1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships explained

4th IAAF World Indoor Championships
Host City:	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nations Participating:	93
Athletes Participating:	537^[1]
Events:	27 (+4 non-championship)
Dates:	March 12–14
Stadium:	Skydome
Previous:	1991 Seville
Next:	1995 Barcelona

The 4th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Skydome in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from March 12 to March 14, 1993. It was the last Indoor Championships to feature the 5,000 and 3,000 metres race walk events. In addition, it was the first Indoor Championships to include heptathlon and pentathlon, albeit as non-championship events. There were a total number of 537 athletes participated from 93 countries.

Results

Men

1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997

6.50 (CR)	6.51 (NR)	6.57
20.63	20.71	20.72
45.26 (CR)	45.75	46.45
1:47.29	1:47.62	1:48.15
3:45.00	3:45.30	3:45.39
7:50.26	7:50.57	7:51.10
7.41 (CR)	7.43	7.43
2.41	2.39	2.37
5.90	5.80	5.80
8.23	8.13	7.98
17.59 (CR)	17.36	17.27
21.27	21.08	20.63
3:04.20	3:07.02 (NR)	3:07.30
18:32.10	18:35.91	18:43.48

For doping offenses, the Bulgarians Daniel Ivanov and Nikolai Raev were disqualified from the bronze medals in long and triple jump respectively.^[2]

Women

1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997

6.95 (CR)	6.97		7.21
22.15 (CR)	22.73		22.90
50.93 (NR)	51.03		51.37
1:57.55 (CR)	1:59.18		1:59.86
4:09.29	4:09.41		4:10.99
8:50.55	9:02.89		9:03.78
7.86	7.99		8.01
2.02	2.02		2.00
6.84	6.84		6.77
14.47 (CR)	14.36		14.35
19.57	19.37		19.32
3:32.32	3:32.50	none	none
11:49.73 (CR)	11:53.82		11:55.35

The Russian 4 × 400 m relay team won the event and was awarded the gold medal, but was later disqualified when Marina Shmonina was found to have been doping.^[3]

Non-championship events

Some events were contested without counting towards the total medal status. The 1600 metres medley relay consisted of four legs over 800 m, 200 m, 200 m and 400 m.

Men's heptathlon	Dan O'Brien	6476	Mike Smith	6279		6075
Women's pentathlon	Liliana Nastase	4686	Urszula Włodarczyk	4667	Birgit Clarius	4641
Women's pentathlon	Irina Belova (RUS) won the women's pentathlon and was awarded the gold medal, but was later disqualified when she was found to have been doping.^[4]
Men's 1600 metres Medley Relay		3:15.10		3:16.11		3:16.93
Women's 1600 metres Medley Relay		3:45.90		3:56.34	none	none
Women's 1600 metres Medley Relay	The Russian women's 1600 metres medley relay team, composed of Yelena Afanasyeva, Marina Shmonina, Yelena Rusina and Yelena Andreyeva, originally won the event, but were later disqualified when Shmonina was found to have been doping.