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1997 World Championships in Athletics

Index 1997 World Championships in Athletics

The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10, 1997. [1]

183 relations: Abel Antón, Aliecer Urrutia, Allen Johnson, Ana Fidelia Quirot, Andriy Skvaruk, Anita Weyermann, Anja Rücker, Anke Feller, Annarita Sidoti, Antonio Pettigrew, Artur Partyka, Astrid Kumbernuss, Athens, Ato Boldon, Šárka Kašpárková, Beatrice Faumuina, Bernard Barmasai, Beverly Grant, Beverly McDonald, Bruny Surin, Bryan Bronson, C. J. Hunter, Carla Sacramento, Carlton Chambers, Cathy Freeman, Chris Jones (sprinter), Christine Arron, Chryste Gaines, Claudinei da Silva, Colin Jackson, Daniel García (racewalker), Daniel Komen, Danny McFarlane, Darren Braithwaite, Darren Campbell, Davian Clarke, Davidson Ezinwa, Davis Kamoga, Dean Starkey, Delphine Combe, Denise Lewis, Deon Hemmings, Donovan Bailey, Douglas Walker (athlete), Dwain Chambers, Eduard Hämäläinen, Ellina Zvereva, Erick Walder, Fermín Cacho, Fernanda Ribeiro, ..., Fiona May, Francis Obikwelu, Frank Busemann, Frankie Fredericks, Frédérique Bangué, Gabriela Szabo, Gail Devers, Glenroy Gilbert, Greece, Greg Haughton, Grit Breuer, Haile Gebrselassie, Hanne Haugland, Heinz Weis, Hicham El Guerrouj, Hiromi Suzuki (runner), IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Igor Kováč, Inez Turner, Inger Miller, Inha Babakova, International Association of Athletics Federations, Iván Pedroso, Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch, Javier Sotomayor, Jürgen Schult, Jearl Miles Clark, Jerome Young, Jesús Ángel García Bragado, Joanna Stone, John Godina, Jonathan Edwards (triple jumper), Julian Golding, Juliet Cuthbert, Khalid Boulami, Kim Batten, Kim Graham, Kirill Sosunov, Konstadinos Gatsioudis, Lars Riedel, Lausanne, Lidia Șimon, Linval Laird, List of IOC meetings, Llewellyn Herbert, Lorraine Fenton, Ludmila Engquist, Lyudmila Galkina, Maicel Malone-Wallace, Maksim Tarasov, Manuela Machado, Maria Mutola, Marion Jones, Marius Corbett, Mark Hylton (sprinter), Mark Richardson (sprinter), Marlon Devonish, Martín Fiz, Masako Chiba, Maurice Greene (athlete), Merlene Frazer, Merlene Ottey, Michael Johnson (sprinter), Michael McDonald (runner), Michelle Collins (athlete), Michelle Freeman, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (racewalker), Mikhail Khmelnitskiy, Mikhail Shchennikov, Moses Kiptanui, Nadia Graham, Natalya Sadova, Natasha Kaiser-Brown, Nezha Bidouane, Niki Xanthou, Norberto Téllez, Olapade Adeniken, Oleksandr Bagach, Olena Hovorova, Olga Kaliturina, Olga Kardopoltseva, Oliver-Sven Buder, Olympic Stadium (Athens), Osmond Ezinwa, Patricia Girard, Paul Tergat, Piotr Haczek, Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Regina Jacobs, Remigija Nazarovienė, Reyes Estévez, Rich Kenah, Robert Esmie, Robert Korzeniowski, Robert Maćkowiak, Roberta Brunet, Rodica Mateescu, Roger Black, Sabine Braun, Salah Hissou, Sally Barsosio, Sandie Richards, Savatheda Fynes, Sergey Bubka, Stéphane Diagana, Stephanie Storp, Steve Backley, Steve Moneghetti, Susanthika Jayasinghe, Svetla Dimitrova, Sylviane Félix, Tanja Damaske, Tim Forsyth, Tim Montgomery, Tom Nyariki, Tomasz Czubak, Tomáš Dvořák, Trine Hattestad, Tyree Washington, Uta Rohländer, Valentina Tsybulskaya, Vasiliy Sidorenko, Virgilijus Alekna, Vita Pavlysh, Wilson Boit Kipketer, Wilson Kipketer, Yelena Afanasyeva, Yoelbi Quesada, Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, 1995 World Championships in Athletics, 1999 World Championships in Athletics, 2004 Summer Olympics. Expand index (133 more) »

Abel Antón

Abel Antón Rodrigo (born 24 October 1962 in Ojuel, Soria) is a Spanish long-distance runner.

