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.
Results
Men 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 6.50(CR) 6.51(NR) 6.57 20.63 20.71 20.72 45.26(CR) 45.75 46.45 1:47.29 1:47.62 1:48.15 3:45.00 3:45.30 3:45.39 7:50.26 7:50.57 7:51.10 7.41(CR) 7.43 7.43 2.41 2.39 2.37 5.90 5.80 5.80 8.23 8.13 7.98 17.59(CR) 17.36 17.27 21.27 21.08 20.63 Darnell HallBrian IrvinJason RouserMark Everett 3:04.20 Dazel JulesAlvin DanielNeil de SilvaIan Morris 3:07.02(NR) Masayoshi KanSeiji InagakiYoshihiko SaitoHiroyuki Hayashi 3:07.30 18:32.10 18:35.91 18:43.48
For doping offenses, the Bulgarians Daniel Ivanov and Nikolai Raev were disqualified from the bronze medals in long and triple jump respectively.
Women 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 6.95(CR) 6.97 7.21 22.15(CR) 22.73 22.90 50.93(NR) 51.03 51.37 1:57.55(CR) 1:59.18 1:59.86 4:09.29 4:09.41 4:10.99 8:50.55 9:02.89 9:03.78 7.86 7.99 8.01 2.02 2.02 2.00 6.84 6.84 6.77 14.47(CR) 14.36 14.35 19.57 19.37 19.32 Deon Hemmings,Beverly Grant,Cathy Rattray-Williams,Sandie Richards 3:32.32 Trevaia Williams,Terri Dendy,Dyan Webber,Natasha Kaiser-Brown 3:32.50 none none 11:49.73(CR) 11:53.82 11:55.35
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.Sport References: Marina Shmonina
Non-championship events 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.
Men's heptathlon Dan O'Brien 6476 Mike Smith 6279 Eduard Hämäläinen 6075 Women's pentathlon Liliana Nastase 4686 Urszula Włodarczyk 4667 Birgit Clarius 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.Sports Reference – Irina Belova Men's 1600 metresMedley Relay Mark Everett,James Trapp,Kevin Little,Butch Reynolds 3:15.10 Gilmar dos Santos,André Domingos,Sidnei de Souza,Eronilde de Araújo 3:16.11 Freddie Williams,Ricardo Greenidge,Peter Ogilvie,Mark Jackson 3:16.93 Women's 1600 metresMedley Relay Joetta Clark,Wendy Vereen,Kim Batten,Jearl Miles 3:45.90 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.
Medal table
Participating nations
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See also 1993 in athletics (track and field)
References
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