Season's Bests
| Event | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athlete | Mark | Notes | Athlete | Mark | Notes | |
| 100 metres | Maurice Greene (USA) | 9.86 | Marion Jones (USA) | 10.76 | ||
| 200 metres | Ato Boldon (TRI) | 19.77 | Marion Jones (USA) | 21.76 | ||
| 400 metres | Michael Johnson (USA) | 43.75 | Cathy Freeman (AUS) | 49.39 | ||
| 800 metres | Wilson Kipketer (DEN) | 1:41.11 | WR | Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) | 1:54.82 | |
| 1500 metres | Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) | 3:28.91 | Jiang Bo (CHN) | 3:50.98 | ||
| 3000 metres | Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) | 7:26.02 | Gabriela Szabo (ROU) | 8:27.78 | ||
| 5000 metres | Daniel Komen (KEN) | 12:39.74 | WR | Jiang Bo (CHN) | 14:28.09 | WR |
| 10,000 metres | Paul Tergat (KEN) | 26:27.85 | WR | Dong Yanmei (CHN) | 30:38.09 | |
| 100/110 metres hurdles | Allen Johnson (USA) | 12.93 | Ludmila Engquist (SWE) | 12.50 | ||
| 400 metres hurdles | Bryan Bronson (USA) | 47.64 | Kim Batten (USA) Read more about this topic: 1997 In Athletics (track And Field) Famous quotes containing the word season:“When I read a story, I relive the moment from which it sprang. A scene burned itself into me, a building magnetized me, a mood or season of Nature’s penetrated me, history suddenly appeared to me in some tiny act, or a face had begun to haunt me before I glanced at it.” | |||