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Aliecer Urrutia

Aliecer Urrutia Delgado (born September 22, 1974 in Villa Clara) is a retired male triple jumper from Cuba.

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Allen Johnson

Allen Kenneth Johnson (born March 1, 1971) is a retired American hurdling athlete who won the gold medal in the 110 metre hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Ana Fidelia Quirot

Ana Fidelia Quirot Moré (born March 23, 1963) is a female former track and field athlete from Cuba, who specialised in the 800 m but was also successful over 400 m. At 800 metres, she is a two-time World Champion (1995, 1997) and a two-time Olympic medallist (1992, 1996).

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Andriy Skvaruk

Andriy Bohdanovych Skvaruk (Андрій богданович Скварук; born 9 March 1967 in Brodivsky, Lviv) is a retired hammer thrower from Ukraine, whose personal best throw is, achieved in April 2002 in Koncha-Zaspa.

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Anita Weyermann

Anita Weyermann (born 8 December 1977 in Wynigen) is a Swiss former middle- and long-distance runner.

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Anja Rücker

Anja Rücker (born December 20, 1972 in Bad Lobenstein) is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.

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Anke Feller

Anke Feller (born 26 September 1971 in Göttingen) is a retired German sprinter, who specialized in the 400 metres.

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Annarita Sidoti

Annarita Sidoti (25 July 1969 – 21 May 2015) was an Italian race walker.

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Antonio Pettigrew

Antonio Pettigrew (November 3, 1967 – August 10, 2010) was an American sprinter who specialized in the 400 meters.

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Artur Partyka

Artur Jerzy Partyka (born 25 July 1969 in Stalowa Wola, Poland) is a former Polish high jumper and two-time Olympic medalist.

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Astrid Kumbernuss

Astrid Kumbernuss (born 5 February 1970 in Grevesmühlen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a former German female shot putter and discus thrower.

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Athens

Athens (Αθήνα, Athína; Ἀθῆναι, Athênai) is the capital and largest city of Greece.

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Ato Boldon

Ato Jabari Boldon (born 30 December 1973) is a former athlete from Trinidad and Tobago and four-time Olympic medal winner.

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Šárka Kašpárková

Šárka Kašpárková (born 20 May 1971 in Karviná, Czechoslovakia) is a former Czech track and field athlete who specialised in the triple jump.

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Beatrice Faumuina

Beatrice Roini Liua Faumuina, ONZM (born 23 October 1974 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand discus thrower.

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Bernard Barmasai

Bernard Barmasai (born 6 May 1974 in Keiyo) is an athlete from Kenya.

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Beverly Grant

Beverly Grant (born 25 September 1970) is a former Jamaican sprinter.

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Beverly McDonald

Beverly McDonald (born 15 February 1970 in Saint Mary, Jamaica) is a Jamaican sprinter.

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Bruny Surin

Bruny Surin (born July 12, 1967) is a Canadian track and field athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4×100 metres relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

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Bryan Bronson

John Bryan Bronson (born September 9, 1972) is an American 400-meter hurdler, who won the bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athens.

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C. J. Hunter

Cottrell James Hunter III (born December 14, 1968) is an American former shot putter and coach.

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Carla Sacramento

Carla Cristina Paquete Sacramento, OIH (born December 10, 1971 in São Sebastião da Pedreira) is a middle distance runner from Portugal.

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Carlton Chambers

Carlton Chambers (born June 27, 1975) is a retired sprint athlete from Canada, and a winner of gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

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Cathy Freeman

Catherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman, (born 16 February 1973) is an Australian former sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event.

