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World Championships - Results Men 1997
Greece - Athens - 2 August 1997 - 10 August 1997
Men's Shot put - 2 August 1997
| 1 |  John Godina (USA) | 21.44 Q |
| 2 |  Oliver-sven Buder (DDR) | 21.24 Q |
| 3 | Cottrell J. Hunter (USA) | 20.33 Q |
| 4 |  Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR) | 20.26 Q |
| 5 |  Mika Halvari (FIN) | 20.13 Q |
| 6 | Roman Virastyuk (UKR) | 20.12 Q |
| 7 | Kevin Toth (USA) | 20.02 Q |
| 8 |  Michael Mertens (GER) | 19.91 |
| 9 |  Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA) | 19.77 |
| 10 |  Burger Lambrechts (RSA) | 19.39 |
| 11 |  Saulius Kleiza (LTU) | 18.25 |
- Men's Shot put - Detailed results
Men's Shot put - Group A - 2 August 1997
1 John Godina (USA)21.10 Q 2 Oleksandr Bagach (UKR)20.56 Q 3 Mika Halvari (FIN)20.10 Q 4 Burger Lambrechts (RSA)19.91 Q 5 Michael Mertens (GER)19.88 Q 6 Randy Barnes (USA)19.51 7 Arsi Harju (FIN)19.43 8 Corrado Fantini (ITA)19.30 9 
Miroslav Menc (CZE)19.23 10 
Bradley Snyder (CAN)18.94 11 
Viktor Bulat (URS)18.61 12 
Kjell Ove Hauge (NOR)18.37 13 
Sergey Rubtsov (KAZ)18.16 14 
Chima Ugwu (NGR)18.00 15 
Mark Proctor (GBR)17.99 16 
Milan Haborák (SVK)17.85 17 Aléxios Leonídis (GRE)17.77 Men's Shot put - Group B - 2 August 1997
1 Oliver-sven Buder (DDR)20.53 Q 2 Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR)20.31 Q 3 Roman Virastyuk (UKR)20.13 Q 4 Cottrell J. Hunter (USA)20.05 Q 5 Kevin Toth (USA)19.99 Q 6 Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA)19.93 Q 7 Saulius Kleiza (LTU)19.71 q 8 
Manuel Martínez (SPA)19.61 9 
Bilal Saad Mubarak (QAT)19.08 10 
Dragan Peric (SCG)19.05 11 
Stevimir Ercegovac (CRO)19.00 12 
Yojer Medina (VEN)18.92 13 
Dzmitry Hancharuk (BLR)18.60 14 Shaun Pickering (GBR)18.10 15 
Vyacheslav Lykho (EUN)18.04 16 
Faae Talalemotu (NMI)13.96 Men's Shot put - Final - 2 August 1997
1 John Godina (USA)21.44 Q 2 Oliver-sven Buder (DDR)21.24 Q 3 Cottrell J. Hunter (USA)20.33 Q 4 Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR)20.26 Q 5 Mika Halvari (FIN)20.13 Q 6 Roman Virastyuk (UKR)20.12 Q 7 Kevin Toth (USA)20.02 Q 8 Michael Mertens (GER)19.91 9 Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA)19.77 10 Burger Lambrechts (RSA)19.39 11 Saulius Kleiza (LTU)18.25
Men's 20 km walk - 2 August 1997
Men's 100 m - 3 August 1997
| 1 | Maurice Greene (USA) | 9.86 |
| 2 | Donovan Bailey (CAN) | 9.91 |
| 3 | Tim Montgomery (USA) | 9.94 |
| 4 |  Frankie Fredericks (NAM) | 9.95 |
| 5 |  Ato Boldon (TRI) | 10.02 |
| 6 | Davidson Ezinwa (NGR) | 10.10 |
| 7 | Bruny Surin (CAN) | 10.12 |
| 8 | Michael Marsh (USA) | 10.29 |
- Men's 100 m - Detailed results
Men's 100 m - Heat 1 - 2 August 1997
1 
André Domingos Da Silva (BRA)10.28 Q 2 
Jean-Olivier Ziriginon (CIV)10.31 Q 3 
Chris Donaldson (NZL)10.43 Q 4 Carlton Chambers (CAN)10.49 5 
Paulo Neves (POR)10.51 6 
Pascal Dangbo (BEN)10.78 7 
Toluta'U Koula (TGA)10.85 8 
Watson Nyambek (MAL)11.60 Men's 100 m - Heat 2 - 2 August 1997
1 
Marcin Krzywanski (POL)10.37 Q 2 
Andrey Fedoriv (RUS)10.38 Q 3 
Stephane Cali (FRA)10.39 Q 4 
Torbjörn Martensson (SWE)10.46 5 
Neil Ryan (IRL)10.57 6 
Tommy Kafri (ISR)10.64 7 
Patrick Mocci Raoumbé (GAB)10.69 8 
Nelson Kabitana (SOL)11.61 Men's 100 m - Heat 3 - 2 August 1997
1 Maurice Greene (USA)10.32 Q 2 Peter Karlsson (SWE)10.32 Q 3 Piotr Balcerzak (POL)10.41 Q 4 Per Ivar Sivle (NOR)10.42 5 
Dennis Mowatt (JAM)10.52 6 
Nigel Jones (GRN)10.68 7 
Edgardo A. Serpas (SAL)10.77 8 
Devon Bean (BER)10.78 Men's 100 m - Heat 4 - 2 August 1997
1 Ággelos Pavlakákis (GRE)10.11 Q 2 Donovan Bailey (CAN)10.17 Q 3 Stefano Tilli (ITA)10.25 Q 4 
Marlon Devonish (ENG)10.26 q 5 
Renward Wells (BAH)10.34 q 6 
Martin Lachkovics (AUT)10.34 q 7 
Ruslan Rusidze (GEO)10.67 8 
Elston Albert Shaw (BLZ)11.13 Men's 100 m - Heat 5 - 2 August 1997
1 Michael Marsh (USA)10.16 Q 2 
Patrick Stevens (BEL)10.30 Q 3 
Anninos Marcoullides (CYP)10.35 Q 4 
Koji Ito (JPN)10.46 5 Joseph Styles (BAH)10.52 6 Alexandros Yenovelis (GRE)10.58 7 
To Wai Lok (HKG)10.67 8 
Kim Collins (SKN)21.73 Men's 100 m - Heat 6 - 2 August 1997
1 Ato Boldon (TRI)10.11 Q 2 
Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda (CUB)10.33 Q 3 Ian Mackie (GBR)10.42 Q 4 
Carlos Gats (ARG)10.43 5 
Miguel Janssen (ARU)10.47 6 Ibrahim Meité (CIV)10.50 7 
Carlos Moreno (CHI)10.53 Men's 100 m - Heat 7 - 2 August 1997
1 Tim Montgomery (USA)10.12 Q 2 Francis Obikwelu (NGR)10.22 Q 3 
Aziz Zakari (GHA)10.26 Q 4 
Sayon Cooper (LIR)10.35 q 5 Ousmane Diarra (FRA)10.42 6 Frutos Feo (SPA)10.54 7 
Heyeong-Gum Lee (KOR)10.73 8 
Mahbub Alam (BAN)10.83 Men's 100 m - Heat 8 - 2 August 1997
1 Seun Ogunkoya (NGR)10.24 Q 2 Harálabos Papadiás (GRE)10.32 Q 3 Ryszard Pilarczyk (POL)10.38 Q 4 
Aimé-Issa Nthépé (CMR)10.50 5 
Tomaz Bozic (SLO)10.64 6 
Horace Dove-Edwin (SLE)10.65 7 
Mario Bonello (MLT)10.92 8 
Mohamed Amir (MAD)11.18 Men's 100 m - Heat 9 - 2 August 1997
1 Frankie Fredericks (NAM)10.21 Q 2 Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy (RUS)10.25 Q 3 Carlos Calado (POR)10.26 Q 4 
Sergejs Insakovs (LAT)10.28 q 5 
Carlos Villasenor (MEX)10.50 6 Gabriel Simón (ARG)10.79 7 
Maocha Mpho (BOT)10.86 Men's 100 m - Heat 10 - 2 August 1997
1 Eric Nkansah (GHA)10.16 Q 2 Percival Spencer (JAM)10.18 Q 3 Darren Campbell (GBR)10.21 Q 4 Yiannakis Zisimides (CYP)10.30 q 5 Hiroyasu Tsuchie (JPN)10.40 q 6 
Laurence Jack (VAN)10.97 7 
Detrickson Anson (FSM)11.47 Men's 100 m - Heat 11 - 2 August 1997
1 Nobuharu Asahara (JPN)10.22 Q 2 
Obadele Thompson (BAR)10.26 Q 3 
Jone Delai (FID)10.32 Q 4 Donovan Powell (JAM)10.34 q 5 
Chintake De Soysa (SRI)10.43 6 
Anvar Kuchmuradov (UZB)10.49 7 
Norberto Nsue Ondo (EQG)11.65 8 
Daniel Adachi (PAO)11.90 Men's 100 m - Heat 12 - 2 August 1997
1 Robert Esmie (CAN)10.22 Q 2 Davidson Ezinwa (NGR)10.23 Q 3 Emmanuel Tuffour (GHA)10.24 Q 4 Prodromos Katsantonis (CYP)10.36 q 5 Augustine Nketia (NZL)10.41 6 Ivan Slehobr (CZE)10.55 7 
Peter Pulu (PAP)10.77 8 
Trevor Davis (ANI)11.07 Men's 100 m - Heat 13 - 2 August 1997
1 Bruny Surin (CAN)10.32 Q 2 Erik Wijmeersch (BEL)10.43 Q 3 Saad Al-Kuwari (QAT)10.48 Q 4 Juan Pedro Toledo (MEX)10.56 5 José Illán (SPA)10.60 6 
Amarildo Almeida (GBS)10.92 7 
Hsin-Ping Huang (TPE)11.09 Men's 100 m - Quarter-Final 1 - 2 August 1997
1 Ato Boldon (TRI)9.87 Q 2 Maurice Greene (USA)9.90 Q 3 Andrey Fedoriv (RUS)10.22 4 Harálabos Papadiás (GRE)10.23 5 Ian Mackie (GBR)10.24 6 Marcin Krzywanski (POL)10.33 7 Hiroyasu Tsuchie (JPN)10.38 8 Chris Donaldson (NZL)10.40 Men's 100 m - Quarter-Final 2 - 2 August 1997
1 Bruny Surin (CAN)10.06 Q 2 Ággelos Pavlakákis (GRE)10.22 Q 3 Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda (CUB)10.25 4 Piotr Balcerzak (POL)10.32 5 Prodromos Katsantonis (CYP)10.33 6 Erik Wijmeersch (BEL)10.34 7 Stephane Cali (FRA)10.47 Men's 100 m - Quarter-Final 3 - 2 August 1997
1 Tim Montgomery (USA)9.99 Q 2 Donovan Bailey (CAN)10.10 Q 3 Darren Campbell (GBR)10.13 q 4 Sayon Cooper (LIR)10.21 q 5 Ryszard Pilarczyk (POL)10.26 6 Saad Al-Kuwari (QAT)10.40 7 Peter Karlsson (SWE)10.40 8 André Domingos Da Silva (BRA)12.56 Men's 100 m - Quarter-Final 4 - 2 August 1997
1 Michael Marsh (USA)10.05 Q 2 Emmanuel Tuffour (GHA)10.23 Q 3 Jean-Olivier Ziriginon (CIV)10.25 4 Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy (RUS)10.27 5 Seun Ogunkoya (NGR)10.33 6 Donovan Powell (JAM)10.35 7 Marlon Devonish (ENG)10.37 8 Anninos Marcoullides (CYP)10.39 Men's 100 m - Quarter-Final 5 - 2 August 1997
1 Eric Nkansah (GHA)10.15 Q 2 Francis Obikwelu (NGR)10.17 Q 3 Robert Esmie (CAN)10.25 4 Patrick Stevens (BEL)10.31 5 Sergejs Insakovs (LAT)10.34 6 Stefano Tilli (ITA)10.36 7 Jone Delai (FID)10.47 8 Renward Wells (BAH)10.57 Men's 100 m - Quarter-Final 6 - 2 August 1997
1 Frankie Fredericks (NAM)9.99 Q 2 Davidson Ezinwa (NGR)10.11 Q 3 Nobuharu Asahara (JPN)10.17 q 4 Obadele Thompson (BAR)10.21 q 5 Aziz Zakari (GHA)10.29 6 Yiannakis Zisimides (CYP)10.37 7 Martin Lachkovics (AUT)10.39 8 Carlos Calado (POR)10.41 Men's 100 m - Semi-Final 1 - 3 August 1997
1 Ato Boldon (TRI)10.00 Q 2 Davidson Ezinwa (NGR)10.15 Q 3 Michael Marsh (USA)10.21 Q 4 Bruny Surin (CAN)10.22 Q 5 Ággelos Pavlakákis (GRE)10.29 6 Obadele Thompson (BAR)10.30 7 Emmanuel Tuffour (GHA)10.33 8 Darren Campbell (GBR)10.37 Men's 100 m - Semi-Final 2 - 3 August 1997
1 Maurice Greene (USA)9.90 Q 2 Donovan Bailey (CAN)9.91 Q 3 Frankie Fredericks (NAM)9.93 Q 4 Tim Montgomery (USA)10.08 Q 5 Eric Nkansah (GHA)10.18 6 Francis Obikwelu (NGR)10.20 7 Sayon Cooper (LIR)10.30 8 Nobuharu Asahara (JPN)10.33 Men's 100 m - Final - 3 August 1997
