# 1995 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships

The 1995 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships (Russian: Чемпионат России по лёгкой атлетике в помещении 1995) was the 4th edition of the national championship in indoor track and field for Russia. It was held on 24–26 February at the WGAFC Indoor Stadium in Volgograd. A total of 26 events (13 for men and 13 for women) were contested over the two-day competition. The racewalking events for men and women were dropped from the programme and ceased to be a regular part of the championships thereafter.

## Championships

In the winter of 1995, Russian championships were also held in the following disciplines:
* 3–4 February — Russian Combined Events Indoor Championships (Chelyabinsk)
* 4–5 February – Russian 24-Hour Run Indoor Championships (Podolsk)

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres | Andrey Grigorev Omsk Oblast | 6.52 | Yuriy Mizera Moscow Oblast | 6.58 | Dmitriy Bartenev Moscow | 6.60 |
| 200 metres | Dmitriy Bartenev Moscow | 21.45 | Andrey Yusupov Krasnoyarsk Krai | 21.63 | Konstantin Demin Moscow Oblast | 21.77 |
| 400 metres | Mikhail Vdovin Penza Oblast | 47.19 | Dmitry Kosov Primorsky Krai | 47.54 | Ruslan Mashchenko Voronezh Oblast | 47.67 |
| 800 metres | Pavel Dolgushev Moscow | 1:50.32 | Anatoliy Butkovskiy Belarus | 1:50.43 | Oleg Stepanov Kurgan Oblast | 1:50.57 |
| 1500 metres | Anatoliy Butkovskiy Belarus | 3:46.12 | Oleg Stepanov Kurgan Oblast | 3:48.23 | Andrey Ryazanov Kurgan Oblast | 3:48.49 |
| 3000 metres | Aleksandr Belov Irkutsk Oblast | 8:02.77 | Vyacheslav Shabunin Moscow | 8:03.48 | Vener Kashaev Bashkortostan | 8:03.70 |
| 2000 m s'chase | Gennadiy Panin Tatarstan | 5:30.56 | Aleksey Gorbunov Perm Oblast | 5:31.80 | Aleksey Rudenko Kursk Oblast | 5:33.87 |
| 60 m hurdles | Evgeny Pechonkin Novosibirsk Oblast | 7.52 | Aleksandr Markin Moscow | 7.55 | Sergey Manakov Tatarstan | 7.68 |
| High jump | Grigoriy Fedorkov Moscow | 2.25 m | Igor Kulkov Saint Petersburg | 2.22 m | Konstantin Isaev Ryazan Oblast | 2.22 m |
| Pole vault | Maksim Tarasov Yaroslavl Oblast | 5.80 m | Vadim Strogalev Moscow | 5.75 m | Viktor Chistiakov Moscow | 5.75 m |
| Long jump | Evgeniy Tretyak Krasnodar Krai | 8.01 m | Yuriy Naumkin Krasnodar Krai | 7.95 m | Andrey Ignatov Krasnodar Krai | 7.89 m |
| Triple jump | Dmitriy Byzov Altai Krai | 17.06 m | Andrey Kayukov Khabarovsk Krai | 16.88 m | Sergey Arzamasov Kazakhstan | 16.70 m |
| Shot put | Yevgeny Palchikov Irkutsk Oblast | 19.89 m | Dmitriy Latukhin Saint Petersburg | 18.38 m | Aleksey Shidlovsky Moscow | 17.89 m |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres | Nadezhda Roshchupkina Tula OblastYekaterina Grigoryeva Volgograd Oblast | 7.08 | Not awarded | Not awarded | Natalya Merzlyakova Sverdlovsk Oblast | 7.15 |
| 200 metres | Yekaterina Grigoryeva Volgograd Oblast | 23.00 | Svetlana Goncharenko Rostov Oblast | 23.17 | Zhanna Levashova Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | 23.90 |
| 400 metres | Tatyana Chebykina Moscow Oblast | 52.92 | Yelena Ruzina Voronezh Oblast | 53.26 | Yekaterina Kulikova Saint Petersburg | 53.42 |
| 800 metres | Yelena Afanasyeva Moscow Oblast | 2:02.2 | Irina Samorokova Irkutsk Oblast | 2:02.6 | Alla Krasnoslobodskaya Krasnodar Krai | 2:03.2 |
| 1500 metres | Elena Kaledina Bashkortostan | 4:18.21 | Irina Samorokova Irkutsk Oblast | 4:18.98 | Alla Krasnoslobodskaya Krasnodar Krai | 4:19.60 |
| 3000 metres | Mariya Pantyukhova Irkutsk Oblast | 9:02.59 | Lidiya Vasilevskaya Moscow | 9:02.66 | Yelena Baranova Perm Oblast | 9:05.68 |
| 2000 m s'chase | Lyudmila Kuropatkina Yaroslavl Oblast | 6:16.37 | Marina Pluzhnikova Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | 6:17.07 | Svetlana Pospelova Irkutsk Oblast | 6:24.57 |
| 60 m hurdles | Aleksandra Paskhina Moscow | 8.03 | Nataliya Shekhodanova Krasnoyarsk Krai | 8.07 | Natalya Yudakova Moscow Oblast | 8.08 |
| High jump | Tatyana Motkova Yaroslavl Oblast | 1.95 m | Elena Topchina Saint Petersburg | 1.92 m | Elena Ponikarovskikh Saint Petersburg | 1.92 m |
| Pole vault | Marina Andreeva Krasnodar Krai | 4.06 m | Natalya Mekhanoshina Krasnodar Krai | 3.70 m | Galina Envarenko Krasnodar Krai | 3.65 m |
| Long jump | Lyudmila Galkina Saratov Oblast | 6.89 m | Irina Mushailova Krasnodar Krai | 6.77 m | Olga Rublyova Volgograd Oblast | 6.64 m |
| Triple jump | Mariya Sokova Moscow Oblast | 14.54 m | Irina Mushailova Krasnodar Krai | 14.46 m | Lyudmila Dubkova Moscow | 13.94 m |
| Shot put | Anna Romanova Bryansk Oblast | 18.64 m | Irina Korzhanenko Rostov Oblast | 18.64 m | Irina Khudoroshkina Moscow Oblast | 18.45 m |
* $^a$ Larisa Peleshenko, the original winner of the women's shot put with a mark of 19.52 m, was subsequently disqualified as she failed a drug test prior to the championships on 20 February 1995 in the Swedish city of Huddinge. She was banned from competition for four years, and her results after the date of sampling were annulled, including first place at the national indoor championships.

