1997 World Indoor Championships 


FROM: The Reuters

Day 2

Heptathlon, 60 metres
Heat one 1. Chris Huffins (U.S.) 6.61 seconds;  2. Jon Magnusson (Iceland) 6.85;  3. Robert Zmelik (Czech Republic) 7.00; 4. Javier Benet (Spain) 7.21; 5. Sebastien Levicq (France) 7.25; Michael Kohnle (Germany) did not start
Heat two 1. Erki Nool (Estonia) 6.86; 2. Tomas Dvorak (Czechoslovakia) 6.99; 3. Christian Plaziat (France) 7.11; 4. Steve Fritz (U.S.) 7.15; 5. Sebastian Chmara (Poland) 7.34; Dirk-Achim Pajonk (Germany) did not start

Women's 60 metres hurdles, first round (first two and two fastest losers to semifinals)
Heat one. 1. Michelle Freeman (Jamaica) 7.88; 2. Keturah Anderson (Canada) 8.05; 3. Cecile Aholu (France) 8.27; 4. Elke Wofling (Austria) 8.35; 5. Irina Korotya (Russia) 8.57
Heat two 1. Patricia Girard (France) 7.99;  2. Melissa Morrison (U.S.) 8.08; 3. Vida Nsiah (Ghana) 8.11; 4. Clova Court (Britain) 8.18; 5. Zhou Jing (China) 8.38;  6. Aminata Camara (Mali) 9.08
Heat three 1. Cheryl Dickie (U.S.) 8.05;  2. Caren Sonn (Germany) 8.11; 3. Monica Grefstad (Norway) 8.16; 4. Natalia Grigoryeva (Ukraine) 8.17; 5. Naoko Kobayashi (Japan) 8.35
Heat four 1. Gillian Russell (Jamaica) 7.88; 2. Yvonne Kanazawa (Japan) 8.24; 3. Olena Ovcharova (Ukraine) 8.28; 4. Aliuska Lopez (Cuba) 8.31; 5. Hsu Hsiu-ying (Taiwan) 8.62; 6. Janna Sokolova (Tajikstan) 9.39
Heat five 1. Brigita Bukovec (Slovenia) 8.02;  2. Lidiya Yurkova (Belarus) 8.07;  3. Svetlana Laukhova (Russia) 8.25;  4. Veronique Linster (Luxembourg) 8.37; 5. Maryline Troonen (Belgium) 8.41

Men's 60 metres hurdles, first round (first two and two fastest losers qualify for semifinals)
Heat one 1. Falk Balzer (Germany) 7.68; 2. Li Tong (China) 7.70; 3. Robert Foster (Jamaica) 7.77; 4. Robert Kronberg (Sweden) 7.79; 5. Robin Korving (Netherlands) 7.80; 6. Igor Kaxanov (Latvia) 7.86;
Heat two 1. Colin Jackson (Britain) 7.52; 2. Jonathan Nsenga (Belgium) 7.61; 3. Sebastien Thibaut (France) 7.72; 4. Krzysztof (Poland) 7.87; 5. Mauro Rossi (Italy) 7.98
Heat three 1. Anier Garcia (Cuba) 7.61; 2. Ronald Mehlich (Poland) 7.72; 3. Kyle Vander Kuyp (Australia) 7.73; 4. Johan Lisabeth (Belgium) 7.75; 5. Carlos Sala (Spain) 7.81; 6. Pedro Chiamulera (Brazil) 7.96
Heat four 1. Duane Ross (U.S.) 7.57; ; . Igor Kovac (Slovak Republic) 7.68; 3. Philippe Lamine (France) 7.71; 4. Andrea Putignani (Italy) 7.85; 5. Dmitri Kolesnitchenko (Ukraine) 7.94; 6. Damien Greaves (Britain) 7.96
Heat five  1. Tony Dees (U.S.) 7.56; 2. Andrei Kislykh (Russia) 7.67; 3. Chen Yanhao (China) 7.70; 4. Mike Fenner (Germany) 7.71; 5. Anti Haapakoski (Finland) 7.74; 6. Gaute Gundersen (Norway) 7.88