1 Maurice Greene (USA)9.86 2 Donovan Bailey (CAN)9.91 3 Tim Montgomery (USA)9.94 4 Frankie Fredericks (NAM)9.95 5 Ato Boldon (TRI)10.02 6 Davidson Ezinwa (NGR)10.10 7 Bruny Surin (CAN)10.12 8 Michael Marsh (USA)10.29
Men's Hammer throw - 3 August 1997
| 1 |  Heinz Weis (FDR) | 81.78 Q |
| 2 | Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) | 81.46 Q |
| 3 | Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS) | 80.76 Q |
| 4 |  Balázs Kiss (HUN) | 79.96 Q |
| 5 | Igor Astapkovich (BLR) | 79.70 Q |
| 6 | Ilya Konovalov (RUS) | 78.68 Q |
| 7 | Vadim Khersontsev (RUS) | 77.42 Q |
| 8 | Oleksandr Krykun (UKR) | 77.14 Q |
| 9 | Karsten Kobs (GER) | 76.12 |
| 10 | Koji Murofushi (JPN) | 74.82 |
| 11 | Raphaël Piolanti (FRA) | 74.08 |
- Men's Hammer throw - Detailed results
Men's Hammer throw - Group A - 2 August 1997
1 Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS)77.94 Q 2 Andriy Skvaruk (UKR)77.94 Q 3 Heinz Weis (FDR)77.12 Q 4 Raphaël Piolanti (FRA)76.12 q 5 Oleksandr Krykun (UKR)75.32 q 6 Koji Murofushi (JPN)75.28 q 7 Holger Klose (GER)75.16 8 Andrey Abduvaliyev (UZB)74.96 9 
Stuart Rendell (AUS)74.28 10 Pavel Sedlácek (CZE)73.94 11 Aléxandros Papadimitríou (GRE)73.92 12 Marko Wahlman (FIN)73.60 13 Nicola Vizzoni (ITA)73.42 14 Kevin McMahon (USA)72.42 15 Jud Logan (USA)71.92 16 Zsolt Németh (HUN)71.80 17 Maciej Palyszko (POL)71.54 18 David Chaussinand (FRA)71.20 19 Aleksandr Krasko (BLR)70.84 20 Nikólaos Yedékos (GRE)67.36 21 
Brentt Jones (NFK)53.04 22 Enrique Reina (HUN)47.92 Men's Hammer throw - Group B - 2 August 1997
1 Balázs Kiss (HUN)80.46 Q 2 Igor Astapkovich (BLR)77.96 Q 3 Vadim Khersontsev (RUS)76.44 q 4 Ilya Konovalov (RUS)76.36 q 5 Karsten Kobs (GER)76.20 q 6 Ivan Tsikhan (BLR)75.74 q 7 Vadim Kolesnik (UKR)75.16 8 Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA)74.70 9 
Jan Bielecki (DEN)73.82 10 Zoltán Fábián (HUN)72.12 11 Hrístos Polihroníou (GRE)71.56 12 David Popejoy (USA)71.52 13 Loris Paoluzzi (ITA)71.50 14 David William Smith (GBR)70.94 15 Vladimir Maska (CZE)70.50 16 Vítor Costa (POR)70.04 17 
Hakim Toumi (ALG)68.32 18 Roman Linscheid (IRL)67.96 19 
Eduardo Acuña (PER)60.14 Men's Hammer throw - Final - 3 August 1997
1 Heinz Weis (FDR)81.78 Q 2 Andriy Skvaruk (UKR)81.46 Q 3 Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS)80.76 Q 4 Balázs Kiss (HUN)79.96 Q 5 Igor Astapkovich (BLR)79.70 Q 6 Ilya Konovalov (RUS)78.68 Q 7 Vadim Khersontsev (RUS)77.42 Q 8 Oleksandr Krykun (UKR)77.14 Q 9 Karsten Kobs (GER)76.12 10 Koji Murofushi (JPN)74.82 11 Raphaël Piolanti (FRA)74.08
Men's 400 m Hurdles - 4 August 1997
| 1 | Stéphane Diagana (FRA) | 47.70 |
| 2 | Llewellyn Herbert (RSA) | 47.86 |
| 3 | Bryan Bronson (USA) | 47.88 |
| 4 | Fabrizio Mori (ITA) | 48.05 |
| 5 |  Samuel Matete (ZAM) | 48.11 |
| 6 | Ruslan Mashchenko (RUS) | 48.62 |
| 7 | Dinsdale Morgan (JAM) | 49.06 |
| 8 | Jirí Muzik (CZE) | 49.51 |
- Men's 400 m Hurdles - Detailed results
Men's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 1 - 2 August 1997
1 Llewellyn Herbert (RSA)49.23 Q 2 Mubarak Faraj Al-Nubi (QAT)49.39 Q 3 Ian Weakley (JAM)49.52 Q 4 Marc Dollendorf (BEL)49.66 5 Tom Mcguirk (IRL)49.93 6 Niklas Eriksson (SWE)50.25 7 
Siniša Peša (YUG)50.65 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 2 - 2 August 1997
1 Fabrizio Mori (ITA)48.93 Q 2 Lukas Soucek (CZE)49.08 Q 3 Yoshihiko Saito (JPN)49.52 Q 4 Jean-Paul Bruwier (BEL)49.56 5 Gary Jennings (GBR)49.84 6 Vladislav Shiryayev (RUS)49.95 7 
Hubert Rakotombelontsoa (MAD)52.29 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 3 - 2 August 1997
1 Samuel Matete (ZAM)48.43 Q 2 Jirí Muzik (CZE)48.56 Q 3 Dinsdale Morgan (JAM)49.34 Q 4 
Mustapha Sdad (MAR)49.50 q 5 Christopher Rawlinson (GBR)49.72 6 Nabil Selmi (ALG)50.45 7 
Abdullah Sabt Ghulum (UAE)51.51 7 Rikke Ronholf (DEN)57.26 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 4 - 2 August 1997
1 Shunji Karube (JPN)48.63 Q 2 Joey Woody (USA)48.89 Q 3 Kareem Archer (JAM)49.11 Q 4 
Zid Abou Hamed (SYR)49.21 q 5 Pawel Januszewski (POL)49.29 q 6 Willie Smith (NAM)51.12 7 
Domingo Cordero (PUR)52.26 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 5 - 2 August 1997
1 Ruslan Mashchenko (RUS)48.93 Q 2 Derrick Adkins (USA)49.23 Q 3 
Vadim Zadoynov (MDA)49.49 Q 4 Laurent Ottoz (ITA)49.69 5 Egils Tebelis (LAT)50.42 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 6 - 2 August 1997
1 Stéphane Diagana (FRA)49.34 Q 2 
Ken Harnden (ZIM)49.42 Q 3 Kazuhiko Yamazaki (JPN)49.47 Q 4 Octavius Terry (USA)49.84 5 Kenneth Enyiazu (NGR)50.12 6 Cleverson Oliveira Da Silva (BRA)50.63 7 
El Hefeny Ibrahim (EGY)50.70 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 7 - 2 August 1997
1 Bryan Bronson (USA)48.84 Q 2 Dusán Kovács (HUN)48.99 Q 3 Ashraf Saber (ITA)49.11 Q 4 Jimmy Coco (FRA)49.64 5 Carlos Zbinden (CHI)50.42 6 Rohan Robinson (AUS)51.67 7 Lambros Zervakos (GRE)52.94 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Semi-Final 1 - 3 August 1997
1 Stéphane Diagana (FRA)48.14 Q 2 Llewellyn Herbert (RSA)48.31 Q 3 Samuel Matete (ZAM)48.44 q 4 Mubarak Faraj Al-Nubi (QAT)48.84 5 Joey Woody (USA)49.14 6 Ian Weakley (JAM)49.98 7 Mustapha Sdad (MAR)50.78 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Semi-Final 2 - 3 August 1997
1 Ruslan Mashchenko (RUS)48.54 Q 2 Dinsdale Morgan (JAM)48.56 Q 3 Shunji Karube (JPN)48.81 4 Pawel Januszewski (POL)48.94 5 Derrick Adkins (USA)48.95 6 Lukas Soucek (CZE)49.09 7 Zid Abou Hamed (SYR)49.12 8 Ashraf Saber (ITA)49.36 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Semi-Final 3 - 3 August 1997
1 Bryan Bronson (USA)47.83 Q 2 Fabrizio Mori (ITA)48.17 Q 3 Jirí Muzik (CZE)48.27 q 4 Dusán Kovács (HUN)48.45 5 Ken Harnden (ZIM)48.82 6 Yoshihiko Saito (JPN)49.60 7 Vadim Zadoynov (MDA)50.07 8 Kareem Archer (JAM)50.76 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Final - 4 August 1997
1 Stéphane Diagana (FRA)47.70 2 Llewellyn Herbert (RSA)47.86 3 Bryan Bronson (USA)47.88 4 Fabrizio Mori (ITA)48.05 5 Samuel Matete (ZAM)48.11 6 Ruslan Mashchenko (RUS)48.62 7 Dinsdale Morgan (JAM)49.06 8 Jirí Muzik (CZE)49.51
Men's 400 m - 5 August 1997
| 1 | Michael Johnson (USA) | 44.12 |
| 2 |  Davis Kamoga (UGA) | 44.37 |
| 3 | Tyree Washington (USA) | 44.39 |
| 4 | Mark Richardson (GBR) | 44.47 |
| 5 | Jerome Young (USA) | 44.51 |
| 6 | Iwan Thomas (GBR) | 44.52 |
| 7 | Antonio Pettigrew (USA) | 44.57 |
| 8 | Jamie Baulch (GBR) | 45.22 |
- Men's 400 m - Detailed results
Men's 400 m - Heat 1 - 3 August 1997
1 Jamie Baulch (GBR)45.85 Q 2 Roxbert Martin (JAM)46.04 Q 3 Tawanda Chiwira (ZIM)46.09 Q 4 
Benjamin Youla (CGO)46.62 Q 5 Roman Galkin (UKR)46.82 6 Antonio Andrés (SPA)46.94 Men's 400 m - Heat 2 - 3 August 1997
1 Michael McDonald (JAM)45.89 Q 2 Davis Kamoga (UGA)46.17 Q 3 Alejandro Manuel Cárdenas (MEX)46.26 Q 4 Ju-Il Shon (KOR)47.47 Q 5 Liod Kgopong (RSA)47.66 6 
Kendon Maynard (ISV)47.83 7 
Mohsin Munir (PAK)49.61 Men's 400 m - Heat 3 - 3 August 1997
1 Sanderlei Parrela (BRA)45.35 Q 2 Tyree Washington (USA)45.35 Q 3 Sugath Thilakaratne (SRI)45.58 Q 4 
Ibrahima Wade (SEN)45.61 Q 5 
Mathias Rusterholz (SWI)45.76 6 Jean-Louis Rapnouil (FRA)45.85 7 
Kenmore Hughes (ANT)47.11 Men's 400 m - Heat 4 - 3 August 1997
1 Iwan Thomas (GBR)45.62 Q 2 Davian Clarke (JAM)45.77 Q 3 Tomasz Czubak (POL)45.82 Q 4 Arnaud Malherbe (RSA)46.08 Q 5 Samir-Adel Louahla (ALG)46.22 6 Konstantinos Moumoulidis (GRE)46.64 7 Evripides Demosthenous (CYP)47.57 Men's 400 m - Heat 5 - 3 August 1997
1 Michael Johnson (USA)45.66 Q 2 
Eswort Coombs (VIN)45.78 Q 3 Hachim Ndiaye (SEN)45.84 Q 4 
Kennedy Ochieng (KEN)45.88 Q 5 Marco Vaccari (ITA)46.00 6 
Odair Pericles Da Costa (SAO)46.48 7 Jan Podebradsky (CZE)46.52 Men's 400 m - Heat 6 - 3 August 1997
1 Jerome Young (USA)45.34 Q 2 Mark Richardson (GBR)45.44 Q 3 Sunday Bada (NGR)45.79 Q 4 Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT)45.88 Q 5 Soloveni Koroi (FID)46.51 6 Shigekazu Omori (JPN)47.09 7 Eugene Farrell (IRL)48.20 8 
Bashir Mohamed Al Khewani (YEM)50.96 Men's 400 m - Heat 7 - 3 August 1997
1 Štefan Balosak (SVK)45.84 Q 2 Clement Chukwu (NGR)46.10 Q 3 Robert Mackowiak (POL)46.15 Q 4 Rafik Elouardi (AUT)46.95 5 Dennis Darling (BAH)47.96 6 
Angelo Ignatius (ANT)49.01 Men's 400 m - Quarter-Final 1 - 3 August 1997
