1997 Athletics World Championships |  |
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Events |
World Champions |
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| 100 m W |  | USA | Marion Jones | ||
| 100 m M | | USA | Maurice Greene | ||
| 200 m W |  | UKR | Zhanna Block | ||
| 200 m M |  | TTO | Ato Boldon | ||
| 400 m W |  | AUS | Cathy Freeman | ||
| 400 m M | | USA | Michael Johnson | ||
| 800 m W |  | CUB | Ana Fidelia Quirot | ||
| 800 m M |  | DEN | Wilson Kipketer | ||
| 1500 m W |  | POR | Carla Sacramento | ||
| 1500 m M |  | MAR | Hicham El Guerrouj | ||
| 5000 m W |  | ROU | Gabriela Szabo | ||
| 5000 m M |  | KEN | Daniel Kipchirchir Komen | ||
| 10000 m W | | KEN | Sally Barsosio | ||
| 10000 m M |  | ETH | Haile Gebrselassie | ||
| Marathon W |  | JPN | Hiromi Suzuki | ||
| Marathon M |  | ESP | Abel Antón | ||
| 100 m hurdles W |  | SWE | Ludmila Engquist | ||
| 110 m hurdles M | | USA | Allen Johnson | ||
| 400 m hurdles W | | MAR | Nouzha Bidouane | ||
| 400 m hurdles M |  | FRA | Stéphane Diagana | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase M | | KEN | Wilson Boit Kipketer | ||
| 10 km walk W |  | ITA | Annarita Sidoti | ||
| 20 km walk M |  | MEX | Daniel Garcia Cordova | ||
| 50 km walk M |  | POL | Robert Korzeniowski | ||
| High jump W |  | NOR | Hanne Haugland | ||
| High jump M | | CUB | Javier Sotomayor | ||
| Long jump W |  | RUS | Lyudmila Galkina | ||
| Long jump M | | CUB | Ivan Pedroso | ||
| Triple jump W |  | CZE | Sarka Kasparkova | ||
| Triple jump M | | CUB | Yoelbi Quesada | ||
| Pole vault M | | UKR | Sergey Bubka | ||
| Javelin throw W | | NOR | Trine Hattestad | ||
| Javelin throw M |  | RSA | Marius Corbett | ||
| Discus throw W |  | NZL | Beatrice Faumuina | ||
| Discus throw M |  | GER | Lars Riedel | ||
| Hammer throw M | | GER | Heinz Weis | ||
| Shot put W | | GER | Astrid Kumbernuss | ||
| Shot put M | | USA | John Godina | ||
| Heptathlon W | | GER | Sabine Braun | ||
| Decathlon M | | CZE | Tomas Dvorak | ||
| 4x100 m W | | USA | Marion Jones | ||
| Chryste Gaines | |||||
| Gail Devers | |||||
| Inger Miller | |||||
| 4x100 m M |  | CAN | Glenroy Gilbert | ||
| Bruny Surin | |||||
| Robert Esmie | |||||
| Donovan Bailey | |||||
| 4x400 m W | | GER | Anja Rücker | ||
| Grit Breuer | |||||
| Anke Feller | |||||
| Uta Rohländer | |||||
| 4x400 m M |  | GBR | Roger Black | ||
| Mark Richardson | |||||
| Iwan Thomas | |||||
| James Baulch | |||||