Women's 800 metres semifinals (first three qualify for the final)
Race one. 1. Maria Mutola (Mozambique) two minutes 02.59 seconds; 2. Joetta Clark (U.S.) 2:02.93; 3. Irina Biriukova (Russia) 2:03.16; 4. Ludmilla Formanova (Czech Republic) 2:03.23; 5. Hayley Parry (Britain) 2:04.40; 6. Ana Menendez (Spain) 2:04.86; Race two 1. Toni Hodgkinson (New Zealand) 2:00.90; 2. Letitia Vriesde (Surinam) 2:01.41; 3. Natalya Dukhnova (Belarus) 2:01.89; 4. Regula Zurcher (Switzerland) 2:02.70; 5. Inez Turner (Jamaica) 2:03.51; 6. Stephanie Graf (Austria) 2:04.79;

Heptathlon, long jump
1. Dvorak 7.69 metres; 2. Plaziat 7.58; 3. Magnusson 7.56; 4. Zmelik 7.53; 5. Nool 7.44; 6. Fritz 7.29; 7. Huffins 7.18; 8. Chmara 7.11; 9. Levicq 7.07

Women's 4x400 metres relay, first round (first two and two fastest losers qualify for final)
Heat one. 1. Germany 3:31.56; 2. Britain 3:35.36; 3. France 3:35.39
Heat two. 1. Russia 3:29.85; 2. Ukraine 3:31.11; 3. Czech Republic 3:31.23; 4. U.S. 3:31.87

Women's pole vault qualifying, first round (qualifying height 4.10)
Group one. 1. Daniela Bartova (Czech Republic) 4.10; 2. Sun Caiyun (China) 4.10; 3. Svetlana Abramova (Russia) 4.10; 4. Eszter Szemeredi (Hungary) 4.00; 5. Amandine Homo (France) 4.00; 6. Vala Flosadottir (Iceland) 4.00; 7. Gabriela Mihalcea (Romania) 3.90; 8. Sabine Schulte (Germany) 3.90; 9 equal. Doris Auer (Austria) 3.70; 9 equal. Janine Whitlock (Britain) 3.70; 11 equal. Melissa Price (U.S.) 3.70; 11 equal. Anita Tomulveski (Norway) 3.70; 13. Trista Bernier (Canada) 3.50; Alejandra Garcia (Argentina) did not clear a height

Men's 4x400 metres relay, first round (first two and two fastest losers qualify for final):
Heat one. 1. U.S. 3:08.03; 2. Austria 3:08.37; 3. Japan 3:08.58; 4. Russia 3:08.85; 5. Brazil 3:10.50
Heat two. 1. Jamaica 3:06.87; 2. France 3:09.50; 3. Italy 3:09.98; 4. Mexico 3:11.41; 5. Britain 3:14.55

Women's shot put, qualifying (qualifying distance 18.10 metres)
Group one. 1. Stephanie Storp (Germany) 18.49; 2. Eslisangela Adriano (Brazil) 18.31; 3. Connie Price-Smith (U.S.) 17.85; 4. Corrie de Bruin (Netherlands) 17.70; 5. Zhang Liuhong (China) 17.36; 6. Katarzyna Zakowicz (Poland) 16.68; 7. Eleni Ouzouni (Greece) 16.59; Svetlana Kriveleva (Russia) did not start
Group two. 1. Vita Pavlysh (Ukraine) 20.22; 2. Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) 18.80; 3. Irina Korzhanenko (Russia) 18.71; 4. Krystyna Danilczyk (Poland) 18.54; 5. Judy Oakes (Britain) 18.31; 6. Huang Zhihong (China) 18.23; 7. Mara Rosolen (Italy) 17.60; 8. Margarita Ramos (Spain) 16.88; 9. Valeyta Althouse (U.S.) 16.63

