1997 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships

The 1997 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships (Russian: Чемпионат России по лёгкой атлетике в помещении 1997) was the 6th edition of the national championship in indoor track and field for Russia. It was held on 21–23 February at the WGAFC Indoor Stadium in Volgograd. A total of 26 events (13 for men and 13 for women) were contested over the three-day competition.[1] It was used for selection of the Russian team for the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

1997 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships
Dates	21–23 February
Host city	Volgograd
Venue	WGAFC Indoor Stadium
Events	26
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The Russian Combined Events Indoor Championships was held separately on 15–17 February in Lipetsk at the Jubilee Sports Palace.[2] Former Ukrainian Lev Lobodin competed in his first Russian championships and set a new Russian record for the men's heptathlon with 6196 points.[3]

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Andrey Grigorev Omsk Oblast	6.61	Pavel Galkin Samara Oblast	6.68	Andrey Degtyarev Krasnodar Krai Stanislav Moskvin Omsk Oblast	6.71
200 metres	Denis Nikolaev Saint Petersburg	21.57	Andrey Yusupov Krasnoyarsk Krai	21.65	Anton Spiridonov Kaliningrad Oblast	22.07
400 metres	Dmitriy Bey Moscow Khabarovsk Krai	47.75	Dmitry Golovastov Moscow	47.96	Dmitry Kosov Primorsky Krai	48.33
800 metres	Sergey Kozhevnikov Moscow Ryazan Oblast	1:51.63	Oleg Stepanov Kurgan Oblast	1:52.06	Vladimir Bozhko Chelyabinsk Oblast	1:52.10
1500 metres	Vyacheslav Shabunin Moscow	3:46.39	Oleg Stepanov Kurgan Oblast	3:48.34	Andrey Zadorozhnyy Yaroslavl Oblast	3:48.54
3000 metres	Sergey Drygin Moscow	8:01.60	Sergey Lukin Saint Petersburg	8:06.45	Sergey Samoylov Kursk Oblast	8:06.52
3000 m s'chase	Aleksey Gorbunov Perm Oblast	8:30.22	Konstantin Tomskiy Moscow	8:41.31	Aleksey Potapov Volgograd Oblast	8:41.50
60 m hurdles	Andrey Kislykh Kemerovo Oblast	7.71	Sergey Manakov Tatarstan	7.77	Yaroslav Fedorov Tula Oblast	7.78
High jump	Sergey Klyugin Moscow	2.30 m	Igor Sukharev Tula Oblast Vyacheslav Voronin North Ossetia–Alania	2.18 m	Not awarded
Pole vault	Maksim Tarasov Yaroslavl Oblast	5.80 m	Vadim Strogalev Moscow	5.75 m	Yevgeny Smiryagin Saint Petersburg	5.65 m
Long jump	Evgeniy Tretyak Krasnodar Krai	8.16 m	Kirill Sosunov Ryazan Oblast	8.04 m	Andrey Ignatov Krasnodar Krai	8.01 m
Triple jump	Aleksandr Aseledchenko Stavropol Krai	17.21 m	Gennadiy Markov Stavropol Krai	17.11 m	Vyacheslav Taranov Volgograd Oblast	16.94 m
Shot put	Pavel Chumachenko Irkutsk Oblast	19.19 m	Vyacheslav Lykho Moscow Oblast	19.16 m	Dmitriy Latukhin Saint Petersburg	18.62 m