1 Iwan Thomas (GBR)44.98 Q 2 Robert Mackowiak (POL)45.26 Q 3 Roxbert Martin (JAM)45.37 q 4 Štefan Balosak (SVK)45.48 5 Mathias Rusterholz (SWI)45.89 6 Alejandro Manuel Cárdenas (MEX)46.63 7 Ju-Il Shon (KOR)47.36 Men's 400 m - Quarter-Final 2 - 3 August 1997
1 Jamie Baulch (GBR)45.06 Q 2 Davis Kamoga (UGA)45.25 Q 3 Ibrahima Wade (SEN)45.38 Q 4 Michael Johnson (USA)45.39 q 5 Eswort Coombs (VIN)45.47 6 Jean-Louis Rapnouil (FRA)46.14 7 Tawanda Chiwira (ZIM)46.22 8 Benjamin Youla (CGO)46.29 Men's 400 m - Quarter-Final 3 - 3 August 1997
1 Clement Chukwu (NGR)45.06 Q 2 Tyree Washington (USA)45.09 Q 3 Davian Clarke (JAM)45.27 Q 4 Hachim Ndiaye (SEN)45.44 5 Sugath Thilakaratne (SRI)46.11 6 Kennedy Ochieng (KEN)46.28 7 Marco Vaccari (ITA)46.32 Men's 400 m - Quarter-Final 4 - 3 August 1997
1 Jerome Young (USA)44.87 Q 2 Mark Richardson (GBR)45.05 Q 3 Michael McDonald (JAM)45.16 Q 4 Sunday Bada (NGR)45.37 q 5 Tomasz Czubak (POL)45.41 q 6 Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT)46.12 7 Samir-Adel Louahla (ALG)46.23 8 Arnaud Malherbe (RSA)46.73 Men's 400 m - Semi-Final 1 - 4 August 1997
1 Tyree Washington (USA)44.61 Q 2 Mark Richardson (GBR)44.62 Q 3 Jamie Baulch (GBR)44.69 Q 4 Davian Clarke (JAM)45.07 5 Ibrahima Wade (SEN)45.47 6 Sunday Bada (NGR)45.96 Men's 400 m - Semi-Final 2 - 4 August 1997
1 Michael Johnson (USA)44.37 Q 2 Jerome Young (USA)44.50 Q 3 Davis Kamoga (UGA)44.57 Q 4 Iwan Thomas (GBR)44.61 Q 5 Clement Chukwu (NGR)45.26 6 Roxbert Martin (JAM)45.49 7 Tomasz Czubak (POL)45.51 8 Michael McDonald (JAM)45.74 Men's 400 m - Final - 5 August 1997
1 Michael Johnson (USA)44.12 2 Davis Kamoga (UGA)44.37 3 Tyree Washington (USA)44.39 4 Mark Richardson (GBR)44.47 5 Jerome Young (USA)44.51 6 Iwan Thomas (GBR)44.52 7 Antonio Pettigrew (USA)44.57 8 Jamie Baulch (GBR)45.22
Men's Long jump - 5 August 1997
| 1 | Iván Pedroso (CUB) | 8.42 Q |
| 2 | Erick Walder (USA) | 8.38 Q |
| 3 | Kirill Sosunov (RUS) | 8.18 Q |
| 4 | James Beckford (JAM) | 8.14 Q |
| 5 | Nélson Carlos Ferreira (BRA) | 8.04 Q |
| 6 | Aleksandr Glovatskiy (BLR) | 8.03 Q |
| 7 | Cheikh Tidiane Touré (SEN) | 7.98 Q |
| 8 | Kevin Dilworth (USA) | 7.88 Q |
| 9 | Masaki Morinaga (JPN) | 7.86 |
| 10 |  Jianfeng Lao (CHN) | 7.76 |
| 11 |  Bogdan Tudor (ROM) | 7.66 |
- Men's Long jump - Detailed results
Men's Long jump - Group A - 3 August 1997
1 Maurice Wignall (JAM)8.09 Q 2 Erick Walder (USA)8.05 Q 3 Nélson Carlos Ferreira (BRA)8.00 q 4 Jianfeng Lao (CHN)7.99 q 5 Bogdan Tudor (ROM)7.98 q 6 Kirill Sosunov (RUS)7.96 q 7 Masaki Morinaga (JPN)7.93 q 8 Carlos Calado (POR)7.92 9 Olexiy Lukashevych (UKR)7.90 10 Konstadínos Koukodímos (GRE)7.87 11 Tomas Bardauskas (LTU)7.75 12 Grzegorz Marciniszyn (POL)7.69 13 Raul Fernandez (SPA)7.62 14 Elston Albert Shaw (BLZ)7.21 15 
Victor Shabangu (SWZ)7.18 16 Richard Duncan (CAN)7.17 17 Joe Greene (USA)7.15 Men's Long jump - Group B - 3 August 1997
1 Iván Pedroso (CUB)8.11 Q 2 Cheikh Tidiane Touré (SEN)8.09 Q 3 James Beckford (JAM)8.03 q 4 Kevin Dilworth (USA)7.96 q 5 Aleksandr Glovatskiy (BLR)7.94 q 6 Emmanuel Bangue (FRA)7.93 q 7 Zhengze Tan (CHN)7.92 8 Nobuharu Asahara (JPN)7.88 9 Bogdan Tarus (ROM)7.87 10 Mattias Sunneborn (SWE)7.72 11 Marko Rajic (SCG)7.70 12 Younés Moudrik (MAR)7.66 13 
Robert Emmiyan (ARM)7.65 14 Andrey Ignatov (RUS)7.64 15 Dimítrios Filíndras (GRE)7.63 16 Hee-Jun Sung (KOR)7.63 17 
Keita Cline (BVI)7.23 18 Hui-Fang Nai (TPE)7.05 Men's Long jump - Final - 5 August 1997
1 Iván Pedroso (CUB)8.42 Q 2 Erick Walder (USA)8.38 Q 3 Kirill Sosunov (RUS)8.18 Q 4 James Beckford (JAM)8.14 Q 5 Nélson Carlos Ferreira (BRA)8.04 Q 6 Aleksandr Glovatskiy (BLR)8.03 Q 7 Cheikh Tidiane Touré (SEN)7.98 Q 8 Kevin Dilworth (USA)7.88 Q 9 Masaki Morinaga (JPN)7.86 10 Jianfeng Lao (CHN)7.76 11 Bogdan Tudor (ROM)7.66
Men's Javelin throw - 5 August 1997
| 1 | Marius Corbett (RSA) | 88.40 Q |
| 2 | Steve Backley (GBR) | 86.80 Q |
| 3 | Konstadinós Gatsioúdis (GRE) | 86.64 Q |
| 4 | Mick Hill (GBR) | 86.54 Q |
| 5 | Sergey Makarov (RUS) | 86.32 Q |
| 6 | Boris Henry (GER) | 84.54 Q |
| 7 | Emeterio González (CUB) | 83.56 Q |
| 8 | Aki Parviainen (FIN) | 82.80 Q |
| 9 | Jan Zelezný (CZE) | 82.04 |
| 10 | Gregor Högler (AUT) | 81.56 |
| 11 | Andrey Moruyev (RUS) | 81.38 |
| 12 | Patrik Bodén (SWE) | 80.66 |
- Men's Javelin throw - Detailed results
Men's Javelin throw - Group A - 3 August 1997
1 Boris Henry (GER)83.42 Q 2 Konstadinós Gatsioúdis (GRE)83.32 Q 3 Mick Hill (GBR)82.24 q 4 Gregor Högler (AUT)81.54 q 5 Emeterio González (CUB)80.88 q 6 Marius Corbett (RSA)80.72 q 7 Sergey Makarov (RUS)80.62 q 8 Raymond Hecht (DDR)79.38 9 Tom Pukstys (USA)78.64 10 Sami Saksio (FIN)76.20 11 Pål Arne Fagernes (NOR)75.66 12 Eriks Rags (LAT)75.06 13 Roald Bradstock (USA)74.92 14 Nick Nieland (GBR)74.52 15 Firas Al Mahamid (SYR)74.04 16 
Edgar Baumann (PAR)72.96 17 Aleksandr Fingert (ISR)69.74 18 Robert Tersek (SLO)69.08 19 Vladimir Parfyonov (UZB)62.48 20 
Ponsianus Gnemen (INO)57.12 Men's Javelin throw - Group B - 3 August 1997
1 Jan Zelezný (CZE)83.66 Q 2 Steve Backley (GBR)81.40 q 3 Patrik Bodén (SWE)80.88 q 4 Aki Parviainen (FIN)80.76 q 5 Andrey Moruyev (RUS)80.30 q 6 Terry Mchugh (IRL)77.90 7 Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR)77.38 8 Seppo Räty (FIN)77.24 9 Andreas Linden (FDR)75.90 10 Gavin Lovegrove (NZL)75.62 11 Rajmund Kólko (POL)74.98 12 Dimítrios Polimérou (GRE)74.94 13 Sergey Voynov (UZB)74.32 14 Juan Gerardo De La Garza (MEX)71.98 15 Ki-Young Chu (KOR)70.84 16 Bouna Diop (SEN)69.66 17 Pius Bazighe (NGR)69.64 18 Ed Kaminski (USA)69.42 19 Adrian Hatcher (AUS)69.18 20 
Rigoberto Calderón (NIC)67.92 Men's Javelin throw - Final - 5 August 1997
1 Marius Corbett (RSA)88.40 Q 2 Steve Backley (GBR)86.80 Q 3 Konstadinós Gatsioúdis (GRE)86.64 Q 4 Mick Hill (GBR)86.54 Q 5 Sergey Makarov (RUS)86.32 Q 6 Boris Henry (GER)84.54 Q 7 Emeterio González (CUB)83.56 Q 8 Aki Parviainen (FIN)82.80 Q 9 Jan Zelezný (CZE)82.04 10 Gregor Högler (AUT)81.56 11 Andrey Moruyev (RUS)81.38 12 Patrik Bodén (SWE)80.66
Men's 1500 m - 6 August 1997
| 1 | Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) | 3:35.83 |
| 2 | Fermín Cacho (SPA) | 3:36.63 |
| 3 | Reyes Estévez (SPA) | 3:37.26 |
| 4 | Noureddine Morceli (ALG) | 3:37.37 |
| 5 |  Ali Hakimi (TUN) | 3:37.51 |
| 6 | Mohamed Suleiman (QAT) | 3:37.53 |
| 7 | Graham Hood (CAN) | 3:37.55 |
| 8 | Robert Kiplagat Andersen (DEN) | 3:37.66 |
| 9 | John Mayock (GBR) | 3:38.67 |
| 10 | Rüdiger Stenzel (GER) | 3:38.82 |
| 11 | Laban Rotich (KEN) | 3:41.27 |
| 12 | Nadir Bosch (FRA) | 3:48.35 |
- Men's 1500 m - Detailed results
Men's 1500 m - Heat 1 - 3 August 1997
1 Noureddine Morceli (ALG)3:37.26 Q 2 Andrey Zadorozhniy (RUS)3:37.28 Q 3 John Mayock (GBR)3:37.37 Q 4 Kevin Sullivan (CAN)3:37.42 Q 5 Niall Bruton (IRL)3:37.57 Q 6 Antonio Travassos (POR)3:37.70 q 7 Said Chebili (FRA)3:37.75 q 8 Julius Achon (UGA)3:38.21 9 John Kibowen (KEN)3:41.69 10 Balázs Tölgyesi (HUN)3:44.16 11 
Alexis Sharangabo (RWA)3:44.95 Men's 1500 m - Heat 2 - 3 August 1997
1 Rüdiger Stenzel (GER)3:40.17 Q 2 Kevin McKay (GBR)3:40.25 Q 3 Driss Maazouzi (FRA)3:40.39 Q 4 Isaac Viciosa (SPA)3:40.41 Q 5 Laban Rotich (KEN)3:40.43 Q 6 Vyacheslav Shabunin (RUS)3:40.46 7 Abdelkader Chékhémani (FRA)3:41.02 8 
Mohamed Ibrahim Aden (SOM)3:41.23 9 Ali Saïdi-Sief (ALG)3:41.48 10 
Mohamed Yagoub (SUD)3:41.54 11 José López (VEN)3:42.83 Men's 1500 m - Heat 3 - 3 August 1997
1 Reyes Estévez (SPA)3:36.20 Q 2 Azzeddine Seddiki (MAR)3:36.40 Q 3 Mohamed Suleiman (QAT)3:36.64 Q 4 Graham Hood (CAN)3:36.69 Q 5 Steve Holman (USA)3:36.75 Q 6 Robert Kiplagat Andersen (DEN)3:36.77 q 7 Branko Zorko (CRO)3:37.99 q 8 Alexandru Vasile (ROM)3:39.01 9 Luís Feiteira (POR)3:45.37 10 Scott Petersen (AUS)3:50.65 11 
Brent Butler (GUM)3:58.29 Men's 1500 m - Heat 4 - 3 August 1997
1 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)3:36.72 Q 2 Fermín Cacho (SPA)3:37.16 Q 3 Ali Hakimi (TUN)3:37.43 Q 4 Nadir Bosch (FRA)3:37.45 Q 5 Gennaro Di Napoli (ITA)3:37.50 Q 6 Ahmed Krama (ALG)3:38.02 7 Matthew Yates (GBR)3:38.34 8 Piotr Rostkowski (POL)3:39.52 9 Jason Pyrah (USA)3:40.17 10 Panayiotis Papoulias (GRE)3:40.30 11 Shane Healy (IRL)3:50.64 Men's 1500 m - Semi-Final 1 - 4 August 1997
1 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)3:38.92 Q 2 Mohamed Suleiman (QAT)3:39.15 Q 3 Ali Hakimi (TUN)3:39.50 Q 4 Rüdiger Stenzel (GER)3:39.62 Q 5 John Mayock (GBR)3:39.69 Q 6 Kevin Sullivan (CAN)3:39.84 7 Steve Holman (USA)3:39.97 8 Branko Zorko (CRO)3:41.63 9 Said Chebili (FRA)3:41.95 10 Antonio Travassos (POR)3:42.01 11 Niall Bruton (IRL)3:47.51 Men's 1500 m - Semi-Final 2 - 4 August 1997
