1993 World Championships in Athletics

Athletics competition in Stuttgart, Germany 4th World Championships in Athletics Stuttgart IAAF 1993.jpg Stuttgart, Germany 187 1689 13–22 August 1993 President Richard von Weizsäcker Neckarstadium 1991 Tokyo 1995 Gothenburg The 4th World Championships in Athletics (de Leichtathletik-Weltmeisterschaften 1993), under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Neckarstadium, Stuttgart, Germany between 13 and 22 August with the participation of 187 nations.iaaf.org – Osaka 2007 – History http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/history/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090312032624/http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/history/index.html 2009-03-12 dead 2009-04-03 Originally held every four years in 1983, 1987 and 1991, these championships began a two-year cycle between events. Event 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 100 m1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metresLinford Christie GBR9.87(AR)Andre Cason USA9.92Dennis Mitchell USA9.99200 m1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metresFrankie Fredericks NAM19.85(CR/AR)John Regis GBR19.94Carl Lewis USA19.99400 m1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metresMichael Johnson USA43.65(CR)Butch Reynolds USA44.13Samson Kitur KEN44.54800 m1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metresPaul Ruto KEN1:44.71Giuseppe D'Urso ITA1:44.86Billy Konchellah KEN1:44.891500 m1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metresNoureddine Morceli ALG3:34.24Fermin Cacho Ruiz ESP3:35.56Abdi Bile SOM3:35.965000 m1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metresIsmael Kirui KEN13:02.75Haile Gebrselassie ETH 199113:03.17Fita Bayisa ETH 199113:05.4010,000 m1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metresHaile Gebrselassie ETH 199127:46.02Moses Tanui KEN27:46.54Richard Chelimo KEN28:06.02Marathon1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathonMark Plaatjes USA2:13:57Luketz Swartbooi NAM2:14:11Bert van Vlaanderen NED2:15:12110 m hurdles1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdlesColin Jackson GBR12.91(WR)Tony Jarrett GBR13.00Jack Pierce USA13.06400 m hurdles1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdlesKevin Young USA47.18Samuel Matete ZAM 196447.60Winthrop Graham JAM47.623000 m steeplech.1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechaseMoses Kiptanui KEN8:06.36(CR)Patrick Sang KEN8:07.53Alessandro Lambruschini ITA8:08.7820 km walk1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walkValentí Massana ESP1:22:31Giovanni De Benedictis ITA1:23:06Daniel Plaza ESP1:23:1850 km walk1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walkJesus Garcia ESP3:41:41Valentin Kononen FIN3:42:02Valeriy Spitsyn RUS 19913:42:504 × 100 m relay1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 x 100 metres relayUSAJon DrummondAndre CasonDennis MitchellLeroy BurrellCalvin Smith*37.48GBRColin JacksonTony JarrettJohn RegisLinford ChristieJason John*Darren Braithwaite*37.77(AR)CANRobert EsmieGlenroy GilbertBruny SurinAtlee Mahorn37.83(NR)4 × 400 m relay1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 x 400 metres relayUSAAndrew ValmonQuincy WattsButch ReynoldsMichael JohnsonAntonio Pettigrew*Derek Mills*2:54.29(WR)KENKennedy OchiengSimon KemboiAbednego MatiluSamson Kitur2:59.82GERRico LiederKarsten JustOlaf HenseThomas Schönlebe2:59.99 Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds. Field 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 Long jump1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jumpMike Powell USA8.59Stanislav Tarasenko RUS 19918.16Vitaliy Kyrylenko UKR8.15Triple jump1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jumpMike Conley USA17.86Leonid Voloshin RUS 199117.65Jonathan Edwards GBR17.44High jump1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jumpJavier Sotomayor CUB2.40(CR)Artur Partyka POL2.37Steve Smith GBR2.37Pole vault1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vaultSergey Bubka UKR6.00(CR)Grigoriy Yegorov KAZ5.90(AR)Maksim Tarasov RUS 19915.80Igor Trandenkov RUS 1991Shot put1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot putWerner Günthör SUI21.97Randy Barnes USA21.80Oleksandr Bagach UKR20.401Discus throw1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throwLars Riedel GER67.72Dmitriy Shevchenko RUS 199166.90Jürgen Schult GER66.12Hammer throw1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throwAndrey Abduvaliyev TJK81.64(AR)Igor Astapkovich BLR 199179.88Tibor Gécsek HUN79.54Javelin