World Indoor Athletics Championships 1993

4. World Indoor Athletics Championships
SkyDome (2008)
city	Toronto , Canada
Stadion	SkyDome
participating countries	93
Participating athletes	537
Competitions	27 + 4 demonstration competitions
opening	March 12, 1993
Final day	March 14, 1993
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The 4th World Indoor Athletics Championships took place from March 12 to 14, 1993 in Toronto in the SkyDome .

These were the last championships where walking competitions were held. For the first time, the women's pentathlon and the men's heptathlon took place, albeit only as demonstration sports that did not count as official world championships.

Men

60 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Bruny Surin	CAN	6.50
2	Frank Fredericks	NAM	6.51
3	Talal Mansour	QAT	6.57
4th	Jon Drummond	United States	6.58
5	Joel Isasi	CUB	6.61
6th	Dennis Mitchell	United States	6.62
7th	Andrés Simón	CUB	6.63
	Jason John	GBR	DNF

Final on March 12th

200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	James Trapp	United States	20.63
2	Damien Marsh	OUT	20.71
3	Kevin Little	United States	20.72
4th	Iván García	CUB	20.82
5	Nikolay Antonov	BUL	21.20
6th	Patrick Stevens	BEL	21.21

Final on March 14th

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Harry Reynolds	United States	45.26
2	Sunday Bada	NGR	45.75
3	Darren Clark	OUT	46.45
4th	Rico songs	GER	46.53
5	Devon Morris	JAM	46.67
6th	Jason Rouser	United States	46.70

Final on March 14th

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Tom McKean	GBR	1: 47.29
2	Charles Nkazamyampi	BDI	1: 47.62
3	Nico Motchebon	GER	1: 48.15
4th	Luc Bernaert	BEL	1: 48.30
5	Freddie Williams	CAN	1: 51.26
6th	José Luíz Barbosa	BRA	DNF

Final on March 14th

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Marcus O'Sullivan	IRL	3: 45.00
2	David Strand	GBR	3: 45.30
3	Branko Zorko	CRO	3: 45.39
4th	Steve Holman	United States	3: 45.59
5	Mickael Damian	FRA	3: 45.59
6th	Bill Burke	United States	3: 46.18
7th	Mario Silva	POR	3: 46.61
8th	Marc Corstjens	BEL	3: 46.69

Final on March 13th

3000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Gennaro Di Napoli	ITA	7: 50.26
2	Eric Dubus	FRA	7: 50.57
3	Enrique Molina	ESP	7: 51.10
4th	Bob Kennedy	United States	7: 51.27
5	Mogens Guldberg	THE	7: 52.60
6th	John Mayock	GBR	7: 54.41
7th	Brendan Matthias	CAN	7: 55.57
8th	Mirko Döring	GER	7: 59.42

Final on March 14th

5000 m walking

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Mikhail Shchennikov	RUS	18: 32.10
2	Robert Korzeniowski	POLE	18: 35.91
3	Mikhail Orlov	RUS	18: 43.48
4th	Tim Berrett	CAN	18: 53.02
5	Ronald Weigel	GER	19: 02.73
6th	Jean-Claude Corre	FRA	19: 10.72
7th	Costica Balan	ROU	19: 12.73
8th	Stefan Johansson	SWE	20: 30.32

Final on March 14th

60 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Mark McKoy	CAN	7.41
2	Colin Jackson	GBR	7.43
3	Tony Dees	United States	7.43
4th	Florian Schwarthoff	GER	7.54
5	Igors Kazanovs	LAT	7.55
6th	George Boroi	ROU	7.72
7th	Emilio Valle	CUB	7.74
8th	Sjarhej Ussau	BLR	7.90