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Chris Jones (sprinter)

Chris Jones (born October 8, 1973) is an American former sprinter.

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Christine Arron

Christine Arron (born 13 September 1973) is a former track and field sprinter, who competed internationally for France in the 60 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres and the 4x100 metres relay.

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Chryste Gaines

Chryste Dionne Gaines (born September 14, 1970 in Lawton, Oklahoma) is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.

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Claudinei da Silva

Claudinei Quirino da Silva (born November 19, 1970 in Lençóis Paulista) is a retired Brazilian sprinter who competed primarily in 200 metres.

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Colin Jackson

Colin Ray Jackson, CBE (born 18 February 1967) is a British former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles.

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Daniel García (racewalker)

Daniel García Córdova (born October 28, 1971) is a Mexican race walker.

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Daniel Komen

Daniel Kipngetich Komen (born 17 May 1976 in Elgeyo Marakwet District, Kenya) Komen is rumoured to be three years older than officially recognised.

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Danny McFarlane

The Jamaica 4x400 team won originally the bronze medal, but the USA 4x400 team, which originally finished first in 4x400 m relay, was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.

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Darren Braithwaite

Darren Braithwaite (born 20 January 1969) is a retired British sprinter.

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Darren Campbell

Darren Andrew Campbell, (born 12 September 1973) is a British former sprint athlete.

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Davian Clarke

Davian Clarke (born 30 April 1976) is a Jamaican athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 metres.

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Davidson Ezinwa

Davidson Ezinwa (born 22 November 1971) is a former sprinter from Nigeria.

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Davis Kamoga

Davis Kamoga (born July 17, 1968) is a Ugandan athlete competing in 400 m. He won the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Dean Starkey

Dean Starkey (born March 27, 1967 in Park Ridge, Illinois) is an American pole vaulter.

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Delphine Combe

Delphine Combe (born December 6, 1974 in Aubenas, Ardèche) is a French sprinter.

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Denise Lewis

Denise Lewis OBE (born 27 August 1972, in West Bromwich) is a retired British track and field athlete, who specialised in the heptathlon.

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Deon Hemmings

Deon Hemmings (born 9 October 1968 in Saint Ann, Jamaica) is a former female 400 metres hurdler.

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Donovan Bailey

Donovan Bailey, O.Ont (born December 16, 1967) is a retired Jamaican-Canadian sprinter, who once held the world record for the 100 metres.

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Douglas Walker (athlete)

Douglas Walker (born 28 July 1973 in Inverness), also known as Doug or Dougie Walker, is a former Scottish sprinter.

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Dwain Chambers

Dwain Anthony Chambers (born 5 April 1978) is a retired British track sprinter.

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Eduard Hämäläinen

Eduard Hämäläinen (born 21 January 1969 in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union) is a retired decathlete from Finland and Belarus.

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Ellina Zvereva

Ellina Aleksandrovna Zvereva (Эліна Зверава; born November 16, 1960 in Dolgoprudny) is a Belarusian discus thrower best known for winning the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

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Erick Walder

Erick Walder (born November 5, 1971 in Mobile, Alabama) is an American former long jumper.

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Fermín Cacho

Fermín Cacho Ruiz (born 16 February 1969) is a Spanish track and field athlete, winner of the 1500 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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Fernanda Ribeiro

Maria Fernanda Moreira Ribeiro, GCIH (born 23 June 1969), is a long-distance runner born in Penafiel, Portugal.

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Fiona May

Fiona May Iapichino (born 12 December 1969 in Slough, England) is a retired British-born Italian track and field athlete who competed in the long jump.

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Francis Obikwelu

Francis Obiorah Obikwelu, GOIH (born 22 November 1978) is a Nigerian-born Portuguese sprinter specializing in 100 metres and 200 metres.

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Frank Busemann

Frank Busemann (born 26 February 1975 in Recklinghausen) is a former German decathlete.

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Frankie Fredericks

Frank "Frankie" Fredericks (born 2 October 1967) is a former track and field athlete from Namibia.

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Frédérique Bangué

Frederique Bangue (born December 31, 1976 in Lyon) is a French sprinter who competed in the 100 metres.

