1995 World Championships In Athletics
The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden on 5–13 August 1995.
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| Host city | Gothenburg, Sweden |
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| Nations | 191 |
| Athletes | 1804 |
| Dates | 5–13 August 1995 |
| Opened by | King Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Main venue | Ullevi Stadium |
This edition featured 1804 athletes from 191 nations.
This competition saw the women run the 5000 m event at the World Championships for the first time. The race replaced the 3000 m event which had been run at all previous World Championships.
Men's results
Track
1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Field
1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999
Women's results
Track
1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m |  Gwen Torrence (USA) | 10.85 |  Merlene Ottey (JAM) | 10.94 |  Irina Privalova (RUS) | 10.96 |
| 200 m | Merlene Ottey (JAM) | 22.12 | Irina Privalova (RUS) | 22.12 | Galina Malchugina (RUS) | 22.37 |
| 400 m |  Marie-José Pérec (FRA) | 49.28 |  Pauline Davis (BAH) | 49.96 | Jearl Miles (USA) | 50.00 |
| 800 m |  Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) | 1:56.11 |  Letitia Vriesde (SUR) | 1:56.68 (AR) |  Kelly Holmes (GBR) | 1:56.95 |
| 1,500 m |  Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) | 4:02.42 | Kelly Holmes (GBR) | 4:03.04 |  Carla Sacramento (POR) | 4:03.79 |
| 5,000 m |  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) | 14:46.47 (CR) | Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) | 14:48.54 |  Zahra Ouaziz (MAR) | 14:53.77 |
| 10,000 m | Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) | 31:04.99 |  Derartu Tulu (ETH) | 31:08.10 |  Tegla Loroupe (KEN) | 31:17.66 |
| Marathon | Manuela Machado (POR) | 2:25:39 |  Anuța Cătună (ROU) | 2:26:25 |  Ornella Ferrara (ITA) | 2:30:11 |
| The marathon course was 400 m short of the normal distance. | ||||||
| 100 m hurdles | Gail Devers (USA) | 12.68 |  Olga Shishigina (KAZ) | 12.80 | Yuliya Graudyn (RUS) | 12.85 |
| 400 m hurdles | Kim Batten (USA) | 52.61 (WR) | Tonja Buford (USA) | 52.62 | Deon Hemmings (JAM) | 53.48 (NR) |
| 10 km walk | Irina Stankina (RUS) | 42:13 (CR) | Elisabetta Perrone (ITA) | 42:16 | Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) | 42:20 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | United States (USA) Celena Mondie-Milner Carlette Guidry Chryste Gaines Gwen Torrence D'Andre Hill* | 42.12 | Jamaica (JAM) Dahlia Duhaney Juliet Cuthbert Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey Michelle Freeman* | 42.25 |  Germany (GER)Melanie Paschke Silke Lichtenhagen Silke-Beate Knoll Gabriele Becker | 43.01 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | United States (USA) Kim Graham Rochelle Stevens Camara Jones Jearl Miles Nicole Green* | 3:22.29 | Russia (RUS) Tatyana Chebykina Svetlana Goncharenko Yuliya Sotnikova Yelena Andreyeva Tatyana Zakharova* | 3:23.98 |  Australia (AUS)Lee Naylor Renée Poetschka Melinda Gainsford-Taylor Cathy Freeman | 3:25.88 |
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
1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long jump | Fiona May (ITA) | 6.98 | Niurka Montalvo (CUB) | 6.86 | Irina Mushayilova (RUS) | 6.83 |
| Triple jump |  Inessa Kravets (UKR) | 15.50 (WR) |  Iva Prandzheva (BUL) | 15.18 | Anna Biryukova (RUS) | 15.08 |
| High jump | Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) | 2.01 | Alina Astafei (GER) | 1.99 | Inha Babakova (UKR) | 1.99 |
| Shot put | Astrid Kumbernuss (GER) | 21.22 |  Huang Zhihong (CHN) | 20.04 | Svetla Mitkova (BUL) | 19.56 |
| Discus throw |  Ellina Zvereva (BLR) | 68.64 | Ilke Wyludda (GER) | 67.20 | Olga Chernyavskaya (RUS) | 66.86 |
| Javelin throw | Natalya Shikolenko (BLR) | 67.56 | Felicia Tilea (ROU) | 65.22 |  Mikaela Ingberg (FIN) | 65.16 |
| Heptathlon |  Ghada Shouaa (SYR) | 6651 | Svetlana Moskalets (RUS) | 6575 |  Rita Ináncsi (HUN) | 6522 |
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
Note that the host, Sweden, did not win any medals at these championships. This fate Sweden shares only with Canada (2001).
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) | 12 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| 2 | Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Italy (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 5 | Cuba (CUB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Kenya (KEN) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 |  Canada (CAN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Portugal (POR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 9 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Algeria (ALG) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 12 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 16 | Bahamas (BAH) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ethiopia (ETH) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
 Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 19 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Syria (SYR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Tajikistan (TJK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 25 | Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 26 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Burundi (BDI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 29 |  Bermuda (BER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Namibia (NAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Suriname (SUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Zambia (ZAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 36 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 38 |  Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Dominica (DMA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (43 entries) | 44 | 44 | 44 | 132 | |
References
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