1993 World Championships in Athletics

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The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, Stuttgart, Germany between August 13 and August 22.

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.

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[edit] Men's Results

[edit] Track

1987 |1991 |1993 |1995 |1997

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
100 m
Details
Linford Christie
Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
9.87
AR
Andre Cason
Flag of the United States United States
9.92 Dennis Mitchell
Flag of the United States United States
9.99
200 m
Details
Frankie Fredericks
Flag of Namibia Namibia
19.85
AR
CR
John Regis
Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
19.94 Carl Lewis
Flag of the United States United States
19.99
400 m
Details
Michael Johnson
Flag of the United States United States
43.65 Butch Reynolds
Flag of the United States United States
44.13 Samson Kitur
Flag of Kenya Kenya
44.54
800 m
Details
Paul Ruto
Flag of Kenya Kenya
1:44.71 Giuseppe D'Urso
Flag of Italy Italy
1:44.86 Billy Konchellah
Flag of Kenya Kenya
1:44.89
1500 m
Details
Noureddine Morceli
Flag of Algeria Algeria
3:34.24 Fermin Cacho Ruiz
Flag of Spain Spain
3:35.56 Abdi Bile
Flag of Somalia Somalia
3:35.96
5,000 m
Details
Ismael Kirui
Flag of Kenya Kenya
13:02.75 Haile Gebrselassie
Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia
13:03.17 Fita Bayisa
Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia
13:05.40
10,000 m
Details
Haile Gebrselassie
Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia
27:46.02 Moses Tanui
Flag of Kenya Kenya
27:46.54 Richard Chelimo
Flag of Kenya Kenya
28:06.02
Marathon
Details
Mark Plaatjes
Flag of the United States United States
2:13:57 Lucketz Swartbooi
Flag of Namibia Namibia
2:14:11 Bert van Vlaanderen
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands
2:15:12
110 m Hurdles
Details
Colin Jackson
Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
12.91
WR
Tony Jarrett
Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
13.00 Jack Pierce
Flag of the United States United States
13.06
400 m Hurdles
Details
Kevin Young
Flag of the United States United States
47.18 Samuel Matete
Flag of Zambia Zambia
47.60 Winthrop Graham
Flag of Jamaica Jamaica
47.62
3.000 m Steeple
Details
Moses Kiptanui
Flag of Kenya Kenya
8:06.36
CR
Patrick Sang
Flag of Kenya Kenya
8:07.53 Alessandro Lambruschini
Flag of Italy Italy
8:08.78
20 km Walk
Details
Valentin Massana
Flag of Spain Spain
1:22:31 Giovanni De Benedictis
Flag of Italy Italy
1:23:06 Daniel Plaza
Flag of Spain Spain
1:23:18
50 km Walk
Details
Jesús Ángel García
Flag of Spain Spain
3:41:41 Valentin Kononen
Flag of Finland Finland
3:42:02 Valeriy Spitsyn
Flag of Russia Russia
3:42:50
4 x 100 m relay
Details
Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell
Flag of the United States United States
37.48 Colin Jackson, Tony Jarrett, John Regis, Linford Christie
Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
37.77
AR
Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Atlee Mahorn
Flag of Canada Canada
37.83
NR
4 x 400 m relay
Details
Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson
Flag of the United States United States
2:54.29 WR Kennedy Ochieng, Simon Kemboi, Abednego Matilu, Samson Kitur
Flag of Kenya Kenya
2:59.82 Rico Lieder, Karsten Just, Olaf Hense, Thomas Schönlebe
Flag of Germany Germany
2:59.99

AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record

[edit] Field

1987 |1991 |1993 |1995 |1997

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Long Jump
Details
Mike Powell
Flag of the United States United States
8.59 Stanislav Tarasenko
Flag of Russia Russia
8.16 Vitaliy Kirilenko
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine
8.15
Triple Jump
Details
Mike Conley
Flag of the United States United States
17.86 Leonid Voloshin
Flag of Russia Russia
17.65 Jonathan Edwards
Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
17.44
High Jump
Details
Javier Sotomayor
Flag of Cuba Cuba
2.40
CR
Artur Partyka
Flag of Poland Poland
2.37 Steve Smith
Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
2.37
Pole Vault
Details
Sergey Bubka
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine
6.00
CR
Grigoriy Yegorov
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
5.90
AR
Maksim Tarasov
Flag of Russia Russia and
Igor Trandenkov
Flag of Russia Russia
5.80
Shot Put
Details
Werner Günthör
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
21.97 Randy Barnes
Flag of the United States United States
21.80 Oleksandr Bagach
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine
20.40
Discus
Details
Lars Riedel
Flag of Germany Germany
67.72 Dmitriy Shevchenko
Flag of Russia Russia
66.90 Jürgen Schult
Flag of Germany Germany
66.12
Hammer
Details
Andrey Abduvaliyev
Flag of Tajikistan Tajikistan
81.64
AR
Igor Astapkovich
Flag of Belarus Belarus
79.88 Tibor Gecsek
Flag of Hungary Hungary
79.54
Javelin
Details
Jan Železný
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic
85.98
CR
Kimmo Kinnunen
Flag of Finland Finland
84.78 Mick Hill
Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
82.96
Decathlon
Details
Dan O'Brien
Flag of the United States United States
8817
CR
Eduard Hämäläinen
Flag of Belarus Belarus
8724 Paul Meier
Flag of Germany Germany
8548

AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record

Michael Stulce of the United States finished third in the shot put, but was later disqualified after testing positive for excess testosterone and mestenolone.

[edit] Women's Results

[edit] Track

1987 |1991 |1993 |1995 |1997

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
100 m
Details
Gail Devers
Flag of the United States United States
10.82
CR
Merlene Ottey
Flag of Jamaica Jamaica
10.82
CR
Gwen Torrence
Flag of the United States United States
10.89
200 m
Details
Merlene Ottey
Flag of Jamaica Jamaica
21.98 Gwen Torrence
Flag of the United States United States
22.00 Irina Privalova
Flag of Russia Russia
22.13
400 m
Details
Jearl Miles-Clark
Flag of the United States United States
49.82 Natasha Kaiser-Brown
Flag of the United States United States
50.17 Sandie Richards
Flag of Jamaica Jamaica
50.44
800 m
Details
Maria Mutola
Flag of Mozambique Mozambique
1:55.43
AR
Lyubov Gurina
Flag of Russia Russia
1:57.10 Ella Kovacs
Flag of Romania Romania
1:57.92
1,500 m
Details
Liu Dong
Flag of the People's Republic of China China
4:00.50 Sonia O'Sullivan
Flag of Ireland Ireland
4:03.48 Hassiba Boulmerka
Flag of Algeria Algeria
4:04.29
3,000 m
Details
Qu Yunxia
Flag of the People's Republic of China China
8:28.71
CR
Zhang Linli
Flag of the People's Republic of China China
8:29.25 Zhang Lirong
Flag of the People's Republic of China China
8:31.95
10,000 m
Details
Wang Junxia
Flag of the People's Republic of China China
30:49.30
CR
Zhong Huandi
Flag of the People's Republic of China China
31:12.55 Sally Barsosio
Flag of Kenya Kenya
31:15.38
Marathon
Details
Junko Asari
Flag of Japan Japan
2:30:03 Manuela Machado
Flag of Portugal Portugal
2:30.54 Tomoe Abe
Flag of Japan Japan
2:31:01
100 m Hurdles
Details
Gail Devers
Flag of the United States United States
12.46
AR
Marina Azyabina
Flag of Russia Russia
12.60 Lynda Tolbert
Flag of the United States United States
12.67
400 m Hurdles
Details
Sally Gunnell
Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
52.74
WR
Sandra Farmer-Patrick
Flag of the United States United States
52.79
AR
Margarita Ponomaryova
Flag of Russia Russia
53.48
10 km Walk
Details
Sari Essayah
Flag of Finland Finland
42:59 Ileana Salvador
Flag of Italy Italy
43:08 Encarna Granados
Flag of Spain Spain
43:21
4 x 100 m relay
Details
Olga Bogoslovskaya, Galina Maltchouguina, Natalya Voronova, Irina Privalova
Flag of Russia Russia
41.49
CR
Michelle Finn, Gwen Torrence, Wendy Vereen, Gail Devers
Flag of the United States United States
41.49
CR
Michelle Freeman, Juliet Campbell, Nicole Mitchell, Merlene Ottey
Flag of Jamaica Jamaica
41.94
4 x 400 m relay
Details
Gwen Torrence, Maicel Malone-Wallace, Natasha Kaiser, Jearl Miles-Clark
Flag of the United States United States
3:16.71
CR
Yelena Rouzina, Tatyana Alekseyeva, Margarita Ponomaryova, Irina Privalova
Flag of Russia Russia
3:18.38 Linda Keough, Phylis Smith, Tracy Goddard, Sally Gunnell
Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
3:23.41

AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record

[edit] Field

1987 |1991 |1993 |1995 |1997

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Long Jump
Details
Heike Drechsler
Flag of Germany Germany
7.11 Larisa Berezhnaya
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine
6.98 Renata Nielsen
Flag of Denmark Denmark
6.76
Triple Jump
Details
Anna Biryukova
Flag of Russia Russia
15.09
WR
Yolanda Chen
Flag of Russia Russia
14.70 Iva Prandzheva
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria
14.23
High Jump
Details
Ioamnet Quintero
Flag of Cuba Cuba
1.99 Silvia Costa
Flag of Cuba Cuba
1.97 Sigrid Kirchmann
Flag of Austria Austria
1.97
Shot Put
Details
Huang Zhihong
Flag of the People's Republic of China China
20.57 Svetlana Krivelyova
Flag of Russia Russia
19.97 Kathrin Neimke
Flag of Germany Germany
19.71
Discus
Details
Olga Chernyavskaya
Flag of Russia Russia
67.40 Daniela Costian
Flag of Australia Australia
65.36 Min Chunfeng
Flag of the People's Republic of China China
65.26
Javelin
Details
Trine Hattestad
Flag of Norway Norway
69.18 Karen Forkel
Flag of Germany Germany
65.80 Natalya Shikolenko
Flag of Belarus Belarus
65.64
Heptathlon
Details
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Flag of the United States United States
6837 Sabine Braun
Flag of Germany Germany
6797 Svetlana Buraga
Flag of Belarus Belarus
6635

AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record

[edit] Medal table by country

Position Country: Gold: Silver: Bronze: Total:
1. Flag of the United States United States 13 7 5 25
2. Flag of the People's Republic of China China 4 2 2 8
3. Flag of Russia Russia 3 8 5 16
4= Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom 3 3 4 10
4= Flag of Kenya Kenya 3 3 4 10
6. Flag of Germany Germany 2 2 4 8
7. Flag of Spain Spain 2 1 2 5
8. Flag of Cuba Cuba 2 1 0 3
9. Flag of Finland Finland 1 2 0 3
10. Flag of Jamaica Jamaica 1 1 3 5
11. Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 1 1 2 4
12. Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia 1 1 1 3
13. Flag of Namibia Namibia 1 1 0 2
14= Flag of Algeria Algeria 1 0 1 2
14= Flag of Japan Japan 1 0 1 2
16= Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 1 0 0 1
16= Flag of Mozambique Mozambique 1 0 0 1
16= Flag of Norway Norway 1 0 0 1
16= Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 1 0 0 1
16= Flag of Tajikistan Tajikistan 1 0 0 1
21. Flag of Italy Italy 0 3 1 4
22. Flag of Belarus Belarus 0 1 2 3
23= Flag of Australia Australia 0 1 0 1
23= Flag of Ireland Ireland 0 1 0 1
23= Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 0 1 0 1
23= Flag of Poland Poland 0 1 0 1
23= Flag of Portugal Portugal 0 1 0 1
23= Flag of Zambia Zambia 0 1 0 1
29= Flag of Austria Austria 0 0 1 1
29= Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 0 0 1 1
29= Flag of Canada Canada 0 0 1 1
29= Flag of Denmark Denmark 0 0 1 1
29= Flag of Hungary Hungary 0 0 1 1
29= Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 0 0 1 1
29= Flag of Romania Romania 0 0 1 1
29= Flag of Somalia Somalia 0 0 1 1

[edit] See also

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