Women's long jump qualifying round (qualifying height 6.60 metres)
Group two. 1. Fiona May (Italy) 6.77; 2. Chioma Ajunwa (Nigeria) 6.76; 3. Jo Wise (Britain) 6.62; 4. Nina Perevedentseva (Russia) 6.60; 5. Agata Karczmarek (Poland) 6.58; 6. Linda Ferga (France) 6.51; 7. Niki Xanthou (Greece) 6.47; 8. Tunde Vaszi (Hungary) 6.45; 9. Niurka Montalvo (Cuba) 6.41; 10. Marieke Veltman (U.S.) 6.34; 11. Guan Yingnan (China) 6.34; 12. Iolanta Khropatch (Ukraine) 6.16;

Men's high jump qualifying round (qualifying height 2.29 metres)
Group one. 1. Charles Austin (U.S.) 2.29; 2. Steinar Hoen (Norway) 2.29; 3. Steve Smith (Britain) 2.29; 4. Wolfgang Kreissig (Germany) 2.27; 5. Didier Detchenique (France) 2.27; 6. Arturo Ortiz (Spain) 2.27; 7. Constantinos Liapis (Greece) 2.27; 8. Sergei Kliugin (Russia) 2.24; 9 equal. Kwaku Boateng (Canada) 2.20; 9 equal. Ian Thompson (Bahamas) 2.20; 11 equal. Konstantin Matusevich (Israel) 2.20; 11 equal. Jan Janku (Czech Republic) 2.20; 13 equal. Vyacheslav Tyrtyshnik (Ukraine) 2.20; 13 equal. Mark Mandy (Ireland) 2.20; 15. Marko Turban (Estonia) 2.15; 16. Lee Jin Taek (Korea) 2.10

Heptathlon, shot put
1. Magnusson 16.27 metres; 2. Dvorak 16.25; 3. Huffins 15.55; 4. Fritz 14.93; 5. Nool 14.70; 6. Zmelik 14.51; 7. Chmara 14.17; 8. Plaziat 14.10; 9. Levicq 13.64; 10. Benet 13.30;

Women's pole vault qualifying round (qualifying height 4.10 metres)
1. Emma George (Australia) 4.10; 2. Cai Weiyan (China) 4.00; 3 equal. Angela Balakhonova (Ukraine) 4.00; 3 equal. Stacy Dragila (U.S.) 4.00; 5. Maria Carla Bresciani (Italy) 4.00; 5. Zsuzsa Szabo (Hungary) 3.90; 7. Yelena Belyakova (Russia) 3.90; 8. Sophie Zubiolo (Belgium) 3.90; 9. Rhian Clarke (Britain) 3.90; 10. Sarka Mladkova (Czech Republic) 3.70; 11. Dana Cervantes (Spain) 3.70; 12 equal. Nicole Rieger (Germany) 3.70; 12 equal. Cassandra Kelly (New Zealand) 3.70; 14. Linda Meziani (France) 3.70

Men's high jump, qualifying round (qualifying height 2.29 metres)
Group two 1. Stefan Holm (Sweden) 2.27; 2. Charles Le Francois (Canada) 2.27; 3 equal. Dalton Grant (Britain) 2.27; 3 equal. Lambros Papakostas (Greece) 2.27; 5. Jaroslaw Kotewicz (Poland) 2.27; 6. Dragutin Topic (Yugoslavia) 2.27; 7. Brian Brown (U.S.) 2.24; 8. Tim Forsyth (Australia) 2.24; 9. Svatoslav Ton (Czech Republic) 2.24; 10. Ital Margalit (Israel) 2.20; 11 equal. Istvan Kovacs (Hungary) 2.15; 11 equal. Gustavo Becker (Spain) 2.15; 13. Shigeki Toyoshima (Japan) 2.15; 14. Herve Ndi Ndi (France) 2.10; 15. Elvir Krehmic (Bosnia) 2.10; Christian Roden (Germany) did not clear a mark; Jean-Claude Rabbath (Lebanon) did not clear a mark

