International athletics championship event
1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Organisers IAAF Edition 25th Date 23 March Host city Torino , Piemonte , Italy Venue Parco del Valentino Events 4 Distances 12.333 km – Senior men 8.511 km – Junior men 6.6 km – Senior women 4.689 km – Junior women Participation 725 athletes from 72 nations
The 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on 23 March 1997. The races were held at the Parco del Valentino in Torino , Italy . A report of the event was given in The New York Times ,[1] in the Herald ,[2] and for the IAAF .[3] [4]
Complete results for senior men,[5] [6] junior men,[7] [8] senior women,[9] [10] junior women,[11] [12] [13] medallists,[14] and the results of British athletes who took part[15] were published.
Race results
Senior men's race (12.333 km)
† : Athlete marked in the results list[5] as nonscorer.
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (8.511 km)
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (6.6 km)
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior women's race (4.689 km)
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 725 athletes from 72 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[15] Although announced, athletes from Sierra Leone did not show.[6]
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