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1997 in the sport of athletics

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Field	Value
Title	1997 in athletics
Major world competitions	World Championships
World Indoor Championships
IAAF Athletes of the Year	Wilson Kipketer
Marion Jones
Previous	1996
Next	1998

World Indoor Championships |No. of world records = |IAAF Athletes of the Year = Wilson Kipketer Marion Jones

This article contains an overview of the year 1997 in athletics.

Major events

World

Regional

CARIFTA Games
Central American and Caribbean Championships
East Asian Games
European Cross Country Championships
European Junior Championships
European U23 Championships
Mediterranean Games
Pan American Junior Championships
South American Championships
South American Junior Championships

World records

Men

Event	Athlete	Nation	Performance	Place	Date
800 m	Wilson Kipketer		1:41.73	SWE Stockholm, Sweden	7 July
800 m	Wilson Kipketer		1:41.24	SWI Zürich, Switzerland	13 August
800 m	Wilson Kipketer		1:41.11	GER Cologne, Germany	24 August
5000 m	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	12:41.86	SWI Zürich, Switzerland	13 August
5000 m	Daniel Komen		12:39.74	BEL Brussels, Belgium	22 August
10,000 m	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	26:31.32	NOR Oslo, Norway	4 July
10,000 m	Paul Tergat		26:27.85	BEL Brussels, Belgium	22 August
3000 m steeplechase	Wilson Boit Kipketer		7:59.08	SWI Zürich, Switzerland	13 August
3000 m steeplechase	Bernard Barmasai		7:55.72	GER Cologne, Germany	24 August

Women

Event	Athlete	Performance	Place	Date
5000 m	Dong Yanmei	14:31.27	CHN Shanghai, China	21 October
5000 m	Jiang Bo	14:28.09	CHN Shanghai, China	23 October
Pole vault	Emma George	4.50 m	AUS Melbourne, Australia	8 February
Pole vault	Emma George	4.55 m	AUS Melbourne, Australia	20 February
Hammer throw	Mihaela Melinte	69.58 m	ROU Bucharest, Romania	8 March
Hammer throw	Olga Kuzenkova	70.78 m	RUS Smolensk, Russia	11 June
Hammer throw	Olga Kuzenkova	71.22 m	GER Munich, Germany	22 June
Hammer throw	Olga Kuzenkova	73.10 m	GER Munich, Germany	22 June

Awards

Men

1996 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	ATHLETE
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Wilson Kipketer
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Wilson Kipketer
European Athlete of the Year Award	Wilson Kipketer
Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award	Michael Johnson

Women

1996 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	ATHLETE
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Marion Jones
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Marion Jones
European Athlete of the Year Award	Astrid Kumbernuss
Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award	Marie-José Pérec

Season's bests

4×400 metres relay	United Kingdom
Iwan Thomas
Roger Black
Jamie Baulch
Mark Richardson	2:56.65	Germany
Anke Feller
Uta Rohländer-Fromm
Anja Rücker
Grit Breuer	3:20.92

Notes

References

This time did not set a new world record. Rather, it equaled Sebastian Coe's existing world record.

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