| 5th World Championships in Athletics |
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| Host city | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Date(s) | August 5 – August 13 |
| Main Stadium | Ullevi Stadium |
| Nations participating | 191 |
| Athletes participating | 1804 |
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The 5th 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.
This edition featured 1804 athletes from 191 nations.[1]
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.
[edit] Men's results
1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
100 m
details | Donovan Bailey
 Canada | 9.97 | Bruny Surin
Canada | 10.03 | Ato Boldon
 Trinidad and Tobago | 10.03 |
200 m
details | Michael Johnson
 United States | 19.79
CR | Frankie Fredericks
 Namibia | 20.12 | Jeff Williams
United States | 20.18 |
400 m
details | Michael Johnson
United States | 43.39
CR | Butch Reynolds
United States | 44.22 | Greg Haughton
 Jamaica | 44.56 |
800 m
details | Wilson Kipketer
 Denmark | 1:45.08 | Arthémon Hatungimana
 Burundi | 1:45.64 | Vebjørn Rodal
 Norway | 1:45.68 |
1,500 m
details | Noureddine Morceli
 Algeria | 3:33.73 | Hicham El Guerrouj
 Morocco | 3:35.28 | Vénuste Niyongabo
Burundi | 3:35.56 |
5,000 m
details | Ismael Kirui
 Kenya | 13:16.77 | Khalid Bouhlami
Morocco | 13:17.15 | Shem Kororia
Kenya | 13:17.59 |
10,000 m
details | Haile Gebrselassie
 Ethiopia | 27:12.95
CR | Khalid Skah
Morocco | 27:14.53 | Paul Tergat
Kenya | 27:14.70 |
Marathon
details | Martín Fiz
 Spain | 2:11:41 | Dionicio Cerón
 Mexico | 2:12:13 | Luiz Antonio dos Santos
 Brazil | 2:12:49 |
110 m hurdles
details | Allen Johnson
United States | 13.00 | Tony Jarrett
 Great Britain | 13.04 | Roger Kingdom
United States | 13.19 |
400 m hurdles
details | Derrick Adkins
United States | 47.98 | Samuel Matete
 Zambia | 48.03 | Stéphane Diagana
 France | 48.14 |
3,000 m st.
details | Moses Kiptanui
Kenya | 8:04.16
CR | Christopher Kosgei
Kenya | 8:09.30 | Saad Shadad Al-Asmari
 Saudi Arabia | 8:12.95
AR |
20 km walk
details | Michele Didoni
 Italy | 1:19:59 | Valentín Massana
Spain | 1:20:23 | Yevgeniy Misyulya
 Belarus | 1:20:48 |
50 km walk
details | Valentin Kononen
 Finland | 3:43:42 | Giovanni Perricelli
Italy | 3:45:11 | Robert Korzeniowski
 Poland | 3:45:57 |
4x100 m relay
details | Donovan Bailey,
Robert Esmie,
Glenroy Gilbert,
Bruny Surin
Canada | 38.31 | Paul Henderson,
Tim Jackson,
Steve Brimacombe,
Damien Marsh
 Australia | 38.50 | Giovanni Puggioni,
Ezio Madonia,
Angelo Cipolloni,
Sandro Floris
Italy | 39.07 |
4x400 m relay
details | Marlon Ramsey,
Derek Mills,
Butch Reynolds,
Michael Johnson
United States | 2:57.32 | Michael McDonald,
Davian Clarke,
Danny McFarlane,
Greg Haughton
Jamaica | 2:59.88 | Udeme Ekpeyong,
Kunle Adejuyigbe,
Jude Monye,
Sunday Bada
 Nigeria | 3:03.18 |
| AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record |
1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999
[edit] Women's results
1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999
1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999
[edit] Medal table by country
[edit] References
