1993 World Championships in Athletics

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The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, Stuttgart, Germany between August 13 and August 22.

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

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Linford Christie (GBR)	9.87 (AR)	Andre Cason (USA)	9.92	Dennis Mitchell (USA)	9.99
200 m details	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	19.85 (CR/AR)	John Regis (GBR)	19.94	Carl Lewis (USA)	19.99
400 m details	Michael Johnson (USA)	43.65	Butch Reynolds (USA)	44.13	Samson Kitur (KEN)	44.54
800 m details	Paul Ruto (KEN)	1:44.71	Giuseppe D'Urso (ITA)	1:44.86	Billy Konchellah (KEN)	1:44.89
1,500 m details	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	3:34.24	Fermin Cacho Ruiz (ESP)	3:35.56	Abdi Bile (SOM)	3:35.96
5,000 m details	Ismael Kirui (KEN)	13:02.75	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	13:03.17	Fita Bayisa (ETH)	13:05.40
10,000 m details	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	27:46.02	Moses Tanui (KEN)	27:46.54	Richard Chelimo (KEN)	28:06.02
Marathon details	Mark Plaatjes (USA)	2:13:57	Lucketz Swartbooi (NAM)	2:14:11	Bert van Vlaanderen (NED)	2:15:12
110 m hurdles details	Colin Jackson (GBR)	12.91 (WR)	Tony Jarrett (GBR)	13.00	Jack Pierce (USA)	13.06
400 m hurdles details	Kevin Young (USA)	47.18	Samuel Matete (ZAM)	47.60	Winthrop Graham (JAM)	47.62
3,000 m steeplech. details	Moses Kiptanui (KEN)	8:06.36 (CR)	Patrick Sang (KEN)	8:07.53	Alessandro Lambruschini (ITA)	8:08.78
20 km walk details	Valentin Massana (ESP)	1:22:31	Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA)	1:23:06	Daniel Plaza (ESP)	1:23:18
50 km walk details	Jesus Garcia (ESP)	3:41:41	Valentin Kononen (FIN)	3:42:02	Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS)	3:42:50
4x100 m relay details	United States Jon Drummond Andre Cason Dennis Mitchell Leroy Burrell	37.48	Great Britain Colin Jackson Tony Jarrett John Regis Linford Christie	37.77 (AR)	Canada Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Atlee Mahorn	37.83 (NR)
4x400 m relay details	United States Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Butch Reynolds Michael Johnson	2:54.29 (WR)	Kenya Kennedy Ochieng Simon Kemboi Abednego Matilu Samson Kitur	2:59.82	Germany Rico Lieder Karsten Just Olaf Hense Thomas Schönlebe	2:59.99
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

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Long jump details	Mike Powell (USA)	8.59	Stanislav Tarasenko (RUS)	8.16	Vitaliy Kirilenko (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
Pole vault details	Sergey Bubka (UKR)	6.00 (CR)	Grigoriy Yegorov (KAZ)	5.90 (AR)	Igor Trandenkov (RUS)	5.80
Shot put details	Werner Günthör (SUI)	21.97	Randy Barnes (USA)	21.80	Oleksandr Bagach (UKR)	20.40
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 Gecsek (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
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

Michael Stulce of the United States finished third in the shot put, but was later disqualified after testing positive for excess testosterone and mestenolone.

