1995 World Championships in Athletics explained

5th World Championships in Athletics
Size:	200px
Host City:	Gothenburg, Sweden
Nations:	191
Athletes:	1804
Dates:	5–13 August 1995
Opened By:	King Carl XVI Gustaf
Stadium:	Ullevi Stadium
Previous:	1993 Stuttgart

The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden on 5–13 August 1995.

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.

Men's results

Track

1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999

100 m	Donovan Bailey Canada	9.97	Bruny Surin Canada	10.03	Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago	10.03
200 m	Michael Johnson United States	19.79 CR	Frankie Fredericks Namibia	20.12	Jeff Williams United States	20.18
400 m	Michael Johnson United States	43.39 CR	Butch Reynolds United States	44.22	Greg Haughton Jamaica	44.56
800 m	Wilson Kipketer Denmark	1:45.08	Arthémon Hatungimana Burundi	1:45.64	Vebjørn Rodal Norway	1:45.68
1,500 m	Noureddine Morceli Algeria	3:33.73	Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco	3:35.28	Vénuste Niyongabo Burundi	3:35.56
5,000 m	Ismael Kirui Kenya	13:16.77	Khalid Bouhlami Morocco	13:17.15	Shem Kororia Kenya	13:17.59
10,000 m	Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia	27:12.95 CR	Khalid Skah Morocco	27:14.53	Paul Tergat Kenya	27:14.70
Marathon	Martín Fiz Spain	2:11:41	Dionicio Cerón Mexico	2:12:13	Luíz Antônio dos Santos Brazil	2:12:49
110 m hurdles	Allen Johnson United States	13.00	Tony Jarrett	13.04	Roger Kingdom United States	13.19
400 m hurdles	Derrick Adkins United States	47.98	Samuel Matete Zambia	48.03	Stéphane Diagana France	48.14
3,000 m st.	Moses Kiptanui Kenya	8:04.16 CR	Christopher Koskei Kenya	8:09.30	Saad Al-Asmari Saudi Arabia	8:12.95 AR
20 km walk	Michele Didoni Italy	1:19:59	Valentí Massana Spain	1:20:23	Yevgeniy Misyulya Belarus	1:20:48
50 km walk	Valentin Kononen Finland	3:43:42	Giovanni Perricelli Italy	3:45:11	Robert Korzeniowski Poland	3:45:57
4 × 100 m relay		38.31		38.50		39.07
4 × 400 m relay	Marlon Ramsey Derek Mills Butch Reynolds Michael Johnson Kevin Lyles* Darnell Hall*	2:57.32	Michael McDonald Davian Clarke Danny McFarlane Greg Haughton Dennis Blake*	2:59.88		3:03.18

Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

Field

1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999

Long jump	Iván Pedroso Cuba	8.70	James Beckford Jamaica	8.30	Mike Powell United States	8.29
Triple jump	Jonathan Edwards	18.29 (WR)	Brian Wellman Bermuda	17.62	Jérôme Romain Dominica	17.59
High jump	Troy Kemp Bahamas	2.37	Javier Sotomayor Cuba	2.37	Artur Partyka Poland	2.35
Pole vault	Sergey Bubka Ukraine	5.92	Maksim Tarasov	5.86	Jean Galfione France	5.86
Shot put	John Godina United States	21.47	Mika Halvari Finland	20.93	Randy Barnes United States	20.41
Discus throw	Lars Riedel Germany	68.76 (CR)	Vladimir Dubrovshchik Belarus	65.98	Vasiliy Kaptyukh Belarus	65.88
Hammer throw	Andrey Abduvaliyev Tajikistan	81.56	Igor Astapkovich Belarus	81.10	Tibor Gécsek Hungary	80.98
Javelin throw	Jan Železný Czech Republic	89.58	Steve Backley	86.30	Boris Henry Germany	86.08
Decathlon	Dan O'Brien United States	8695	Eduard Hämäläinen Belarus	8489	Mike Smith Canada	8419

Women's results

Track

1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999

100 m		10.85		10.94		10.96
200 m		22.12		22.12		22.37
400 m		49.28		49.96		50.00
800 m		1:56.11		1:56.68 (AR)		1:56.95
1,500 m		4:02.42		4:03.04		4:03.79
5,000 m		14:46.47 (CR)		14:48.54		14:53.77
10,000 m		31:04.99		31:08.10		31:17.66
Marathon		2:25:39		2:26:25		2:30:11
Marathon	The marathon course was 400 m short of the normal distance.
100 m hurdles		12.68		12.80		12.85
400 m hurdles		52.61 (WR)		52.62		53.48 (NR)
10 km walk		42:13 (CR)		42:16		42:20
4 × 100 m relay	Celena Mondie-Milner Carlette Guidry Chryste Gaines Gwen Torrence D'Andre Hill	42.12	Dahlia Duhaney Juliet Cuthbert Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey Michelle Freeman	42.25	Melanie Paschke Silke Lichtenhagen Silke-Beate Knoll Gabriele Becker	43.01
4 × 400 m relay	Kim Graham Rochelle Stevens Camara Jones Jearl Miles Nicole Green	3:22.29	Tatyana Chebykina Svetlana Goncharenko Yuliya Sotnikova Yelena Andreyeva Tatyana Zakharova	3:23.98	Lee Naylor Renée Poetschka Melinda Gainsford-Taylor Cathy Freeman	3:25.88

Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

Field

1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999

Long jump	6.98	6.86	6.83
Triple jump	15.50 (WR)	15.18	15.08
High jump	2.01	1.99	1.99
Shot put	21.22	20.04	19.56
Discus throw	68.64	67.20	66.86
Javelin throw	67.56	65.22	65.16
Heptathlon	6651	6575	6522

Medal table

Note that the host, Sweden, did not win any medals at these championships. This fate Sweden shares only with Canada (2001).

References

IAAF 1995 Championship

Notes and References

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 .