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Gabriela Szabo

Gabriela Szabo (born 14 November 1975) is a retired Romanian runner.

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Gail Devers

Yolanda Gail Devers (born November 19, 1966) is an American retired track and field athlete.

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Glenroy Gilbert

Glenroy John Gilbert (born August 31, 1967 in Port of Spain) is a Canadian former track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in 4×100 metres relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and head coach of Athletics Canada.

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Greece

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Greg Haughton

Gregory "Greg" Haughton (born 10 November 1973) is a Jamaican 400 metres runner.

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Grit Breuer

Grit Breuer (born 16 February 1972 in Röbel) is a former German athlete, who competed in the women's 200 metres, 400 metres, 4×100 m relay, and 4×400 m relay events.

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Haile Gebrselassie

Haile Gebrselassie (ኃይሌ ገብረ ሥላሴ, haylē gebre silassē; born 18 April 1973) is a retired Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete.

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Hanne Haugland

Hanne Haugland (born December 14, 1967 in Haugesund) is a former Norwegian high jumper.

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Heinz Weis

Heinz Weis (born 14 July 1963) is a male former hammer thrower from Germany.

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Hicham El Guerrouj

Hicham El Guerrouj (Moroccan Arabic: هشام الݣروج, Hishāmu l-Karrūj; Berber: Hicam El Gerruj, ⵀⵉⵛⴰⵎ ⴻⵍ ⴳⴻⵔⵔⵓⵊ; born 14 September 1974) is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner.

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Hiromi Suzuki (runner)

is a former female long-distance runner from Japan.

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IAAF World Championships in Athletics

The IAAF World Championships, commonly referred to as the World Championships in Athletics, is a biennial athletics event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

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Igor Kováč

Igor Kováč (born May 12, 1969 in Krompachy) is a former Slovak track and field athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles.

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Inez Turner

Inez Turner (born January 3, 1972 in Trelawny Parish) is a retired female sprinter and middle-distance runner from Jamaica.

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Inger Miller

Inger Miller (born June 12, 1972 in Los Angeles, California) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for United States.

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Inha Babakova

Inha Babakova (née Butkus, born 26 June 1967) is a former high jumper who represented the Soviet Union and later Ukraine.

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International Association of Athletics Federations

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics.

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Iván Pedroso

Iván Lázaro Pedroso Soler (born December 17, 1972) is a retired Cuban track and field athlete, who specialized in the long jump, and the current coach of Nelson Évora.

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Iwan Thomas

Iwan Gwyn Thomas, MBE (born 5 January 1974) is a Welsh sprinter who represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Olympic Games in the 400 metres, and Wales at the Commonwealth Games.

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Jamie Baulch

James Stephen Baulch (born 3 May 1973 in Nottingham) is a British sprint athlete and television presenter.

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Javier Sotomayor

Javier Sotomayor Sanabria (born October 13, 1967) is a Cuban former track and field athlete, who specialized in the high jump and is the current world record holder.

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Jürgen Schult

Jürgen Schult (born May 11, 1960) is a German former track and field athlete and the current world record holder in the discus throw since 1986, currently the longest standing record in men's track and field.

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Jearl Miles Clark

Jearl Atawa Miles Clark (née Miles; born September 4, 1966 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 and 800 meters.

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Jerome Young

Jerome Young (born August 14, 1976) in Clarendon, Jamaica, is a former sprint athlete.

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Jesús Ángel García Bragado

Jesús Ángel García Bragado (born 17 October 1969 in Madrid) is a Spanish race walker.

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Joanna Stone

Joanna ("Jo") Stone-Nixon (born 4 October 1972 in London, England) is a retired javelin thrower, who represented Australia twice at the Summer Olympics, starting in 1996.

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John Godina

John Carl Godina (born May 31, 1972) is an American shot putter, whose record includes three World Championship wins and two Olympic medals.

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Jonathan Edwards (triple jumper)

Jonathan David Edwards, (born 10 May 1966) is a British former triple jumper.

