1995 World Championships in Athletics

5th World Championships in Athletics

Host city

Gothenburg, Sweden

Nations participating

191

Athletes participating

1804

Dates

5–13 August 1995

Main venue

Ullevi Stadium

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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.

This edition featured 1804 athletes from 191 nations.^[1]

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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Donovan Bailey Canada	9.97	Bruny Surin Canada	10.03	Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago	10.03
200 m	Michael Johnson United States	19.79 CR	Frankie Fredericks Namibia	20.12	Jeff Williams United States	20.18
400 m	Michael Johnson United States	43.39 CR	Butch Reynolds United States	44.22	Greg Haughton Jamaica	44.56
800 m	Wilson Kipketer Denmark	1:45.08	Arthémon Hatungimana Burundi	1:45.64	Vebjørn Rodal Norway	1:45.68
1,500 m	Noureddine Morceli Algeria	3:33.73	Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco	3:35.28	Vénuste Niyongabo Burundi	3:35.56
5,000 m	Ismael Kirui Kenya	13:16.77	Khalid Bouhlami Morocco	13:17.15	Shem Kororia Kenya	13:17.59
10,000 m	Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia	27:12.95 CR	Khalid Skah Morocco	27:14.53	Paul Tergat Kenya	27:14.70
Marathon	Martín Fiz Spain	2:11:41	Dionicio Cerón Mexico	2:12:13	Luiz Antonio dos Santos Brazil	2:12:49
110 m hurdles	Allen Johnson United States	13.00	Tony Jarrett Great Britain	13.04	Roger Kingdom United States	13.19
400 m hurdles	Derrick Adkins United States	47.98	Samuel Matete Zambia	48.03	Stéphane Diagana France	48.14
3,000 m st.	Moses Kiptanui Kenya	8:04.16 CR	Christopher Kosgei Kenya	8:09.30	Saad Shadad Al-Asmari Saudi Arabia	8:12.95 AR
20 km walk	Michele Didoni Italy	1:19:59	Valentí Massana Spain	1:20:23	Yevgeniy Misyulya Belarus	1:20:48
50 km walk	Valentin Kononen Finland	3:43:42	Giovanni Perricelli Italy	3:45:11	Robert Korzeniowski Poland	3:45:57
4 × 100 m relay	Donovan Bailey, Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin Canada	38.31	Paul Henderson, Tim Jackson, Steve Brimacombe, Damien Marsh Australia	38.50	Giovanni Puggioni, Ezio Madonia, Angelo Cipolloni, Sandro Floris Italy	39.07
4 × 400 m relay	Marlon Ramsey, Derek Mills, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson United States	2:57.32	Michael McDonald, Davian Clarke, Danny McFarlane, Greg Haughton Jamaica	2:59.88	Udeme Ekpeyong, Kunle Adejuyigbe, Jude Monye, Sunday Bada Nigeria	3:03.18
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)

Field

1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Long jump	Iván Pedroso Cuba	8.70	James Beckford Jamaica	8.30	Mike Powell United States	8.29
Triple jump	Jonathan Edwards Great Britain	18.29 (WR)	Brian Wellman Bermuda	17.62	Jerome Romain Dominica	17.59
High jump	Troy Kemp Bahamas	2.37	Javier Sotomayor Cuba	2.37	Artur Partyka Poland	2.35
Pole vault	Sergey Bubka Ukraine	5.92	Maksim Tarasov Russia	5.86	Jean Galfione France	5.86
Shot put	John Godina United States	21.47	Mika Halvari Finland	20.93	Randy Barnes United States	20.41
Discus throw	Lars Riedel Germany	68.76 (CR)	Vladimir Dubrovshchik Belarus	65.98	Vasiliy Kaptyukh Belarus	65.88
Hammer throw	Andrey Abduvaliyev Tajikistan	81.56	Igor Astapkovich Belarus	81.10	Tibor Gécsek Hungary	80.98
Javelin throw	Jan Železný Czech Republic	89.58	Steve Backley Great Britain	86.30	Boris Henry Germany	86.08
Decathlon	Dan O'Brien United States	8695	Eduard Hämäläinen Belarus	8489	Mike Smith Canada	8419
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)

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	Anuţa Cătună (ROU)	2:26:25	Ornella Ferrara (ITA)	2:30:11
Marathon	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	42.12	Jamaica (JAM) Dahlia Duhaney Juliet Cuthbert Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey	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	3:22.29	Russia (RUS) Tatyana Chebykina Svetlana Goncharenko Yuliya Sotnikova Yelena Andreyeva	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)

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) and South Korea (2011).

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	12	2	5	19
2	Belarus	2	3	2	7
3=	Germany	2	2	2	6
3=	Italy	2	2	2	6
5	Cuba	2	2	0	4
6	Kenya	2	1	3	6
7=	Canada	2	1	1	4
7=	Portugal	2	1	1	4
9	Ukraine	2	0	1	3
10	Algeria	2	0	0	2
11	Russia	1	4	7	12
12	Jamaica	1	4	2	7
13	Great Britain	1	3	1	5
14=	Finland	1	1	1	3
14=	Bulgaria	1	1	1	3
16=	Bahamas	1	1	0	2
16=	Ethiopia	1	1	0	2
16=	Spain	1	1	0	2
19	France	1	0	2	3
20=	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
20=	Denmark	1	0	0	1
20=	Ireland	1	0	0	1
20=	Syria	1	0	0	1
20=	Tajikistan	1	0	0	1
25	Morocco	0	3	1	4
26	Romania	0	2	0	2
27=	Australia	0	1	1	2
27=	Burundi	0	1	1	2
29=	Bermuda	0	1	0	1
29=	China	0	1	0	1
29=	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
29=	Mexico	0	1	0	1
29=	Namibia	0	1	0	1
29=	Suriname	0	1	0	1
29=	Zambia	0	1	0	1
36=	Hungary	0	0	2	2
36=	Poland	0	0	2	2
38=	Brazil	0	0	1	1
38=	Dominica	0	0	1	1
38=	Nigeria	0	0	1	1
38=	Norway	0	0	1	1
38=	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
38=	Saudi Arabia	0	0	1	1

References

IAAF 1995 Championship

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