1993 World Championships In Athletics
The 4th World Championships in Athletics, 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.
Having originally being held every four years in 1983, 1987 and 1991 these championships began a two-year cycle between events.
 | |
| Host city | Stuttgart, Germany |
|---|---|
| Nations | 187 |
| Athletes | 1689 |
| Dates | 13–22 August 1993 |
| Opened by | President Richard von Weizsäcker |
| Main venue | Neckarstadium |
Event
The 1993 World Championships was the final time the women's 3,000 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 | 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 |
| 1,500 m |  Noureddine Morceli (ALG) | 3:34.24 |  Fermin Cacho Ruiz (ESP) | 3:35.56 |  Abdi Bile (SOM) | 3:35.96 |
| 5,000 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 |
| 3,000 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) | ||||||
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) | ||||||
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 | |
See also
References
- Notes
- Sources
This article uses material from the Wikipedia English article 1993 World Championships in Athletics, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license ("CC BY-SA 3.0"); additional terms may apply (view authors). Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
®Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wiki Foundation, Inc. Wiki English (DUHOCTRUNGQUOC.VN) is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wiki Foundation.