throw1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throwJan Železný CZE85.98(CR)Kimmo Kinnunen FIN84.78Mick Hill GBR82.96Decathlon1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlonDan O'Brien USA8817(CR)Eduard Hämäläinen BLR 19918724Paul Meier GER8548 1 Michael Stulce of the United States originally finished third, but was disqualified after testing positive for excess testosterone and mestanolone. Women's results Track 1987 |1991 |1993 |1995 |1997 100 m1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metresGail DeversUSA10.82CRMerlene OtteyJAM10.82CRGwen TorrenceUSA10.89200 m1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metresMerlene OtteyJamaica21.98Gwen TorrenceUnited States22.00Irina PrivalovaRussia 199122.13400 m1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metresJearl MilesUnited States49.82Natasha Kaiser-BrownUnited States50.17Sandie RichardsJamaica50.44800 m1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metresMaria MutolaMozambique1:55.43ARLyubov GurinaRussia 19911:57.10Ella KovacsRomania 19911:57.921500 m1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metresLiu DongChina4:00.50Sonia O'Sullivan4:03.48Hassiba BoulmerkaAlgeria4:04.293000 m1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metresQu YunxiaChina8:28.71CRZhang LinliChina8:29.25Zhang LirongChina8:31.9510,000 m1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metresWang JunxiaChina30:49.30CRZhong HuandiChina31:12.55Sally BarsosioKenya31:15.38Marathon1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's MarathonJunko AsariJapan2:30:03Manuela MachadoPortugal2:30:54Tomoe AbeJapan2:31:01100 m hurdles1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdlesGail DeversUSA12.46ARMarina AzyabinaRussia 199112.60Lynda TolbertUSA12.67400 m hurdles1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdlesSally GunnellGreat Britain52.74WRSandra Farmer-PatrickUSA52.79ARMargarita PonomaryovaRussia 199153.4810 km walk1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10 kilometres walkSari EssayahFinland42:59Ileana SalvadorItaly43:08Encarna GranadosSpain43:214 × 100 m relay1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 x 100 metres relayRussia 1991Olga BogoslovskayaGalina MalchuginaNatalya VoronovaIrina PrivalovaMarina Trandenkova*41.49 CRUSAMichelle FinnGwen TorrenceWendy VereenGail DeversSheila Echols*41.49 CRJamaicaMichelle FreemanJuliet CampbellNikole MitchellMerlene OtteyDahlia Duhaney*41.94=NR4 × 400 m relay1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 x 400 metres relayUSAGwen TorrenceMaicel MaloneNatasha KaiserJearl MilesTerri Dendy*Michelle Collins*3:16.71 CRRussia 1991Yelena RouzinaTatyana AlekseyevaMargarita PonomaryovaIrina PrivalovaYelena Golesheva*Vera Sychugova* 3:18.38Great BritainLinda KeoughPhylis SmithTracy GoddardSally Gunnell3:23.41 Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds. Field 1987 |1991 |1993 |1995 |1997 Long jump1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jumpHeike Drechsler Germany7.11Larysa BerezhnaUkraine6.98Renata Nielsen Denmark6.76Triple jump1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jumpAnna BiryukovaRussia 199115.09WRYolanda ChenRussia 199114.70Iva PrandzhevaBulgaria14.23High jump1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jumpIoamnet QuinteroCuba1.99Silvia CostaCuba1.97Sigrid KirchmannAustria1.97NRShot put1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot putHuang ZhihongChina20.57Svetlana KrivelyovaRussia 199119.97Kathrin NeimkeGermany19.71Discus throw1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throwOlga ChernyavskayaRussia 199167.40Daniela CostianAustralia65.36Min ChunfengChina65.26Javelin throw1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throwTrine HattestadNorway69.18Karen ForkelGermany65.80Natalya ShikolenkoBelarus 199165.64Heptathlon1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlonJackie Joyner-KerseeUSA6837Sabine BraunGermany6797Svetlana BuragaBelarus 19916635 Medal table GER 13 7 5 4 2 2 3 8 5 RUS 1991 3 3 4 3 3 4 2 2 4 yes 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 ETH 1991 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 2 BLR 1991 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 See also 1993 in athletics (track and field) References Notes Sources IAAF 1993 Category:World Athletics Championships Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Germany Category:Sports competitions in Stuttgart World Championships in Athletics, 1993 World Championships World Championships in Athletics, 1993 World Championships in Athletics World Championships in Athletics, 1993