1 Noureddine Morceli (ALG)3:38.82 Q 2 Reyes Estévez (SPA)3:38.86 Q 3 Fermín Cacho (SPA)3:38.86 Q 4 Robert Kiplagat Andersen (DEN)3:38.92 Q 5 Laban Rotich (KEN)3:38.92 Q 6 Nadir Bosch (FRA)3:39.01 q 7 Graham Hood (CAN)3:39.13 q 8 Gennaro Di Napoli (ITA)3:39.45 9 Driss Maazouzi (FRA)3:39.99 10 Azzeddine Seddiki (MAR)3:40.15 11 Kevin McKay (GBR)3:40.21 12 Andrey Zadorozhniy (RUS)3:42.61 Men's 1500 m - Final - 6 August 1997
1 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)3:35.83 2 Fermín Cacho (SPA)3:36.63 3 Reyes Estévez (SPA)3:37.26 4 Noureddine Morceli (ALG)3:37.37 5 Ali Hakimi (TUN)3:37.51 6 Mohamed Suleiman (QAT)3:37.53 7 Graham Hood (CAN)3:37.55 8 Robert Kiplagat Andersen (DEN)3:37.66 9 John Mayock (GBR)3:38.67 10 Rüdiger Stenzel (GER)3:38.82 11 Laban Rotich (KEN)3:41.27 12 Nadir Bosch (FRA)3:48.35
Men's 10000 m - 6 August 1997
| 1 |  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) | 27:24.58 |
| 2 | Paul Tergat (KEN) | 27:25.62 |
| 3 | Salah Hissou (MAR) | 27:28.67 |
| 4 | Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN) | 27:30.39 |
| 5 | Assefa Mezgebu (ETH) | 27:32.48 |
| 6 | Domingos Castro (POR) | 27:36.52 |
| 7 | Habte Jifar (ETH) | 28:00.29 |
| 8 | Julio Rey (SPA) | 28:07.06 |
| 9 | Stefano Baldini (ITA) | 28:11.97 |
| 10 | Darren Wilson (AUS) | 28:20.16 |
| 11 |  Kamiel Maase (NED) | 28:23.20 |
| 12 | Dominic Kirui (KEN) | 28:28.13 |
| 13 | Abderrahim Zitouna (MAR) | 28:29.09 |
| 14 | Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) | 28:33.48 |
| 15 | Tendai Chimusasa (ZIM) | 28:55.29 |
| 16 | Carsten Eich (DDR) | 28:59.34 |
| 17 | Saïd Berioui (MAR) | 29:22.05 |
| 18 | José Ramos (POR) | 29:49.00 |
- Men's 10000 m - Detailed results
Men's 10000 m - Heat 1 - 3 August 1997
1 Domingos Castro (POR)28:07.04 Q 2 Mohammed Mourhit (BEL)28:12.02 Q 3 Saïd Berioui (MAR)28:12.33 Q 4 Carsten Eich (DDR)28:12.46 Q 5 Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN)28:13.24 Q 6 Assefa Mezgebu (ETH)28:13.95 Q 7 Paul Tergat (KEN)28:13.98 Q 8 Salah Hissou (MAR)28:15.09 Q 9 José Ramos (POR)28:20.06 q 10 Carlos De La Torre (SPA)28:20.50 11 Toshiyuki Hayata (JPN)28:27.97 12 Dan Middleman (USA)28:56.76 13 
Marco Antonio Condori (BOL)29:51.24 14 
Agustín Morán (PAN)30:12.32 Men's 10000 m - Heat 2 - 3 August 1997
1 Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)27:55.36 Q 2 Habte Jifar (ETH)27:55.71 Q 3 Dominic Kirui (KEN)27:56.62 Q 4 Abderrahim Zitouna (MAR)27:57.11 Q 5 Darren Wilson (AUS)27:57.54 Q 6 Kamiel Maase (NED)27:57.78 Q 7 Julio Rey (SPA)28:03.36 Q 8 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA)28:05.70 Q 9 Toshinari Takaoka (JPN)28:07.36 q 10 Stefano Baldini (ITA)28:07.81 q 11 Tendai Chimusasa (ZIM)28:14.03 q 12 Mohamed Ezzher (FRA)28:47.48 13 
João N'Tyamba (AGO)29:38.92 14 Bradley Barquist (USA)29:43.01 15 Margarito Zamora (MEX)29:52.03 16 Panayiótis Haramís (GRE)30:08.60 17 
Georges Richmond (TAH)31:48.17 Men's 10000 m - Final - 6 August 1997
1 Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)27:24.58 2 Paul Tergat (KEN)27:25.62 3 Salah Hissou (MAR)27:28.67 4 Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN)27:30.39 5 Assefa Mezgebu (ETH)27:32.48 6 Domingos Castro (POR)27:36.52 7 Habte Jifar (ETH)28:00.29 8 Julio Rey (SPA)28:07.06 9 Stefano Baldini (ITA)28:11.97 10 Darren Wilson (AUS)28:20.16 11 Kamiel Maase (NED)28:23.20 12 Dominic Kirui (KEN)28:28.13 13 Abderrahim Zitouna (MAR)28:29.09 14 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA)28:33.48 15 Tendai Chimusasa (ZIM)28:55.29 16 Carsten Eich (DDR)28:59.34 17 Saïd Berioui (MAR)29:22.05 18 José Ramos (POR)29:49.00
Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - 6 August 1997
| 1 | Wilson Boit Kipketer (KEN) | 8:05.84 |
| 2 | Moses Kiptanui (KEN) | 8:06.04 |
| 3 | Bernard Barmasai (KEN) | 8:06.04 |
| 4 |  Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari (KSA) | 8:13.87 |
| 5 | Hicham Bouaouiche (MAR) | 8:14.04 |
| 6 | Mark Croghan (USA) | 8:14.09 |
| 7 | Jim Svenøy (NOR) | 8:14.80 |
| 8 | Angelo Carosi (ITA) | 8:16.01 |
| 9 | Mark Ostendarp (GER) | 8:18.49 |
| 10 | Brahim Boulami (MAR) | 8:23.34 |
| 11 | Elarbi Khattabi (MAR) | 8:29.43 |
| 12 | Florin Ionescu (ROM) | 8:39.67 |
- Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - Detailed results
Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - Heat 1 - 3 August 1997
1 Rafal Wójcik (POL)8:24.93 Q 2 Brahim Boulami (MAR)8:24.95 Q 3 Moses Kiptanui (KEN)8:25.80 Q 4 Vladimir Pronin (RUS)8:25.95 Q 5 Mark Croghan (USA)8:25.95 Q 6 Alessandro Lambruschini (ITA)8:26.35 Q 7 Michael Buchleitner (AUT)8:26.76 q 8 Florin Ionescu (ROM)8:27.39 q 9 Robert Hough (GBR)8:28.54 q 10 Stathis Stasi (CYP)8:28.85 q 11 Christopher Unthank (AUS)8:32.02 Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - Heat 2 - 3 August 1997
1 Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari (KSA)8:25.23 Q 2 Mark Ostendarp (GER)8:25.97 Q 3 Bernard Barmasai (KEN)8:26.62 Q 4 Simon Vroemen (NED)8:28.96 Q 5 Elarbi Khattabi (MAR)8:32.53 Q 6 Thomas Nohilly (USA)8:32.70 Q 7 Millon Wolde (ETH)8:32.77 8 Abderrahmane Daas (ALG)8:33.35 9 Giuseppe Maffei (ITA)8:37.12 10 Vitor Almeida (POR)8:40.75 11 Michal Bartoszak (POL)8:47.01 Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - Heat 3 - 3 August 1997
1 Wilson Boit Kipketer (KEN)8:29.40 Q 2 Jim Svenøy (NOR)8:29.65 Q 3 Hicham Bouaouiche (MAR)8:29.67 Q 4 Angelo Carosi (ITA)8:29.92 Q 5 Ramiro Morán (SPA)8:29.98 Q 6 Marcel Laros (NED)8:30.24 Q 7 Wander Do Prado Moura (BRA)8:30.70 q 8 Adam Dobrzynski (POL)8:31.69 q 9 Antonios Vouzis (GRE)8:33.51 10 Stéphane Desaulty (FRA)8:33.56 11 
Hector Begeo (PHI)9:17.82 Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - Semi-Final 1 - 4 August 1997
1 Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari (KSA)8:20.18 Q 2 Mark Ostendarp (GER)8:20.40 Q 3 Moses Kiptanui (KEN)8:20.76 Q 4 Hicham Bouaouiche (MAR)8:20.88 Q 5 Elarbi Khattabi (MAR)8:20.94 Q 6 Jim Svenøy (NOR)8:21.16 q 7 Vladimir Pronin (RUS)8:29.39 8 Ramiro Morán (SPA)8:31.73 9 Rafal Wójcik (POL)8:33.28 10 Simon Vroemen (NED)8:48.66 Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - Semi-Final 2 - 4 August 1997
1 Bernard Barmasai (KEN)8:17.95 Q 2 Wilson Boit Kipketer (KEN)8:18.92 Q 3 Mark Croghan (USA)8:19.98 Q 4 Angelo Carosi (ITA)8:20.82 Q 5 Brahim Boulami (MAR)8:21.99 Q 6 Florin Ionescu (ROM)8:22.35 q 7 Michael Buchleitner (AUT)8:26.22 8 Wander Do Prado Moura (BRA)8:35.01 9 Stathis Stasi (CYP)8:35.73 10 Marcel Laros (NED)8:36.12 11 Adam Dobrzynski (POL)8:38.58 12 Robert Hough (GBR)8:59.24 Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - Final - 6 August 1997
1 Wilson Boit Kipketer (KEN)8:05.84 2 Moses Kiptanui (KEN)8:06.04 3 Bernard Barmasai (KEN)8:06.04 4 Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari (KSA)8:13.87 5 Hicham Bouaouiche (MAR)8:14.04 6 Mark Croghan (USA)8:14.09 7 Jim Svenøy (NOR)8:14.80 8 Angelo Carosi (ITA)8:16.01 9 Mark Ostendarp (GER)8:18.49 10 Brahim Boulami (MAR)8:23.34 11 Elarbi Khattabi (MAR)8:29.43 12 Florin Ionescu (ROM)8:39.67
Men's High jump - 6 August 1997
| 1 | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.37 |
| 2 | Artur Partyka (POL) | 2.35 |
| 3 | Tim Forsyth (AUS) | 2.35 |
| 4 | Steinar Hoen (NOR) | 2.32 |
| 4 | Dalton Grant (GBR) | 2.32 |
| 6 | Lambros Papakostas (GRE) | 2.32 |
| 7 | Konstantin Matusevich (ISR) | 2.29 |
| 8 | Lee Jin-taek (KOR) | 2.29 |
| 9 | Martin Buss (GER) | 2.29 |
| 10 |  Gilmar Mayo (COL) | 2.29 |
| 11 | Sergey Klyugin (RUS) | 2.29 |
| 12 | Jan Janku (CZE) | 2.25 |
- Men's High jump - Detailed results
Men's High jump - Group A - 4 August 1997
1 Gilmar Mayo (COL)2.28 Q 1 Lee Jin-taek (KOR)2.28 Q 3 Lambros Papakostas (GRE)2.28 Q 4 Martin Buss (GER)2.28 Q 5 Charles Austin (USA)2.26 q 6 Charles Lefrançois (CAN)2.23 6 Staffan Strand (SWE)2.23 8 Dragutin Topic (SCG)2.23 8 Mark Mandy (IRL)2.23 8 Mark Boswell (CAN)2.23 8 Jaroslaw Kotewicz (POL)2.23 12 
Elvir Krehmic (BIH)2.23 13 Brendan Reilly (IRL)2.23 14 Arturo Ortíz (SPA)2.19 14 Tomás Janku (CZE)2.19 16 Randy Jenkins (USA)2.19 17 Konstadínos Liápis (GRE)2.15 Men's High jump - Group B - 4 August 1997
1 Steinar Hoen (NOR)2.28 Q 1 Javier Sotomayor (CUB)2.28 Q 1 Artur Partyka (POL)2.28 Q 4 Tim Forsyth (AUS)2.28 Q 5 Konstantin Matusevich (ISR)2.28 Q 6 Dalton Grant (GBR)2.28 Q 7 Jan Janku (CZE)2.26 q 7 
Cigdem Arslan (TÜR)1.89 8 Sergey Klyugin (RUS)2.26 q 9 Steve Smith (GBR)2.26 q 10 Didier Detchenique (FRA)2.23 10 Brian Brown (USA)2.23 10 Stevan Zoric (YUG)2.23 13 Dimitrios Kokotis (GRE)2.23 13 Mustapha Raifak (FRA)2.23 15 Glenn Howard (NZL)2.15 15 
