The 1997

Russian Indoor Athletics Championships The Russian Indoor Athletics Championships (russian: Чемпионат России по лёгкой атлетике в помещении) is an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF), w ...

(russian: Чемпионат России по лёгкой атлетике в помещении 1997) was the 6th edition of the national championship in indoor

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for

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. It was held on 21–23 February at the WGAFC Indoor Stadium in

Volgograd Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), geographical renaming, formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stal ...

. A total of 26 events (13 for men and 13 for women) were contested over the three-day competition. It was used for selection of the Russian team for the

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. The Russian Combined Events Indoor Championships was held separately on 15–17 February in

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at the Jubilee Sports Palace. Former Ukrainian

Lev Lobodin Lev Alekseyevich Lobodin (russian: Лев Алексеевич Лободин; born April 1, 1969 in Voronezh) is a male decathlete from Russia, having changed nationality from Ukraine at the end of 1996. His best achievement was the silver medal a ...

competed in his first Russian championships and set a new Russian record for the men's heptathlon with 6196 points.

Results

Men

Women

Russian Combined Events Indoor Championships

Men

Women

International team selection

Following the results of the championships, taking into account the qualifying standards, the Russian team for the

included:

Men

*400 m: Ruslan Mashchenko^† *4 × 400 m relay: Ruslan Mashchenko, Dmitriy Bey,

Dmitry Golovastov Dmitriy Anatolyevich Golovastov ( Russian: Дмитрий Анатольевич Головастов; born 14 July 1971 in Moscow) is a Russian former track and field sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. He competed at the 1992 and 2000 S ...

Dmitry Kosov Dmitriy Alekseyevich Kosov (russian: Дмитрий Алексеевич Косов; born 28 September 1968 in Vladivostok) is a retired Russian Sprint (running), sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, ...

, Dmitriy Guzov *1500 m:

Vyacheslav Shabunin Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Shabunin (russian: Вячеслав Васильевич Шабунин) (born 27 September 1969 in Kamyshlov, Sverdlovsk Oblast) is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. After a career that t ...

*3000 m:

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*60 m hurdles:

Andrey Kislykh Andrey Gennadyevich Kislykh (russian: Андре́й Генна́дьевич Ки́слых; born 24 November 1976 in Kemerovo) is a Russian former hurdler who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Su ...

*High jump:

Sergey Klyugin Sergey Petrovich Klyugin (Russian: Сергей Петрович Клюгин; born 24 March 1974 in Kineshma) is a Russian high jumper. He won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of ...

*Pole vault:

Maksim Tarasov Maksim Vladimirovich Tarasov (russian: Максим Владимирович Тарасов, born 2 December 1970 in Yaroslavl, Soviet Union) is a retired Russian pole vaulter. He is the Russian national record holder for pole vault, with 6.05, ...

, Vadim Strogalev *Long jump: Evgeniy Tretyak,

Kirill Sosunov Kirill Olegovich Sosunov (russian: Кири́лл Оле́гович Сосуно́в; born 1 November 1975 in Ryazan) is a Russian long jumper and bobsledder. He is the 1998 European champion, and that year he also set his personal best jump with ...

*Triple jump:

Aleksandr Aseledchenko Aleksandr Aseledchenko (born 18 October 1973) is a retired Russian triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the tw ...

, Gennadiy Markov *Shot put: Pavel Chumachenko

Women

*60 m:

Irina Privalova Irina Anatolyevna Privalova (russian: Ирина Анатольевна Привалова; on 22 November 1968) is a Russian Olympic gold medallist athlete. Her Summer Olympics debut was in 1992 in the sprint events, where she won two medals� ...

^†, Nadezhda Roshchupkina *200 m:

Svetlana Goncharenko Svetlana Valentinovna Goncharenko (russian: Светлана Валентиновна Гончаренко; born May 28, 1971 in Rostov-on-Don as Svetlana Doronina) is a former Russian athlete who mainly competed in the 200 metres. In addition to ...

, Yekaterina Lescheva *400 m:

Olga Kotlyarova Olga Kotlyarova (born 12 April 1976 in Sverdlovsk) is a Russian runner. She used to compete mainly in 400 metres, and has an Olympic bronze medal from 2000 in relay. She is also a world champion (indoor and outdoor) in this event. In 2005, she ...

*4 × 400 m relay:

Tatyana Alekseyeva Tatyana Petrovna Alekseyeva (russian: Татьяна Петровна Алексеева; born 7 October 1963) is a former 400 metres sprint (running), sprinter from Novosibirsk, Russia. Her personal best result was 49.98. She retired from intern ...

, Yekaterina Bakhvalova, Natalya Sharova,

Tatyana Chebykina Tatyana Gennadyevna Chebykina (russian: Татьяна Геннадьевна Чебыкина; born November 22, 1968) is a former Russian athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. Over the course of her career her greatest success came in ...

*800 m: Irina Biryukova *1500 m:

Yekaterina Podkopayeva Yekaterina Ilyinychna Podkopayeva (russian: Екатерина Подкопаева; born 11 June 1952 in Moscow) is a retired middle distance runner who represented the USSR and later Russia. She gained international recognition in 1983, when she w ...

, Margarita Marusova *3000 m:

Olga Yegorova Olga Nikolayevna Yegorova (russian: Ольга Николаевна Егорова; born 28 March 1972 in Novocheboksarsk, Chuvash ASSR) is a Russian distance runner. Her first international appearance came at the 1990 World Junior Championshi ...

*60 m hurdles:

Svetlana Laukhova Svetlana Laukhova (Cyrillic: Светлана Лаухова; born 1 February 1973) is a retired Russian athlete who specialised in the 100 metres hurdles. She represented her country at the 2000 Summer Olympics reaching the semifinals. Her person ...

, Irina Korotya *High jump:

Viktoriya Fyodorova Viktoriya Fyodorova (born May 9, 1973) is a retired female high jumper from Russia. She represented Russia at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics, placing eleventh. She also competed at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships (seventh) and t ...

Yuliya Lyakhova Yuliya Lyakhova (born 8 July 1977) is a retired Russian high jumper. Her personal best jump is 1.99 metres, achieved in September 1997 at the IAAF Grand Prix Final in Fukuoka is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port cit ...

*Pole vault:

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Yelena Belyakova Yelena Belyakova (russian: Елена Белякова; born 7 April 1976 in Moscow) is a former pole vaulter from Russia. Her personal best is 4.60 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Tula Tula may refer to: Geography Antarctica *Tula Mountai ...

*Long jump: Nina Perevedentseva, Vera Olenchenko *Triple jump:

Inna Lasovskaya Inna Alexandrovna Lasovskaya (russian: Инна Александровна Ласовская; born 17 December 1969) is a retired triple jumper from Russia. She won a gold medal at the 1994 European Athletics Indoor Championships, ahead of compatri ...

^†,

Natalya Kayukova Natalya Kayukova (russian: Наталья Каюкова; born 10 December 1966) is a retired Russian triple jumper. Her personal best jump was 14.51 metres, achieved in May 1999 in Vladivostok. She finished fourth at the 1996 European Athletics I ...

*Shot put: Irina Korzhanenko *Pentathlon: Tatyana Gordeyeva ^† Had exemption for selection and allowed not to compete at the national championships

References

;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. * {{Russian Athletics Championships Russian Indoor Athletics Championships

Sports competitions in Volgograd