Women's triple jump final
1. Inna Lasovskaya (Russia) 15.01 metres; 2. Ashia Hansen (Britain) 14.70; 3. Sarka Kasparkova (Czech Republic) 14.66; 4. Rodica Mateescu (Romania) 14.65; 5. Petra Lobinger (Germany) 14.36; 6. Yamile Aldama (Cuba) 14.28; 7. Olena Hovorova (Ukraine) 14.13; 8. Tereza Marinova (Bulgaria) 14.00; 9. Betty Lise (France) 13.96; 10. Cristina Nicolau (Romania) 13.94; 11. Ren Ruiping China) 13.85; 12. Natalya Kayukova (Russia) 13.58

Women's 1,500 metres qualifying round (first four and four fastest losers qualify for final)
Heat one. 1. Yekaterina Podkopayeva (Russia) four minutes 11.23 seconds; 2. Suzy Hamilton (U.S.) 4:11.47; 3. Carla Sacramento (Portugal) 4:11.51; 4. Lidia Chojecka (Poland) 4:11.57; 5. Kutre Dulecha (Ethiopia) 4:11.60; 6. Sylvia Kuhnemund (Germany) 4:12.22; 7. Frederique Quentin (France) 4:15.32; 8. Shirley Griffiths (Britain) 4:15.45; Gabriela Szabo (Romania) did not start; Sinead Delahunty (Ireland) did not start
Heat two. 1. Patricia Djate-Taillard (France) 4:09.00; 2. Mary Slaney (U.S.) 4:10.27; 3. Malin Ewerlof (Sweden) 4:11.02; 4. Catalina Gheorghiu (Romania) 4:11.02; 5. Margarita Marusova (Russia) 4:11.73; 6. Mayte Zuniga (Spain) 4:12.15; 7. Jackline Maranga (Kenya) 4:15.57; 8. Gwen Griffiths (South Africa) 4:20.52; 9. Niusha Mancilla (Bolivia) 4:28.70; Malgorzata Rydz (Poland) did not finish; Sonia O'Sullivan (Ireland) did not start

Women's 60 metres hurdles semifinals (first three qualify for final)
Race one. 1. Russell 7.90 seconds; 2. Morrison 7.91; 3. Anderson 7.93; 4. Bukovec 7.93; 5. Sonn 8.15; 6. Grefstad 8.31
Race two. 1. Girard 7.88; 2. Dickey 7.89; 3. Freeman 8.01; 4. Nsiah 8.03; 5. Yurkova 8.17; 6. Kanaza 8.30

Men's 60 metres hurdles semifinals (first three qualify for final)
Race one. 1. Jackson 7.51; 2. Ross 7.57; 3. Kovac 7.62; 4. Balzer 7.68; 5. Li 7.72; 6. Lamine 7.76
Race two. 1. Dees 7.51; 2. Garcia 7.51; 3. Nsenga 7.60; 4. Chen 7.72; 5. Kislykh 7.74; 6. Mehlich 7.76

Women's 400 metres semifinals (first three qualify for final)
Race one. 1. Charity Opara (Nigeria) 51.26 seconds; 2. Jearl Clark-Miles (U.S.) 51.55; 3. Ionela Tirlea (Romania) 52.10; 4. Tatiana Movtchan (Ukraine) 52.48; 5. Hana Benesova (Czech Republic) 52.75; 6. Olga Kotlyarova (Russia) 53.17
Race two. 1. Sandie Richards (Jamaica) 51.53; 2. Grit Breuer (Germany) 52.16; 3. Helena Fuchsova (Czech Republic) 52.43; 4. Natasha Kaiser-Brown (U.S.) 52.82; 5. Phylis Smith (Britain) 52.86; 6. Olabisi Afolabi (Nigeria) 53.33