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Julian Golding

Julian Emmanuel Golding (born 17 February 1975 in London) is an English sprinter.

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Juliet Cuthbert

Juliet Cuthbert (born 9 April 1964, in Saint Thomas, Jamaica) is a Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the sprints (100 and 200 metres).

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Khalid Boulami

Khalid Boulami (خالد بولامي; born 7 August 1969) is a former long-distance runner from Morocco.

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Kim Batten

Kim Batten (born March 29, 1969 in McRae, Georgia) is an American former 400 meter hurdles champion.

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Kim Graham

Kimberly Elaine "Kim" Graham-Miller (born March 26, 1971 in Durham, North Carolina) is an American former sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres event.

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Kirill Sosunov

Kirill Olegovich Sosunov (Кирилл Олегович Сосунов; born November 1, 1975 in Ryazan) is a Russian long jumper and bobsledder.

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Konstadinos Gatsioudis

Konstadinos Gatsioudis (Κωνσταντίνος Γκατσιούδης, born 17 December 1973) is a retired Greek track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw.

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Lars Riedel

Lars Peter Riedel (born 28 June 1967 in Zwickau) a former German discus thrower.

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Lausanne

Lausanne (Lausanne Losanna, Losanna) is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and the capital and biggest city of the canton of Vaud.

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Lidia Șimon

Lidia Slăvuțeanu-Șimon (born 4 September 1973) is a Romanian long-distance runner.

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Linval Laird

Linval Laird (born 23 June 1969) is a retired Jamaican athlete who specialised in the 400 metres.

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List of IOC meetings

This is the list of International Olympic Committee (IOC) meetings.

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Llewellyn Herbert

Llewellyn Herbert (born 21 July 1977 in Bethal) is a South African athlete competing over 400 metres hurdles.

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Lorraine Fenton

Lorraine Fenton (born Lorraine Graham on 8 September 1973 in Manchester) is a retired Jamaican athlete who specialized in the 400 metres.

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Ludmila Engquist

Ludmila Engquist (born Ludmila Viktorovna Leonova (Людмила Викторовна Нарожиленко-Леонова); 21 April 1964 in Tambov Oblast, Soviet Union) is a former Soviet (until 1991), Russian (since 1991 till 1993) and Swedish (since 1994) athlete who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics (for the Soviet Union), in the 1992 Summer Olympics (for the Unified Team), and in the 1996 Summer Olympics (for Sweden).

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Lyudmila Galkina

Lyudmila Ivanovna Galkina (Людмила Ивановна Галкина; born January 20, 1972 in Saratov) is a Russian athlete.

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Maicel Malone-Wallace

Maicel D. Malone-Wallace (born June 12, 1969 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American former track and field athlete who specialised in the 400 meters.

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Maksim Tarasov

Maksim Vladimirovich Tarasov (Максим Владимирович Тарасов, born 2 December 1970 in Yaroslavl, Soviet Union) is a retired pole vaulter.

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Manuela Machado

Maria Manuela Machado (born August 9, 1963 in Viana do Castelo) is a former Portuguese long-distance runner, who was particularly successful when running the marathon.

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Maria Mutola

Maria de Lurdes Mutola (born 27 October 1972) is a retired female track and field athlete from Mozambique who specialised in the 800 metres running event.

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Marion Jones

Marion Lois Jones (born October 12, 1975), also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is an American former world champion track and field athlete and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA.

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Marius Corbett

Marius Corbett (born 26 September 1975 in Potchefstroom) is a South African javelin thrower.

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Mark Hylton (sprinter)

Mark David Hylton (born 24 September 1976 in Slough, England) is a former British 400 metres sprinter.

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Mark Richardson (sprinter)

Mark Ashton Richardson (born 26 July 1972 in Slough) is a British former athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.

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Marlon Devonish

Marlon Ronald Devonish, MBE (born 1 June 1976) is an English former sprinter who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres.

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Martín Fiz

Martín Fiz Martín (born 3 March 1963 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava) is a former long-distance runner from Spain, who won the marathon at the 1994 European Championships in Athletics in Helsinki and repeated his success at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg.

