The Top Finishers in the 1997 Women’s World Outdoor Track and Field Championship

In the 1997 World Outdoor Championships, Marion Jones earned her first World Championship medals by winning the 100-meter event and running the second leg of the victorious U.S. 4 x 100 relay squad. Meanwhile, Jamaica’s Merlene Ottey gained a record 14th World Championship medal by placing third in the 200. Ottey’s semifinal time of 22.26 seconds was the fastest time in the event overall, but she had to settle for a bronze medal when she ran 22.40 in the final.

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

• 100 meters
  GOLD Marion Jones, USA 10.83
  SILVER Zhanna Pintusevich, UKR 10.85
  BRONZE Savetheda Fynes, BAH 11.03

• 200 meters
  GOLD Zhanna Pintusevich, UKR 22.32
  SILVER Susanthika Jayasinghe, SRI 22.39
  BRONZE Merlene Ottey, JAM 22.40

• 400 meters
  GOLD Cathy Freeman, AUS 49.77
  SILVER Sandie Richards, JAM 49.79
  BRONZE Jearl Miles-Clark, USA 49.90

• 800 meters
  GOLD Ana Quirot, CUB 1:57.14
  SILVER Yelena Afanasyeva, RUS 1:57.56
  BRONZE Maria Mutola, MOZ 1:57.59

• 1500 meters
  GOLD Carla Sacramento, POR 4:04.24
  SILVER Regina Jacobs, USA 4:04.63
  BRONZE Anita Weyermann, SUI 4:04.70

• 5000 meters
  GOLD Gabriela Szabo, ROM 14:57.68
  SILVER Roberta Brunet, ITA 14:58.29
  BRONZE Fernanda Ribeiro, POR 14:58.85

• 10,000 meters
  GOLD Sally Barsosio, KEN 31:32.92
  SILVER Fernanda Ribeiro, POR 31:39.15
  BRONZE Masako Chiba, JPN 31:41.93

• Marathon
  GOLD Hiromi Suzuki, JPN 2:29:48
  SILVER Manuela Machado, POR 2:31
  BRONZE Lidia Simon, ROM 2:31:55

• 100-meter Hurdles
  GOLD Ludmila Engquist, SWE 12.50
  SILVER Svetla Dimitrova, BUL 12.58
  BRONZE Michelle Freeman, JAM 12.61

• 400-meter Hurdles
  GOLD Nezha Bidouane, MAR 52.97
  SILVER Deon Hemmings, JAM 53.09
  BRONZE Kim Batten, USA 53.52

• Discus Throw
  GOLD Beatrice Faumuina, NZL 66.82
  SILVER Ellina Zvereva, BLR 65.90
  BRONZE Natalya Sadova, RUS 65.14

• Shot Put
  GOLD Astrid Kumbernuss, GER 20.71
  SILVER Vita Pavlysh, UKR 20.66
  BRONZE Stephanie Storp, GER 19.22

• Javelin Throw
  GOLD Trine Hattestad, NOR 68.78
  SILVER Joanna Stone, AUS 68.64
  BRONZE Tanja Damaske, GER 67.12

• Long Jump
  GOLD Lyudmila Galkina, RUS 7.05
  SILVER Niki Xanthou, GRE 6.94
  BRONZE Fiona May, ITA 6.91

• High Jump
  GOLD Hanne Haugland, NOR 1.99
  SILVER Inga Babakova, UKR 1.96
  SILVER Olga Kaliturina, RUS 1.96

• Triple Jump
  GOLD Sarka Kasparkova, CZE 15.20
  SILVER Rodica Mateescu, ROM 15.16
  BRONZE Yelena Govorova, UKR 14.67

• Heptathlon
  GOLD Sabine Braun, GER 6739
  SILVER Denise Lewis, GBR 6654
  BRONZE Remigija Nazaroviene, LIT 6566

• 10,000-meter Track Walk
  GOLD Annarita Sidoti, ITA 42:55.49
  SILVER Olga Kardopoltseva, BLR 43:30.20
  BRONZE Valentina Tsybulskaya, BLR 43:49.24

• 4 x 100-meter Relay
  GOLD United States (Chryste Gaines, Marion Jones, Inger Miller, Gail Devers), 41.47
  SILVER Jamaica, 42.10
  BRONZE France, 42.21

• 4 x 400-meter Relay
  GOLD Germany (Anke Feller, Uta Rohlander, Anja Rucker, Grit Breuer), 3:20.92
  SILVER United States, 3:21.03
  BRONZE Jamaica, 3:21.30

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