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1995 World Championships in Athletics

The 1995 World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden between August 5 and August 13.

Medal Winners

Medal table by country

Gold: Silver: Bronze:

Position	Country:	Total:
1.	USA	12	2	5	19
2=	Belarus	2	2	2	6
2=	Germany	2	2	2	6
2=	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.	Great Britain	1	3	1	5
14.	Finland	1	2	1	4
15.	Bulgaria	1	1	1	3
16=	Bahamas	1	1	0	2
16=	Ethiopia	1	1	0	2
16=	Spain	1	1	0	2
19.	France	1	0	2	3
20=	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
20=	Denmark	1	0	0	1
20=	Ireland	1	0	0	1
20=	Syria	1	0	0	1
20=	Tajikistan	1	0	0	1
25.	Morocco	0	3	1	4
26.	Romania	0	2	0	2
27=	Australia	0	1	1	2
27=	Burundi	0	1	1	2
29=	Bermuda	0	1	0	1
29=	China	0	1	0	1
29=	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
29=	Mexico	0	1	0	1
29=	Namibia	0	1	0	1
29=	Surinam	0	1	0	1
29=	Zambia	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

Track

Gold: Silver: Bronze:

Event:
100 m Men	Donovan Bailey, Canada	Bruny Surin, Canada	Ato Boldon, Trinidad & Tobago
100 m Women	Gwen Torrence, USA	Merlene Ottey, Jamaica	Irina Privalova, Russia
100 m Hurdles Women	Gail Devers, USA	Olga Shishigina, Kazakhstan	Yuliya Graudyn, Russia
110 m Hurdles Men	Allen Johnson, USA	Tony Jarrett, Great Britain	Roger Kingdom, USA
200 m Men	Michael Johnson, USA	Frankie Fredericks, Namibia	Jeff Williams, USA
200 m Women	Merlene Ottey, Jamaica	Irina Privalova, Russia	Galina Malchugina, Russia
400 m Men	Michael Johnson, USA	Butch Reynolds, USA	Greg Haughton, Jamaica
400 m Women	Marie-José Perec, France	Pauline Davis, Bahamas	Jearl Miles, USA
400 m Hurdles Men	Derrick Adkins, USA	Samuel Matete, Zambia	Stéphane Diagana, France
400 m Hurdles Women	Kim Batten, USA	Tonja Buford, USA	Deon Hemmings, Jamaica
800 m Men	Wilson Kipketer, Denmark	Arthémon Hatungimana, Burundi	Vebjorn Rodal, Norway
800 m Women	Ana Fidelia Quirot, Cuba	Letitia Vriesde, Surinam	Kelly Holmes, Great Britain
1500 m Men	Noureddine Morceli, Algeria	Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco	Vénuste Niyongabo, Burundi
1500 m Women	Hassiba Boulmerka, Algeria	Kelly Holmes, Great Britain	Carla Sacramento, Portugal
3,000 m Steeplechase Men	Moses Kiptanui, Kenya	Christopher Kosgei, Kenya	Saad Shadad Al-Asmari, Saudi Arabia
5,000 m Men	Ismael Kirui, Kenya	Khalid Boulami, Morocco	Shem Kororia, Kenya
5,000 m Women	Sonia O'Sullivan, Ireland	Fernanda Ribeiro, Portugal	Zahra Ouaziz, Morocco
10,000 m Men	Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopia	Khalid Skah, Morocco	Paul Tergat, Kenya
10,000 m Women	Fernanda Ribeiro, Portugal	Derartu Tulu, Ethiopia	Tegla Loroupe, Kenya
Marathon Men	Martín Fiz, Spain	Dionicio Cerón, Mexico	Luiz dos Santos, Brazil
Marathon Women	Manuela Machado, Portugal	Anuta Catuna, Romania	Ornella Ferrara, Italy
10 km Walk Women	Irina Stankina, Russia	Elisabetta Perrone, Italy	Yelena Nikolayeva, Russia
20 km Walk Men	Michele Didoni, Italy	Valentí Massana, Spain	Yevgeniy Misyulya, Belarus
50 km Walk Men	Valentin Kononen, Finland	Giovanni Perricelli, Italy	Robert Korzeniowski, Poland
4 x 100 m Relay Men	Canada	Australia	Italy
4 x 100 m Women	USA	Jamaica	Germany
4 x 400 m Men	USA	Jamaica	Nigeria
4 x 400 m Women	USA	Russia	Australia

Field

Gold: Silver: Bronze:

Event:
Long Jump Men	Iván Pedroso, Cuba	James Beckford, Jamaica	Mike Powell, USA
Long Jump Women	Fiona May, Italy	Niurka Montalvo, Cuba	Irina Mushayilova, Russia
Triple Jump Men	Jonathan Edwards, Great Britain	Brian Wellman, Bermuda	Jerome Romain, Dominica
Triple Jump Women	Inessa Kravets, Ukraine	Iva Prandzheva, Bulgaria	Anna Biryukova, Russia
high jump Men	Troy Kemp, Bahamas	Javier Sotomayor, Cuba	Artur Partyka, Poland
high jump Women	Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgaria	Alina Astafei, Germany	Inga Babakova, Ukraine
javelin throw Men	Jan Zelezný, Czech Republic	Steve Backley, Great Britain	Boris Henry, Germany
javelin throw Women	Natalya Shikolenko, Belarus	Felicia Tilea, Romania	Mikaela Ingberg, Finland
Discus Men	Lars Riedel, Germany	Vladimir Dubrovshchik, Belarus	Vasiliy Kaptyukh, Belarus
Discus Women	Ellina Zvereva, Belarus	Ilke Wyludda, Germany	Olga Chernyavskaya, Russia
Hammer Men	Andrey Abduvaliyev, Tajikistan	Igor Astapkovich, Belarus	Tibor Gecsek, Hungary
Shot Put Men	John Godina, USA	Mika Halvari, Finland	Randy Barnes, USA
Shot Put Women	Astrid Kumbernuss, Germany	Huang Zhihong, China	Svetla Mitkova, Bulgaria
pole vault Men	Sergey Bubka, Ukraine	Maksim Tarasov, Russia	Jean Galfione, France
Heptathlon Women	Ghada Shouaa, Syria	Svetlana Moskalets, Russia	Rita Inancsi, Hungary
Decathlon Men	Dan O'Brien, USA	Eduard Hämäläinen, Finland	Mike Smith, Canada

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