## Russian Combined Events Championships

The Russian Combined Events Indoor Championships were contested on 3–4 February 1995 in Chelyabinsk in the Ural State University of Physical Culture Stadium. Svetlana Moskalets achieved the second best score in women's indoor pentathlon ever at that time.

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Heptathlon | Evgeniy Dudakov Rostov Oblast | 5953 pts | Nikolay Afanasyev Tatarstan | 5728 pts | Sergey Khokhlov Saint Petersburg | 5515 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Pentathlon | Svetlana Moskalets Moscow | 4866 pts | Irina Tyukhay Krasnoyarsk Krai | 4638 pts | Irina Vostrikova Tatarstan | 4603 pts |

## Russian 24-Hour Run Indoor Championships

The Russian 24-Hour Run Indoor Championships was held on 4–5 February in Podolsk on the 133-meter circle of the arena of the local youth sports school. Competitions were held as part of the Podolsky Day super marathon and were held in memory of Nikolay Safin, who established a world best two years earlier (275,576 m),

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 24-hour run | Aleksandr Schekin Mordovia | 258,145 m | Maksim Vorobev Moscow Oblast | 257,202 m | Sergey Ishmulkin Tatarstan | 243,334 m |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 24-hour run | Elena Sidorenkova Smolensk Oblast | 220,645 m | Irina Koval Moscow Oblast | 210,237 m | Nadezhda Tarasova Kaluga Oblast | 207,969 m |

## International team selection

Following the results of the championships, taking into account the qualifying standards, the Russian team for the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships included:

### Men

* 60 m: Andrey Grigorev, Yuriy Mizera
* 400 m: Mikhail Vdovin
* 1500 m: Vyacheslav Shabunin
* 60 m hurdles: Evgeny Pechonkin
* Pole vault: Maksim Tarasov, Vadim Strogalev
* Long jump: Evgeniy Tretyak, Yuriy Naumkin
* Triple jump: Dmitry Byzov
* Shot put: Yevgeny Palchikov

### Women

* 60 m: Nadezhda Roshchupkina, Yekaterina Leshcheva
* 200 m: Natalia Voronova$^†$, Svetlana Goncharenko
* 400 m: Irina Privalova$^†$, Tatyana Chebykina
* 4 × 400m relay: Tatyana Chebykina, Yelena Ruzina, Yekaterina Kulikova, Svetlana Goncharenko
* 800 m: Yelena Afanasyeva, Irina Samorokova
* 1500 m: Lyubov Kremlyova$^†$
* 3000 m: Mariya Pantyukhova, Lidiya Vasilevskaya
* 60 m hurdles: Aleksandra Paskhina
* High jump: Yelena Gulyayeva$^†$, Tatyana Motkova
* Long jump: Lyudmila Galkina, Irina Mushailova
* Triple jump: Yolanda Chen$^†$, Mariya Sokova
* Shot put: Larisa Peleshenko
* Pentathlon: Svetlana Moskalets, Irina Tyukhay
$^†$ Had exemption for selection and allowed not to compete at the national championships