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Sports > Other Sports > International Sports > 1996-97 Season > Track and Field

World Indoor Records Set in 1997

World indoor records set or equaled between Oct. 1, 1996 and Sept. 20, 1997.

Men

Event		Record	Old Mark	Former Holder
800 meters	Wilson Kipketer, DEN	1:43.96	1:44.84	Paul Ereng, KEN (1989)
800 meters	Wilson Kipketer, DEN	1:42.67	1:43.96	Wilson Kipketer, DEN (1997)
1500 meters	Hicham El Guerrouj, MOR	3:31.17	3:34.16	Noureddine Morceli, ALG (1991)
Mile	Hicham El Guerrouj, MOR	3:48.45	3:49.78	Eamonn Coghlan, IRE (1983)
5000 meters	Haile Gebrselassie, ETH	12:59.04	13:10.98	Haile Gebrselassie, ETH (1996)
Triple Jump	Aliecer Urrutia, CUB	58-6	58-3³/4	Leonid Voloshin, RUS (1994)

Women

Event		Record	Old Mark	Former Holder
Pole Vault	Emma George, AUS	14-5¹/4	14-0¹/2	Sun Caiyun, CHN (1996)
Pole Vault	Stacy Dragila, USA	14-5¹/4	14-5¹/4	Emma George, AUS (1997)
4x400 Relay	Russia	3:26.84	3:27.22	Germany (1991)

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