The 5th World Championships in Athletics

IAAF World Championships in Athletics

The World Championships in Athletics is an event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations . Originally, it was organised every four years, but this changed in 1991, and it has since been organised biennially.-History:...

, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations

International Association of Athletics Federations

The International Association of Athletics Federations is the international governing body for the sport of athletics. It was founded in 1912 at its first congress in Stockholm, Sweden by representatives from 17 national athletics federations as the International Amateur Athletics Federation...

, were held at the Ullevi Stadium

Ullevi

Ullevi is a stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. The stadium was built for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but since then Ullevi has also hosted the 1995 World Championships in Athletics and the 2006 European Championships in Athletics, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals in 1983 and 1990, the UEFA Euro 1992...

, Gothenburg

Gothenburg

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 between August 5 and August 13.

This edition featured 1804 athletes from 191 nations.

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.

Track

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100 m	Donovan Bailey Donovan Bailey Donovan Bailey is a retired Canadian sprinter, who once held the world record for the 100 metres race following his gold medal performance in the 1996 Olympic Games. He was the first Canadian to legally break the 10-second barrier in the 100 m...  Canada	9.97	Bruny Surin Bruny Surin Bruny Surin is a Canadian athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 2008 he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics 4x100 relay team.-Career:...  Canada	10.03	Ato Boldon Ato Boldon Ato Jabari Boldon is a former athlete from Trinidad and Tobago and four-time Olympic medal winner. Only 2 other men in history, Frankie Fredericks and Carl Lewis, have won as many Olympic individual event sprint medals. He is the current national record holder in the 50, 60 and 200 metres events...  Trinidad and Tobago	10.03
200 m	Michael Johnson Michael Johnson (athlete) Michael Duane Johnson is a retired American sprinter. He won four Olympic gold medals and eight world championship gold medals. Johnson currently holds the world and Olympic records in the 400 m and 4 x 400 meters relay. He formerly held the world and Olympic record in the 200 m, and the world...  United States	19.79 CR	Frankie Fredericks Frankie Fredericks Frank Fredericks is a former athlete from Namibia. Running in the 100 metres and 200 metres, he won four silver medals at the Olympic Games , making him Namibia's first and so far only Olympic medalist...  Namibia	20.12	Jeff Williams Jeff Williams (athlete) Jeff Williams is an American former track and field athlete who specialized in the 200-meter dash. He was the bronze medalist at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics and reached the 200 m final at the 1996 Summer Olympics...  United States	20.18
400 m	Michael Johnson Michael Johnson (athlete) Michael Duane Johnson is a retired American sprinter. He won four Olympic gold medals and eight world championship gold medals. Johnson currently holds the world and Olympic records in the 400 m and 4 x 400 meters relay. He formerly held the world and Olympic record in the 200 m, and the world...  United States	43.39 CR	Butch Reynolds Butch Reynolds Harry "Butch" Reynolds is an American former track and field athlete who competed in the 400 meter dash. He held the world record for the event for eleven years with his personal best time of 43.29 seconds set in 1988. That year he was the silver medalist at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and a...  United States	44.22	Greg Haughton Greg Haughton Greg Haughton is a Jamaican 400 metres runner. He won three bronze medals, one at the 1996 Summer Olympics and two at the 2000 Summer Olympics. His personal best for the 400 m was 44.56 seconds....  Jamaica	44.56
