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.
Host city | Gothenburg, Sweden |
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Nations participating | 191 |
Athletes participating | 1804 |
Dates | 5–13 August 1995 |
Officially opened by | King Carl XVI Gustaf |
Main venue | Ullevi Stadium |
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 |
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 | |||
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 |
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) |
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Field
1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |||
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) |
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 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 19 | |
2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
11 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |
12 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
25 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Totals (43 nations) | 44 | 44 | 44 | 132 |
References
- "iaaf.org - Osaka 2007 - History". Archived from the original on 2009-05-10. Retrieved 2009-04-03.