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Masako Chiba

is a Japanese long-distance runner, who won the bronze medal in 10,000 metres at the 1997 World Championships in Athens and in the marathon race at the 2003 World Championships in Paris.

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Maurice Greene (athlete)

Maurice Greene (born July 23, 1974) is an American former track and field sprinter who specialized in the 100 meters and 200 meters.

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Merlene Frazer

Merlene Frazer (born 27 December 1973 in Trelawny) is a retired female track and field sprinter from Jamaica who specialized in the 200 metres.

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Merlene Ottey

Merlene Joyce Ottey OD (born 10 May 1960) is a Jamaican former track and field sprinter.

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Michael Johnson (sprinter)

Michael Duane Johnson (born September 13, 1967) is a retired American sprinter.

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Michael McDonald (runner)

Michael L. McDonald (born 17 March 1975 in Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica) was a Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.

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Michelle Collins (athlete)

Michelle Collins (born February 12, 1971) is an American track and field athlete, known for long sprints.

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Michelle Freeman

Michelle Freeman (born 5 May 1969) is a former Jamaican track & field athlete who was an Olympic bronze medalist.

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Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (racewalker)

Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Gallegos (born 5 January 1967 in Chihuahua) is a Mexican race walker.

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Mikhail Khmelnitskiy

Mikhail Khmelnitskiy (Міхаіл Хмяльніцкі; born 24 July 1969) is a male race walker who represented the USSR and later Belarus.

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Mikhail Shchennikov

Mikhail Anatolyevich Shchennikov (Михаил Анатольевич Щенников, born 24 December 1967 in Sverdlovsk) is a Russian race walker.

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Moses Kiptanui

Moses Kiptanui (born October 1, 1970 in Marakwet District, Kenya) is a middle and long distance athlete mostly famous for 3,000 m steeplechase in which he was the number one ranked athlete from 1991 to 1995 and three time IAAF World Champion.

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Nadia Graham

Nadia Graham (born September 3, 1974), also known as Nadia Graham-Hutchinson and Nadia Graham-Hutchins, was a professional sprinter from Jamaica.

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Natalya Sadova

Natalya Ivanovna Sadova (Наталья Ивановна Садова), née Koptyukh (born 15 July 1972 in Gorky) is a Russian discus thrower who has competed in many Olympic Games.

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Natasha Kaiser-Brown

Natasha Kaiser-Brown (born May 14, 1967) is an American sprinter who specialized in the 400 meter run, and is the current University of Missouri- Columbia track and field coach.

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Nezha Bidouane

Nezha Bidouane (نزهة بدوان; born 18 September 1969 in Rabat) is a retired Moroccan track and field hurdler who specialised in the 400 metres hurdles.

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Niki Xanthou

Niki Xanthou (Νίκη Ξάνθου,, born 11 October 1973 in Rhodes) is a Greek long jumper.

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Norberto Téllez

Norberto Téllez Santana (born January 22, 1972 in Rodas, Cienfuegos) is a retired Cuban runner.

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Olapade Adeniken

Olapade Adeniken (born 19 August 1969 in Osogbo) is a retired Nigerian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres,and is the father of Michael Adeniken.

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Oleksandr Bagach

Oleksandr Bahach (Олександр Багач) born 21 November 1966 in village of Matusiv) is a former Ukrainian shot putter, an athlete of the Central Sports Club of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. During his career he won bronze medals at the Olympic Games and World Championships. Having originally won the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships, he failed a drug test for ephedrine and lost the medal. He had previously served a two-year suspension after testing positive for testosterone in 1989.

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Olena Hovorova

Olena Ivanivna Hovorova (Олена Іванівна Говорова; born 18 September 1973 in Izmail), also known as Yelena Govorova, is a former Ukrainian track and field athlete who specialised in triple jump competitions.

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Olga Kaliturina

Olga Viktorovna Kaliturina (Ольга Викторовна Калитурина, born 9 March 1976, Ryazan) is a Russian high jumper.

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Olga Kardopoltseva

Olga Kardopoltseva (Вольга Кардапольцава; born September 11, 1966 in Almaty, Kazakhstan) is a Belarusian race walker.