800 m	Wilson Kipketer Wilson Kipketer Wilson Kosgei Kipketer is a Kenyan born Danish former middle distance runner. He holds the current indoor world records at the 1000 and 800 metres distance. While dominating the 800 m distance for a decade, remaining undefeated for a three-year period and running 8 of the 17 currently all-time...  Denmark	1:45.08	Arthémon Hatungimana Arthémon Hatungimana Arthémon Hatungimana is a middle distance runner from Burundi. In 1995, he won a silver medal in 800 metres at the World Championships in Athletics.-Personal bests:*400 metres - 46.78 *800 metres - 1:43.38...  Burundi	1:45.64	Vebjørn Rodal Vebjørn Rodal Vebjørn Rodal is a Norwegian former middle distance athlete, his career high point coming when he won the gold medal in the 800 m at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-Biography:...  Norway	1:45.68
1,500 m	Noureddine Morceli Noureddine Morceli Noureddine Morceli is a retired Algerian athlete, winner of the 1500 m run at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Born in Ténès, Noureddine Morceli rose to athletic prominence after winning the silver medal in the 1500 m at the World Junior Championships in 1988...  Algeria	3:33.73	Hicham El Guerrouj Hicham El Guerrouj Hicham El Guerrouj "King of the Mile" is a Moroccan former middle distance runner...  Morocco	3:35.28	Vénuste Niyongabo Vénuste Niyongabo Vénuste Niyongabo is a middle distance runner from Burundi. In 1996, he became the first Olympic medalist from Burundi by winning the 5000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics...  Burundi	3:35.56
5,000 m	Ismael Kirui Ismael Kirui Ismael Kirui is a former Kenyan long distance runner who won gold medals over 5000 metres at the 1993 and 1995 World Championships in Athletics....  Kenya	13:16.77	Khalid Bouhlami  Morocco	13:17.15	Shem Kororia Shem Kororia Shem Kororia is a former Kenyan long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres and half marathon. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...  Kenya	13:17.59
10,000 m	Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie is an Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. He won two Olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event. He won the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon...  Ethiopia	27:12.95 CR	Khalid Skah Khalid Skah Khalid Skah is a Moroccan athlete, winner of 10 000 m at the 1992 Summer Olympics.Born in Midelt, Morocco, Khalid Skah established himself first as a good cross country runner by winning the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 1990 and 1991.His first major tournament on track was 1991 World...  Morocco	27:14.53	Paul Tergat Paul Tergat Paul Kibii Tergat is a Kenyan professional long distance runner. He held the world record in the marathon from 2003 to 2007, with a time of 2:04:55, and is regarded as one of the most accomplished long-distance runners of all time.Now concentrating exclusively on the marathon, Tergat won many...  Kenya	27:14.70
Marathon	Martín Fiz Martín Fiz Martín Fiz Martín is a former long-distance runner from Spain, who won the marathon at the 1994 European Championships in Athletics in Helsinki and repeated his success at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg...  Spain	2:11:41	Dionicio Cerón Dionicio Cerón Dionicio Cerón Pizarro is a former marathon runner from Mexico, whose personal best in the classic distance was 2:08:30. He represented his native country three times at the Summer Olympics: in 1992, 1996 and 2000....  Mexico	2:12:13	Luiz Antonio dos Santos Luíz Antônio dos Santos Luíz Antônio dos Santos is a retired long-distance runner from Brazil, who won the 1995 edition of the Fukuoka Marathon, clocking 2:09:30 on December 3, 1995. Earlier that year he claimed the bronze medal at the 1995 World Championships...  Brazil	2:12:49
110 m hurdles	Allen Johnson Allen Johnson Allen Kenneth Johnson is a retired hurdling athlete and won Olympic Gold in the 110 metre high hurdles at the 1996 games in Atlanta, Georgia....  United States	13.00	Tony Jarrett Tony Jarrett Anthony Alexander Jarrett is a former sprint and hurdling athlete from England. He was a sliver medalist in the 110 metres hurdles at the World Championships in 1993 and 1995, and at the European Championships in 1990, and won the gold medal in the event at the Commonwealth Games in 1998.Jarrett...  United Kingdom	13.04	Roger Kingdom Roger Kingdom Roger Kingdom is a former sprint hurdler from the United States.Born in Vienna, Georgia, an athlete of note Roger excelled at the high jump and discus in his formative years as well as being a noteworthy American football player...  United States	13.19