Heptathlon, high jump
1. Chmara 2.10 metres; 2. PLaziat 2.04; 3. Huffins 2.04; 4. Magnusson 2.04; 5 equal. Fritz 2.01; 5 equal. Zmelik 2.01; 7. Nool 1.95; 8. Levicq 1.92; 9. Dvorak 1.92; Benet did not start

Men's 400 metres semifinals (first two qualify for final)
Race one. 1. Jamie Baulch (Britain) 46.02 seconds; 2. Troy McIntosh (Bahamas) 46.20; 3. Alejandro Cardenas (Mexico) 46.50; 4. Deon Minor (U.S.) 46.68; 5. Marco Vaccari (Italy) 47.54; 6. Antonio Andres (Spain) 47.71
Race two. 1. Sunday Bada (Nigeria) 46.06; 2. Derek Mills U.S.) 46.14; 3. Mark Hylton (Britain) 46.19; 4. Linval Laird (Jamaica) 47.01; 5. Dusan Kovacs (Hungary) 47.23; 6. Shigekazu Omori (Japan) 47.34
Race three. 1. Shunji Karube (Japan) 46.16; 2. Robert Mackowiak (Poland) 46.22; 3. Sanderlei Parrela (Brazil) 46.33; 4. Rusian Mashchenko (Russia) 46.42; 5. Mathias Rusterholz (Switzerland) 47.16; 6. Kjell Provost (Belgium) 48.39

Men's 800 metres semifinals (first two qualify for final)
Race one. 1. Mahjoub Haida (Morocco) one minute 47.22 seconds; 2. Einars Tupuritis (Latvia) 1:47.47; 3. Mario Vernon Watson (Jamaica) 1:48.32; 4. Kennedy Osei (Ghana) 1:48.40; 5. Oliver Munzer (Austria) 1:48.47
Race two. 1. Marko Koers (Netherlands) 1:47.45; 2. Nico Motchebon (Germany) 1:48.20; 3. Pavel Soukup (Czech Republic) 1:48.73; 4. James Nolan (Ireland) 1:48.75; 5. Benyounes Lahlou (Morocco) 1:49.18; 6. Andy Hart (Britain) 1:49.20
Race three. 1. Wilson Kipketer (Denmark) 1:48.49; 2. Rich Kenah (U.S.) 1:49.21; 3. Robert Chirchir (Kenya) 1:49.52; 4. Mark Eplinius (Germany) 1:49.54; 5. Andrea Longo (Italy) 1:50.45; 6. Jean Destine (Haiti) 1:51.59

Men's pole vault final
1. Igor Potapovitch (Kazakhstan) 5.90 metres; 2. Lawrence Johnson (U.S.) 5.85; 3. Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 5.80; 4. Riaan Botha (South Africa) 5.75; 5. Tim Lobinger (Germany) 5.75; 6. Okkert Brits (South Africa) 5.65; 7. Trond Barthel (Norway) 5.65; 8. Michael Stolle (Germany) 5.55; 9. Javier Garcia (Spain) 5.55; 10. Martin Eriksson (Sweden) 5.55; 11. Alain Andji (France) 5.40; William Deering (U.S.) did not clear a height

Women's 200 metres final
1. Ekaterini Koffa (Greece) 22.76 seconds; 2. Juliet Cuthbert (Jamaica) 22.77; 3. Svetlana Goncharenko (Russia) 22.85; 4. Merlene Frazer (Jamaica) 22.88; 5. Yekaterina Leshchova (Russia) 23.81; Carlette Guidry (U.S.) did not start

Men's 200 metres final
1. Kevin Little (U.S.) 20.40 seconds; 2. Ivan Garcia (Cuba) 20.46; 3. Francis Obikwelu (Nigeria) 21.10; 4. Troy Douglas (Bermuda) 21.22; 5. Rohsaan Griffin (U.S.) 21.27; Ato Boldon (Trinidad) did not finish

