1995 World Championships in Athletics
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| Host city | Gothenburg, Sweden | ||
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| Nations participating | 191 | ||
| Athletes participating | 1804 | ||
| Dates | 5–13 August 1995 | ||
| Officially opened by | King Carl XVI Gustaf | ||
| 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.
Contents
1 Men's results
1.1 Track
1.2 Field
2 Women's results
2.1 Track
2.2 Field
3 Medal table
4 References
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 | Luíz Antônio 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 Koskei Kenya | 8:09.30 | Saad 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 | Canada (CAN) Donovan Bailey Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin | 38.31 |  Australia (AUS)Paul Henderson Tim Jackson Steve Brimacombe Damien Marsh | 38.50 | Italy (ITA) Giovanni Puggioni Ezio Madonia Angelo Cipolloni Sandro Floris | 39.07 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | United States (USA) Marlon Ramsey Derek Mills Butch Reynolds Michael Johnson Kevin Lyles* Darnell Hall* | 2:57.32 | Jamaica (JAM) Michael McDonald Davian Clarke Danny McFarlane Greg Haughton Dennis Blake* | 2:59.88 |  Nigeria (NGR)Udeme Ekpeyong Kunle Adejuyigbe Jude Monye Sunday Bada | 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) | ||||||
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
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 | Jérôme 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 |  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 nations) | 44 | 44 | 44 | 132 | |
References
- IAAF 1995 Championship
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