Final on March 14th

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Darnell Hall Brian Irvin Jason Rouser Mark Everett	3: 04.20
2	Trinidad and Tobago	In addition Jules Alvin Daniel Neil de Silva Ian Morris	3: 07.02
3	Japan	Masayoshi Kan Seiji Inagaki Yoshihiko Saito Hiroyuki Hayashi	3: 07.30
4th	Canada	O'Brien Gibbons Mark Graham Dave Anderson (athlete) Byron Goodwin	3: 07.77
5	Jamaica	Howard Davis Anthony Price Anthony Wallace Devon Morris	3: 08.47
	Italy	Andrea Montanari Vito Petrella Fabio Grossi Alessandro Aimar	DQ (3: 15.6)

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Javier Sotomayor	CUB	2.41
2	Patrik Sjöberg	SWE	2.39
3	Steve Smith	GBR	2.37
4th	Dalton Grant	GBR	2.34
	Troy Kemp	BAH	2.34
6th	Yuri Serhiyenko	UKR	2.31
7th	Wolf-Hendrik Beyer	GER	2.31
8th	Hollis Conway	United States	2.24

Final on March 14th

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Rodion Gataullin	RUS	5.90
2	Grigory Yegorov	KAZ	5.80
3	Jean Galfione	FRA	5.80
4th	Igor Trandenkov	RUS	5.80
5	Jani Lehtonen	FIN	5.65
6th	Werner Holl	GER	5.65
7th	Andrea Pegoraro	ITA	5.65
8th	Greg West	United States	5.60

Final on March 13th

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Iván Pedroso	CUB	8.23
2	Joe Greene	United States	8.13
3	Jaime Jefferson	CUB	7.98
4th	Frans Maas	NED	7.96
5	Bogdan Tudor	ROU	7.91
6th	Ivajlo Mladenov	BUL	7.86
7th	Zhou Ming	CHN	7.84
8th	Nai Hui-fang	TPE	7.70

Final on March 13th

The Bulgarian Daniel Ivanov took third place with 7.98 m, but was disqualified because of a positive doping test.

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Pierre Camara	FRA	17.59
2	Māris Bružiks	LAT	17.36
3	Brian Wellman	BER	17.27
4th	Vladimir Melichov	RUS	17.07
5	Yoelbi Quesada	CUB	17.06
6th	Jonathan Edwards	GBR	16.76
7th	Toussaint Rabenala	MAD	16.74
8th	Pargew Grigoryan	POOR	16.20

Final on March 13th

The Bulgarian Nikolaj Raew took third place with 17.27 m, but was disqualified because of a positive doping test.

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Mike Stulce	United States	21.27
2	Jim Doehring	United States	21.08
3	Oleksandr Bahach	UKR	20.63
4th	Oleksandr Klymenko	UKR	20.58
5	Paolo Dal Soglio	ITA	19.74
6th	Luciano Zerbini	ITA	19.68
7th	Sergei Smirnov	RUS	19.59
8th	Oliver-Sven Buder	GER	19.03

Final on March 12th

Women

60 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Gail Devers	United States	6.95
2	Irina Privaleova	RUS	6.97
3	Shanna Tarnopolskaya	UKR	7.21
4th	Liliana Allen	CUB	7.22
5	Teresa Neighbors	United States	7.26
6th	Patricia Foufoué Ziga	CIV	7.26
7th	Nelli Cooman	NED	7.29
8th	Patricia Girard	FRA	7.31

Final on March 12th

200 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Irina Privaleova	RUS	22.15
2	Melinda Gainsford	OUT	22.73
3	Natalia Voronova	RUS	22.90
4th	Sanna Hernesniemi	FIN	23.03
5	Wendy Vereen	United States	23.34
6th	Dyan Webber	United States	23.53

Final on March 14th

400 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Sandie Richards	JAM	50.93
2	Tatyana Alexeyeva	RUS	51.03
3	Jearl Miles	United States	51.37
4th	Sandra Myers	ESP	51.45
5	Renée Poetschka	OUT	52.29
6th	Kim Batten	United States	52.70

