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1997 World Championships in Athletics

Athletics competition in Athens, Greece

Field	Value
name	6th World Championships in Athletics
logo	Athens IAAF 1997.jpg
host_city	Athens, Greece
nations	198
athletes	1882
dates	1–10 August 1997
opened_by	President Konstantinos Stephanopoulos
stadium	Olympic Stadium
previous	[1995 Gothenburg](1995-world-championships-in-athletics)
next	[1999 Seville](1999-world-championships-in-athletics)

The 6th World Championships in Athletics (), under the auspices of the International Association of Athletic Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between 1 and 10 August 1997. 1,882 athletes from 198 participant nations participated in this event.

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.

Men's results

Track

1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001

Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

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.

Field

1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001

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

1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001

Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

Field

1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001

Not awarded

Medal table

References

IAAF 1997

References

[http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/history/index.html]. Accessed 2009-04-03. 2009-05-10.
(2 August 1997). "Johnson can't wait to compete". [[The Stuart News]].
"Results".

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