1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships
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The 4th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Skydome in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from March 12 to March 14, 1993. It was the last Indoor Championships to feature the 5,000 and 3,000 metres race walk events. In addition, it was the first Indoor Championships to include heptathlon and pentathlon, albeit as non-championship events. There were a total number of 537 athletes participated from 93 countries.
| 4th IAAF World Indoor Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Dates | March 12–14 |
| Host city | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Venue | Skydome |
| Events | 27 (+4 non-championship) |
| Participation | 537[1] athletes from 93 nations |
Results edit
Men edit
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- For doping offenses, the Bulgarians Daniel Ivanov and Nikolai Raev were disqualified from the bronze medals in long and triple jump respectively.[2][3]
Women edit
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- The Russian 4 × 400 m relay team won the event and was awarded the gold medal, but was later disqualified when Marina Shmonina was found to have been doping.[3][4]
Non-championship events edit
Some events were contested without counting towards the total medal status. The 1600 metres medley relay consisted of four legs over 800 m, 200 m, 200 m and 400 m.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's heptathlon |
Dan O'Brien  United States |
6476 | Mike Smith  Canada |
6279 | Eduard Hämäläinen  Belarus |
6075 |
| Women's pentathlon |
Liliana Nastase  Romania |
4686 | Urszula Włodarczyk  Poland |
4667 | Birgit Clarius  Germany |
4641 |
| Irina Belova (RUS) won the women's pentathlon and was awarded the gold medal, but was later disqualified when she was found to have been doping.[3][5] | ||||||
| Men's 1600 metres Medley Relay |
United States Mark Everett, James Trapp, Kevin Little, Butch Reynolds |
3:15.10 |  BrazilGilmar dos Santos, André Domingos, Sidnei de Souza, Eronilde de Araújo |
3:16.11 | Canada Freddie Williams, Ricardo Greenidge, Peter Ogilvie, Mark Jackson |
3:16.93 |
| Women's 1600 metres Medley Relay |
United States Joetta Clark, Wendy Vereen, Kim Batten, Jearl Miles |
3:45.90 | Canada Donalda Duprey, Sonia Paquette, Mame Twumasi, Alanna Yakiwchuk |
3:56.34 | none | none |
| The Russian women's 1600 metres medley relay team, composed of Yelena Afanasyeva, Marina Shmonina, Yelena Rusina and Yelena Andreyeva, originally won the event, but were later disqualified when Shmonina was found to have been doping.[3] | ||||||
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 |  Cuba (CUB) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Jamaica (JAM) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 7 | Romania (ROM) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 |  France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 10 |  Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Mozambique (MOZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 |  Australia (AUS) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Germany (GER) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 17 |  Burundi (BDI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Namibia (NAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 25 |  Bermuda (BER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (30 entries) | 27 | 27 | 26 | 80 | |
Participating nations edit
Angola (1)
Argentina (2)
Armenia (1)
Aruba (1)
Australia (10)
Austria (6)
Azerbaijan (5)
Bahamas (2)
Belarus (6)
Belgium (7)
Bermuda (2)
Bolivia (1)
Botswana (1)
Brazil (8)
Bulgaria (7)
Burundi (2)
Canada (37)
Cape Verde (1)
Central African Republic (1)
Chile (2)
China (12)
Chinese Taipei (2)
Croatia (1)
Cuba (13)
Czech Republic (8)
Denmark (3)
Dominica (1)
Estonia (2)
Ethiopia (1)
Finland (9)
France (15)
Germany (29)
Ghana (2)
Great Britain (26)
Greece (7)
Hong Kong (1)
Hungary (6)
Iceland (2)
Ireland (6)
Israel (2)
Italy (19)
Ivory Coast (2)
Jamaica (15)
Japan (8)
Kazakhstan (3)
Kenya (3)
Kuwait (1)
Kyrgyzstan (1)
Latvia (5)
Lithuania (6)
Madagascar (2)
Malaysia (2)
Mali (1)
Montserrat (1)
Mexico (1)
Moldova (2)
Morocco (6)
Mozambique (1)
Namibia (1)
Netherlands (9)
New Zealand (1)
Nigeria (2)
Norway (6)
Paraguay (1)
Philippines (1)
Poland (6)
Portugal (7)
Puerto Rico (2)
Qatar (2)
Romania (19)
Russia (34)
Saint Lucia (1)
El Salvador (2)
Senegal (1)
Sierra Leone (1)
Slovakia (4)
Slovenia (3)
South Africa (5)
South Korea (2)
Spain (18)
Swaziland (2)
Sweden (9)
Switzerland (7)
Togo (1)
Trinidad and Tobago (4)
Turkey (2)
Uganda (2)
Ukraine (13)
United States (56)
United States Virgin Islands (1)
Uzbekistan (1)
Zaire (1)
Zambia (1)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ (558 when counting non-championship events)
- ^ "Sporting Digest: Drugs in sport". The Independent. 13 April 1993. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ^ a b c d Istanbul 2012 – Notes on contents, IAAF, p. 45, retrieved 31 May 2015
- ^ Sport References: Marina Shmonina
- ^ Sports Reference – Irina Belova
External links edit
- GBR Athletics
- Athletics Australia
- [1] (German)