1993 World Championships in Athletics
| Host city | Stuttgart, Germany |
|---|---|
| Nations | 187 |
| Athletes | 1689 |
| Dates | 13–22 August 1993 |
| Opened by | President Richard von Weizsäcker |
| Main venue | Neckarstadium |
The 4th World Championships in Athletics (German: Leichtathletik-Weltmeisterschaften 1993), under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Neckarstadium, Stuttgart, Germany between 13 and 22 August with the participation of 187 nations.[1] Having originally being held every four years in 1983, 1987 and 1991, these championships began a two-year cycle between events.
Event
The 1993 World Championships was the final time the women's 3000 m would be contested. At subsequent Championships the race was replaced by the longer 5000 m.
Men's results
Track
1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m |
Linford Christie (GBR) | 9.87 (AR) |
Andre Cason (USA) | 9.92 | Dennis Mitchell (USA) | 9.99 |
| 200 m |
Frankie Fredericks (NAM) | 19.85 (CR/AR) |
John Regis (GBR) | 19.94 | Carl Lewis (USA) | 19.99 |
| 400 m |
Michael Johnson (USA) | 43.65 (CR) |
Butch Reynolds (USA) | 44.13 | Samson Kitur (KEN) | 44.54 |
| 800 m |
Paul Ruto (KEN) | 1:44.71 | Giuseppe D'Urso (ITA) | 1:44.86 | Billy Konchellah (KEN) | 1:44.89 |
| 1500 m |
Noureddine Morceli (ALG) | 3:34.24 | Fermin Cacho Ruiz (ESP) | 3:35.56 | Abdi Bile (SOM) | 3:35.96 |
| 5000 m |
Ismael Kirui (KEN) | 13:02.75 | Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) | 13:03.17 | Fita Bayisa (ETH) | 13:05.40 |
| 10,000 m |
Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) | 27:46.02 | Moses Tanui (KEN) | 27:46.54 | Richard Chelimo (KEN) | 28:06.02 |
| Marathon |
Mark Plaatjes (USA) | 2:13:57 | Luketz Swartbooi (NAM) | 2:14:11 | Bert van Vlaanderen (NED) | 2:15:12 |
| 110 m hurdles |
Colin Jackson (GBR) | 12.91 (WR) |
Tony Jarrett (GBR) | 13.00 | Jack Pierce (USA) | 13.06 |
| 400 m hurdles |
Kevin Young (USA) | 47.18 | Samuel Matete (ZAM) | 47.60 | Winthrop Graham (JAM) | 47.62 |
| 3000 m steeplech. |
Moses Kiptanui (KEN) | 8:06.36 (CR) |
Patrick Sang (KEN) | 8:07.53 | Alessandro Lambruschini (ITA) | 8:08.78 |
| 20 km walk |
Valentí Massana (ESP) | 1:22:31 | Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA) | 1:23:06 | Daniel Plaza (ESP) | 1:23:18 |
| 50 km walk |
Jesus Garcia (ESP) | 3:41:41 | Valentin Kononen (FIN) | 3:42:02 | Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) | 3:42:50 |
| 4 × 100 m relay |
United States (USA) Jon Drummond Andre Cason Dennis Mitchell Leroy Burrell Calvin Smith* |
37.48 | Great Britain (GBR) Colin Jackson Tony Jarrett John Regis Linford Christie Jason John* Darren Braithwaite* |
37.77 (AR) |
Canada (CAN) Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Atlee Mahorn |
37.83 (NR) |
| 4 × 400 m relay |
United States (USA) Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Butch Reynolds Michael Johnson Antonio Pettigrew* Derek Mills* |
2:54.29 (WR) |
Kenya (KEN) Kennedy Ochieng Simon Kemboi Abednego Matilu Samson Kitur |
2:59.82 | Germany (GER) Rico Lieder Karsten Just Olaf Hense Thomas Schönlebe |
2:59.99 |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
| ||||||
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Field
1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long jump |
Mike Powell (USA) | 8.59 | Stanislav Tarasenko (RUS) | 8.16 | Vitaliy Kyrylenko (UKR) | 8.15 |
| Triple jump |
Mike Conley (USA) | 17.86 | Leonid Voloshin (RUS) | 17.65 | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) | 17.44 |
| High jump |
Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.40 (CR) |
Artur Partyka (POL) | 2.37 | Steve Smith (GBR) | 2.37 |
| Pole vault |
Sergey Bubka (UKR) | 6.00 (CR) |
Grigoriy Yegorov (KAZ) | 5.90 (AR) |
Maksim Tarasov (RUS) | 5.80 |
| Igor Trandenkov (RUS) | ||||||
| Shot put |
Werner Günthör (SUI) | 21.97 | Randy Barnes (USA) | 21.80 | Oleksandr Bagach (UKR) | 20.401 |
| Discus throw |
Lars Riedel (GER) | 67.72 | Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS) | 66.90 | Jürgen Schult (GER) | 66.12 |
| Hammer throw |
Andrey Abduvaliyev (TJK) | 81.64 (AR) |
Igor Astapkovich (BLR) | 79.88 | Tibor Gécsek (HUN) | 79.54 |
| Javelin throw |
Jan Železný (CZE) | 85.98 (CR) |
Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN) | 84.78 | Mick Hill (GBR) | 82.96 |
| Decathlon |
Dan O'Brien (USA) | 8817 (CR) |
Eduard Hämäläinen (BLR) | 8724 | Paul Meier (GER) | 8548 |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
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1 Michael Stulce of the United States originally finished third, but was disqualified after testing positive for excess testosterone and mestanolone.
Women's results
Track
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Field
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long jump |
Heike Drechsler Germany |
7.11 | Larysa Berezhna Ukraine |
6.98 | Renata Nielsen Denmark |
6.76 |
| Triple jump |
Anna Biryukova Russia |
15.09 WR |
Yolanda Chen Russia |
14.70 | Iva Prandzheva Bulgaria |
14.23 |
| High jump |
Ioamnet Quintero Cuba |
1.99 | Silvia Costa Cuba |
1.97 | Sigrid Kirchmann Austria |
1.97 NR |
| Shot put |
Huang Zhihong China |
20.57 | Svetlana Krivelyova Russia |
19.97 | Kathrin Neimke Germany |
19.71 |
| Discus throw |
Olga Chernyavskaya Russia |
67.40 | Daniela Costian Australia |
65.36 | Min Chunfeng China |
65.26 |
| Javelin throw |
Trine Hattestad Norway |
69.18 | Karen Forkel Germany |
65.80 | Natalya Shikolenko Belarus |
65.64 |
| Heptathlon |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States |
6837 | Sabine Braun Germany |
6797 | Svetlana Buraga Belarus |
6635 |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
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Medal table
* Host nation (Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 13 | 7 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| Kenya (KEN) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| 6 | Germany (GER)* | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Cuba (CUB) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Namibia (NAM) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Algeria (ALG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 16 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mozambique (MOZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tajikistan (TJK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 22 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 23 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zambia (ZAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 29 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Somalia (SOM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (36 entries) | 44 | 44 | 45 | 133 | |
Source: [1]
See also
References
- Notes
- ^ "iaaf.org – Osaka 2007 – History". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
- Sources