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Oliver-Sven Buder

Oliver-Sven Buder (born 23 June 1966 in Steinheidel-Erlabrunn, Saxony) is a German track and field athlete, who in the 1990s belonged to the best shot-putters in the world.

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Olympic Stadium (Athens)

The Olympic Stadium of Athens "Spyros Louis" (Ολυμπιακό Στάδιο Αθηνών "Σπύρος Λούης", Olympiakó Stádio Athinon "Spyros Louis") is a sports stadium in Athens, Greece.

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Osmond Ezinwa

Osmond Ezinwa (born 22 November 1971) is a former sprinter from Nigeria.

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Patricia Girard

Patricia Girard (also Girard-Léno, born 8 April 1968 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe) is a French athlete who competed mainly in the 100m hurdles.

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Paul Tergat

Paul Kibii Tergat (born 17 June 1969) is a Kenyan former professional long distance runner.

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Piotr Haczek

Piotr Haczek (born 26 January 1977 in Żywiec, Śląskie) is a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres.

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Piotr Rysiukiewicz

Piotr Grzegorz Rysiukiewicz (born 14 July 1974 in Świebodzin, Lubuskie) is a retired Polish sprinter who won various medals for the Polish 4 x 400 metres relay during its greatest years in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

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Regina Jacobs

Regina Jacobs (born August 28, 1963 in Los Angeles) is an American former middle-distance runner from Los Angeles.

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Remigija Nazarovienė

Remigija Nazarovienė (née Sablovskaitė) (born 2 June 1967 in Ashkabad, Turkmen SSR) is a retired Lithuanian heptathlete.

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Reyes Estévez

Reyes Estévez López (born 2 August 1976 in Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain) is a Spanish 1500 metres runner.

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Rich Kenah

Richard "Rich" Kenah (born August 4, 1970 in Montclair, New Jersey) is a former US middle distance runner who won bronze medals over 800 metres at the 1997 World Indoor Championships and at the World Championships in Athens.

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Robert Esmie

Robert Esmie (born July 5, 1972) is a retired Canadian sprinter and member of the 1996 Summer Olympics Gold medal 4×100 m relay.

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Robert Korzeniowski

Robert Korzeniowski (born 30 July 1968) is a Polish former racewalker.

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Robert Maćkowiak

Robert Maćkowiak (born May 13, 1970 in Rawicz, Wielkopolskie) is a former Polish sprinter.

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Roberta Brunet

Roberta Brunet (born May 20, 1965 in Aosta) is a former middle distance runner from Italy.

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Rodica Mateescu

Rodica Mateescu (born Rodica Petrescu on March 13, 1971 in Bucharest) is a former triple jumper from Romania.

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Roger Black

Roger Anthony Black MBE (born 31 March 1966) is a British retired athlete.

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Sabine Braun

Sabine Braun (born June 19, 1965 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German former athlete in track and field.

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Salah Hissou

Salah Hissou (صلاح حيسو) (born January 16, 1972 in Ait Taghia, Kasba Tadla) is a long-distance runner from Morocco, who won the gold medal over 5000 metres at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in Seville.

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Sally Barsosio

Sally Barsosio (born 21 March 1978 in Keiyo District) is a Kenyan distance runner.

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Sandie Richards

Alexandra ("Sandie") Richards (born 6 November 1968 in Clarendon Park) is a Jamaican track and field athlete.

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Savatheda Fynes

Savatheda Fynes (born October 17, 1974) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Bahamas.

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Sergey Bubka

Serhii Nazarovych Bubka (Сергій Назарович Бубка; Сергей Назарович Бубка, Sergey Nazarovich Bubka; born 4 December 1963) is a Ukrainian former pole vaulter.

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Stéphane Diagana

Stéphane Diagana (born 23 July 1969 in Saint-Affrique, Aveyron) is a retired, French track and field sprinter and hurdler.

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Stephanie Storp

Stephanie Storp (born 28 November 1968 in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony) is a retired female shot putter from Germany.

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Steve Backley

Stephen James Backley, OBE (born 12 February 1969) is a retired British track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw.