400 m hurdles	Derrick Adkins Derrick Adkins Derrick R. Adkins is a former American athlete, winner of 400 m hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Born in Brooklyn, New York, attended Malverne High School, Derrick Adkins rose into the international athletics scene in 1991, when he finished third at the US National Championships and qualified...  United States	47.98	Samuel Matete Samuel Matete Samuel Matete is a retired male track and field athlete from Zambia, who competed mainly in 400 meter hurdles. Noted for his exceptionally fast finish, he was one of the world's leading hurdlers in the early 1990s, and became the first Zambian track and field world champion in 1991... Zambia Zambia Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....	48.03	Stéphane Diagana Stéphane Diagana Stéphane Diagana is a former French athlete who won the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens over 400 metres hurdles. In 2002 he won the gold medal at the European Championships in Athletics in Munich in the same event. Diagana also set the European record of 47.37...  Early Modern France	48.14
3,000 m st.	Moses Kiptanui Moses Kiptanui Moses Kiptanui is a middle and long distance athlete mostly famous for 3,000 m steeplechase in which he was the number one ranked athlete from 1991 to 1995 and three time IAAF World Champion...  Kenya	8:04.16 CR	Christopher Kosgei  Kenya	8:09.30	Saad Shadad Al-Asmari  Saudi Arabia	8:12.95 AR
20 km walk	Michele Didoni Michele Didoni Michele Didoni is an Italian race walker.-Achievements:-External links:...  Italy	1:19:59	Valentí Massana Valentí Massana Valentí Massana Gracia is a Catalan race walker, and the record holder in Spain in the men's 50 km walk Valentí Massana Gracia (born July 5, 1970 in Viladecans) is a Catalan race walker, and the record holder in Spain in the men's 50 km walk Valentí Massana Gracia (born July 5, 1970 in...  Spain	1:20:23	Yevgeniy Misyulya Yevgeniy Misyulya Yevgeny Nikolayevich Misyulya is a Belarusian race walker. He has won two World Championships bronze medals, and even participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics at the age of 40. He is married to racewalker Natalya Misyulya.-Achievements:-References:*...  Belarus	1:20:48
50 km walk	Valentin Kononen Valentin Kononen Valentin Kononen is a former Finnish race walker. His competitive accomplishments include winning several medals in major competitions, which ranks him as one of the top Finnish performer in his sport....  Finland	3:43:42	Giovanni Perricelli Giovanni Perricelli Giovanni Perricelli is an Italian race walker.-Achievements:-External links:...  Italy	3:45:11	Robert Korzeniowski Robert Korzeniowski Robert Korzeniowski is a former Polish racewalker. He has won four gold medals at the Summer Olympics and three at world championships....  Poland	3:45:57
4x100 m relay	Donovan Bailey Donovan Bailey Donovan Bailey is a retired Canadian sprinter, who once held the world record for the 100 metres race following his gold medal performance in the 1996 Olympic Games. He was the first Canadian to legally break the 10-second barrier in the 100 m... , Robert Esmie Robert Esmie Robert Esmie is a Canadian athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics.... , Glenroy Gilbert Glenroy Gilbert Glenroy John Gilbert is a Canadian former athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics.... , Bruny Surin Bruny Surin Bruny Surin is a Canadian athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 2008 he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics 4x100 relay team.-Career:...  Canada	38.31	Paul Henderson, Tim Jackson, Steve Brimacombe Steve Brimacombe Steve Brimacombe is an Australian athletics coach and former runner.Under the tutelage of renowned Scottish coach Jim Bradley , Brimacombe won the 1991 Stawell Gift. A fortnight after winning the Australian 200m title, Brimacombe finished 2nd in the 1994 Stawell Gift off scratch... , Damien Marsh Damien Marsh Damien Marsh is a former Australian 100 metre and 200 metre sprint champion.A native of Goondiwindi, Queensland, Marsh finest moment as a sprinter was winning the 1995 IAAF Grand Prix Final in Monaco in a time of 10.13, defeating a field of the world's top sprinters. This bettered his own...  