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Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the
1997 World Championships in Athletics
Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the; 1997 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	GBR
Website	www.britishathletics.org.uk
in Athens
Competitors	xx in yy events
Medals; Ranked 10th	Gold 1 Silver 4 Bronze 1 Total 6
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Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece, from 1 to 10 August 1997.

Medalists

Note that the table below takes account of reassignment of medals following retrospective action by the IAAF.

Medal	Name	Event	Date
Gold	Iwan Thomas Roger Black Jamie Baulch Mark Richardson Mark Hylton*	Men's 4 x 400 metres relay	Date
Silver	Colin Jackson	Men's 110 metres hurdles	Date
Silver	Steve Backley	Men's javelin throw	Date
Silver	Jonathan Edwards	Men's triple jump	August xx
Silver	Denise Lewis	Women's heptathlon	August xx
Bronze	Darren Braithwaite Darren Campbell Douglas Walker Julian Golding Marlon Devonish* Dwain Chambers*	Men's 4 x 100 metres relay	Date

* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final

Results

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
AR = Area/Continental record
PB = Personal best
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Darren Campbell	100 metres	10.21	3 Q	10.13	3 q	10.37	8	Did not advance
Marlon Devonish		10.26	4 q	10.37	7	Did not advance
Ian Mackie		10.42	3 Q	10.24	5	Did not advance
Owusu Dako	200 metres	20.70	3 Q	21.52	8	Did not advance
Julian Golding		20.49	2 Q	20.69	4 q	20.61	7	Did not advance
Douglas Walker		20.49	2 Q	20.56	4 q	20.61	6	Did not advance
Jamie Baulch	400 metres	45.85	1 Q	45.06	2 Q	44.69	4 Q	45.22	7
Mark Richardson		45.44	2 Q	45.05	2 Q	44.62	3 Q	44.47	4
Iwan Thomas		45.62	1 Q	44.98	1 Q	44.61	4 Q	44.52	6
Andrew Hart	800 metres	1:47.98	3 Q	1:48.03	8	Did not advance
Mark Sesay		1:49.00	7	Did not advance
Paul Walker		DNF	-	Did not advance
Kevin McKay	1500 metres	3:40.25	2 Q	—		3:40.21	11	Did not advance
John Mayock		3:37.37	3 Q			3:39.69	5 Q	3:38.67	9
Matthew Yates		3:38.34	8			Did not advance
Keith Cullen	5000 metres	13:42.40	10	—				Did not advance
Rob Denmark		13:58.08	15					Did not advance
Adrian Passey		14:07.49	14					Did not advance
Dave Buzza	Marathon	—						2:20.34	17
Dale Rixon	Marathon	—						DNF	-
Colin Jackson	110 metres hurdles	13.19	1 Q	13.19	2 Q	13.24	1 Q	13.05
Tony Jarrett		13.35	1 Q	13.27	1 Q	13.50	6	Did not advance
Andrew Tulloch		13.69	3 Q	13.63	7	Did not advance
Gary Jennings	400 metres hurdles	49.84	5	—		Did not advance
Chris Rawlinson	400 metres hurdles	49.72	5	—		Did not advance
Robert Hough	3000 metres st.	8:28.54	9 q	—		8.59.24	12	Did not advance
Darren Braithwaite Darren Campbell Douglas Walker Julian Golding Marlon Devonish Dwain Chambers	4 x 100 metres relay	39.47	1 Q	—		38.25	2 Q	38.14
Iwan Thomas Roger Black Jamie Baulch Mark Richardson Mark Hylton	4 x 400 metres relay	3:00.19	1 Q	—				2:56.65

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Francis Agyepong	Triple jump	16.83	13	Did not advance
Jonathan Edwards	Triple jump	17.28	2 Q	17.69
Dalton Grant	High jump	2.28	6 Q	2.32	4
Brendan Reilly		2.23	13	Did not advance
Steve Smith		2.26	9	Did not advance
Nick Buckfield	Pole vault	5.70	3 q	5.70	5
Shaun Pickering	Shot put	18.10	26	Did not advance
Mark Proctor	Shot put	17.99	29	Did not advance
Glen Smith	Discus throw	54.40	19	Did not advance
Robert Weir	Discus throw	62.26	6 q	63.06	8
Steve Backley	Javelin throw	81.40	6 q	86.80
Roald Bradstock		72.94	24	Did not advance
Mick Hill		82.24	4 q	86.54	4
Nick Nieland		74.52	26	Did not advance
Brentt Jones	Hammer throw	53.04	40	Did not advance
David Smith	Hammer throw	70.94	32	Did not advance

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Simmone Jacobs	100 metres	11.58	5	Did not advance
Marcia Richardson	100 metres	11.65	6	Did not advance
Simmone Jacobs	200 metres	23.23	3 Q	23.49	8	Did not advance
Katharine Merry	200 metres	23.20	5 q	23.98	8	Did not advance
Allison Curbishley	400 metres	51.97	3 Q	50.76	6 q	51.42	6	Did not advance
Donna Fraser	400 metres	52.21	2 Q	51.11	6 q	DNS	-	Did not advance
Kelly Holmes	1500 metres	DNF	-	—		Did not advance
Jo Pavey	1500 metres	4:08.23	5 Q	—		4:11.22	11	Did not advance
Paula Radcliffe	5000 metres	15:27.25	2 Q	—				15:01.74	4
Sally Goldsmith	Marathon	—						2:44.20	28
Carolyn Hunter-Rowe								3:01.01	47
Angharad Mair								2:42.21	23
Danielle Sanderson								2:49.03	35
Diane Allahgreen	100 metres hurdles	13.03	2 Q	—		13.25	8	Did not advance
Angela Thorp	100 metres hurdles	13.08	5	Did not advance
Sally Gunnell	400 metres hurdles	54.53	2 Q	—		DNS	-	Did not advance
Allison Curbishley Michelle Pierre Michelle Thomas Donna Fraser	4 x 400 metres relay	3:25.78	3 Q	—				3:26.27	6

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Joanne Wise	Long jump	6.52	10	Did not advance
Michelle Griffith	Triple jump	13.67	25	Did not advance
Ashia Hansen	Triple jump	14.77	1 Q	14.49	5
Debbie Marti	High jump	1.89	19	Did not advance
Judy Oakes	Shot put	17.84	14	Did not advance
Shelley Drew	Discus throw	53.96	22	Did not advance
Shelley Holroyd	Javelin throw	51.06	28	Did not advance
Tessa Sanderson	Javelin throw	57.84	18	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Denise Lewis	Result	13.43	1.84	14.55	24.13	6.47	52.70	2:17.54	6654
Denise Lewis	Points	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	6654

References

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