1993 World Championships in Athletics

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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 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

100 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	9.87 (AR)	Template:Flagathlete	9.92	Template:Flagathlete	9.99
200 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	19.85 (CR/AR)	Template:Flagathlete	19.94	Template:Flagathlete	19.99
400 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	43.65 (CR)	Template:Flagathlete	44.13	Template:Flagathlete	44.54
800 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	1:44.71	Template:Flagathlete	1:44.86	Template:Flagathlete	1:44.89
1500 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	3:34.24	Template:Flagathlete	3:35.56	Template:Flagathlete	3:35.96
5000 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	13:02.75	Template:Flagathlete	13:03.17	Template:Flagathlete	13:05.40
10,000 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	27:46.02	Template:Flagathlete	27:46.54	Template:Flagathlete	28:06.02
Marathon Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	2:13:57	Template:Flagathlete	2:14:11	Template:Flagathlete	2:15:12
110 m hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	12.91 (WR)	Template:Flagathlete	13.00	Template:Flagathlete	13.06
400 m hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	47.18	Template:Flagathlete	47.60	Template:Flagathlete	47.62
3000 m steeplech. Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	8:06.36 (CR)	Template:Flagathlete	8:07.53	Template:Flagathlete	8:08.78
20 km walk Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	1:22:31	Template:Flagathlete	1:23:06	Template:Flagathlete	1:23:18
50 km walk Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	3:41:41	Template:Flagathlete	3:42:02	Template:Flagathlete	3:42:50
4 × 100 m relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagteam Jon Drummond Andre Cason Dennis Mitchell Leroy Burrell Calvin Smith*	37.48	Template:Flagteam Colin Jackson Tony Jarrett John Regis Linford Christie Jason John* Darren Braithwaite*	37.77 (AR)	Template:Flagteam Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Atlee Mahorn	37.83 (NR)
4 × 400 m relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagteam Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Butch Reynolds Michael Johnson Antonio Pettigrew* Derek Mills*	2:54.29 (WR)	Template:Flagteam Kennedy Ochieng Simon Kemboi Abednego Matilu Samson Kitur	2:59.82	Template:Flagteam Rico Lieder Karsten Just Olaf Hense Thomas Schönlebe	2:59.99
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Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

Field

1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997

Long jump Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	8.59	Template:Flagathlete	8.16	Template:Flagathlete	8.15
Triple jump Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	17.86	Template:Flagathlete	17.65	Template:Flagathlete	17.44
High jump Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	2.40 (CR)	Template:Flagathlete	2.37	Template:Flagathlete	2.37
Pole vault Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	6.00 (CR)	Template:Flagathlete	5.90 (AR)	Template:Flagathlete	5.80
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Shot put Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	21.97	Template:Flagathlete	21.80	Template:Flagathlete	20.401
Discus throw Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	67.72	Template:Flagathlete	66.90	Template:Flagathlete	66.12
Hammer throw Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	81.64 (AR)	Template:Flagathlete	79.88	Template:Flagathlete	79.54
Javelin throw Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	85.98 (CR)	Template:Flagathlete	84.78	Template:Flagathlete	82.96
Decathlon Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	8817 (CR)	Template:Flagathlete	8724	Template:Flagathlete	8548
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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 Template:DetailsLink	Gail Devers Template:Flagcountry	10.82 CR	Merlene Ottey Template:Flagcountry	10.82 CR	Gwen Torrence Template:Flagcountry	10.89
200 m Template:DetailsLink	Merlene Ottey Template:Flagcountry	21.98	Gwen Torrence Template:Flagcountry	22.00	Irina Privalova Template:Flagcountry	22.13
400 m Template:DetailsLink	Jearl Miles Template:Flagcountry	49.82	Natasha Kaiser-Brown Template:Flagcountry	50.17	Sandie Richards Template:Flagcountry	50.44
800 m Template:DetailsLink	Maria Mutola Template:Flagcountry	1:55.43 AR	Lyubov Gurina Template:Flagcountry	1:57.10	Ella Kovacs Template:Flagcountry	1:57.92
1500 m Template:DetailsLink	Liu Dong Template:Flagcountry	4:00.50	Sonia O'Sullivan Template:IRL	4:03.48	Hassiba Boulmerka Template:Flagcountry	4:04.29
3000 m Template:DetailsLink	Qu Yunxia Template:Flagcountry	8:28.71 CR	Zhang Linli Template:Flagcountry	8:29.25	Zhang Lirong Template:Flagcountry	8:31.95
10,000 m Template:DetailsLink	Wang Junxia Template:Flagcountry	30:49.30 CR	Zhong Huandi Template:Flagcountry	31:12.55	Sally Barsosio Template:Flagcountry	31:15.38
Marathon Template:DetailsLink	Junko Asari Template:Flagcountry	2:30:03	Manuela Machado Template:Flagcountry	2:30:54	Tomoe Abe Template:Flagcountry	2:31:01
100 m hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Gail Devers Template:Flagcountry	12.46 AR	Marina Azyabina Template:Flagcountry	12.60	Lynda Tolbert Template:Flagcountry	12.67
400 m hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Sally Gunnell Template:Flagcountry	52.74 WR	Sandra Farmer-Patrick Template:Flagcountry	52.79 AR	Margarita Ponomaryova Template:Flagcountry	53.48
10 km walk Template:DetailsLink	Sari Essayah Template:Flagcountry	42:59	Ileana Salvador Template:Flagcountry	43:08	Encarna Granados Template:Flagcountry	43:21
4 × 100 m relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagcountry Olga Bogoslovskaya Galina Malchugina Natalya Voronova Irina Privalova Marina Trandenkova*	41.49 CR	Template:Flagcountry Michelle Finn Gwen Torrence Wendy Vereen Gail Devers Sheila Echols*	41.49 CR	Template:Flagcountry Michelle Freeman Juliet Campbell Nikole Mitchell Merlene Ottey Dahlia Duhaney*	41.94=NR
4 × 400 m relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagcountry Gwen Torrence Maicel Malone Natasha Kaiser Jearl Miles Terri Dendy* Michelle Collins*	3:16.71 CR	Template:Flagcountry Yelena Rouzina Tatyana Alekseyeva Margarita Ponomaryova Irina Privalova Yelena Golesheva* Vera Sychugova*	3:18.38	Template:Flagcountry Linda Keough Phylis Smith Tracy Goddard Sally Gunnell	3:23.41
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Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

Field

1987 |1991 |1993 |1995 |1997

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

• 1993 in athletics (track and field)

References

Notes

Sources

• IAAF 1993