Australia	38.50	Giovanni Puggioni Giovanni Puggioni Giovanni Puggioni is an Italian retired sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.Puggioni was born in Sassari, Sardinia. His personal best 200 metres time is 20.44 seconds, achieved at the 1997 Mediterranean Games in Bari. His personal best 100 metres time is 10.36 seconds, achieved in July 1995... , Ezio Madonia Ezio Madonia Ezio Madonia is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.In 4 x 100 m relay he helped win bronze medals at the 1990 European Championships in Split, 1994 European Championships in Helsinki and 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg... , Angelo Cipolloni Angelo Cipolloni Angelo Cipolloni is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.His personal best 200 metres time is 20.79 seconds, achieved in September 1996 in Rieti. His personal best 100 metres time is 10.37 seconds, achieved in June 1997 in Rome.- Achievements :-References:... , Sandro Floris Sandro Floris Sandro Floris is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.His personal best 200 metres time was 20.68 seconds, achieved in June 1996 in Rome. His personal best 100 metres time was 10.36 seconds, achieved in July 1994 in Nuoro.-Achievements:-References:...  Italy	39.07
4x400 m relay	Marlon Ramsey, Derek Mills Derek Mills Derek Mills was a 1996 Olympic Games gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States. He has a career best of 44.13 in the 400m... , Butch Reynolds Butch Reynolds Harry "Butch" Reynolds is an American former track and field athlete who competed in the 400 meter dash. He held the world record for the event for eleven years with his personal best time of 43.29 seconds set in 1988. That year he was the silver medalist at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and a... , Michael Johnson Michael Johnson (athlete) Michael Duane Johnson is a retired American sprinter. He won four Olympic gold medals and eight world championship gold medals. Johnson currently holds the world and Olympic records in the 400 m and 4 x 400 meters relay. He formerly held the world and Olympic record in the 200 m, and the world...  United States	2:57.32	Michael McDonald Michael McDonald (athlete) Michael L. McDonald was a Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States where he won the bronze medal in the men's 4 x 400 metre relay with his team mates Roxbert Martin, Greg Haughton and Davian Clarke.A... , Davian Clarke Davian Clarke Davian Clarke is a Jamaican athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 metres. He won the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1996 Olympics, and many relay medals followed, before he won his first individual medal at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-External links:*... , Danny McFarlane Danny McFarlane Danny McFarlane, OD is a Jamaican hurdler, who has won numerous international medals in individual and relay contests... , Greg Haughton Greg Haughton Greg Haughton is a Jamaican 400 metres runner. He won three bronze medals, one at the 1996 Summer Olympics and two at the 2000 Summer Olympics. His personal best for the 400 m was 44.56 seconds....  Jamaica	2:59.88	Udeme Ekpeyong Udeme Ekpeyong Udeme Ekpeyong is a retired Nigerian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.Ekpeyong won a bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1995 World Championships, together with teammates Kunle Adejuyigbe, Jude Monye and Sunday Bada. At the 1992 Summer Olympics he finished fifth with teammates... , Kunle Adejuyigbe Kunle Adejuyigbe Kunle Adejuyigbe is a Nigerian sprinter.Adejuyigbe won a bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1995 World Championships, together with teammates Udeme Ekpeyong, Jude Monye and Sunday Bada.- External links :... , Jude Monye Jude Monye Jude Monye is a Nigerian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres. He is of Onicha-Ugbo, Delta State of Nigeria origin. Monye came to the United States to attend Mississippi State University, where he obtained a degree in Geology... , Sunday Bada Sunday Bada Sunday Bada is a retired Nigerian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres event.Bada won three medals at World Indoor Championships, including a gold medal in 1997....  Nigeria	3:03.18