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Steve Moneghetti

Stephen James "Steve" Moneghetti, (born 26 September 1962 in Ballarat, Victoria), is an Australian long-distance runner and physical health consultant.

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Susanthika Jayasinghe

Deshabandu Susanthika Jayasinghe (සුසන්තිකා ජයසිංහ; Tamil: சுசந்திகா ஜயசிங்ஹ) (born December 17, 1975) is a Sri Lankan sprint athlete specializing in the 100 and 200 metres.

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Svetla Dimitrova

Svetla Stefanova Dimitrova (Светла Стефанова Димитрова) (born January 27, 1970 in Burgas) was a Bulgarian athlete who started out competing in heptathlon, and later specialized as a sprint hurdler.

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Sylviane Félix

Sylviane Felix (born 31 October 1977 in Créteil, France) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France, who won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.

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Tanja Damaske

Tanja Damaske (born 16 November 1971 in Berlin) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw.

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Tim Forsyth

Tim Forsyth (born 17 August 1973 in Mirboo North) is a retired Australian three-time Olympic (92, 96, 00) high jumper.

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Tim Montgomery

Timothy "Tim" Montgomery (born January 28, 1975) is an American former track and field sprinter who specialized in the 100-meter dash.

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Tom Nyariki

Tom ("Thomas") Nyariki (born September 27, 1971 in Nyamira) is a long-distance runner from Kenya.

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Tomasz Czubak

The USA 4 x 400 team originally finished first in 4x400 m relay but was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.

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Tomáš Dvořák

Tomáš Dvořák, born 11 May 1972 in Gottwaldov (now Zlín), Czechoslovakia, is an athlete from the Czech Republic.

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Trine Hattestad

Elsa Katrine Hattestad (née Solberg; born 18 April 1966) is a retired Norwegian track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw.

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Tyree Washington

Tyree Washington (born August 28, 1976) is a retired American sprinter.

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Uta Rohländer

Uta Rohländer, married Fromm (born 30 June 1969 in Merseburg) is a retired German sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres.

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Valentina Tsybulskaya

Valentina ("Valya") Ivanovna Tsybulskaya (Валянціна Іванаўна Цыбульская; born March 17, 1968 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia) is a Belarusian race walker.

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Vasiliy Sidorenko

Vasiliy Viktorovich Sidorenko (Василий Викорович Сидоренко; born 1 May 1961 in Volgograd) is a retired male hammer thrower who represented the USSR and later Russia.

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Virgilijus Alekna

Virgilijus Alekna (13 February 1972) is a Lithuanian former discus thrower and politician.

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Vita Pavlysh

Viktoriya Anatoliïvna Pavlysh (Вікторія Анатопіївна Павпиш; born January 15, 1969 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a former track and field athlete who specialized in the shot put.

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Wilson Boit Kipketer

Wilson Boit Kipketer (born October 6, 1973 in Kenya) is a middle and long distance athlete most widely known for running the 3000 m steeplechase.

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Wilson Kipketer

Wilson Kosgei Kipketer (born 12 December 1972) is a Kenyan-born Danish former middle distance runner.

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Yelena Afanasyeva

Yelena Aleksandrovna Afanasyeva (Елена Александровна Афанасьева; born March 1, 1967 in Kulebaki) is a former Russian athlete who competed in the 800 metres.

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Yoelbi Quesada

Yoelbi Luis Quesada Fernández (born August 4, 1973 in Trinidad, Sancti Spíritus) is a Cuban athlete competing mostly in triple jump.

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Zhanna Pintusevich-Block

Zhanna Pintusevich-Block (Ukrainian: Жанна Пінтусевич-Блок; Tarnopolskaya; born 6 July 1972) is a Ukrainian former world champion sprinter who competed in the Olympic Games.

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1995 World Championships in Athletics

The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden on 5–13 August 1995.

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1999 World Championships in Athletics

The 7th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Estadio Olímpico, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and August 29.

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2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games (Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004), officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad and commonly known as Athens 2004, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team officials from 201 countries.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_World_Championships_in_Athletics

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