1995 World Championships in Athletics

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5th World Championships in Athletics

Host city	Gothenburg, Sweden
Teams participating	191
Athletes participating	1804
Dates	August 5 – August 13
Main venue	Ullevi Stadium

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 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 details	Donovan Bailey Canada	9.97	Bruny Surin Canada	10.03	Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago	10.03
200 m details	Michael Johnson United States	19.79 CR	Frankie Fredericks Namibia	20.12	Jeff Williams United States	20.18
400 m details	Michael Johnson United States	43.39 CR	Butch Reynolds United States	44.22	Greg Haughton Jamaica	44.56
800 m details	Wilson Kipketer Denmark	1:45.08	Arthémon Hatungimana Burundi	1:45.64	Vebjørn Rodal Norway	1:45.68
1,500 m details	Noureddine Morceli Algeria	3:33.73	Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco	3:35.28	Vénuste Niyongabo Burundi	3:35.56
5,000 m details	Ismael Kirui Kenya	13:16.77	Khalid Bouhlami Morocco	13:17.15	Shem Kororia Kenya	13:17.59
10,000 m details	Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia	27:12.95 CR	Khalid Skah Morocco	27:14.53	Paul Tergat Kenya	27:14.70
Marathon details	Martín Fiz Spain	2:11:41	Dionicio Cerón Mexico	2:12:13	Luiz Antonio dos Santos Brazil	2:12:49
110 m hurdles details	Allen Johnson United States	13.00	Tony Jarrett Great Britain	13.04	Roger Kingdom United States	13.19
400 m hurdles details	Derrick Adkins United States	47.98	Samuel Matete Zambia	48.03	Stéphane Diagana France	48.14
3,000 m st. details	Moses Kiptanui Kenya	8:04.16 CR	Christopher Kosgei Kenya	8:09.30	Saad Shadad Al-Asmari Saudi Arabia	8:12.95 AR
20 km walk details	Michele Didoni Italy	1:19:59	Valentí Massana Spain	1:20:23	Yevgeniy Misyulya Belarus	1:20:48
50 km walk details	Valentin Kononen Finland	3:43:42	Giovanni Perricelli Italy	3:45:11	Robert Korzeniowski Poland	3:45:57
4x100 m relay details	Donovan Bailey, 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
4x400 m relay details	Marlon Ramsey, Derek Mills, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson United States	2:57.32	Michael McDonald, Davian Clarke, Danny McFarlane, Greg Haughton Jamaica	2:59.88	Udeme Ekpeyong, Kunle Adejuyigbe, Jude Monye, Sunday Bada Nigeria	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)

Field

1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Long jump details	Iván Pedroso Cuba	8.70	James Beckford Jamaica	8.30	Mike Powell United States	8.29
Triple jump details	Jonathan Edwards Great Britain	18.29 (WR)	Brian Wellman Bermuda	17.62	Jerome Romain Dominica	17.59
High jump details	Troy Kemp Bahamas	2.37	Javier Sotomayor Cuba	2.37	Artur Partyka Poland	2.35
Pole vault details	Sergey Bubka Ukraine	5.92	Maksim Tarasov Russia	5.86	Jean Galfione France	5.86
Shot put details	John Godina United States	21.47	Mika Halvari Finland	20.93	Randy Barnes United States	20.41
Discus throw details	Lars Riedel Germany	68.76 (CR)	Vladimir Dubrovshchik Belarus	65.98	Vasiliy Kaptyukh Belarus	65.88
Hammer throw details	Andrey Abduvaliyev Tajikistan	81.56	Igor Astapkovich Belarus	81.10	Tibor Gecsek Hungary	80.98
Javelin throw details	Jan Železný Czech Republic	89.58	Steve Backley Great Britain	86.30	Boris Henry Germany	86.08
Decathlon details	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 details	Gwen Torrence (USA)	10.85	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	10.94	Irina Privalova (RUS)	10.96
200 m details	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	22.12	Irina Privalova (RUS)	22.12	Galina Malchugina (RUS)	22.37
400 m details	Marie-José Pérec (FRA)	49.28	Pauline Davis (BAH)	49.96	Jearl Miles (USA)	50.00
800 m details	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)	1:56.11	Letitia Vriesde (SUR)	1:56.68 (AR)	Kelly Holmes (GBR)	1:56.95
1,500 m details	Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG)	4:02.42	Kelly Holmes (GBR)	4:03.04	Carla Sacramento (POR)	4:03.79
5,000 m details	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)	14:46.47 (CR)	Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)	14:48.54	Zahra Ouaziz (MAR)	14:53.77
10,000 m details	Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)	31:04.99	Derartu Tulu (ETH)	31:08.10	Tegla Loroupe (KEN)	31:17.66
Marathon details	Manuela Machado (POR)	2:25:39	Anuţa Cătună (ROU)	2:26:25	Ornella Ferrara (ITA)	2:30:11
Marathon details	The marathon course was 400 m short of the normal distance.
100 m hurdles details	Gail Devers (USA)	12.68	Olga Shishigina (KAZ)	12.80	Yuliya Graudyn (RUS)	12.85
400 m hurdles details	Kim Batten (USA)	52.61 (WR)	Tonja Buford (USA)	52.62	Deon Hemmings (JAM)	53.48 (NR)
10 km walk details	Irina Stankina (RUS)	42:13 (CR)	Elisabetta Perrone (ITA)	42:16	Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)	42:20
4x100 m relay details	United States (USA) Celena Mondie-Milner Carlette Guidry Chryste Gaines Gwen Torrence	42.12	Jamaica (JAM) Dahlia Duhaney Juliet Cuthbert Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey	42.25	Germany (GER) Melanie Paschke Silke Lichtenhagen Silke-Beate Knoll Gabriele Becker	43.01
4x400 m relay details	United States (USA) Kim Graham Rochelle Stevens Camara Jones Jearl Miles	3:22.29	Russia (RUS) Tatyana Chebykina Svetlana Goncharenko Yuliya Sotnikova Yelena Andreyeva	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)

Field

1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Long jump details	Fiona May (ITA)	6.98	Niurka Montalvo (CUB)	6.86	Irina Mushayilova (RUS)	6.83
Triple jump details	Inessa Kravets (UKR)	15.50 (WR)	Iva Prandzheva (BUL)	15.18	Anna Biryukova (RUS)	15.08
High jump details	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	2.01	Alina Astafei (GER)	1.99	Inha Babakova (UKR)	1.99
Shot put details	Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)	21.22	Huang Zhihong (CHN)	20.04	Svetla Mitkova (BUL)	19.56
Discus throw details	Ellina Zvereva (BLR)	68.64	Ilke Wyludda (GER)	67.20	Olga Chernyavskaya (RUS)	66.86
Javelin throw details	Natalya Shikolenko (BLR)	67.56	Felicia Tilea (ROU)	65.22	Mikaela Ingberg (FIN)	65.16
Heptathlon details	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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	12	2	5	19
2	Belarus	2	3	2	7
3=	Germany	2	2	2	6
3=	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	1	1	3
14=	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=	Suriname	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

IAAF 1995 Championship

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1995 World Championships in Athletics

1995 World Championships in Athletics

Men's results

Track

Field

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Medal table

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