Field

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1997 World Championships in Athletics

The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10, 1997. In this event participated 1882 athletes from 198 participant nations...

 | 1999

Long jump	Iván Pedroso Iván Pedroso Iván Lázaro Pedroso Soler is a retired Cuban athlete, specializing in long jump.In July 1990, still at the age of 17, Pedroso jumped more than 8 meters for the first time. Facing tough competition from Carl Lewis, Mike Powell and others, he still won numerous gold medals in international...  Cuba	8.70	James Beckford  Jamaica	8.30	Mike Powell Mike Powell (athlete) Michael Anthony Powell born is a former American track and field athlete, and the holder of the long jump world record.Mike Powell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....  United States	8.29
Triple jump	Jonathan Edwards Jonathan Edwards (athlete) Jonathan David Edwards, CBE, is a former British triple jumper. He is a former Olympic, Commonwealth, European and World champion, and has held the world record in the event since 1995....  United Kingdom	18.29 (WR)	Brian Wellman Brian Wellman Brian Wellman is a former triple jumper from Bermuda, who became indoor world champion in 1995, setting a new championship record of 17.72. His personal best outdoors was 17.62 metres. Both these marks are Bermudian records. In addition, he has a wind-assisted mark of 17.75 metres...  Bermuda	17.62	Jerome Romain Jérôme Romain Jérôme Romain is a former world-class track and field athlete who competed mainly in the triple jump....  Dominica	17.59
High jump	Troy Kemp Troy Kemp Troy Kemp is a former high jumper from Bahamas who won the gold medal at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics. Having jumped 2.38m in Nice 1995, Kemp is a co-holder of the Commonwealth record.-Achievements:-External...  The Bahamas	2.37	Javier Sotomayor Javier Sotomayor Javier Sotomayor Sanabria is a Cuban former track and field athlete who specialized in the high jump and is the current world record holder. The 1992 Olympic champion, he was the dominant high jumper of the 1990s; he is the only person ever to have cleared 8 feet . He is widely regarded as the...  Cuba	2.37	Artur Partyka Artur Partyka Artur Jerzy Partyka is a former Polish high jumper and two-time Olympic medalist. He won twelve national titles in a row, starting in 1989. He represented ŁKS Łódź....  Poland	2.35
Pole vault	Sergey Bubka  Ukraine	5.92	Maksim Tarasov Maksim Tarasov Maksim Vladimirovich Tarasov is a retired pole vaulter who represented the USSR, the Unified Team, and later Russia. His personal best jump is 6.05 metres, which puts him third in the all-time performers list .- Achievements :-References: - IAAF...  Russia	5.86	Jean Galfione Jean Galfione Jean Galfione is a French athlete. In 1995 he won the bronze medal in the pole vault at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics. In 1996 he won the gold medal in the pole vault at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...  Early Modern France	5.86
Shot put	John Godina John Godina John Carl Godina is an American shot putter, whose record includes three World Championship wins and two Olympic medals. He also competes in discus.-High School Years:...  United States	21.47	Mika Halvari Mika Halvari Mika Kristian Halvari is a Finnish shot putter who has quit active competition. When competing, he represented Kemin Kunto and Helsingin Kisa-Veikot, weighing in at 140 kg on his 190 cm frame....  Finland	20.93	Randy Barnes Randy Barnes Eric Randolph Barnes is a former American shot putter who holds both the current outdoor and indoor World Records for the event. He won silver at the 1988 Olympics and gold at the 1996 Olympics....  United States	20.41
