1995 World Championships in Athletics
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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 between August 5 and August 13.
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 be run at all previous World Championships.
Contents
Men's Results
Track
1991 |1993 |1995 |1997 |1999| Event: | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | Donovan Bailey | 9.97 | Bruny Surin | 10.03 | Ato Boldon | 10.03 |
| 200 m | Michael Johnson | 19.79 | Frankie Fredericks | 20.12 | Jeff Williams | 20.18 |
| 400 m | Michael Johnson | 43.39 | Butch Reynolds | 44.22 | Greg Haughton | 44.56 |
| 800 m | Wilson Kipketer | 1:45.08 | Arthémon Hatungimana | 1:45.64 | Vebjørn Rodal | 1:45.68 |
| 1500 m | Noureddine Morceli | 3:33.73 | Hicham El Guerrouj | 3:35.28 | Vénuste Niyongabo | 3:35.56 |
| 5,000 m | Ismael Kirui | 13:16.77 | Khalid Bouhlami | 13:17.15 | 13:17.59 | |
| 10,000 m | Haile Gebrselassie | 27:12.95 | Khalid Skah | 27:14.53 | Paul Tergat | 27:14.70 |
| Marathon | Martín Fiz | 2:11:41 | 2:12:13 | 2:12:49 | ||
| 110 m Hurdles | Allen Johnson | 13.00 | Tony Jarrett | 13.04 | Roger Kingdom | 13.19 |
| 400 m Hurdles | Derrick Adkins | 47.98 | Samuel Matete | 48.03 | Stéphane Diagana | 48.14 |
| 3,000 m Steeplechase | Moses Kiptanui | 8:04.16 | 8:08.30 | 8:12.95 | ||
| 20 km Walk | 1:19:59 | Valentín Massana | 1:20:23 | Yevgeniy Misyulya | 1:20:48 | |
| 50 km Walk | Valentin Kononen | 3:43:42 | Giovanni Perricelli | 3:45:11 | Robert Korzeniowski | 3:45:57 |
| 4 x 100 m Relay | 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 x 400 m Relay | [[ | Jamaica | 2:59.88 | Nigeria | 3:03.18 | |
| 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 | ||||||
Field
1987 |1991 |1993 |1995 |1997| Event: | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Jump | Iván Pedroso | 8.70 | James Beckford | 8.30 | Mike Powell | 8.29 |
| Triple Jump | Jonathan Edwards | 18.29 WR | Brian Wellman | 17.62 | Jerome Romain | 17.59 |
| High Jump | Troy Kemp | 2:37 | Javier Sotomayor | 2:37 | Artur Partyka | 2:35 |
| Pole Vault | Sergey Bubka | 5.92 | Maksim Tarasov | 5.86 | Jean Galfione | 5.86 |
| Shot Put | John Godina | 21.47 | Mika Halvari | 20.93 | Randy Barnes | 20.41 |
| Discus | Lars Riedel | 68.76 | Vladimir Dubrovshchik | 65.98 | Vasiliy Kaptyukh | 65.88 |
| Hammer | Andrey Abduvaliyev | 81.56 | Igor Astapkovich | 81.10 | 80.98 | |
| Javelin | Jan Železný | 89.58 | Steve Backley | 86.30 | Boris Henry | 86.08 |
| Decathlon | Dan O'Brien | 8695 | Eduard Hämäläinen | 8489 | 8419 | |
| 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 | ||||||
Women's Results
Track
1991 |1993 |1995 |1997 |1999| Event: | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | Gwen Torrence | 10.85 | Merlene Ottey | 10.94 | Irina Privalova | 10.96 |
| 200 m | Merlene Ottey | 22.12 | Irina Privalova | 22.12 | Galina Malchugina | 22.37 |
| 400 m | Marie-José Perec | 49.28 | Pauline Davis-Thompson | 49.96 | 50.00 | |
| 800 m | Ana Quirot | 1:56.11 | Letitia Vriesde | 1:56.11 | Kelly Holmes | 1:56.95 |
| 1500 m | Hassiba Boulmerka | 4:02.42 | Kelly Holmes | 4:03.04 | Carla Sacramento | 4:03.79 |
| 5,000 m | Sonia O'Sullivan | 14:46.47 | Fernanda Ribeiro | 14:48.54 | Zahra Ouaziz | 14:53.77 |
| 10,000 m | Fernanda Ribeiro | 31:04.99 | Derartu Tulu | 31:08.10 | Tegla Loroupe | 31:17.66 |
| Marathon | 2:25:39 | 2:26:25 | 2:30:11 | |||
| The Marathon course was 400 m short of the normal distance. | ||||||
| 100 m Hurdles | Gail Devers | 12.68 | Olga Shishigina | 12.80 | 12.85 | |
| 400 m Hurdles | 52.61 | 52.62 | 53.48 | |||
| 10 km Walk | Irina Stankina | 42:13 | Elisabetta Perrone | 42:16 | Yelena Nikolayeva | 42:20 |
| 4 x 100 m Relay | USA | 42.12 | Jamaica | 42.25 | Germany | 43.01 |
| 4 x 400 m Relay | USA | 3:22.29 | Russia | 3:23.98 | Australia | 3:25.88 |
| 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 | ||||||
Field
1991 |1993 |1995 |1997 |1999| Event: | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Jump | Fiona May | 6.98 | Niurka Montalvo | 6.86 | Irina Mushayilova | 6.83 |
| Triple Jump | Inessa Kravets | 15.50 | Iva Prandzheva | 15.18 | Anna Biryukova | 15.08 |
| High Jump | Stefka Kostadinova | 2.01 | Alina Astafei | 1.99 | 1.99 | |
| Shot Put | Astrid Kumbernuss | 21.22 | Huang Zhihong | 20.04 | Svetla Mitkova | 19.56 |
| Discus | Ellina Zvereva | 68.64 | Ilke Wyludda | 67.20 | Olga Chernyavskaya | 66.86 |
| Javelin | Natalya Shikolenko | 67.56 | 65.22 | Mikaela Ingberg | 65.16 | |
| Heptathlon | Ghada Shouaa | 6651 | 6575 | 6522 | ||
| 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 | ||||||
Medal table by country
| Position | Country: | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: | Total: |
| 1. |
USA | 12 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| 2= |
Belarus | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2= |
Germany | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2= |
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 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 15. |
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= |
Surinam | 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
- http://www2.iaaf.org/results/past/WCH95/index.html
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