1995 World Championships in Athletics

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

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 Template:DetailsLink	Donovan Bailey Template:Flag	9.97	Bruny Surin Template:Flag	10.03	Ato Boldon Template:Flag	10.03
200 m Template:DetailsLink	Michael Johnson Template:Flag	19.79 CR	Frankie Fredericks Template:Flag	20.12	Jeff Williams Template:Flag	20.18
400 m Template:DetailsLink	Michael Johnson Template:Flag	43.39 CR	Butch Reynolds Template:Flag	44.22	Greg Haughton Template:Flag	44.56
800 m Template:DetailsLink	Wilson Kipketer Template:Flag	1:45.08	Arthémon Hatungimana Template:Flag	1:45.64	Vebjørn Rodal Template:Flag	1:45.68
1500 m Template:DetailsLink	Noureddine Morceli Template:Flag	3:33.73	Hicham El Guerrouj Template:Flag	3:35.28	Vénuste Niyongabo Template:Flag	3:35.56
5000 m Template:DetailsLink	Ismael Kirui Template:Flag	13:16.77	Khalid Bouhlami Template:Flag	13:17.15	Shem Kororia Template:Flag	13:17.59
10,000 m Template:DetailsLink	Haile Gebrselassie Template:Flag	27:12.95 CR	Khalid Skah Template:Flag	27:14.53	Paul Tergat Template:Flag	27:14.70
Marathon Template:DetailsLink	Martín Fiz Template:Flag	2:11:41	Dionicio Cerón Template:Flag	2:12:13	Luíz Antônio dos Santos Template:Flag	2:12:49
110 m hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Allen Johnson Template:Flag	13.00	Tony Jarrett Template:Flag	13.04	Roger Kingdom Template:Flag	13.19
400 m hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Derrick Adkins Template:Flag	47.98	Samuel Matete Template:Flag	48.03	Stéphane Diagana Template:Flag	48.14
3000 m st. Template:DetailsLink	Moses Kiptanui Template:Flag	8:04.16 CR	Christopher Koskei Template:Flag	8:09.30	Saad Al-Asmari Template:Flag	8:12.95 AR
20 km walk Template:DetailsLink	Michele Didoni Template:Flag	1:19:59	Valentí Massana Template:Flag	1:20:23	Yevgeniy Misyulya Template:Flag	1:20:48
50 km walk Template:DetailsLink	Valentin Kononen Template:Flag	3:43:42	Giovanni Perricelli Template:Flag	3:45:11	Robert Korzeniowski Template:Flag	3:45:57
4 × 100 m relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagteam Donovan Bailey Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin	38.31	Template:Flagteam Paul Henderson Tim Jackson Steve Brimacombe Damien Marsh	38.50	Template:Flagteam Giovanni Puggioni Ezio Madonia Angelo Cipolloni Sandro Floris	39.07
4 × 400 m relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagteam Marlon Ramsey Derek Mills Butch Reynolds Michael Johnson Kevin Lyles* Darnell Hall*	2:57.32	Template:Flagteam Michael McDonald Davian Clarke Danny McFarlane Greg Haughton Dennis Blake*	2:59.88	Template:Flagteam Udeme Ekpeyong Kunle Adejuyigbe Jude Monye Sunday Bada	3:03.18
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Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

Field

1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999

Long jump Template:DetailsLink	Iván Pedroso Template:Flag	8.70	James Beckford Template:Flag	8.30	Mike Powell Template:Flag	8.29
Triple jump Template:DetailsLink	Jonathan Edwards Template:Flag	18.29 (WR)	Brian Wellman Template:Flag	17.62	Jérôme Romain Template:Flag	17.59
High jump Template:DetailsLink	Troy Kemp Template:Flag	2.37	Javier Sotomayor Template:Flag	2.37	Artur Partyka Template:Flag	2.35
Pole vault Template:DetailsLink	Sergey Bubka Template:Flag	5.92	Maksim Tarasov Template:Flag	5.86	Jean Galfione Template:Flag	5.86
Shot put Template:DetailsLink	John Godina Template:Flag	21.47	Mika Halvari Template:Flag	20.93	Randy Barnes Template:Flag	20.41
Discus throw Template:DetailsLink	Lars Riedel Template:Flag	68.76 (CR)	Vladimir Dubrovshchik Template:Flag	65.98	Vasiliy Kaptyukh Template:Flag	65.88
Hammer throw Template:DetailsLink	Andrey Abduvaliyev Template:Flag	81.56	Igor Astapkovich Template:Flag	81.10	Tibor Gécsek Template:Flag	80.98
Javelin throw Template:DetailsLink	Jan Železný Template:Flag	89.58	Steve Backley Template:Flag	86.30	Boris Henry Template:Flag	86.08
Decathlon Template:DetailsLink	Dan O'Brien Template:Flag	8695	Eduard Hämäläinen Template:Flag	8489	Mike Smith Template:Flag	8419
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Women's results

Track

1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999

100 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	10.85	Template:Flagathlete	10.94	Template:Flagathlete	10.96
200 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	22.12	Template:Flagathlete	22.12	Template:Flagathlete	22.37
400 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	49.28	Template:Flagathlete	49.96	Template:Flagathlete	50.00
800 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	1:56.11	Template:Flagathlete	1:56.68 (AR)	Template:Flagathlete	1:56.95
1500 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	4:02.42	Template:Flagathlete	4:03.04	Template:Flagathlete	4:03.79
5000 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	14:46.47 (CR)	Template:Flagathlete	14:48.54	Template:Flagathlete	14:53.77
10,000 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	31:04.99	Template:Flagathlete	31:08.10	Template:Flagathlete	31:17.66
Marathon Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	2:25:39	Template:Flagathlete	2:26:25	Template:Flagathlete	2:30:11
	The marathon course was 400 m short of the normal distance.
100 m hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	12.68	Template:Flagathlete	12.80	Template:Flagathlete	12.85
400 m hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	52.61 (WR)	Template:Flagathlete	52.62	Template:Flagathlete	53.48 (NR)
10 km walk Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	42:13 (CR)	Template:Flagathlete	42:16	Template:Flagathlete	42:20
4 × 100 m relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagteam Celena Mondie-Milner Carlette Guidry Chryste Gaines Gwen Torrence D'Andre Hill*	42.12	Template:Flagteam Dahlia Duhaney Juliet Cuthbert Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey Michelle Freeman*	42.25	Template:Flagteam Melanie Paschke Silke Lichtenhagen Silke-Beate Knoll Gabriele Becker	43.01
4 × 400 m relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagteam Kim Graham Rochelle Stevens Camara Jones Jearl Miles Nicole Green*	3:22.29	Template:Flagteam Tatyana Chebykina Svetlana Goncharenko Yuliya Sotnikova Yelena Andreyeva Tatyana Zakharova*	3:23.98	Template:Flagteam Lee Naylor Renée Poetschka Melinda Gainsford-Taylor Cathy Freeman	3:25.88
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Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

Field

1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999

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

References

• IAAF 1995 Championship