Discus throw	Lars Riedel Lars Riedel Lars Riedel a former German discus thrower. Riedel has the sixth longest discus throw of all-time with a personal best of 71.50m....  Germany	68.76 (CR)	Vladimir Dubrovshchik Vladimir Dubrovshchik Vladimir Vladimirovich Dubrovshchik is a former Belarusian discus thrower who won the Olympic silver medal in 1996. He is also the 1994 European champion and 1995 World Championships silver medallist, and he finished fourth at the 1997 World Championships. In 2000 he set his personal best throw...  Belarus	65.98	Vasiliy Kaptyukh Vasiliy Kaptyukh Vasiliy Kaptyukh is a Belarusian former discus thrower who won the Olympic bronze medal in 1996. He has in fact never won gold or silver medals in major competitions, and he finished fourth in major contests such as the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, despite he even setting his personal best throw...  Belarus	65.88
Hammer throw	Andrey Abduvaliyev Andrey Abduvaliyev Andrey Hakimovich Abduvaliyev is a former Soviet, Tajikistani, and Uzbekistani hammer thrower.He won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics while representing the Unified Team. After competing for USSR he chose to represent Tajikistan when USSR was dissolved. In 1997 he changed his nationality...  Tajikistan	81.56	Igor Astapkovich Igor Astapkovich Ihar Astapkovich , born in Minsk, is a hammer thrower who won two Olympic medals, first representing the Soviet Union and later his home country of Belarus.-Biography:...  Belarus	81.10	Tibor Gecsek Tibor Gécsek Tibor Gécsek is a retired male hammer thrower from Hungary. Gécsek is of Hungarian Slovenian descent....  Hungary	80.98
Javelin throw	Jan Železný Jan Železný Jan Železný is a Czech javelin thrower, world and Olympic champion and world record holder in javelin throw...  Czech Republic	89.58	Steve Backley Steve Backley Stephen James Backley OBE is a retired British athlete who was formerly the world record holder for javelin throwing...	86.30	Boris Henry Boris Henry Boris Henry is a German javelin thrower. He has won the bronze medal in the World Championships twice, in 1995 and again in 2003....  Germany	86.08
Decathlon	Dan O'Brien Dan O'Brien Daniel Dion O'Brien is a former American decathlete. He was deemed one of the best decathlon athletes of the 1990s, winning an Olympic gold medal after winning three consecutive world titles....  United States	8695	Eduard Hämäläinen Eduard Hämäläinen Eduard Hämäläinen is a retired decathlete from Finland and Belarus.-Biograpfhy:He originally competed for the Soviet Union and then Belarus after the Soviet dissolution, but changed nationality. His great-grandparents were deported from Finland to Turkestan in 1917...  Belarus	8489	Mike Smith Mike Smith (decathlon) Michael "Mike" Cameron Smith is a Canadian decathlete from Kenora, Ontario.-Biography:He attended Pinecrest Elementary School, Lakewood Intermediate School, Beaver Brae Secondary School and then Central Technical School in Toronto for his final year of high school.Smith attended the University of...  Canada	8419

