1993_World_Championships_in_Athletics
1993 World Championships in Athletics
4th World Championships in Athletics
The 4th World Championships in Athletics, 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.[1] Having originally being held every four years in 1983, 1987 and 1991 these championships began a two-year cycle between events.
| Host city | Stuttgart, Germany |
|---|---|
| Nations | 187 |
| Athletes | 1689 |
| Dates | 13–22 August 1993 |
| Opened by | President Richard von Weizsäcker |
| Main venue | Neckarstadium |
The 1993 World Championships was the final time the women's 3,000 m would be contested. At subsequent Championships the race was replaced by the longer 5000 m.
Track
1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Field
1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long jump details |
 Mike Powell (USA) | 8.59 |  Stanislav Tarasenko (RUS) | 8.16 |  Vitaliy Kyrylenko (UKR) | 8.15 |
| Triple jump details |
Mike Conley (USA) | 17.86 | Leonid Voloshin (RUS) | 17.65 |  Jonathan Edwards (GBR) | 17.44 |
| High jump details |
 Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.40 (CR) |
 Artur Partyka (POL) | 2.37 | Steve Smith (GBR) | 2.37 |
| Pole vault details |
Sergey Bubka (UKR) | 6.00 (CR) |
 Grigoriy Yegorov (KAZ) | 5.90 (AR) |
Maksim Tarasov (RUS) | 5.80 |
| Igor Trandenkov (RUS) | ||||||
| Shot put details |
 Werner Günthör (SUI) | 21.97 | Randy Barnes (USA) | 21.80 | Oleksandr Bagach (UKR) | 20.401 |
| Discus throw details |
 Lars Riedel (GER) | 67.72 | Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS) | 66.90 | Jürgen Schult (GER) | 66.12 |
| Hammer throw details |
 Andrey Abduvaliyev (TJK) | 81.64 (AR) |
 Igor Astapkovich (BLR) | 79.88 |  Tibor Gécsek (HUN) | 79.54 |
| Javelin throw details |
 Jan Železný (CZE) | 85.98 (CR) |
 Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN) | 84.78 | Mick Hill (GBR) | 82.96 |
| Decathlon details |
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 mestanolone.
Track
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Field
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long jump details |
Heike Drechsler Germany | 7.11 | Larysa Berezhna Ukraine | 6.98 | Renata Nielsen Denmark | 6.76 |
| Triple jump details |
Anna Biryukova Russia | 15.09 WR |
Yolanda Chen Russia | 14.70 | Iva Prandzheva Bulgaria | 14.23 |
| High jump details |
Ioamnet Quintero Cuba | 1.99 | Silvia Costa Cuba | 1.97 | Sigrid Kirchmann Austria | 1.97 NR |
| Shot put details |
Huang Zhihong China | 20.57 | Svetlana Krivelyova Russia | 19.97 | Kathrin Neimke Germany | 19.71 |
| Discus throw details |
Olga Chernyavskaya Russia | 67.40 | Daniela Costian Australia | 65.36 | Min Chunfeng China | 65.26 |
| Javelin throw details |
Trine Hattestad Norway | 69.18 | Karen Forkel Germany | 65.80 | Natalya Shikolenko Belarus | 65.64 |
| Heptathlon details |
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) | ||||||
* Host nation (Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) | 13 | 7 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
 Kenya (KEN) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| 6 | Germany (GER)* | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 |  Spain (ESP) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Cuba (CUB) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 |  Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 |  Ethiopia (ETH) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 |  Namibia (NAM) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 |  Algeria (ALG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 16 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Mozambique (MOZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tajikistan (TJK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 |  Italy (ITA) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 22 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 23 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Zambia (ZAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 29 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Somalia (SOM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (36 entries) | 44 | 44 | 45 | 133 | |
- Notes
- "iaaf.org – Osaka 2007 – History". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
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