Julio Luciano (DOM)2.15 17 Michiya Onoue (JPN)2.15 18 
Khemraj Naiko (MRI)2.15 Men's High jump - Final - 6 August 1997
1 Javier Sotomayor (CUB)2.37 2 Artur Partyka (POL)2.35 3 Tim Forsyth (AUS)2.35 4 Steinar Hoen (NOR)2.32 4 Dalton Grant (GBR)2.32 6 Lambros Papakostas (GRE)2.32 7 Konstantin Matusevich (ISR)2.29 8 Lee Jin-taek (KOR)2.29 9 Martin Buss (GER)2.29 10 Gilmar Mayo (COL)2.29 11 Sergey Klyugin (RUS)2.29 12 Jan Janku (CZE)2.25
Men's Decathlon - 6 August 1997
| 1 | Tomás Dvorák (CZE) | 8837 |
| 2 | Eduard Hämäläinen (FIN) | 8730 |
| 3 | Frank Busemann (GER) | 8652 |
| 4 | Steve Fritz (USA) | 8463 |
| 5 | Ramil Ganiyev (UZB) | 8445 |
| 6 |  Erki Nool (EST) | 8413 |
| 7 | Stefan Schmid (GER) | 8360 |
| 8 | Mike Smith (CAN) | 8307 |
| 9 | Roman Sebrle (CZE) | 8232 |
| 10 | Klaus Isekenmeier (GER) | 8180 |
| 11 | Indrek Kaseorg (EST) | 8140 |
| 12 | Philipp Huber (SWI) | 8107 |
| 13 | Cédric Lopez (FRA) | 8047 |
| 14 | Marcel Dost (NED) | 8040 |
| 15 | Francisco Javier Benet (SPA) | 7929 |
| 16 | Pródromos Korkízoglou (GRE) | 7867 |
| 17 | Victor Houston (BAR) | 7777 |
| 18 | Mário Aníbal (POR) | 7768 |
| 19 | Pierre-Alexandre Vial (FRA) | 7708 |
| 20 | Oleg Veretelnikov (UZB) | 7698 |
Men's 110 m Hurdles - 7 August 1997
| 1 | Allen Johnson (USA) | 12.93 |
| 2 | Colin Jackson (GBR) | 13.05 |
| 3 | Igor Kovác (SVK) | 13.18 |
| 4 | Florian Schwarthoff (FDR) | 13.20 |
| 5 | Dan Philibert (FRA) | 13.26 |
| 6 | Terry Reese (USA) | 13:30 |
| 7 | Mark Crear (USA) | 13.55 |
- Men's 110 m Hurdles - Detailed results
Men's 110 m Hurdles - Heat 1 - 5 August 1997
1 Dan Philibert (FRA)13.43 Q 2 Allen Johnson (USA)13.52 Q 3 Robert Kronberg (SWE)13.70 Q 4 Robin Korving (NED)13.80 Q 5 Gaute Melby Gundersen (NOR)13.83 Q 6 Stamátios Mágos (GRE)13.92 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Heat 2 - 5 August 1997
1 Artur Kohutek (POL)13.37 Q 2 Anier García (CUB)13.46 Q 3 Andrew Tulloch (GBR)13.69 Q 4 Falk Balzer (GER)13.70 Q 5 Hubert Grossard (BEL)13.74 Q 6 Terry Reese (USA)13.79 q 7 
Wagner Marseille (HAI)14.52 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Heat 3 - 5 August 1997
1 Igor Kovác (SVK)13.36 Q 2 Sébastien Thibault (FRA)13.50 Q 3 Tomasz Scigaczewski (POL)13.61 Q 4 Andrey Kislykh (RUS)13.67 Q 5 Stanislavs Olijars (LAT)13.79 Q 6 Tong Li (CHN)13.89 7 
Avele Tanielu (SAM)14.59 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Heat 4 - 5 August 1997
1 Tony Jarrett (GBR)13.35 Q 2 Vincent Clarico (FRA)13.51 Q 3 Ronald Mehlich (POL)13.65 Q 4 Mike Fenner (DDR)13.67 Q 5 Sven Pieters (BEL)13.67 Q 6 Hisanobu Konae (JPN)14.02 7 Slavoljub Nikolic (SCG)14.26 8 
Min Tun Min (MYA)15.58 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Heat 5 - 5 August 1997
1 Florian Schwarthoff (FDR)13.44 Q 2 Reggie Torian (USA)13.51 Q 3 Kyle Vander Kuyp (AUS)13.61 Q 4 Guntis Peders (LAT)13.73 Q 5 Pedro Chiamulera (BRA)13.93 Q 6 Peter Coghlan (IRL)13.94 7 William Erese (NGR)13.95 8 Si Mohamed Boukrouna (MAR)14.22 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Heat 6 - 5 August 1997
1 Colin Jackson (GBR)13.19 Q 2 Mark Crear (USA)13.46 Q 3 Jonathan Nsenga (BEL)13.53 Q 4 Antti Haapakoski (FIN)13.75 Q 5 Elmar Lichtenegger (AUT)13.78 Q 6 Jovesa Naivalu (FID)13.82 q 7 Levente Csillag (HUN)13.96 8 Blaz Korent (SLO)14.20 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Quarter-Final 1 - 5 August 1997
1 Mark Crear (USA)13.15 Q 2 Colin Jackson (GBR)13.19 Q 3 Robin Korving (NED)13.44 Q 4 Mike Fenner (DDR)13.50 q 5 Ronald Mehlich (POL)13.51 6 Sven Pieters (BEL)13.55 7 Sébastien Thibault (FRA)13.62 8 Jovesa Naivalu (FID)14.04 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Quarter-Final 2 - 5 August 1997
1 Allen Johnson (USA)13.22 Q 2 Artur Kohutek (POL)13.27 Q 3 Dan Philibert (FRA)13.33 Q 4 Falk Balzer (GER)13.37 q 5 Jonathan Nsenga (BEL)13.50 q 6 Stanislavs Olijars (LAT)13.62 7 Andrew Tulloch (GBR)13.63 8 Gaute Melby Gundersen (NOR)13.91 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Quarter-Final 3 - 5 August 1997
1 Tony Jarrett (GBR)13.27 Q 2 Anier García (CUB)13.46 Q 3 Kyle Vander Kuyp (AUS)13.53 Q 4 Reggie Torian (USA)13.64 5 Antti Haapakoski (FIN)13.72 6 Robert Kronberg (SWE)13.73 7 Pedro Chiamulera (BRA)13.86 8 Hubert Grossard (BEL)14.01 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Quarter-Final 4 - 5 August 1997
1 Igor Kovác (SVK)13.23 Q 2 Terry Reese (USA)13.30 Q 3 Florian Schwarthoff (FDR)13.30 Q 4 Vincent Clarico (FRA)13.41 q 5 Andrey Kislykh (RUS)13.43 q 6 Guntis Peders (LAT)13.55 7 Elmar Lichtenegger (AUT)13.70 8 Tomasz Scigaczewski (POL)13.73 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Semi-Final 1 - 6 August 1997
1 Colin Jackson (GBR)13.24 Q 2 Allen Johnson (USA)13.31 Q 3 Igor Kovác (SVK)13.38 Q 4 Terry Reese (USA)13.45 Q 5 Robin Korving (NED)13.51 6 Vincent Clarico (FRA)13.53 7 Andrey Kislykh (RUS)13.78 8 Falk Balzer (GER)14.06 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Semi-Final 2 - 6 August 1997
1 Florian Schwarthoff (FDR)13.29 Q 2 Dan Philibert (FRA)13.30 Q 3 Mark Crear (USA)13.35 Q 4 Artur Kohutek (POL)13.39 Q 5 Kyle Vander Kuyp (AUS)13.49 6 Tony Jarrett (GBR)13.50 7 Jonathan Nsenga (BEL)13.58 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Final - 7 August 1997
1 Allen Johnson (USA)12.93 2 Colin Jackson (GBR)13.05 3 Igor Kovác (SVK)13.18 4 Florian Schwarthoff (FDR)13.20 5 Dan Philibert (FRA)13.26 6 Terry Reese (USA)13:30 7 Mark Crear (USA)13.55
Men's 50km Walk - 7 August 1997
| 1 | Robert Korzeniowski (POL) | 3:44:46 |
| 2 | Jesús Angel García (SPA) | 3:44:59 |
| 3 | Miguel Angel Rodríguez (MEX) | 3:48:30 |
| 4 | Oleg Ishutkin (RUS) | 3:50:04 |
| 5 | Tomasz Lipiec (POL) | 3:50:14 |
| 6 | Fumio Imamura (JPN) | 3:50:27 |
| 7 | Sylvain Caudron (FRA) | 3:51:17 |
| 8 | Arturo Di Mezza (ITA) | 3:51:33 |
| 9 | Valentin Kononen (FIN) | 3:53:40 |
| 10 | Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS) | 3:54:28 |
| 11 | René Piller (FRA) | 3:55:06 |
| 12 | Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) | 3:56:19 |
| 13 | Craig Barrett (NZL) | 3:56:30 |
| 14 | Giovanni Perricelli (ITA) | 3:57:38 |
| 15 | Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS) | 3:58:18 |
| 16 | Axel Noack (DDR) | 3:59:29 |
| 17 | Hector Moreno (COL) | 3:59:33 |
| 18 | Stefan Malík (SVK) | 3:59:52 |
| 19 | Ruben Arikado (MEX) | 4:04:17 |
| 20 | Zoltán Czukor (HUN) | 4:05:09 |
| 21 | Santiago Perez (SPA) | 4:05:25 |
| 22 | Dmitriy Savaytan (BLR) | 4:05:35 |
| 23 |  Julio Urias (GUA) | 4:07:18 |
| 24 | Peter Zanner (GER) | 4:07:38 |
| 25 | Christophe Cousin (FRA) | 4:08:26 |
| 26 | Milos Holusa (CZE) | 4:09:08 |
| 27 | José Magalhães (POR) | 4:10:03 |
| 28 | Orazio Romanzi (ITA) | 4:11:00 |
| 29 | Hrístos Karayeórgos (GRE) | 4:30:05 |
Men's 200 m - 8 August 1997
| 1 | Ato Boldon (TRI) | 20.04 |
| 2 | Frankie Fredericks (NAM) | 20.23 |
| 3 | Claudinei Quirino Da Silva (BRA) | 20.26 |
| 4 | Ivan García (CUB) | 20.31 |
| 5 | Georgios Panagiotopoulos (GRE) | 20.32 |
| 6 | Obadele Thompson (BAR) | 20.37 |
| 7 | Jon Drummond (USA) | 20.44 |
| 8 | Patrick Stevens (BEL) | 20.44 |
- Men's 200 m - Detailed results
Men's 200 m - Heat 1 - 6 August 1997
1 Ato Boldon (TRI)20.48 Q 2 Douglas Walker (GBR)20.49 Q 3 Yeóryios Panayiotópoulos (GRE)20.60 Q 4 Deji Aliu (NGR)20.60 q 5 O'brian Gibbons (CAN)20.71 q 6 Emmanuel Tuffour (GHA)20.72 q 7 
Hamoud Abdallah Al-Dalhami (OMA)21.45 Men's 200 m - Heat 2 - 6 August 1997
1 Erik Wijmeersch (BEL)20.71 Q 2 Frankie Fredericks (NAM)20.74 Q 3 Sayon Cooper (LIR)20.88 Q 4 Philip Mukomana (ZIM)20.88 5 Justice Dipeba (BOT)20.96 6 Patrick Johnson (AUS)21.45 Men's 200 m - Heat 3 - 6 August 1997
1 Sergejs Insakovs (LAT)20.72 Q 2 Obadele Thompson (BAR)20.75 Q 3 Prodromos Katsantonis (CYP)20.77 Q 4 Koji Ito (JPN)20.82 5 Juan Pedro Toledo (MEX)21.03 6 Lars Hedner (SWE)21.30 7 Wu-Shiun Tao (TPE)21.85 Men's 200 m - Heat 4 - 6 August 1997
1 Patrick Stevens (BEL)20.45 Q 2 Julian Golding (GBR)20.49 Q 3 Carlo Occhiena (ITA)20.90 Q 4 Gilles Quenehervé (FRA)20.93 5 Ryszard Pilarczyk (POL)20.98 6 Pascal Dangbo (BEN)21.58 7 Kendon Maynard (ISV)21.64 Men's 200 m - Heat 5 - 6 August 1997
1 Giovanni Puggioni (ITA)20.73 Q 2 
Joseph Loua (GUI)20.75 Q 3 Jon Drummond (USA)20.76 Q 4 Christoph Pöstinger (AUT)20.77 5 Antoine Boussombo (GAB)20.79 6 Thierry Lubin (FRA)20.80 7 
Arif Akhundov (AZE)22.08 Men's 200 m - Heat 6 - 6 August 1997