Final on March 14th

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	MOZ	1: 57.55
2	Svetlana Masterkova	RUS	1: 59.18
3	Joetta Clark	United States	1: 59.86
4th	Jelena Afanassjewa	RUS	2: 01.87
5	Ella Kovacs	ROU	2: 02.35
6th	Olena Stortschowa	UKR	2: 03.08

Final on March 14th

1500 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ekaterina Podkopaeva	RUS	4: 09.29
2	Violeta Beclea	ROU	4: 09.41
3	Sandra Gasser	SUI	4: 10.99
4th	Anna Brzezińska	POLE	4: 11.15
5	Maite Zúñiga	ESP	4: 12.67
6th	Maria Akraka	SWE	4: 13.10
7th	Carla Sacramento	POR	4: 13.41
8th	Paula Schnurr	CAN	4: 23.66

Final on March 14th

3000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Yvonne Murray	GBR	8: 50.55
2	Margareta Keszeg	ROU	9: 02.89
3	Lynn Jennings	United States	9: 03.78
4th	Christina May	GER	9: 04.14
5	Ulla Marquette	CAN	9: 04.72
6th	Elly van Hulst	NED	9: 08.33
7th	Marina Bastos	POR	9: 13.13
8th	Kathy Franey	United States	9: 13.16

Final on March 13th

3000 m walking

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Elena Nikolaeva	RUS	11: 49.73
2	Kerry Saxby-Junna	OUT	11: 53.82
3	Ileana Salvador	ITA	11: 55.35
4th	Beate Anders	GER	11: 57.14
5	Jelena Arshinzeva	RUS	12: 01.22
6th	Annarita Sidoti	ITA	12: 04.16
7th	Sari essayah	FIN	12: 06.10
8th	Madelein Svensson	SWE	12: 18.10

Final on March 13th

60 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Julie Baumann	SUI	7.96
2	LaVonna Martin-Floreal	United States	7.99
3	Patricia Girard	FRA	8.01
4th	Julija Graudyn	RUS	8.01
5	Aliuska López	CUB	8.11
6th	María José Mardomingo	ESP	8.18
7th	Brigita Bukovec	SLO	8.28
	Michelle Freeman	JAM	DQ

Final on March 14th

Defending champion Lyudmila Naroshilenko was absent due to a doping ban. The favorite Freeman fell at the last hurdle and hindered Baumann, who had been leading until then. Graudyn crossed the finish line first in 8.02 s, but the Swiss protested and the race restarted without the disqualified Freeman.

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Jamaica	Deon Hemmings Beverly Grant Cathy Rattray-Williams Sandie Richards	3: 32.32
2	United States	Trevaia Williams Terri Dendy Dyan Webber Natasha Kaiser-Brown	3: 32.50
	Canada	Rosey Edeh Donalda Duprey Alana Yakiwchuk France Gareau	DQ 3: 34.2
	Russia	Marina Schmonina Tatjana Alexejewa Jelena Andrejewa Jelena Rusina	DQ

Final on March 13th

The Russian relay crossed the finish line first in 3: 28.90 minutes, but was disqualified by Schmonina because of a positive doping test .

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Stefka Kostadinova	BUL	2.02
2	Heike Henkel	GER	2.02
3	Inha Babakowa	UKR	2.00
4th	Alina Astafei	ROU	1.97
5	Alison Inverarity	OUT	1.97
6th	Ioamnet Quintero	CUB	1.97
7th	Angela Bradburn	United States	1.94
	Silvia Costa	CUB	1.94

Final on March 13th

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Marieta Ilcu	ROU	6.84
2	Susen Tiedtke	GER	6.84
3	Inessa Krawez	UKR	6.77
4th	Irina Mushailova	RUS	6.76
5	Laryssa Bereschna	UKR	6.74
6th	Erica Johansson	SWE	6.71
7th	Lyudmila Ninova	AUT	6.70
8th	Mirela Dulgheru	ROU	6.55

