS 8.18

• High Jump
  GOLD Javier Sotomayor, CUB 2.37
  SILVER Artur Partyka, POL 2.35
  BRONZE Tim Forsyth, AUS 2.35

• Triple Jump
  GOLD Yoelbi Quesada, CUB 17.85
  SILVER Jonathan Edwards, GBR 17.69
  BRONZE Aliecer Urrutia, CUB 17.64

• Pole Vault
  GOLD Sergey Bubka, UKR 6.01
  SILVER Maksim Tarasov, RUS 5.96
  BRONZE Dean Starkey, USA 5.91

• Decathlon
  GOLD Tomas Dvorak, CZE 8837
  SILVER Eduard Hamalainen, FIN 8730
  BRONZE Frank Busemann, GER 8652

• 20-kilometer Race Walk
  GOLD Daniel Garcia, MEX 1:21:43
  SILVER Mikhail Shchennikov, RUS 1:21:53
  BRONZE Mikhail Khmelnitskiy, BLR 1:22:01

• 50-kilometer Race Walk
  GOLD Robert Korzeniowski, POL 3:44:46
  SILVER Jesus Angel Garcia, ESP 3:44:59
  BRONZE Miguel Rodriguez, MEX 3:48:30

• 4 x 100-meter Relay
  GOLD Canada (Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey), 37.86
  SILVER Nigeria, 38.07
  BRONZE Great Britain, 38.14

• 4 x 400-meter Relay
  GOLD United States (Jerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Chris Jones, Tyree Washington), 2:56.47
  SILVER Great Britain, 2:56.65
  BRONZE Jamaica, 2:57.75

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