1 Kevin Little (USA)20.68 Q 2 Gary Ryan (IRL)20.69 Q 3 Owusu Dako (GBR)20.70 Q 4 Steve Brimacombe (AUS)20.75 5 Alessandro Attene (ITA)20.92 6 Andrew Tynes (BAH)21.00 7 
Mohammad Bin Haji (BRU)22.37 Men's 200 m - Heat 7 - 6 August 1997
1 Claudinei Quirino Da Silva (BRA)20.59 Q 2 Chris Donaldson (NZL)20.75 Q 3 Ioannis Nafpliotis (GRE)20.84 Q 4 Andrey Fedoriv (RUS)20.88 5 Jordi Mayoral (SPA)20.99 6 
Kwame Galloway (MSR)22.45 Men's 200 m - Heat 8 - 6 August 1997
1 Geir Moen (NOR)20.79 Q 2 Gentry Bradley (USA)20.80 Q 3 Carlos Gats (ARG)20.86 Q 4 Thomas Sbokos (GRE)20.94 5 Oumar Loum (SEN)20.95 6 Ahmed Douhou (CIV)21.08 7 Benjamin Sirimou (CMR)21.45 8 
Djaffar Hadhari (COM)21.59 Men's 200 m - Heat 9 - 6 August 1997
1 Ivan García (CUB)20.41 Q 2 Troy Douglas (BER)20.46 Q 3 Anninos Marcoullides (CYP)20.47 Q 4 Serhiy Osovych (UKR)20.56 q 5 Sebastián Keitel (CHI)20.72 q 6 Malik Louahla (ALG)21.31 7 
Thongdy Amnouayphone (LAO)22.86 8 Mahbub Alam (BAN)23.54 Men's 200 m - Quarter-Final 1 - 6 August 1997
1 Patrick Stevens (BEL)20.77 Q 2 Troy Douglas (BER)20.78 Q 3 Chris Donaldson (NZL)21.04 Q 4 Gentry Bradley (USA)21.08 5 Sergejs Insakovs (LAT)21.22 6 Emmanuel Tuffour (GHA)21.25 7 Sayon Cooper (LIR)21.39 8 Owusu Dako (GBR)21.52 Men's 200 m - Quarter-Final 2 - 6 August 1997
1 Frankie Fredericks (NAM)20.13 Q 2 Ato Boldon (TRI)20.28 Q 3 Jon Drummond (USA)20.59 Q 4 Julian Golding (GBR)20.69 q 5 Erik Wijmeersch (BEL)20.73 6 O'brian Gibbons (CAN)20.78 7 Anninos Marcoullides (CYP)20.83 8 Carlo Occhiena (ITA)21.14 Men's 200 m - Quarter-Final 3 - 6 August 1997
1 Claudinei Quirino Da Silva (BRA)20.27 Q 2 Kevin Little (USA)20.38 Q 3 Serhiy Osovych (UKR)20.54 Q 4 Douglas Walker (GBR)20.56 q 5 Yeóryios Panayiotópoulos (GRE)20.57 q 6 Deji Aliu (NGR)20.65 q 7 Prodromos Katsantonis (CYP)20.77 8 Gary Ryan (IRL)20.83 Men's 200 m - Quarter-Final 4 - 6 August 1997
1 Ivan García (CUB)20.48 Q 2 Obadele Thompson (BAR)20.62 Q 3 Carlos Gats (ARG)20.87 Q 4 Joseph Loua (GUI)20.91 5 Ioannis Nafpliotis (GRE)20.94 6 Sebastián Keitel (CHI)20.96 7 Giovanni Puggioni (ITA)22.70 Men's 200 m - Semi-Final 1 - 7 August 1997
1 Claudinei Quirino Da Silva (BRA)20.35 Q 2 Ivan García (CUB)20.39 Q 3 Yeóryios Panayiotópoulos (GRE)20.43 Q 4 Obadele Thompson (BAR)20.46 Q 5 Serhiy Osovych (UKR)20.51 6 Kevin Little (USA)20.57 7 Julian Golding (GBR)20.61 8 Carlos Gats (ARG)21.44 Men's 200 m - Semi-Final 2 - 7 August 1997
1 Ato Boldon (TRI)20.09 Q 2 Frankie Fredericks (NAM)20.18 Q 3 Jon Drummond (USA)20.29 Q 4 Patrick Stevens (BEL)20.42 Q 5 Troy Douglas (BER)20.43 6 Douglas Walker (GBR)20.61 7 Deji Aliu (NGR)20.78 8 Chris Donaldson (NZL)20.92 Men's 200 m - Final - 8 August 1997
1 Ato Boldon (TRI)20.04 2 Frankie Fredericks (NAM)20.23 3 Claudinei Quirino Da Silva (BRA)20.26 4 Ivan García (CUB)20.31 5 Georgios Panagiotopoulos (GRE)20.32 6 Obadele Thompson (BAR)20.37 7 Jon Drummond (USA)20.44 8 Patrick Stevens (BEL)20.44
Men's 800 m - 8 August 1997
| 1 | Wilson Kipketer (DEN) | 1:43.38 |
| 2 | Norberto Tellez (CUB) | 1:44.00 |
| 3 | Rich Kenah (USA) | 1:44.25 |
| 4 | Patrick Konchellah (KEN) | 1:44.26 |
| 5 | Vebjørn Rodal (NOR) | 1:44.53 |
| 6 | Marko Koers (NED) | 1:44.85 |
| 7 | Patrick Ndururi (KEN) | 1:45.24 |
| 8 | Mark Everett (USA) | 1:49.02 |
- Men's 800 m - Detailed results
Men's 800 m - Heat 1 - 4 August 1997
1 Wilson Kipketer (DEN)1:46.34 Q 2 Hezekiél Sepeng (RSA)1:46.42 Q 3 Einars Tupuritis (LAT)1:46.96 Q 4 Tor Øyvind Ødegård (NOR)1:47.33 Q 5 Jean-Marc Destine (HAI)1:47.76 6 Joseph Rakotoarimanana (MAD)1:47.86 7 Mark Sesay (GBR)1:49.00 8 
Cherif Baba Aidara (MRI)1:56.85 Men's 800 m - Heat 2 - 4 August 1997
1 Norberto Tellez (CUB)1:46.44 Q 2 Panayiótis Stroubákos (GRE)1:46.49 Q 3 Andrea Longo (ITA)1:46.79 Q 4 Mario Vernon-Watson (JAM)1:46.96 Q 5 Savieri Ngidhi (ZIM)1:46.97 q 6 Ivan Komar (BLR)1:47.53 q 7 
Ali Khazaal (LEB)1:50.66 8 
Vanco Stojanov (MKD)1:52.65 Men's 800 m - Heat 3 - 4 August 1997
1 Marko Koers (NED)1:47.17 Q 2 Rich Kenah (USA)1:47.25 Q 3 André Bucher (SWI)1:47.44 Q 4 José Luíz Barbosa (BRA)1:47.53 Q 5 Michael Wildner (AUT)1:47.77 6 Sergey Kozhevnikov (RUS)1:48.11 7 
Mohamed S. Naji Haidara (BRN)1:53.56 Men's 800 m - Heat 4 - 4 August 1997
1 Patrick Konchellah (KEN)1:47.15 Q 2 David Matthews (IRL)1:47.33 Q 3 Marius Van Heerden (RSA)1:47.56 Q 4 Nathan Kahan (BEL)1:47.62 Q 5 Viktors Lacis (LAT)1:48.65 6 
Liam Byrne (GIL)2:00.18 Men's 800 m - Heat 5 - 4 August 1997
1 Vebjørn Rodal (NOR)1:47.58 Q 2 
Arthémon Hatungimana (BDI)1:47.73 Q 3 Andrew Hart (GBR)1:47.98 Q 4 Hendrick Mokganyetsi (RSA)1:48.10 Q 5 Pavel Soukup (CZE)1:48.16 6 Mark Tonks (NZL)1:48.85 7 
Yaya Terap Adoum (CHA)1:54.01 8 
Manlio Molinari (RSM)1:55.89 Men's 800 m - Heat 6 - 4 August 1997
1 Patrick Ndururi (KEN)1:49.51 Q 2 Lukás Vydra (CZE)1:50.08 Q 3 Adem Hecini (ALG)1:55.25 Q 4 Brandon Rock (USA)1:58.05 Q 5 
Cuthbert Modeste (LCA)2:01.24 Men's 800 m - Heat 7 - 4 August 1997
1 Mark Everett (USA)1:47.10 Q 2 Benson Koech (KEN)1:47.15 Q 3 Benyounes Lahlou (MAR)1:47.33 Q 4 Mohamed Yagoub (SUD)1:47.34 Q 5 Kennedy Osei (GHA)1:47.45 q 6 José Manuel Cerezo (SPA)1:47.68 q 7 Tim Rogge (BEL)1:48.38 8 Alex Morgan (JAM)1:50.83 Men's 800 m - Quarter-Final 1 - 5 August 1997
1 Marko Koers (NED)1:46.52 Q 2 Patrick Ndururi (KEN)1:46.56 Q 3 Benyounes Lahlou (MAR)1:46.63 Q 4 Savieri Ngidhi (ZIM)1:46.92 5 Lukás Vydra (CZE)1:47.56 6 Nathan Kahan (BEL)1:48.66 7 Mario Vernon-Watson (JAM)1:49.52 8 Ivan Komar (BLR)1:50.17 Men's 800 m - Quarter-Final 2 - 5 August 1997
1 Norberto Tellez (CUB)1:44.82 Q 2 Hezekiél Sepeng (RSA)1:44.91 Q 3 Mark Everett (USA)1:44.95 Q 4 Adem Hecini (ALG)1:45.19 q 5 André Bucher (SWI)1:45.33 q 6 Tor Øyvind Ødegård (NOR)1:45.42 q 7 Mohamed Yagoub (SUD)1:45.73 q 8 David Matthews (IRL)1:46.66 Men's 800 m - Quarter-Final 3 - 5 August 1997
1 Vebjørn Rodal (NOR)1:46.43 Q 2 Patrick Konchellah (KEN)1:46.43 Q 3 Rich Kenah (USA)1:46.48 Q 4 Arthémon Hatungimana (BDI)1:46.64 5 Einars Tupuritis (LAT)1:46.97 6 Marius Van Heerden (RSA)1:47.20 7 José Luíz Barbosa (BRA)1:47.30 8 Andrew Hart (GBR)1:48.03 Men's 800 m - Quarter-Final 4 - 5 August 1997
1 Wilson Kipketer (DEN)1:45.54 Q 2 Panayiótis Stroubákos (GRE)1:45.94 Q 3 Kennedy Osei (GHA)1:46.00 Q 4 Hendrick Mokganyetsi (RSA)1:46.45 5 Andrea Longo (ITA)1:46.60 6 Brandon Rock (USA)1:47.13 7 José Manuel Cerezo (SPA)1:48.90 Men's 800 m - Semi-Final 1 - 6 August 1997
1 Patrick Konchellah (KEN)1:45.07 Q 2 Norberto Tellez (CUB)1:45.37 Q 3 Vebjørn Rodal (NOR)1:45.41 Q 4 Mark Everett (USA)1:45.94 Q 5 Adem Hecini (ALG)1:46.02 6 Mohamed Yagoub (SUD)1:46.09 7 Benyounes Lahlou (MAR)1:46.42 8 Panayiótis Stroubákos (GRE)1:46.81 Men's 800 m - Semi-Final 2 - 6 August 1997
1 Wilson Kipketer (DEN)1:46.14 Q 2 Rich Kenah (USA)1:46.37 Q 3 Patrick Ndururi (KEN)1:46.50 Q 4 Marko Koers (NED)1:46.62 Q 5 Kennedy Osei (GHA)1:46.78 6 André Bucher (SWI)1:46.88 7 Hezekiél Sepeng (RSA)1:47.00 8 Tor Øyvind Ødegård (NOR)1:47.83 Men's 800 m - Final - 8 August 1997
1 Wilson Kipketer (DEN)1:43.38 2 Norberto Tellez (CUB)1:44.00 3 Rich Kenah (USA)1:44.25 4 Patrick Konchellah (KEN)1:44.26 5 Vebjørn Rodal (NOR)1:44.53 6 Marko Koers (NED)1:44.85 7 Patrick Ndururi (KEN)1:45.24 8 Mark Everett (USA)1:49.02
Men's Triple jump - 8 August 1997
| 1 | Yoelbi Quesada (CUB) | 17.85 Q |
| 2 | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) | 17.69 Q |
| 3 | Aliecer Urrutia (CUB) | 17.64 Q |
| 4 | Denis Kapustin (RUS) | 17.59 Q |
| 5 | Brian Wellman (BER) | 17.22 Q |
| 6 |  Jérôme Romain (DMI) | 17.17 Q |
| 7 | Hrístos Melétoglou (GRE) | 17.12 Q |
| 8 | Andrew Owusu (GHA) | 17.11 Q |
| 9 | Kenny Harrison (USA) | 17.05 |
| 10 | Serge Hélan (FRA) | 16.97 |
| 11 | Charles Michael Friedek (GER) | 16.86 |
| 12 | Armen Martirosyan (ARM) | 16.70 |
- Men's Triple jump - Detailed results
Men's Triple jump - Group A - 6 August 1997
1 Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)17.47 Q 2 Jonathan Edwards (GBR)17.28 Q 3 Kenny Harrison (USA)17.11 Q 4 Hrístos Melétoglou (GRE)17.04 Q 5 Jérôme Romain (DMI)17.03 Q 6 Charles Michael Friedek (GER)16.98 q 7 Brian Wellman (BER)16.84 q 8 Yoel García (CUB)16.79 9 
Nikolay Raev (BUL)16.72 10 Andrey Kurennoy (RUS)16.59 11 Zoran Djurdjevic (SCG)16.49 12 Ketill Hanstveit (NOR)16.45 13 Avi Tayari (ISR)16.45 14 Tibor Ordina (HUN)16.38 15 Sergey Arzamasov (KAZ)16.37 16 Georges Sainte-Rose (FRA)16.32 17 Volodymyr Kravchenko (UKR)16.24 18 Andrius Raizgys (LTU)16.21 19 
Xavier Montané (AND)14.58 Men's Triple jump - Group B - 6 August 1997
