1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships explained

6th IAAF World Indoor Championships
Size:	120px
Host City:	Paris, France
Nations Participating:	118
Athletes Participating:	712
Events:	28
Dates:	7 March–9 March
Stadium:	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
Previous:	1995 Barcelona
Next:	1999 Maebashi

The 6th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from March 7 to March 9, 1997. It was the first athletic championships to introduce women's pole vault. There were a total number of 712 participating athletes from 118 countries.

Results

1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001

	6.50 (NR)		6.51		6.52 (PB)
	20.40 (CR)		20.46 (PB)		21.10
	45.51 (AR)		45.62		45.76 (AR)
	1:42.67 (WR)		1:45.76 (NR)		1:46.16 (PB)
	3:35.31 (CR)		3:37.24		3:37.48
	7:34.71 (CR)		7:38.84		7:40.01
	7.48 (NR)		7.49		7.50
Jason Rouser Mark Everett Sean Maye Deon Minor	3:04.93	Linval Laird Michael McDonald Dinsdale Morgan Gregory Haughton	3:08.11	Pierre-Marie Hilaire Rodrigue Nordin Loïc Lerouge Fred Mango	3:09.68
	2.35		2.32		2.32
	5.90 (AR)		5.85		5.80
	8.51 (CR)		8.41 (PB)		8.41 (PB)
	17.30		17.27		17.22 (PB)
	21.02		20.94		20.87
	6228		6213 (PB)		6145 (NR)

1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001

7.06		7.15		7.17
22.76 (NR)		22.77		22.85
50.96 (WL)		51.17 (PB)		52.04 (PB)
1:58.96		1:59.31 (NR)		1:59.82 (PB)
4:05.19 (PB)		4:06.16 (NR)		4:06.25 (NR)
8:45.75		8:46.19 (NR)		8:49.79
7.82 (=CR)		7.84 (PB)		7.84 (PB)
7.82 (=CR)		7.84 (PB)		7.84 (SB)
3:26.84 (WR)	Shanelle Porter Natasha Kaiser-Brown Anita Howard Jearl Miles Clark	3:27.66 (AR)	Anja Rücker Anke Feller Heike Meissner Grit Breuer	3:28.39
2.02		2.00 (NR)		2.00 (NR)
4.40 (WR)		4.35		4.35 (AR)
6.86 (NR)		6.80		6.71 (PB)
15.01 (WL)		14.70 (NR)		14.66 (NR)
20.00		19.92		19.49 (PB)
4780		4681 (PB)		4627