1997 IAAF World Championships: Men

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Two medals: Donovan Bailey, CAN (1-1-0); Tyree Washington, USA (1-0-1).

100 meters

		Time
1	Maurice Greene, USA	9.86	=CR
2	Donovan Bailey, CAN	9.91
3	Tim Montgomery, USA	9.94

Other Top 8 USA: 8th— Michael Marsh (10.29).

200 meters

		Time
1	Ato Boldon, TRI	20.04
2	Frank Fredericks, NAB	20.23
3	Claudinei Da Silva, BRA	20.26

Top 8 USA: 7th— Jon Drummond (20.44).

400 meters

		Time
1	Michael Johnson, USA	44.12
2	Davis Kamoga, UGA	44.37
3	Tyree Washington, USA	44.39

Other Top 8 USA: 5th— Jerome Young (44.51); 7th— Antonio Pettigrew (44.58).

800 meters

		Time
1	Wilson Kipketer, DEN	1:43.38
2	Norberto Tellez, CUB	1:44.00
3	Rich Kenah, USA	1:44.25

Other Top 8 USA: 8th— Mark Everett (1:49.02).

1500 meters

		Time
1	Hicham El Guerrouj, MOR	3:35.83
2	Fermin Cacho, SPA	3:36.63
3	Reyes Estevez, SPA	3:37.26

5000 meters

		Time
1	Daniel Komen, KEN	13:07.38
2	Khalid Boulami, MOR	13:09.34
3	Thomas Nyariki, KEN	13:11.09

Top 10 USA: 6th— Bob Kennedy (13:19.45).

10,000 meters

		Time
1	Haile Gebrselassie, ETH	27:24.58
2	Paul Tergat, KEN	27:25.62
3	Salah Hissou, MOR	27:28.67

Marathon

		Time
1	Abel Anton, SPA	2:13:16
2	Martin Fiz, SPA	2:13:21
3	Steve Moneghetti, AUS	2:14:16

Best USA: 13th— Douglas Scudamore (2:18.41).

4x100-meter Relay

		Time
1	Canada	37.86
2	Nigeria	38.07
3	Great Britain & N.I.	38.14

CAN— Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey; NGR— O. Ezinwa, Adeniken, Obikwelu, D. Ezinwa; GBR&NI— Braithwaite, Campbell, Walker, Golding.

4x400-meter Relay

		Time
1	United States	2:56.47
2	Great Britain & N.I.	2:56.65
3	Jamaica	2:56.75

USA— Jerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Chris Jones, Tyree Washington; GBR&NI— Thomas, Black, Baulch, Richardson; JAM— McDonald, Haughton, McFarlane, Clarke.

110-meter Hurdles

		Time
1	Allen Johnson, USA	12.93
2	Colin Jackson, GBR	13.05
3	Igor Kovac, SVK	13.18

Other Top 8 USA: 6th— Terry Reese (13.30); 7th— Mark Crear (13.55).

400-meter Hurdles

		Time
1	Stephane Diagana, FRA	47.70
2	Llewellyn Herbert, RUS	47.86
3	Bryan Bronson, USA	47.88

3000-meter Steeplechase

		Time
1	Wilson Boit Kipketer, KEN	8:05.84
2	Moses Kiptanui, KEN	8:06.04
	Bernard Barmasai, KEN	8:06.04

Top 10 USA: 6th— Mark Croghan (8:14.09).

20-kilometer Walk

		Time
1	Daniel Garcia, MEX	1:21:43
2	Mikhail Shchennikov, RUS	1:21:53
3	Mikhail Khmelnitskiy, BLR	1:22:01

Best USA: 34th— Curt Clausen (1:32.05).

50-kilometer Walk

		Time
1	Robert Korzeniowski, POL	3:44:46
2	Jesus Angel Garcia, SPA	3:44:59
3	Miguel Rodriguez, MEX	3:48:30

High Jump

		Height
1	Javier Sotomayor, CUB	7- 9¹/4
2	Artur Partyka, POL	7- 8¹/2
3	Tim Forsyth, AUS	7- 8¹/2

Pole Vault

		Height
1	Sergey Bubka, UKR	19- 8¹/2	CR
2	Maksim Tarasov, RUS	19- 6¹/2
3	Dean Starkey, USA	19- 4³/4

Other Top 10 USA: 6th— Pat Manson (18–8¹/4)

Long Jump

	Distance
1	Ivan Pedroso, CUB	27-7¹/2
2	Erick Walder, USA	27-6
3	Kiril Sosunov, RUS	26-10

Other Top 10 USA: 8th— Kevin Dilworth (25–10 ¹/4)

Triple Jump

	Distance
1	Yoelvis Quesada, CUB	58-6³/4
2	Jonathan Edwards, GBR	58-0¹/2
3	Eliecer Urrutia, CUB	57-10¹/2

Top 10 USA: 9th— Kenny Harrison (55–11¹/4).

Shot Put

	Distance
1	John Godina, USA	70-4¹/4
2	Oliver-Sven Buder, GER	69-8¹/4
3	C.J. Hunter, USA	66-8¹/4

Other Top 8 USA: 7th— Kevin Toth (65–8 ¹/4).

Note: Ukraine's Aleksandr Bagach was the original gold medalist in the shot put but was stripped of his medal after testing positive for the stimulant ephedrine.