1995 World Championships in Athletics
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Carl XVI Gustaf | |
| Main venue | Ullevi Stadium |
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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
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Field
1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999
Women's results
Track
1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m |
 Gwen Torrence (USA) |
10.85 |  Merlene Ottey (JAM) |
10.94 |  Irina Privalova (RUS) |
10.96 |
| 200 m |
Merlene Ottey (JAM) |
22.12 | Irina Privalova (RUS) |
22.12 | Galina Malchugina (RUS) |
22.37 |
| 400 m |
 Marie-José Pérec (FRA) |
49.28 |  Pauline Davis (BAH) |
49.96 | Jearl Miles (USA) |
50.00 |
| 800 m |
 Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) |
1:56.11 |  Letitia Vriesde (SUR) |
1:56.68 (AR) |
 Kelly Holmes (GBR) |
1:56.95 |
| 1500 m |
 Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) |
4:02.42 | Kelly Holmes (GBR) |
4:03.04 |  Carla Sacramento (POR) |
4:03.79 |
| 5000 m |
 Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) |
14:46.47 (CR) |
Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) |
14:48.54 |  Zahra Ouaziz (MAR) |
14:53.77 |
| 10,000 m |
Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) |
31:04.99 |  Derartu Tulu (ETH) |
31:08.10 |  Tegla Loroupe (KEN) |
31:17.66 |
| Marathon |
Manuela Machado (POR) |
2:25:39 |  Anuța Cătună (ROU) |
2:26:25 |  Ornella Ferrara (ITA) |
2:30:11 |
| The marathon course was 400 m short of the normal distance. | ||||||
| 100 m hurdles |
Gail Devers (USA) |
12.68 |  Olga Shishigina (KAZ) |
12.80 | Yuliya Graudyn (RUS) |
12.85 |
| 400 m hurdles |
Kim Batten (USA) |
52.61 (WR) |
Tonja Buford (USA) |
52.62 | Deon Hemmings (JAM) |
53.48 (NR) |
| 10 km walk |
Irina Stankina (RUS) |
42:13 (CR) |
Elisabetta Perrone (ITA) |
42:16 | Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) |
42:20 |
| 4 × 100 m relay |
United States (USA) Celena Mondie-Milner Carlette Guidry Chryste Gaines Gwen Torrence D'Andre Hill* |
42.12 | Jamaica (JAM) Dahlia Duhaney Juliet Cuthbert Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey Michelle Freeman* |
42.25 |  Germany (GER)Melanie Paschke Silke Lichtenhagen Silke-Beate Knoll Gabriele Becker |
43.01 |
| 4 × 400 m relay |
United States (USA) Kim Graham Rochelle Stevens Camara Jones Jearl Miles Nicole Green* |
3:22.29 | Russia (RUS) Tatyana Chebykina Svetlana Goncharenko Yuliya Sotnikova Yelena Andreyeva Tatyana Zakharova* |
3:23.98 |  |
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)
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Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Field
1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long jump |
Fiona May (ITA) |
6.98 | Niurka Montalvo (CUB) |
6.86 | Irina Mushayilova (RUS) |
6.83 |
| Triple jump |
 Inessa Kravets (UKR) |
15.50 (WR) |
 Iva Prandzheva (BUL) |
15.18 | Anna Biryukova (RUS) |
15.08 |
| High jump |
Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) |
2.01 | Alina Astafei (GER) |
1.99 | Inha Babakova (UKR) |
1.99 |
| Shot put |
Astrid Kumbernuss (GER) |
21.22 |  Huang Zhihong (CHN) |
20.04 | Svetla Mitkova (BUL) |
19.56 |
| Discus throw |
 Ellina Zvereva (BLR) |
68.64 | Ilke Wyludda (GER) |
67.20 | Olga Chernyavskaya (RUS) |
66.86 |
| Javelin throw |
Natalya Shikolenko (BLR) |
67.56 | Felicia Tilea (ROU) |
65.22 |  Mikaela Ingberg (FIN) |
65.16 |
| Heptathlon |
 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)
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Medal table
Note that the host, Sweden, did not win any medals at these championships. This fate Sweden shares only with Canada (2001).
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) | 12 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| 2 | Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Italy (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 5 | Cuba (CUB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Kenya (KEN) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 |  Canada (CAN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Portugal (POR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 9 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Algeria (ALG) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 12 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 16 | Bahamas (BAH) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ethiopia (ETH) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
 Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 19 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Syria (SYR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Tajikistan (TJK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 25 | Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 26 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Burundi (BDI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 29 |  Bermuda (BER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Namibia (NAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Suriname (SUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Zambia (ZAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 36 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 38 |  Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Dominica (DMA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (43 entries) | 44 | 44 | 44 | 132 | |
Source: [1]
References
- ^ "iaaf.org - Osaka 2007 - History". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2009-04-03.