Final on March 12th

Triple jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Inessa Krawez	UKR	14.47 WR
2	Iolanda Tschen	RUS	14.36
3	Inna Lasovskaya	RUS	14.35
4th	Antonella Capriotti	ITA	14.01
5	Helga Radtke	GER	13.95
6th	Concepción Paredes	ESP	13.83
7th	Šárka Kašpárková	CZE	13.81
8th	Eloína Echevarría	CUB	13.77

Final on March 14th

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Svetlana Kriweljowa	RUS	19.57
2	Stephanie Storp	GER	19.37
3	Zhang Liuhong	CHN	19.32
4th	Valentyna Fedyushyna	UKR	19.07
5	Anna Romanova	RUS	18.94
6th	Li Xiaoyun	CHN	18.90
7th	Belsy Laza	CUB	18.75
8th	Kathrin Neimke	GER	18.50

Final on March 14th

Demonstration competitions

The following competitions were not officially counted as World Championship competitions.

Men

Heptathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Dan O'Brien	United States	6476 (WR)
2	Mike Smith	CAN	6279
3	Eduard Hämäläinen	BLR	6075
4th	Lev Lobodin	UKR	6017
5	Dezső Szabó	HUN	5790
6th	William Motti	FRA	5507

March 13th and 14th

1600 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Mark Everett James Trapp Kevin Little Harry Reynolds	3: 15.10
2	Brazil	Gilmar dos Santos André da Silva Sidnei Telles Eronilde de Araújo	3: 16.11
3	Canada	Freddie Williams Ricardo Greenidge Peter Ogilvie Mark Jackson	3: 16.93

Final on March 14th

The relay was divided into 800, 200, 200 and 400 meters.

Women

Pentathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Liliana Năstase	ROU	4686
2	Urszula Włodarczyk	POLE	4667
3	Birgit Clarius	GER	4641
4th	Irina Tyuchai	RUS	4619
5	Kym Carter	United States	4566
6th	Petra Văidianu	ROU	4394
7th	Beatrice Mau	GER	4358
8th	Le Shundra Nathan	United States	4128

March 12th

The Russian Irina Belowa took first place with 4787 points, but was disqualified after a positive doping test.

1600 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Joetta Clark Wendy Vereen Kim Batten Jearl Miles	3: 45.90
2	Canada	Donalda Duprey Sonia Paquette Mame Twumasi Alanna Yakiwchuk	3: 56.34
	Russia	Jelena Afanassjewa Marina Schmonina Jelena Rusina Jelena Andrejewa	DQ (3: 49.4)

Final on March 14th

The relay was divided into 800, 200, 200 and 400 meters.

Explanations

• WR: world record

Medal table

Medal table
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Russia	6th	4th	3	13
2	United States	5	4th	5	14th
3	United Kingdom	2	2	1	5
4th	Cuba	2	-	1	3
5	Canada	2	-	-	2
	Jamaica	2	-	-	2
7th	Romania	1	2	-	3
8th	France	1	1	2	4th
9	Ukraine	1	-	4th	5
10	Italy	1	-	1	2
	Switzerland	1	-	1	2
12	Bulgaria	1	-	-	1
	Ireland	1	-	-	1
	Mozambique	1	-	-	1
15th	Australia	-	3	1	4th
	Germany	-	3	1	4th
17th	Burundi	-	1	-	1
	Kazakhstan	-	1	-	1
	Latvia	-	1	-	1
	Namibia	-	1	-	1
	Nigeria	-	1	-	1
	Poland	-	1	-	1
	Sweden	-	1	-	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	-	1	-	1
25th	Bermuda	-	-	1	1
	People's Republic of China	-	-	1	1
	Japan	-	-	1	1
	Qatar	-	-	1	1
	Croatia	-	-	1	1
	Spain	-	-	1	1

literature

• Mark Butler (Ed.): IAAF Statistics Handbook - 13th IAAF World Indoor Championships Doha 2010. IAAF, 2010
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  • Part 2: PDF; 5.94 MB