1 Aliecer Urrutia (CUB)17.11 Q 2 Andrew Owusu (GHA)17.05 Q 3 Serge Hélan (FRA)17.01 Q 4 Armen Martirosyan (ARM)16.98 q 5 Denis Kapustin (RUS)16.96 q 6 Francis Agyepong (GBR)16.83 7 Raúl Chapado (SPA)16.80 8 Robert Howard (USA)16.63 9 Rostislav Dimitrov (BUL)16.62 10 Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa (ZIM)16.56 11 Vasiliy Sokov (RUS)16.42 12 Maris Bruziks (LAT)16.35 13 Oluyemi Sule (NGR)16.16 14 Yevgeniy Petin (UZB)16.13 15 Yuriy Osipenko (UKR)16.13 16 Zsolt Czingler (HUN)16.04 17 
Paul Nioze (SEY)15.79 Men's Triple jump - Final - 8 August 1997
1 Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)17.85 Q 2 Jonathan Edwards (GBR)17.69 Q 3 Aliecer Urrutia (CUB)17.64 Q 4 Denis Kapustin (RUS)17.59 Q 5 Brian Wellman (BER)17.22 Q 6 Jérôme Romain (DMI)17.17 Q 7 Hrístos Melétoglou (GRE)17.12 Q 8 Andrew Owusu (GHA)17.11 Q 9 Kenny Harrison (USA)17.05 10 Serge Hélan (FRA)16.97 11 Charles Michael Friedek (GER)16.86 12 Armen Martirosyan (ARM)16.70
Men's 5000 m - 10 August 1997
| 1 | Daniel Kipchircir Komen (KEN) | 13:07.38 |
| 2 | Khalid Boulami (MAR) | 13:09.34 |
| 3 | Tom Nyariki (KEN) | 13:11.09 |
| 4 | Ismaïl Sghyr (MAR) | 13:17.45 |
| 5 | Dieter Baumann (FDR) | 13:17.64 |
| 6 | Bob Kennedy (USA) | 13:19.45 |
| 7 | El Hassan Lahssini (FRA) | 13:20.52 |
| 8 | Enrique Molina (SPA) | 13:24.54 |
| 9 | Manuel Pancorbo (SPA) | 13:25.78 |
| 10 | Fita Bayisa (ETH) | 13:25.98 |
| 11 | Abdellah Béhar (FRA) | 13:29.10 |
| 12 | Worku Bikila (ETH) | 13:30.02 |
| 13 | Paul Bitok (KEN) | 13:30.25 |
| 14 | Dionisio Castro (POR) | 13:31.74 |
| 15 | Pablo Olmedo (MEX) | 14:05.59 |
- Men's 5000 m - Detailed results
Men's 5000 m - Heat 1 - 8 August 1997
1 Ismaïl Sghyr (MAR)13:19.69 Q 2 Dieter Baumann (FDR)13:19.81 Q 3 Daniel Kipchircir Komen (KEN)13:19.87 Q 4 Enrique Molina (SPA)13:22.74 Q 5 Paul Bitok (KEN)13:24.85 Q 6 Abdellah Béhar (FRA)13:26.50 q 7 Worku Bikila (ETH)13:31.18 q 8 Alan Culpepper (USA)13:34.74 9 Anacleto Jiménez (SPA)13:36.55 10 Keith Cullen (GBR)13:42.40 11 Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama (QAT)13:49.55 12 Sergey Drygin (RUS)13:55.56 13 Jeff Schiebler (CAN)13:57.31 14 Mark Carroll (IRL)13:57.88 15 Robert Denmark (GBR)13:58.08 16 Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi (LEB)13:58.26 17 
Néstor García (URU)14:12.15 18 
Francis Munthali (MAW)14:14.80 Men's 5000 m - Heat 2 - 8 August 1997
1 Bob Kennedy (USA)13:23.07 Q 2 Khalid Boulami (MAR)13:23.46 Q 3 Tom Nyariki (KEN)13:23.55 Q 4 El Hassan Lahssini (FRA)13:23.75 Q 5 Dionisio Castro (POR)13:24.51 Q 6 Manuel Pancorbo (SPA)13:25.71 q 7 Pablo Olmedo (MEX)13:27.65 q 8 Fita Bayisa (ETH)13:28.54 q 9 Ismael Kirui (KEN)13:34.52 10 Ayele Mezgebu (ETH)13:38.96 11 Mustapha Essaïd (FRA)13:39.11 12 Panayiotis Papoulias (GRE)13:58.27 13 Brian Baker (USA)14:03.95 14 Adrian Passey (GBR)14:07.49 15 Samuli Vasala (FIN)14:10.92 16 
Ghirmay Yohannes (ERA)14:59.47 17 
Anatole Lekade (TOG)15:00.21 18 
Yeli Moussa (NIG)15:00.61 Men's 5000 m - Final - 10 August 1997
1 Daniel Kipchircir Komen (KEN)13:07.38 2 Khalid Boulami (MAR)13:09.34 3 Tom Nyariki (KEN)13:11.09 4 Ismaïl Sghyr (MAR)13:17.45 5 Dieter Baumann (FDR)13:17.64 6 Bob Kennedy (USA)13:19.45 7 El Hassan Lahssini (FRA)13:20.52 8 Enrique Molina (SPA)13:24.54 9 Manuel Pancorbo (SPA)13:25.78 10 Fita Bayisa (ETH)13:25.98 11 Abdellah Béhar (FRA)13:29.10 12 Worku Bikila (ETH)13:30.02 13 Paul Bitok (KEN)13:30.25 14 Dionisio Castro (POR)13:31.74 15 Pablo Olmedo (MEX)14:05.59
Men's Pole vault - 10 August 1997
| 1 | Sergey Bubka (UKR) | 6.01 |
| 2 | Maksim Tarasov (RUS) | 5.96 |
| 3 | Dean Starkey (USA) | 5.91 |
| 4 | Tim Lobinger (GER) | 5.80 |
| 5 | Nick Buckfield (GBR) | 5.70 |
| 6 | Pat Manson (USA) | 5.70 |
| 7 | Vadim Strogalev (RUS) | 5.70 |
| 8 | Yevgeniy Smiryagin (RUS) | 5.70 |
| 9 | Martin Eriksson (SWE) | 5.50 |
| 9 | Danny Krasnov (ISR) | 5.50 |
| 11 | Trond Barthel (NOR) | 5.50 |
- Men's Pole vault - Detailed results
Men's Pole vault - Group A - 8 August 1997
1 Tim Lobinger (GER)5.70 q 1 Maksim Tarasov (RUS)5.70 q 3 Sergey Bubka (UKR)5.70 q 3 Nick Buckfield (GBR)5.70 q 5 Trond Barthel (NOR)5.70 q 6 Pat Manson (USA)5.70 q 7 Danny Krasnov (ISR)5.70 q 8 Juan Gabriel Concepción (SPA)5.60 9 Andrei Tivontchik (GER)5.60 9 Alain Andji (FRA)5.60 11 Peter Widen (SWE)5.45 12 Iliyan Efremov (BUL)5.45 13 Vesa Rantanen (FIN)5.45 14 Andrea Giannini (ITA)5.45 15 Edgardo Díaz (PUR)5.45 16 Ruhan Isim (TÜR)5.30 Men's Pole vault - Group B - 8 August 1997
1 Martin Eriksson (SWE)5.70 q 2 Yevgeniy Smiryagin (RUS)5.70 q 3 Jean Galfione (FRA)5.70 q 4 Vadim Strogalev (RUS)5.70 q 5 Riaan Botha (RSA)5.70 q 6 Dean Starkey (USA)5.70 q 7 Igor Potapovich (KAZ)5.60 8 Khalid Lachheb (FRA)5.60 9 Michael Stolle (GER)5.60 10 Fabio Pizzolato (ITA)5.60 11 Paul Gibbons (NZL)5.45 12 Laurens Looije (NED)5.30 12 Vyacheslav Shuteyev (UKR)5.30 Men's Pole vault - Final - 10 August 1997
1 Sergey Bubka (UKR)6.01 2 Maksim Tarasov (RUS)5.96 3 Dean Starkey (USA)5.91 4 Tim Lobinger (GER)5.80 5 Nick Buckfield (GBR)5.70 6 Pat Manson (USA)5.70 7 Vadim Strogalev (RUS)5.70 8 Yevgeniy Smiryagin (RUS)5.70 9 Martin Eriksson (SWE)5.50 9 Danny Krasnov (ISR)5.50 11 Trond Barthel (NOR)5.50
Men's Discus throw - 10 August 1997
| 1 | Lars Riedel (DDR) | 68.54 Q |
| 2 | Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) | 66.70 Q |
| 3 | Jürgen Schult (GER) | 66.14 Q |
| 4 | Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR) | 66.12 Q |
| 5 | John Godina (USA) | 65.40 Q |
| 6 | Andreas Seelig (DDR) | 64.48 Q |
| 7 | Adam Setliff (USA) | 63.44 Q |
| 8 | Robert Weir (GBR) | 63.06 Q |
| 9 | Jason Tunks (CAN) | 62.30 |
| 10 | Vitaliy Sidorov (UKR) | 60.32 |
| 11 | Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR) | 60.12 |
| 12 | Aleksander Tammert (EST) | 59.44 |
- Men's Discus throw - Detailed results
Men's Discus throw - Group A - 8 August 1997
1 Jürgen Schult (GER)64.60 Q 2 Vitaliy Sidorov (UKR)63.08 Q 3 Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR)63.06 Q 4 Andreas Seelig (DDR)62.94 q 5 Aleksander Tammert (EST)62.18 q 6 Jason Tunks (CAN)61.82 q 7 Alexis Elizalde (CUB)61.48 8 Vaclovas Kidykas (LTU)61.40 9 Andy Bloom (USA)60.74 10 Olav Jenssen (NOR)60.52 11 Igor Primc (SLO)59.98 12 Ian Winchester (NZL)59.70 13 Jo Van Daele (BEL)58.66 14 Aleksandr Borichevskiy (RUS)57.90 15 Wenge Yu (CHN)57.14 16 Costel Grasu (ROM)56.70 17 Chrístos Papadópoulos (GRE)56.44 18 
Shakti Singh (IND)56.28 19 Glen Smith (GBR)54.40 20 
Dashdendev Makhashiri (MGL)52.12 Men's Discus throw - Group B - 8 August 1997
1 Lars Riedel (DDR)66.46 Q 2 Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)65.22 Q 3 Adam Setliff (USA)63.72 Q 4 John Godina (USA)63.48 Q 5 Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR)62.30 q 6 Robert Weir (GBR)62.26 q 7 Frits Potgieter (RSA)61.30 8 Pieter Van Der Kruk (NED)60.16 9 Diego Fortuna (ITA)60.06 10 Leonid Cherevko (BLR)60.06 11 Sergey Lyakhov (RUS)59.72 12 Jean Pons (FRA)59.46 13 Shaojie Li (CHN)58.24 14 Libor Malina (CZE)58.00 15 
Mickaël Conjungo (CAF)57.82 16 Attila Horváth (HUN)57.72 17 Marcelo Pugliese (ARG)57.34 18 Kjell Ove Hauge (NOR)57.00 19 Ramón Jiménez Gaona (PAR)52.96 20 
Wansawang Sawasdee (THA)47.98 21 
Robert Mcnabb (COK)41.00 Men's Discus throw - Final - 10 August 1997
1 Lars Riedel (DDR)68.54 Q 2 Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)66.70 Q 3 Jürgen Schult (GER)66.14 Q 4 Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR)66.12 Q 5 John Godina (USA)65.40 Q 6 Andreas Seelig (DDR)64.48 Q 7 Adam Setliff (USA)63.44 Q 8 Robert Weir (GBR)63.06 Q 9 Jason Tunks (CAN)62.30 10 Vitaliy Sidorov (UKR)60.32 11 Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR)60.12 12 Aleksander Tammert (EST)59.44
Men's 4x100 m relay - 10 August 1997
| 1 | Canada (Carlton Chambers, Donovan Bailey, Bruny Surin, Glenroy Gilbert, Robert Esmie) | |
| 2 | Nigeria (Davidson Ezinwa, Francis Obikwelu, Olapade Adeniken, Osmond Ezinwa) | |
| 3 | Great Britain (Marlon Devonish, Dwain Chambers, Julian Golding, Douglas Walker, Darren Campbell, Darren Braithwaite) | |
| 4 | Cuba (Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda, Ivan García, Misael Ortíz, Alfredo García-Baró) | |
| 5 | Ghana (Emmanuel Tuffour, Abdul Zakari, Eric Nkansah, Abu Duah) | |
| 6 | Brazil (Edson Ribeiro, Robson Caetano Da Silva, Claudinei Quirino Da Silva, Vicente Lenilson De Lima) | |
| 7 | Spain (Frutos Feo, Venancio José, Jordi Mayoral, Carlos Berlanga, Francisco Javier Navarro) |
- Men's 4x100 m relay - Detailed results
