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Sports > Other Sports > International Sports > 1996-97 Season > Track and Field > 1997 IAAF World Championships

Women

Two medals: Marion Jones, USA (2-0-0); Zhanna Pintusevich, UKR (1-0-1); Kim Batten, USA (0-1-1); Deon Hemmings, JAM (0-1-1); Jearl Miles, USA (0-1-1); Fernanda Ribeiro, POR (0-1-1); Sandie Richards, JAM (0-1-1).

100 meters

		Time
1	Marion Jones, USA	10.83
2	Zhanna Pintusevich, UKR	10.85
3	Savatheda Fynes, BAH	11.03

Other Top 8 USA: 5th— Inger Miller (11.18); 8th— Chryste Gaines (11.32).

200 meters

		Time
1	Zhanna Pintusevich, UKR	22.32
2	Susanthika Jayasinghe, SRI	22.39
3	Merlene Ottey, JAM	22.40

Top 8 USA 5th— Inger Miller (22.52).

400 meters

		Time
1	Cathy Freeman, AUS	49.77
2	Sandie Richards, JAM	49.79
3	Jearl Miles, USA	49.90

800 meters

		Time
1	Ana Fidelia Quirot, CUB	1:57.14
2	Yelena Afansyeva, RUS	1:57.56
3	Maria Mutola, MOZ	1:57.59

Top 10 USA: 7th— Joetta Clark (2:02.05).

1500 meters

		Time
1	Carla Sacramento, POR	4:04.24
2	Regina Jacobs, USA	4:04.63
3	Anita Weyermann, SUI	4:04.70

5000 meters

		Time
1	Gabriela Szabo, ROM	14:57.68
2	Roberta Brunet, ITA	14:58.29
3	Fernanda Ribeiro, POR	14:58.85

Top 8 USA: 7th— Libbie Hickman (15:11.15).

10,000 meters

		Time
1	Sally Barsosio, KEN	31:32.92
2	Fernanda Ribeiro, POR	31:39.15
3	Masako Chiba, JPN	31:41.93

Best USA: 13th— Annette Peters (32:43.38).

Marathon

		Time
1	Hiromi Suzuki, JPN	2:29:48
2	Manuela Machado, POR	2:31:12
3	Lidia Simon, ROM	2:31:55

Best USA: 25th— Cheryl Colliins (2:43.42).

4x100-meter Relay

		Time
1	United States	41.47	CR
2	Jamaica	42.10
3	France	42.21

USA— Chryste Gaines, Marion Jones, Inger Miller, Gail Devers; JAM— McDonald, Frazer, Cuthbert, Grant; FRA— Girard, Arron, Combe, Felix.

4x400-meter Relay

		Time
1	Germany	3:20.92
2	United States	3:21.03
3	Jamaica	3:21.30

GER— Anke Feller, Uta Rohlander, Anja Rucker, Grit Breuer; USA— Malone-Wallace, Graham, Batten, Miles; JAM— Turner, Graham, Hemmings, Richards.

100-meter Hurdles

		Time
1	Ludmila Engquist, SWE	12.50
2	Svetla Dimitrova, BUL	12.58
3	Michelle Freeman, JAM	12.61

400-meter Hurdles

		Time
1	Nezha Bidouane, MOR	52.97
2	Deon Hemmings, JAM	53.09
3	Kim Batten, USA	53.52

Other Top 8 USA: 6th— Tonja Buford-Bailey (54.77).

10-kilometer Walk

		Time
1	Anna Rita Sidoti, ITA	42:55
2	Olga Kardopoltseva, BLR	43:30
3	Valentina Tsybulskaya, BLR	43:49

Note: Russia's Olimpiada Ivanova was the original silver medalist in the 10-k walk but was stripped of her medal after testing positive for steroids.

High Jump

		Height
1	Hanne Haugland, NOR	6-6¹/4
2	Olga Kaliturina, RUS	6-5
3	Inga Babakova, UKR	6-5

Long Jump

	Distance
1	Lyudmila Galkina, RUS	23-1³/4
2	Niki Xanthou, GRE	22-9¹/4
3	Fiona May, ITA	22-8

Top 10 USA: 5th— Jackie Joyner-Kersee (22-3¹/2); 10th— Marion Jones (21-9).

Triple Jump

	Distance
1	Sarka Kasparkova, CZE	49-10¹/2
2	Rodica Mateescu, ROM	49-9
3	Yelena Govorova, UKR	48-1³/4

Top 12 USA: 11th— Cynthea Rhodes (45–3).

Shot Put

	Distance
1	Astrid Kumbernuss, GER	67-11¹/2
2	Vita Pavlysh, UKR	67-9¹/2
3	Stephanie Storp, GER	63-0³/4

Top 12 USA: 5th— Connie Price-Smith (62-4); 11th— Valeyta Althouse (55–6¹/4); 12th— Tressa Thompson (54–1).

Discus

	Distance
1	Beatrice Faumuina, NZL	219-3
2	Ellina Zvereva, BLR	216-2
3	Natalya Sadova, RUS	213-8

Javelin

	Distance
1	Trine Hattestad, NOR	225-8
2	Joanna Stone, AUS	225-2
3	Tanja Damaske, GER	220-2

Heptathlon

		Points
1	Sabine Braun, GER	6739
2	Denise Lewis, GBR	6654
3	Remigia Nazaroviene, LIT	6566

Top 10 USA: 7th— DeDe Nathan (6298); 10th— Kelly Blair (6253).

Men

1997 IAAF World Championships