Men's 1,500 metres final
1. Hicham el Guerrouj (Morocco) three minutes 35.31 seconds; 2. Rudiger Stenzel (Germany) 3:37.24; 3. William Tanui (Kenya) 3:37.48; 4. Branko Zorko (Croatia) 3:39.25; 5. Andres Diaz (Spain) 3:39.73; 6. Ali Hakimi (Tunisia) 3:39.91; 7. Jason Pyrah (U.S.) 3:41.64; 8. Niall Bruton (Ireland) 3:42.65; 9. Christophe Impens (Belgium) 3:42.89; 10. Vyacheslav Shabunin (Russia) 3:44.85; 11. Graham Hood (Canada) 3:45.03; 12. Kader Chekhemani (France) 3:49.47

Men's long jump final
1. Ivan Pedroso (Cuba) 8.51 metres; 2. Kiril Sosunov (Russia) 8.41; 3. Joe Green (U.S.) 8.41; 4. Erick Walder (U.S.) 8.24; 5. James Beckford (Jamaica) 8.17; 6. Yevgeny Tretyak (Russia) 8.12; 7. Gregor Cankar (Slovenia) 8.02; 8. Spyros Vasdekis (Greece) 7.99; 9. Alexander Glavatski (Belarus) 7.98; 10. Bogdan Tudor (Romania) 7.94; 11. Carlos Calado (Portugal) 7.50; 12. Romuald Ducros (France) 6.31

Women's shot put final
1. Vita Pavlysh (Ukraine) 20.00 metres; 2. Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) 19.92; 3. Irina Korzhanenko (Russia) 19.49; 4. Stephanie Storp (Germany) 18.80; 5. Zhihong Huang (China) 18.67; 6. Connie Price-Smith (U.S.) 18.38; 7. Mara Rosolen (Italy) 18.37; 8. Zhang Liuhong (China) 18.29; 9. Krystyna Danilczyk (Poland) 18.18; 10. Judy Oakes (Britain) 17.51; 11. Elisangela Adriano (Brazil) 17.45; 12. Corrie de Bruin (Netherlands) 17.36

Women's high jump final
1. Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) 2.02 metres; 2. Inha Babakova (Ukraine) 2.00; 3. Hanne Haugland (Norway) 2.00; 4. Alina Astafei (Germany) 1.95; 5. Ioamnet Quintero (Cuba) 1.95; 6. Nele Zilinskiene (Lithuania) 1.95; 7. Victorya Fyodorova (Russia) 1.95; 8. Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden) 1.95; 9 equal. Yulia Lyakhova (Russia) 1.90; 9 equal. Olga Bolshova (Russia) 1.90; 9 equal. Monica Iagar (Romania) 1.90; 12. Britta Bilac (Slovenia) 1.90; 13. Debbie Marti (Britain) 1.85

Women's 3,000 metres final
1. Gabriela Szabo (Romania) eight minutes 45.75 seconds; 2. Sonia O'Sullivan (Ireland) 8:46.19; 3. Fernanda Ribeiro (Portugal) 8:49.79; 4. Marina Bastos (Portugal) 8:52.64; 5. Marta Dominguez (Spain) 8:52.74; 6. Olga Yegorova (Russia) 8:52.99; 7. Farida Fates (France) 8:54.98; 8. Laurence Duquenoy (France) 9:00.27; 9. Luminita Gogirlea (Romania) 9:00.75; 10. Estibaliz Urrutia (Spain) 9:01.68; 11. Etaferahu Tarekegne (Ethiopia) 9:02.42; 12. Cheri Goddard (U.S.) 9:04.05; 13. Kristina Da Fonseca (Germany) 9:05.78; 14. Luminita Zaituc (Germany) 9:17.50; 15. Sinead Delahunty (Ireland) 9:19.33