1997 World Championships in Athletics
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| Host city | Athens, Greece |
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| Nations | 198 |
| Athletes | 1882 |
| Dates | 1–10 August 1997 |
| Opened by | President Konstantinos Stephanopoulos |
| Main venue | Olympic Stadium |
The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Amateur Athletic Federation, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between 1 and 10 August 1997. In this event participated 1882 athletes from 198 participant nations.[1] Despite several attempts to sabotage, Athens used the successful organization of the World Championships to prove their capacity during the next IOC Session held the following month in Lausanne as a triumph and key event during the final stretch of the process to choose the city who hosted 2004 Summer Olympics. The success of the event showed the Greece abilities and readiness to organize large-scale, international sporting events. It was the first edition to award wild cards to defending champions even if they did not qualify for their national team. This allowed four athletes from the same country to compete in an individual event in some cases.[2]
Men's results
Track
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Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
- nb1 The United States (Jerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Chris Jones, and Tyree Washington) originally won the 4 × 400 m relay in 2:56.47, but were disqualified in 2009 after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to using HGH and EPO between 1997 and 2003.[3]
Field
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- nb2 Aleksandr Bagach of Ukraine originally won the shot put with 21.47 m, but was disqualified after he tested positive for steroids.
Women's results
Track
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Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Field
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Medal table
* Host nation (Greece)
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References
- ↑ [1]. Accessed 2009-04-03. 2009-05-10.
- ↑ Rosenthal, Bert (2 August 1997). "Johnson can't wait to compete". The Stuart News. p. 31. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ↑ "Results". www2.iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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