1993 World Championships in Athletics explained

4th World Championships in Athletics
Host City:	Stuttgart, Germany
Nations:	187
Athletes:	1689
Dates:	13–22 August 1993
Opened By:	President Richard von Weizsäcker
Stadium:	Neckarstadium
Previous:	1991 Tokyo

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.

Event

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.

Men's results

Track

1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997

100 m		9.87 (AR)		9.92		9.99
200 m		19.85 (CR/AR)		19.94		19.99
400 m		43.65 (CR)		44.13		44.54
800 m		1:44.71		1:44.86		1:44.89
1,500 m		3:34.24		3:35.56		3:35.96
5,000 m		13:02.75		13:03.17		13:05.40
10,000 m		27:46.02		27:46.54		28:06.02
Marathon		2:13:57		2:14:11		2:15:12
110 m hurdles		12.91 (WR)		13.00		13.06
400 m hurdles		47.18		47.60		47.62
3,000 m steeplech.		8:06.36 (CR)		8:07.53		8:08.78
20 km walk		1:22:31		1:23:06		1:23:18
50 km walk		3:41:41		3:42:02		3:42:50
4 × 100 m relay	Jon Drummond Andre Cason Dennis Mitchell Leroy Burrell Calvin Smith	37.48	Colin Jackson Tony Jarrett John Regis Linford Christie Jason John Darren Braithwaite	37.77 (AR)	Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Atlee Mahorn	37.83 (NR)
4 × 400 m relay	Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Butch Reynolds Michael Johnson Antonio Pettigrew Derek Mills	2:54.29 (WR)	Kennedy Ochieng Simon Kemboi Abednego Matilu Samson Kitur	2:59.82	Rico Lieder Karsten Just Olaf Hense Thomas Schönlebe	2:59.99

Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

Field

1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997

Long jump		8.59		8.16		8.15
Triple jump		17.86		17.65		17.44
High jump		2.40 (CR)		2.37		2.37
Pole vault		6.00 (CR)		5.90 (AR)		5.80
Shot put		21.97		21.80		20.40^1
Discus throw		67.72		66.90		66.12
Hammer throw		81.64 (AR)		79.88		79.54
Javelin throw		85.98 (CR)		84.78		82.96
Decathlon		8817 (CR)		8724		8548

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 m	Gail Devers	10.82 CR	Merlene Ottey	10.82 CR	Gwen Torrence	10.89
200 m	Merlene Ottey	21.98	Gwen Torrence	22.00	Irina Privalova	22.13
400 m	Jearl Miles	49.82	Natasha Kaiser-Brown	50.17	Sandie Richards	50.44
800 m	Maria Mutola	1:55.43 AR	Lyubov Gurina	1:57.10	Ella Kovacs	1:57.92
1500 m	Liu Dong	4:00.50	Sonia O'Sullivan	4:03.48	Hassiba Boulmerka	4:04.29
3000 m	Qu Yunxia	8:28.71 CR	Zhang Linli	8:29.25	Zhang Lirong	8:31.95
10,000 m	Wang Junxia	30:49.30 CR	Zhong Huandi	31:12.55	Sally Barsosio	31:15.38
Marathon	Junko Asari	2:30:03	Manuela Machado	2:30:54	Tomoe Abe	2:31:01
100 m hurdles	Gail Devers	12.46 AR	Marina Azyabina	12.60	Lynda Tolbert	12.67
400 m hurdles	Sally Gunnell	52.74 WR	Sandra Farmer-Patrick	52.79 AR	Margarita Ponomaryova	53.48
10 km walk	Sari Essayah	42:59	Ileana Salvador	43:08	Encarna Granados	43:21
4 × 100 m relay	Olga Bogoslovskaya Galina Malchugina Natalya Voronova Irina Privalova Marina Trandenkova	41.49 CR	Michelle Finn Gwen Torrence Wendy Vereen Gail Devers Sheila Echols	41.49 CR	Michelle Freeman Juliet Campbell Nikole Mitchell Merlene Ottey Dahlia Duhaney	41.94=NR
4 × 400 m relay	Gwen Torrence Maicel Malone Natasha Kaiser Jearl Miles Terri Dendy Michelle Collins	3:16.71 CR	Yelena Rouzina Tatyana Alekseyeva Margarita Ponomaryova Irina Privalova Yelena Golesheva Vera Sychugova	3:18.38	Linda Keough Phylis Smith Tracy Goddard Sally Gunnell	3:23.41

Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

Field

1987 |1991 |1993 |1995 |1997

Long jump	Heike Drechsler	7.11	Larysa Berezhna	6.98	Renata Nielsen	6.76
Triple jump	Anna Biryukova	15.09 WR	Yolanda Chen	14.70	Iva Prandzheva	14.23
High jump	Ioamnet Quintero	1.99	Silvia Costa	1.97	Sigrid Kirchmann	1.97 NR
Shot put	Huang Zhihong	20.57	Svetlana Krivelyova	19.97	Kathrin Neimke	19.71
Discus throw	Olga Chernyavskaya	67.40	Daniela Costian	65.36	Min Chunfeng	65.26
Javelin throw	Trine Hattestad	69.18	Karen Forkel	65.80	Natalya Shikolenko	65.64
Heptathlon	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	6837	Sabine Braun	6797	Svetlana Buraga	6635

See also

• 1993 in athletics (track and field)

References

Notes

Sources

• IAAF 1993

Notes and References

1. Web site: iaaf.org – Osaka 2007 – History . https://web.archive.org/web/20090312032624/http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/history/index.html . 2009-03-12 . dead . 2009-04-03 .