Women's Results

Track

1987 |1991 |1993 |1995 |1997

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m Details	Gail Devers United States	10.82 CR	Merlene Ottey Jamaica	10.82 CR	Gwen Torrence United States	10.89
200 m Details	Merlene Ottey Jamaica	21.98	Gwen Torrence United States	22.00	Irina Privalova Russia	22.13
400 m Details	Jearl Miles-Clark United States	49.82	Natasha Kaiser-Brown United States	50.17	Sandie Richards Jamaica	50.44
800 m Details	Maria de Lurdes Mutola Mozambique	1:55.43 AR	Lyubov Gurina Russia	1:57.10	Ella Kovacs Romania	1:57.92
1,500 m Details	Liu Dong China	4:00.50	Sonia O'Sullivan Ireland	4:03.48	Hassiba Boulmerka Algeria	4:04.29
3,000 m Details	Qu Yunxia China	8:28.71 CR	Zhang Linli China	8:29.25	Zhang Lirong China	8:31.95
10,000 m Details	Wang Junxia China	30:49.30 CR	Zhong Huandi China	31:12.55	Sally Barsosio Kenya	31:15.38
Marathon Details	Junko Asari Japan	2:30:03	Manuela Machado Portugal	2:30.54	Tomoe Abe Japan	2:31:01
100 m Hurdles Details	Gail Devers United States	12.46 AR	Marina Azyabina Russia	12.60	Lynda Tolbert United States	12.67
400 m Hurdles Details	Sally Gunnell Great Britain	52.74 WR	Sandra Farmer-Patrick United States	52.79 AR	Margarita Ponomaryova Russia	53.48
10 km Walk Details	Sari Essayah Finland	42:59	Ileana Salvador Italy	43:08	Encarna Granados Spain	43:21
4 x 100 m relay Details	Olga Bogoslovskaya, Galina Maltchouguina, Natalya Voronova, Irina Privalova Russia	41.49 CR	Michelle Finn, Gwen Torrence, Wendy Vereen, Gail Devers United States	41.49 CR	Michelle Freeman, Juliet Campbell, Nicole Mitchell, Merlene Ottey Jamaica	41.94
4 x 400 m relay Details	Gwen Torrence, Maicel Malone-Wallace, Natasha Kaiser, Jearl Miles-Clark United States	3:16.71 CR	Yelena Rouzina, Tatyana Alekseyeva, Margarita Ponomaryova, Irina Privalova Russia	3:18.38	Linda Keough, Phylis Smith, Tracy Goddard, Sally Gunnell Great Britain	3:23.41
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

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Long Jump Details	Heike Drechsler (GER)	7.11	Larisa Berezhnaya (UKR)	6.98	Renata Nielsen (DEN)	6.76
Triple Jump Details	Anna Biryukova (RUS)	15.09 WR	Yolanda Chen (RUS)	14.70	Iva Prandzheva (BUL)	14.23
High Jump Details	Ioamnet Quintero (CUB)	1.99	Silvia Costa (CUB)	1.97	Sigrid Kirchmann (AUT)	1.97
Shot Put Details	Huang Zhihong (CHN)	20.57	Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS)	19.97	Kathrin Neimke (GER)	19.71
Discus Details	Olga Chernyavskaya (RUS)	67.40	Daniela Costian (AUS)	65.36	Min Chunfeng (CHN)	65.26
Javelin Details	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	69.18	Karen Forkel (GER)	65.80	Natalya Shikolenko (BLR)	65.64
Heptathlon Details	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	6837	Sabine Braun (GER)	6797	Svetlana Buraga (BLR)	6635
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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	United States	13	7	5	25
2.	China	4	2	2	8
3.	Russia	3	8	5	16
4=	Great Britain	3	3	4	10
4=	Kenya	3	3	4	10
6.	Germany	2	2	4	8
7.	Spain	2	1	2	5
8.	Cuba	2	1	0	3
9.	Finland	1	2	0	3
10.	Jamaica	1	1	3	5
11.	Ukraine	1	1	2	4
12.	Ethiopia	1	1	1	3
13.	Namibia	1	1	0	2
14=	Algeria	1	0	1	2
14=	Japan	1	0	1	2
16=	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
16=	Mozambique	1	0	0	1
16=	Norway	1	0	0	1
16=	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
16=	Tajikistan	1	0	0	1
21.	Italy	0	3	1	4
22.	Belarus	0	1	2	3
23=	Australia	0	1	0	1
23=	Ireland	0	1	0	1
23=	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
23=	Poland	0	1	0	1
23=	Portugal	0	1	0	1
23=	Zambia	0	1	0	1
29=	Austria	0	0	1	1
29=	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
29=	Canada	0	0	1	1
29=	Denmark	0	0	1	1
29=	Hungary	0	0	1	1
29=	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
29=	Romania	0	0	1	1
29=	Somalia	0	0	1	1

References

IAAF 1993

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Men's Results

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Women's Results

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Medal table by country

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