Track

1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999

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
4x100 m relay	United States Celena Mondie Carlette Guidry Carlette Guidry-White Carlette D. Guidry is a former American sprinter who won the Olympic gold medal of the 4 x 100 metres relay in 1992 in Barcelona and again in 1996 in Atlanta. She also competed in the individual 200m race in 1992 and 1996... Chryste Gaines Chryste Gaines Chryste Dionne Gaines is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.... Gwen Torrence Gwen Torrence Gwen Torrence is a retired American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist. She was born in Decatur, GA. She attended Columbia High School and the University of Georgia....	42.12	Jamaica Dahlia Duhaney Dahlia Duhaney Dahlia Duhaney is a retired female sprinter from Jamaica, who competed for her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She won the world title in the women's 4x100m relay at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, alongside Juliet Cuthbert, Beverly McDonald and... Juliet Cuthbert Juliet Cuthbert Juliet Cuthbert is a Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the sprints .... Beverly McDonald Beverly McDonald Beverly McDonald is a Jamaican sprinter. Her accomplishments include winning the silver medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2000 Olympics and the gold medal in the same event at the 2004 Olympics... Merlene Ottey Merlene Ottey Merlene Joyce Ottey , is a Jamaican-born Slovenian track athlete. Ottey began her career representing Jamaica, but since 2002, has represented Slovenia, where she now resides...	42.25	Germany Melanie Paschke Melanie Paschke Melanie Paschke is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4x100 metres relay.Her personal best time in the 100 metres is 11.04 seconds, achieved in June 1995 in Bremen... Silke Lichtenhagen Silke Lichtenhagen Silke Lichtenhagen is a retired German sprinter.She competed for TSV Bayer Leverkusen, training under Manfred Fink and Wolfgang Thiele . She represented Germany at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.... Silke-Beate Knoll Silke Knoll Silke-Beate Knoll was a German track and field athlete and participant in the Olympic Games who had success in the 1980s and 1990s as a sprinter.Her first success was the 1986 German junior title over 200 metres... Gabriele Becker	43.01
4x400 m relay	United States Kim Graham Kim Graham Kimberly Elaine Graham is a former American sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres event. She represented the United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where she received a gold medal in women's 4x400 metres relay with Rochelle Stevens, Maicel Malone, and Jearl Miles... Rochelle Stevens Rochelle Stevens Rochelle Stevens was a 1996 Olympic gold medalist for the United States in the women's 4x400-meter relay... Camara Jones Jearl Miles	3:22.29	Russia Tatyana Chebykina Tatyana Chebykina Tatyana Chebykina is a former Russian athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. Over the course of her career her greatest success came in relay races.She is married to the race walker Nikolay Matyukhin.-Achievements:-External links:... Svetlana Goncharenko Svetlana Goncharenko Svetlana Goncharenko is a former Russian athlete who mainly competed in the 200 metres. In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful relay runner, winning the bronze medal in 4x400 metres relay at the 2000 Olympics.... Yuliya Sotnikova Yuliya Sotnikova Yuliya Sotnikova is a Russian world indoor champion and Olympic bronze medallist in the 4 x 400 metres relay. She specializes in the 400 metres and has a personal best time of 50.73s.... Yelena Andreyeva	3:23.98	Australia Lee Naylor Lee Naylor (athlete) Lee Michelle Naylor is a retired middle-distance runner from Australia. She qualified to the quarterfinals in the 400 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics before finishing 8th and ran on her national 4x400 metres relay team that finished 6th in the qualifying round... Renée Poetschka Melinda Gainsford-Taylor Melinda Gainsford-Taylor Melinda Gainsford-Taylor is a retired Australian athlete, who specialised in sprint events.In 1995 Gainsford-Taylor won the World Indoor championship over 200 m... Cathy Freeman Cathy Freeman Catherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman, OAM is former Australian sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame.Freeman was the first ever Aboriginal...	3:25.88

Field

1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999

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

Medal table

1	United States	12	2	5	19
2	Belarus	2	3	2	7
3=	Germany	2	2	2	6
3=	Italy	2	2	2	6
5	Cuba	2	2	0	4
6	Kenya	2	1	3	6
7=	Canada	2	1	1	4
7=	Portugal	2	1	1	4
9	Ukraine	2	0	1	3
10	Algeria	2	0	0	2
11	Russia	1	4	7	12
12	Jamaica	1	4	2	7
13	United Kingdom	1	3	1	5
14=	Finland	1	1	1	3
14=	Kingdom of Bulgaria	1	1	1	3
16=	The Bahamas	1	1	0	2
16=	Ethiopia	1	1	0	2
16=	Spain	1	1	0	2
19	Early Modern France	1	0	2	3
20=	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
20=	Denmark	1	0	0	1
20=	Republic of Ireland	1	0	0	1
20=	Syria	1	0	0	1
20=	Tajikistan	1	0	0	1
25	Morocco	0	3	1	4
26	Kingdom of Romania	0	2	0	2
27=	Australia	0	1	1	2
27=	Burundi	0	1	1	2
29=	Bermuda	0	1	0	1
29=	Mainland China	0	1	0	1
29=	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
29=	Mexico	0	1	0	1
29=	Namibia	0	1	0	1
29=	Suriname	0	1	0	1
29=	Zambia Zambia Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....	0	1	0	1
36=	Hungary	0	0	2	2
36=	Poland	0	0	2	2
38=	Brazil	0	0	1	1
38=	Dominica	0	0	1	1
38=	Nigeria	0	0	1	1
38=	Norway	0	0	1	1
38=	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
38=	Saudi Arabia	0	0	1	1