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Nadezhda Roshchupkina Tula Oblast	7.21	Natalya Voronova Moscow Yekaterina Lescheva Volgograd Oblast	7.23	Not awarded
200 metres	Svetlana Goncharenko Rostov Oblast	23.08	Yekaterina Lescheva Volgograd Oblast	23.25	Svetlana Bodritskaya Kazakhstan	23.69
400 metres	Olga Kotlyarova Sverdlovsk Oblast	52.74	Tatyana Alekseyeva Novosibirsk Oblast	53.07	Yekaterina Bakhvalova Saint Petersburg	54.16
800 metres	Irina Biryukova Irkutsk Oblast	2:01.90	Tatyana Grigoreva Kurgan Oblast	2:02.33	Yekaterina Podkopayeva Moscow Oblast	2:02.67
1500 metres	Olga Komyagina Saint Petersburg	4:18.75	Irina Biryukova Irkutsk Oblast	4:21.39	Yekaterina Podkopayeva Moscow Oblast	4:21.62
3000 metres	Olga Yegorova Chuvashia	9:04.93	Olga Kovpotina Stavropol Krai	9:05.26	Yelena Baranova Perm Oblast	9:06.61
2000 m s'chase	Yelena Motalova Samara Oblast	6:20.17	Svetlana Sayfusheva Irkutsk Oblast	6:20.87	Marina Pluzhnikova Nizhny Novgorod Oblast	6:27.84
60 m hurdles	Svetlana Laukhova Saint Petersburg	8.13	Yuliya Graudyn Moscow	8.27	Irina Korotya Moscow Oblast	8.28
High jump	Viktoriya Fyodorova Saint Petersburg	1.94 m	Yuliya Lyakhova Moscow	1.92 m	Olga Kaliturina Moscow	1.92 m
Pole vault	Svetlana Abramova Moscow	4.00 m	Yelena Belyakova Moscow	3.90 m	Tatyana Gubareva Omsk Oblast	3.90 m
Long jump	Nina Perevedentseva Tatarstan	6.67 m	Vera Olenchenko Rostov Oblast	6.52 m	Tatyana Ter-Mesrobyan Saint Petersburg	6.35 m
Triple jump	Natalya Kayukova Khabarovsk Krai	14.04 m	Tatyana Lebedeva Volgograd Oblast	13.89 m	Yolanda Chen Moscow	13.84 m
Shot put	Irina Korzhanenko Rostov Oblast	19.18 m	Svetlana Krivelyova Moscow Oblast	19.04 m	Irina Khudoroshkina Moscow Oblast	18.37 m

Russian Combined Events Indoor Championships

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Heptathlon	Lev Lobodin Moscow	6196 pts NR	Sergey Nikitin Kemerovo Oblast	5951 pts	Valeriy Belousov Stavropol Krai	5824 pts

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Pentathlon	Tatyana Gordeyeva Volgograd Oblast	4618 pts	Elena Volf Altai Krai	4597 pts	Irina Vostrikova Tatarstan	4563 pts

International team selection

Following the results of the championships, taking into account the qualifying standards, the Russian team for the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships included:[4]:

Men

• 400 m: Ruslan Mashchenko^†
• 4 × 400 m relay: Ruslan Mashchenko, Dmitriy Bey, Dmitry Golovastov, Dmitry Kosov, Dmitriy Guzov
• 1500 m: Vyacheslav Shabunin
• 3000 m: Sergey Drygin
• 60 m hurdles: Andrey Kislykh
• High jump: Sergey Klyugin
• Pole vault: Maksim Tarasov, Vadim Strogalev
• Long jump: Evgeniy Tretyak, Kirill Sosunov
• Triple jump: Aleksandr Aseledchenko, Gennadiy Markov
• Shot put: Pavel Chumachenko

Women

• 60 m: Irina Privalova^†, Nadezhda Roshchupkina
• 200 m: Svetlana Goncharenko, Yekaterina Lescheva
• 400 m: Olga Kotlyarova
• 4 × 400 m relay: Olga Kotlyarova, Tatyana Alekseyeva, Yekaterina Bakhvalova, Natalya Sharova, Tatyana Chebykina, Svetlana Goncharenko
• 800 m: Irina Biryukova
• 1500 m: Yekaterina Podkopayeva, Margarita Marusova
• 3000 m: Olga Yegorova
• 60 m hurdles: Svetlana Laukhova, Irina Korotya
• High jump: Viktoriya Fyodorova, Yuliya Lyakhova
• Pole vault: Svetlana Abramova, Yelena Belyakova
• Long jump: Nina Perevedentseva, Vera Olenchenko
• Triple jump: Inna Lasovskaya^†, Natalya Kayukova
• Shot put: Irina Korzhanenko
• Pentathlon: Tatyana Gordeyeva

^† Had exemption for selection and allowed not to compete at the national championships

References

1. Russian Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
2. На стадионах страны и мира. Чемпионат России по многоборью // Лёгкая атлетика : журнал. — 1997. — № 2. — С. 23.
3. Vladimir Spichkov (1997-02-19). "Athletics". Sport Express. Archived from the original on 2018-11-27. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
4. Vladimir Spichkov (1997-02-26). "Legkaya atletika". Sport Express. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-01-16.

Results

• На стадионах страны и мира. Чемпионат России по многоборьям // Лёгкая атлетика : журнал. — 1996. — № 4. — С. 23—24.
• Шанс для молодых // Лёгкая атлетика : журнал. — 1996. — № 3. — С. 4—5.
• Vladimir Spichkov (1997-02-25). "Athletics. Russian Open Championship". Sport Express. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-01-16.