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1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships

Field	Value
Name	6th IAAF World Indoor Championships
Logo	WIC1997.gif
Size	120px
Host city	Paris, France
Optional caption	Official competition logo
Nations participating	118
Athletes participating	712
Events	28
Dates	7 March–9 March
Stadium	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
Previous	[1995 Barcelona](1995-iaaf-world-indoor-championships)
Next	[1999 Maebashi](1999-iaaf-world-indoor-championships)

The 6th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from March 7 to March 9, 1997. It was the first athletic championships to introduce women's pole vault. There were a total number of 712 participating athletes from 118 countries.

Results

Men

1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001

Women

1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001

Mary Slaney of USA originally came second in the 1500 metre and was awarded the silver medal, but was later disqualified for doping.

Medal table

Participating nations

(1)
(1)
(1)
Argentina (4)
(2)
(1)
Australia (6)
(10)
(1)
(7)
Belarus (4)
Belgium (10)
(2)
(2)
(1)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
Brazil (16)
(4)
(1)
(1)
(2)
Canada (8)
(1)
(1)
Chile (1)
China (18)
(2)
(1)
(10)
(2)
(18)
(7)
(2)
(1)
(1)
(2)
Ethiopia (4)
(6)
France (44)
(1)
(1)
Germany (34)
(4)
Great Britain (40)
Greece (14)
(1)
(1)
(14)
(3)
(8)
(5)
Italy (25)
(3)
(17)
Japan (10)
(4)
(5)
Kyrgyzstan (2)
(1)
(4)
(2)
(1)
Lithuania (3)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(2)
Mauritania (1)
(1)
Mexico (4)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(8)
Netherlands (5)
(1)
New Zealand (4)
(9)
(10)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
Philippines (1)
Poland (12)
Portugal (7)
(1)
(3)
(1)
(11)
Russia (42)
Rwanda (2)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(7)
South Africa (3)
(1)
Spain (23)
(1)
Sweden (10)
Switzerland (5)
(1)
(1)
(3)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(27)
United States (54)
(2)
FR Yugoslavia (4)
(1)
(1)
(2)

References

"IAAF Statistics Book – World Indoor Championships SOPOT 2014". [[IAAF]].

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