Women: Other Selected Athletes, Sports

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

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, USA10.83
2 Zhanna Pintusevich, UKR10.85
3 Savatheda Fynes, BAH11.03
Other Top 8 USA: 5th— Inger Miller (11.18); 8th— Chryste Gaines (11.32).

200 meters

Time
1 Zhanna Pintusevich, UKR22.32
2 Susanthika Jayasinghe, SRI22.39
3 Merlene Ottey, JAM22.40
Top 8 USA 5th— Inger Miller (22.52).

400 meters

Time
1 Cathy Freeman, AUS49.77
2 Sandie Richards, JAM49.79
3 Jearl Miles, USA 49.90

800 meters

Time
1 Ana Fidelia Quirot, CUB 1:57.14
2 Yelena Afansyeva, RUS1:57.56
3 Maria Mutola, MOZ1:57.59
Top 10 USA: 7th— Joetta Clark (2:02.05).

1500 meters

Time
1 Carla Sacramento, POR4:04.24
2 Regina Jacobs, USA4:04.63
3 Anita Weyermann, SUI4:04.70

5000 meters

Time
1 Gabriela Szabo, ROM14:57.68
2 Roberta Brunet, ITA14:58.29
3 Fernanda Ribeiro, POR14:58.85
Top 8 USA: 7th— Libbie Hickman (15:11.15).

10,000 meters

Time
1 Sally Barsosio, KEN31:32.92
2 Fernanda Ribeiro, POR31:39.15
3 Masako Chiba, JPN31:41.93
Best USA: 13th— Annette Peters (32:43.38).

Marathon

Time
1 Hiromi Suzuki, JPN2:29:48
2 Manuela Machado, POR2:31:12
3 Lidia Simon, ROM2:31:55
Best USA: 25th— Cheryl Colliins (2:43.42).

4x100-meter Relay

Time
1 United States 41.47CR
2 Jamaica 42.10
3 France42.21
USA— Chryste Gaines, Marion Jones, Inger Miller, Gail Devers; JAM— McDonald, Frazer, Cuthbert, Grant; FRA— Girard, Arron, Combe, Felix.

4x400-meter Relay

Time
1 Germany3:20.92
2 United States3:21.03
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, SWE12.50
2 Svetla Dimitrova, BUL12.58
3 Michelle Freeman, JAM12.61

400-meter Hurdles

Time
1 Nezha Bidouane, MOR52.97
2 Deon Hemmings, JAM 53.09
3 Kim Batten, USA53.52
Other Top 8 USA: 6th— Tonja Buford-Bailey (54.77).

10-kilometer Walk

Time
1 Anna Rita Sidoti, ITA42:55
2 Olga Kardopoltseva, BLR43:30
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, NOR6-61/4
2 Olga Kaliturina, RUS6-5
3 Inga Babakova, UKR6-5

Long Jump

Distance
1 Lyudmila Galkina, RUS23-13/4
2 Niki Xanthou, GRE22-91/4
3 Fiona May, ITA22-8
Top 10 USA: 5th— Jackie Joyner-Kersee (22-31/2); 10th— Marion Jones (21-9).

Triple Jump

Distance
1 Sarka Kasparkova, CZE49-101/2
2 Rodica Mateescu, ROM49-9
3 Yelena Govorova, UKR48-13/4
Top 12 USA: 11th— Cynthea Rhodes (45–3).

Shot Put

Distance
1 Astrid Kumbernuss, GER 67-111/2
2 Vita Pavlysh, UKR67-91/2
3 Stephanie Storp, GER63-03/4
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, NZL219-3
2 Ellina Zvereva, BLR216-2
3 Natalya Sadova, RUS213-8

Javelin

Distance
1 Trine Hattestad, NOR225-8
2 Joanna Stone, AUS225-2
3 Tanja Damaske, GER220-2

Heptathlon

Points
1 Sabine Braun, GER6739
2 Denise Lewis, GBR6654
3 Remigia Nazaroviene, LIT6566
Top 10 USA: 7th— DeDe Nathan (6298); 10th— Kelly Blair (6253).

Men1997 IAAF World Championships
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