# 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. 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
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m details | Linford Christie (GBR) | 9.87 (AR) | Andre Cason (USA) | 9.92 | Dennis Mitchell (USA) | 9.99 |
| 200 m details | Frankie Fredericks (NAM) | 19.85 (CR/AR) | John Regis (GBR) | 19.94 | Carl Lewis (USA) | 19.99 |
| 400 m details | Michael Johnson (USA) | 43.65 (CR) | Butch Reynolds (USA) | 44.13 | Samson Kitur (KEN) | 44.54 |
| 800 m details | Paul Ruto (KEN) | 1:44.71 | Giuseppe D'Urso (ITA) | 1:44.86 | Billy Konchellah (KEN) | 1:44.89 |
| 1500 m details | Noureddine Morceli (ALG) | 3:34.24 | Fermin Cacho Ruiz (ESP) | 3:35.56 | Abdi Bile (SOM) | 3:35.96 |
| 5000 m details | Ismael Kirui (KEN) | 13:02.75 | Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) | 13:03.17 | Fita Bayisa (ETH) | 13:05.40 |
| 10,000 m details | Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) | 27:46.02 | Moses Tanui (KEN) | 27:46.54 | Richard Chelimo (KEN) | 28:06.02 |
| Marathon details | Mark Plaatjes (USA) | 2:13:57 | Luketz Swartbooi (NAM) | 2:14:11 | Bert van Vlaanderen (NED) | 2:15:12 |
| 110 m hurdles details | Colin Jackson (GBR) | 12.91 (WR) | Tony Jarrett (GBR) | 13.00 | Jack Pierce (USA) | 13.06 |
| 400 m hurdles details | Kevin Young (USA) | 47.18 | Samuel Matete (ZAM) | 47.60 | Winthrop Graham (JAM) | 47.62 |
| 3000 m steeplech. details | Moses Kiptanui (KEN) | 8:06.36 (CR) | Patrick Sang (KEN) | 8:07.53 | Alessandro Lambruschini (ITA) | 8:08.78 |
| 20 km walk details | Valentí Massana (ESP) | 1:22:31 | Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA) | 1:23:06 | Daniel Plaza (ESP) | 1:23:18 |
| 50 km walk details | Jesus Garcia (ESP) | 3:41:41 | Valentin Kononen (FIN) | 3:42:02 | Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) | 3:42:50 |
| 4 × 100 m relay details | United States (USA) Jon Drummond Andre Cason Dennis Mitchell Leroy Burrell Calvin Smith* | 37.48 | Great Britain (GBR) Colin Jackson Tony Jarrett John Regis Linford Christie Jason John* Darren Braithwaite* | 37.77 (AR) | Canada (CAN) Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Atlee Mahorn | 37.83 (NR) |
| 4 × 400 m relay details | United States (USA) Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Butch Reynolds Michael Johnson Antonio Pettigrew* Derek Mills* | 2:54.29 (WR) | Kenya (KEN) Kennedy Ochieng Simon Kemboi Abednego Matilu Samson Kitur | 2:59.82 | Germany (GER) Rico Lieder Karsten Just Olaf Hense Thomas Schönlebe | 2:59.99 |
| 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