Men's 4x100 m relay - Heat 1 - 9 August 1997
1 Ghana (Abu Duah, Eric Nkansah, Aziz Zakari, Emmanuel Tuffour)38.41 Q 2 Sweden (Patrik Lovgren, Torbjörn Martensson, Torbjörn Eriksson, Peter Karlsson)39.04 Q 3 Ukraine (Aleksey Chikhachov, Serhiy Osovych, Oleg Kramarenko, Vladislav Dologodin)39.32 Q 4 Mexico (Carlos Villasenor, Alejandro Banda, Jaime De Jesus Lopez, Juan Pedro Toledo)39.93 Men's 4x100 m relay - Heat 2 - 9 August 1997
1 Brazil (Vicente Lenilson De Lima, Claudinei Quirino Da Silva, Robson Caetano Da Silva, édson Luciano Ribeiro)38.31 Q 2 Canada (Carlton Chambers, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey)38.36 Q 3 Japan (Satoru Inoue, Koji Ito, Hiroyasu Tsuchie, Nobuharu Asahara)38.44 Q 4 Nigeria (Osmond Ezinwa, Olapade Adeniken, Francis Obikwelu, Davidson Ezinwa)38.46 q 5 Portugal (Paulo Neves, Mário Barbosa, Paulo Figueiredo, Carlos Calado)39.37 6 Slovenia (Marko Stor, Urban Acman, Tomaz Bozic, Gregor Breznik)39.62 7 New Zealand (Augustine Nketia, Chris Donaldson, Paul Gibbons, Donald Macdonald)39.66 8 Liberia (Kouty Mawenh, Sayon Cooper, Robert Dennis, Edward Neufville)39.90 Men's 4x100 m relay - Heat 3 - 9 August 1997
1 Great Britain (Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Darren Braithwaite, Julian Golding)38.47 Q 2 France (Emmanuel Bangue, Frédéric Krantz, Olivier Théophile, Stephane Cali)38.80 Q 3 Spain (Frutos Feo, Venancio José, Jordi Mayoral, Francisco Javier Navarro)38.87 Q 4 Poland (Marcin Krzywanski, Dariusz Adamczyk, Piotr Balcerzak, Ryszard Pilarczyk)39.00 q 5 Bahamas (Renward Wells, Andrew Tynes, Dennis Darling, Joseph Styles)39.09 q 6 Ireland (Kevin Cogley, Gary Ryan, Tom Comyns, Neil Ryan)39.46 7 Cameroon (Alfred Moussambani, Aimé-Issa Nthépé, Serge Bengono, Claude Toukene)39.73 Men's 4x100 m relay - Heat 4 - 9 August 1997
1 Cuba (Alfredo García-Baró, Misael Ortíz, Ivan García, Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda)38.64 Q 2 Greece (Alexandros Yenovelis, Thomas Sbokos, Georgios Panagiotopoulos, Ággelos Pavlakákis)38.74 Q 3 Italy (Andrea Amici, Giovanni Puggioni, Carlo Occhiena, Sandro Floris)38.97 Q 4 Qatar (Jassim Abbas, Sultan Mohamed Al-Sheib, Sulaiman Jama Yusuf, Saad Al-Kuwari)39.05 q 5 Hungary (Viktor Kovács, Miklós Gyulai, Szabolcs Alexa, Gábor Dobos)39.38 6 Australia (Ryan Witnish, Damien Marsh, Steve Brimacombe, Rod Mapstone)39.39 Men's 4x100 m relay - Semi-Final 1 - 9 August 1997
1 Ghana (Abu Duah, Eric Nkansah, Aziz Zakari, Emmanuel Tuffour)38.12 Q 2 Great Britain (Dwain Chambers, Darren Campbell, Darren Braithwaite, Julian Golding)38.25 Q 3 Spain (Frutos Feo, Venancio José, Jordi Mayoral, Carlos Berlanga)38.60 Q 4 France (Emmanuel Bangue, Frédéric Krantz, Olivier Théophile, Stephane Cali)38.71 Q 5 Italy (Andrea Amici, Giovanni Puggioni, Carlo Occhiena, Sandro Floris)38.77 6 Poland (Marcin Krzywanski, Dariusz Adamczyk, Piotr Balcerzak, Ryszard Pilarczyk)38.79 7 Qatar (Jassim Abbas, Sultan Mohamed Al-Sheib, Sulaiman Jama Yusuf, Saad Al-Kuwari)39.53 Men's 4x100 m relay - Semi-Final 2 - 9 August 1997
1 Nigeria (Osmond Ezinwa, Olapade Adeniken, Francis Obikwelu, Davidson Ezinwa)37.94 Q 2 Cuba (Alfredo García-Baró, Misael Ortíz, Ivan García, Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda)38.06 Q 3 Canada (Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey)38.15 Q 4 Brazil (Vicente Lenilson De Lima, Claudinei Quirino Da Silva, Robson Caetano Da Silva, édson Luciano Ribeiro)38.17 Q 5 Japan (Satoru Inoue, Koji Ito, Hiroyasu Tsuchie, Nobuharu Asahara)38.89 6 Sweden (Patrik Lovgren, Torbjörn Martensson, Torbjörn Eriksson, Peter Karlsson)39.04 7 Bahamas (Renward Wells, Andrew Tynes, Dennis Darling, Joseph Styles)39.12 Men's 4x100 m relay - Final A - 10 August 1997
1 Canada (Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey)37.86 2 Nigeria (Osmond Ezinwa, Olapade Adeniken, Francis Obikwelu, Davidson Ezinwa)38.07 3 Great Britain (Darren Braithwaite, Darren Campbell, Douglas Walker, Julian Golding)38.14 4 Cuba (Alfredo García-Baró, Misael Ortíz, Ivan García, Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda)38.15 5 Ghana (Abu Duah, Eric Nkansah, Abdul Zakari, Emmanuel Tuffour)38.26 6 Brazil (Vicente Lenilson De Lima, Claudinei Quirino Da Silva, Robson Caetano Da Silva, Edson Ribeiro)38.48 7 Spain (Frutos Feo, Venancio José, Jordi Mayoral, Carlos Berlanga)38.72 Men's 4x100 m relay - Final - 10 August 1997
1 Canada (Carlton Chambers, Donovan Bailey, Bruny Surin, Glenroy Gilbert, Robert Esmie)2 Nigeria (Davidson Ezinwa, Francis Obikwelu, Olapade Adeniken, Osmond Ezinwa)3 Great Britain (Marlon Devonish, Dwain Chambers, Julian Golding, Douglas Walker, Darren Campbell, Darren Braithwaite)4 Cuba (Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda, Ivan García, Misael Ortíz, Alfredo García-Baró)5 Ghana (Emmanuel Tuffour, Abdul Zakari, Eric Nkansah, Abu Duah)6 Brazil (Edson Ribeiro, Robson Caetano Da Silva, Claudinei Quirino Da Silva, Vicente Lenilson De Lima)7 Spain (Frutos Feo, Venancio José, Jordi Mayoral, Carlos Berlanga, Francisco Javier Navarro)
Men's 4x400 m relay - 10 August 1997
| 1 | Great Britain (Mark Richardson, Jamie Baulch, Roger Black, Iwan Thomas) | 2:56.65 |
| 2 | Jamaica (Davian Clarke, Danny McFarlane, Gregory Haughton, Michael McDonald) | 2:56.75 |
| 3 | Poland (Robert Mackowiak, Piotr Haczek, Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Tomasz Czubak) | 3:00.26 |
| 4 | South Africa (Llewellyn Herbert, Hendrick Mokganyetsi, Hezekiél Sepeng, Arnaud Malherbe) | 3:00.26 |
| 5 | France (Stéphane Diagana, Fred Mango, Marc Foucan, Jean-Louis Rapnouil) | 3:01.06 |
| 6 | Zimbabwe (Ken Harnden, Savieri Ngidhi, Philip Mukomana, Tawanda Chiwira) | 3:01.43 |
| 7 | Italy (Marco Vaccari, Ashraf Saber, Andrea Nuti, Fabrizio Mori) | 3:01.52 |
| DSQ | United States (Tyree Washington, Chris Jones, Antonio Pettigrew, Jerome Young) | 2:56.47 |
- Men's 4x400 m relay - Detailed results
Men's 4x400 m relay - Heat 1 - 9 August 1997
1 Great Britain (Mark Hylton, Roger Black, Jamie Baulch, Iwan Thomas)3:00.19 Q 2 France (Jean-Louis Rapnouil, Marc Foucan, Fred Mango, Stéphane Diagana)3:01.76 Q 3 Austria (Christoph Pöstinger, Thomas Griesser, Andreas Rechbauer, Rafik Elouardi)3:02.95 4 Nigeria (Ayuba Machem, Tony Ogbeta, Udeme Ekpeyong, Clement Chukwu)3:04.19 5 Algeria (Samir-Adel Louahla, Talhaodi Kamel, Malik-Khaled Louahla, Amar Hecini)3:05.22 6 Spain (César Martínez, Antonio Andrés, Pablo Jaime Vallejo, David Canal)3:05.34 7 Botswana (Justice Dipeba, Lulu Basinyi, Rampa Mosweu, Johnson Kubisa)3:05.96 Men's 4x400 m relay - Heat 2 - 9 August 1997
1 Poland (Tomasz Czubak, Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Piotr Haczek, Robert Mackowiak)2:59.91 Q 2 Jamaica (Linval Laird, Davian Clarke, Gregory Haughton, Danny McFarlane)2:59.98 Q 3 South Africa (Arnaud Malherbe, Hezekiél Sepeng, Hendrick Mokganyetsi, Llewellyn Herbert)3:00.19 q 4 Russia (Mikhail Vdovin, Innokentiy Zharov, Dmitriy Golovastov, Ruslan Mashchenko)3:03.35 5 Latvia (Sergejs Insakovs, Egils Tebelis, Einars Tupuritis, Inguns Sviklins)3:04.30 6 Greece (Panayiótis Sarrís, Konstantinos Moumoulidis, Georgios Batsikas, Periklís Iakovákis)3:05.43 Men's 4x400 m relay - Heat 3 - 9 August 1997
DSQ United States (Antonio Pettigrew, Jerome Young, Chris Jones, Allen Johnson)1 Zimbabwe (Tawanda Chiwira, Philip Mukomana, Savieri Ngidhi, Ken Harnden)3:00.19 Q 2 Italy (Ashraf Saber, Marco Vaccari, Andrea Nuti, Fabrizio Mori)3:01.75 q 3 Japan (Shunji Karube, Seiji Inagaki, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Shigekazu Omori)3:03.35 4 Switzerland (Laurent Clerc, Kevin Widmer, Mathias Rusterholz, Marcel Schelbert)3:05.34 5 Czech Republic (Jan Podebradsky, Jirí Svenek, Jan Stejfa, Jirí Mužík)3:05.65 Men's 4x400 m relay - Final - 10 August 1997
DSQ United States (Tyree Washington, Chris Jones, Antonio Pettigrew, Jerome Young)2:56.47 1 Great Britain (Mark Richardson, Jamie Baulch, Roger Black, Iwan Thomas)2:56.65 2 Jamaica (Davian Clarke, Danny McFarlane, Gregory Haughton, Michael McDonald)2:56.75 3 Poland (Robert Mackowiak, Piotr Haczek, Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Tomasz Czubak)3:00.26 4 South Africa (Llewellyn Herbert, Hendrick Mokganyetsi, Hezekiél Sepeng, Arnaud Malherbe)3:00.26 5 France (Stéphane Diagana, Fred Mango, Marc Foucan, Jean-Louis Rapnouil)3:01.06 6 Zimbabwe (Ken Harnden, Savieri Ngidhi, Philip Mukomana, Tawanda Chiwira)3:01.43 7 Italy (Marco Vaccari, Ashraf Saber, Andrea Nuti, Fabrizio Mori)3:01.52
