1993 World Championships in Athletics

4th World Championships in Athletics

Host city

Stuttgart, Germany

Nations participating

187

Athletes participating

1689

Dates

August 13 – August 22

Main venue

Gottlieb Daimler Stadium

< 1991 Tokyo	1995 Gothenburg >

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 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.

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	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	37.48	Great Britain (GBR) Colin Jackson Tony Jarrett John Regis Linford Christie	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	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)

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
Pole vault	Sergey Bubka (UKR)	6.00 (CR)	Grigoriy Yegorov (KAZ)	5.90 (AR)	Igor Trandenkov (RUS)	5.80
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 mestenolone.

Women's results

Track

1987 |1991 |1993 |1995 |1997

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Gail Devers United States	10.82 CR	Merlene Ottey Jamaica	10.82 CR	Gwen Torrence United States	10.89
200 m	Merlene Ottey Jamaica	21.98	Gwen Torrence United States	22.00	Irina Privalova Russia	22.13
400 m	Jearl Miles United States	49.82	Natasha Kaiser-Brown United States	50.17	Sandie Richards Jamaica	50.44
800 m	Maria Mutola Mozambique	1:55.43 AR	Lyubov Gurina Russia	1:57.10	Ella Kovacs Romania	1:57.92
1500 m	Liu Dong China	4:00.50	Sonia O'Sullivan Ireland	4:03.48	Hassiba Boulmerka Algeria	4:04.29
3000 m	Qu Yunxia China	8:28.71 CR	Zhang Linli China	8:29.25	Zhang Lirong China	8:31.95
10,000 m	Wang Junxia China	30:49.30 CR	Zhong Huandi China	31:12.55	Sally Barsosio Kenya	31:15.38
Marathon	Junko Asari Japan	2:30:03	Manuela Machado Portugal	2:30:54	Tomoe Abe Japan	2:31:01
100 m hurdles	Gail Devers United States	12.46 AR	Marina Azyabina Russia	12.60	Lynda Tolbert-Goode United States	12.67
400 m hurdles	Sally Gunnell Great Britain	52.74 WR	Sandra Farmer-Patrick United States	52.79 AR	Margarita Ponomaryova Russia	53.48
10 km walk	Sari Essayah Finland	42:59	Ileana Salvador Italy	43:08	Encarna Granados Spain	43:21
4 × 100 m relay	Russia Olga Bogoslovskaya Galina Malchugina Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova Irina Privalova	41.49 CR	United States Michelle Finn Gwen Torrence Wendy Vereen Gail Devers	41.49 CR	Jamaica Michelle Freeman Juliet Campbell Nikole Mitchell Merlene Ottey	41.94
4 × 400 m relay	United States Gwen Torrence Maicel Malone-Wallace Natasha Kaiser Jearl Miles	3:16.71 CR	Russia Yelena Rouzina Tatyana Alekseyeva Margarita Ponomaryova Irina Privalova	3:18.38	Great Britain Linda Keough Phylis Smith Tracy Goddard Sally Gunnell	3:23.41
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

1987 |1991 |1993 |1995 |1997

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 by country

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

References

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1993 World Championships in Athletics

Men's results

Track

Field

Women's results

Track

Field

Medal table by country

See also

References