1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Long jump details | Mike Powell (USA) | 8.59 | Stanislav Tarasenko (RUS) | 8.16 | Vitaliy Kyrylenko (UKR) | 8.15 |
| Triple jump details | Mike Conley (USA) | 17.86 | Leonid Voloshin (RUS) | 17.65 | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) | 17.44 |
| High jump details | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.40 (CR) | Artur Partyka (POL) | 2.37 | Steve Smith (GBR) | 2.37 |
| Pole vault details | Sergey Bubka (UKR) | 6.00 (CR) | Grigoriy Yegorov (KAZ) | 5.90 (AR) | Maksim Tarasov (RUS) | 5.80 |
| Pole vault details | Sergey Bubka (UKR) | 6.00 (CR) | Grigoriy Yegorov (KAZ) | 5.90 (AR) | Igor Trandenkov (RUS) | 5.80 |
| Shot put details | Werner Günthör (SUI) | 21.97 | Randy Barnes (USA) | 21.80 | Oleksandr Bagach (UKR) | 20.40$^1$ |
| Discus throw details | Lars Riedel (GER) | 67.72 | Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS) | 66.90 | Jürgen Schult (GER) | 66.12 |
| Hammer throw details | Andrey Abduvaliyev (TJK) | 81.64 (AR) | Igor Astapkovich (BLR) | 79.88 | Tibor Gécsek (HUN) | 79.54 |
| Javelin throw details | Jan Železný (CZE) | 85.98 (CR) | Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN) | 84.78 | Mick Hill (GBR) | 82.96 |
| Decathlon details | Dan O'Brien (USA) | 8817 (CR) | Eduard Hämäläinen (BLR) | 8724 | Paul Meier (GER) | 8548 |
| 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) |||||| |
$^1$ 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
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m details | Gail Devers United States | 10.82 CR | Merlene Ottey Jamaica | 10.82 CR | Gwen Torrence United States | 10.89 |
| 200 m details | Merlene Ottey Jamaica | 21.98 | Gwen Torrence United States | 22.00 | Irina Privalova Russia | 22.13 |
| 400 m details | Jearl Miles United States | 49.82 | Natasha Kaiser-Brown United States | 50.17 | Sandie Richards Jamaica | 50.44 |
| 800 m details | Maria Mutola Mozambique | 1:55.43 AR | Lyubov Gurina Russia | 1:57.10 | Ella Kovacs Romania | 1:57.92 |
| 1500 m details | Liu Dong China | 4:00.50 | Sonia O'Sullivan Ireland | 4:03.48 | Hassiba Boulmerka Algeria | 4:04.29 |
| 3000 m details | Qu Yunxia China | 8:28.71 CR | Zhang Linli China | 8:29.25 | Zhang Lirong China | 8:31.95 |
| 10,000 m details | Wang Junxia China | 30:49.30 CR | Zhong Huandi China | 31:12.55 | Sally Barsosio Kenya | 31:15.38 |
| Marathon details | Junko Asari Japan | 2:30:03 | Manuela Machado Portugal | 2:30:54 | Tomoe Abe Japan | 2:31:01 |
| 100 m hurdles details | Gail Devers United States | 12.46 AR | Marina Azyabina Russia | 12.60 | Lynda Tolbert United States | 12.67 |
| 400 m hurdles details | Sally Gunnell Great Britain | 52.74 WR | Sandra Farmer-Patrick United States | 52.79 AR | Margarita Ponomaryova Russia | 53.48 |
| 10 km walk details | Sari Essayah Finland | 42:59 | Ileana Salvador Italy | 43:08 | Encarna Granados Spain | 43:21 |
| 4 × 100 m relay details | Russia Olga Bogoslovskaya Galina Malchugina Natalya Voronova Irina Privalova Marina Trandenkova* | 41.49 CR | United States Michelle Finn Gwen Torrence Wendy Vereen Gail Devers Sheila Echols* | 41.49 CR | Jamaica Michelle Freeman Juliet Campbell Nikole Mitchell Merlene Ottey Dahlia Duhaney* | 41.94=NR |
| 4 × 400 m relay details | United States Gwen Torrence Maicel Malone Natasha Kaiser Jearl Miles Terri Dendy* Michelle Collins* | 3:16.71 CR | Russia Yelena Rouzina Tatyana Alekseyeva Margarita Ponomaryova Irina Privalova Yelena Golesheva* Vera Sychugova* | 3:18.38 | Great Britain Linda Keough Phylis Smith Tracy Goddard Sally Gunnell | 3:23.41 |
| 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

1987 |1991 |1993 |1995 |1997
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Long jump details | Heike Drechsler Germany | 7.11 | Larysa Berezhna Ukraine | 6.98 | Renata Nielsen Denmark | 6.76 |
| Triple jump details | Anna Biryukova Russia | 15.09 WR | Yolanda Chen Russia | 14.70 | Iva Prandzheva Bulgaria | 14.23 |
| High jump details | Ioamnet Quintero Cuba | 1.99 | Silvia Costa Cuba | 1.97 | Sigrid Kirchmann Austria | 1.97 NR |
| Shot put details | Huang Zhihong China | 20.57 | Svetlana Krivelyova Russia | 19.97 | Kathrin Neimke Germany | 19.71 |
| Discus throw details | Olga Chernyavskaya Russia | 67.40 | Daniela Costian Australia | 65.36 | Min Chunfeng China | 65.26 |
| Javelin throw details | Trine Hattestad Norway | 69.18 | Karen Forkel Germany | 65.80 | Natalya Shikolenko Belarus | 65.64 |
| Heptathlon details | Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States | 6837 | Sabine Braun Germany | 6797 | Svetlana Buraga Belarus | 6635 |
| 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

* Host nation (Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 13 | 7 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Kenya (KEN) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Germany (GER)* | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Cuba (CUB) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Namibia (NAM) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Algeria (ALG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Mozambique (MOZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Tajikistan (TJK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 22 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 23 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Zambia (ZAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Somalia (SOM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (36 entries) | Totals (36 entries) | 44 | 44 | 45 | 133 |