The 5th World Championships in Athletics (), under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden on 5–13 August 1995.
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.
Men's results
Track 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 100 mDonovan Bailey9.97Bruny Surin10.03Ato Boldon10.03200 mMichael Johnson19.79CRFrankie Fredericks20.12Jeff Williams20.18400 mMichael Johnson43.39CRButch Reynolds44.22Greg Haughton44.56800 mWilson Kipketer1:45.08Arthémon Hatungimana1:45.64Vebjørn Rodal1:45.681500 mNoureddine Morceli3:33.73Hicham El Guerrouj3:35.28Vénuste Niyongabo3:35.565000 mIsmael Kirui13:16.77Khalid Bouhlami13:17.15Shem Kororia13:17.5910,000 mHaile Gebrselassie27:12.95CRKhalid Skah27:14.53Paul Tergat27:14.70MarathonMartín Fiz2:11:41Dionicio Cerón2:12:13Luíz Antônio dos Santos2:12:49110 m hurdlesAllen Johnson13.00Tony Jarrett13.04Roger Kingdom13.19400 m hurdlesDerrick Adkins47.98Samuel Matete48.03Stéphane Diagana48.143000 m st.Moses Kiptanui8:04.16CRChristopher Koskei8:09.30Saad Al-Asmari8:12.95AR20 km walkMichele Didoni1:19:59Valentí Massana1:20:23Yevgeniy Misyulya1:20:4850 km walkValentin Kononen3:43:42Giovanni Perricelli3:45:11Robert Korzeniowski3:45:574 × 100 m relayDonovan Bailey Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin 38.31Paul Henderson Tim Jackson Steve Brimacombe Damien Marsh 38.50Giovanni Puggioni Ezio Madonia Angelo Cipolloni Sandro Floris 39.074 × 400 m relayMarlon Ramsey Derek Mills Butch Reynolds Michael Johnson Kevin Lyles*Darnell Hall*2:57.32Michael McDonald Davian Clarke Danny McFarlane Greg HaughtonDennis Blake* 2:59.88Udeme Ekpeyong Kunle Adejuyigbe Jude Monye Sunday Bada 3:03.18 Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Field 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 Long jumpIván Pedroso8.70James Beckford8.30Mike Powell8.29Triple jumpJonathan Edwards18.29(WR)Brian Wellman17.62Jérôme Romain17.59High jumpTroy Kemp2.37Javier Sotomayor2.37Artur Partyka2.35Pole vaultSergey Bubka5.92Maksim Tarasov5.86Jean Galfione5.86Shot putJohn Godina21.47Mika Halvari20.93Randy Barnes20.41Discus throwLars Riedel68.76(CR)Vladimir Dubrovshchik65.98Vasiliy Kaptyukh65.88Hammer throwAndrey Abduvaliyev81.56Igor Astapkovich81.10Tibor Gécsek80.98Javelin throwJan Železný89.58Steve Backley86.30Boris Henry86.08DecathlonDan O'Brien8695Eduard Hämäläinen8489Mike Smith8419
Women's results
Track 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 100 m10.8510.9410.96200 m22.1222.1222.37400 m49.2849.9650.00800 m1:56.111:56.68(AR)1:56.951500 m4:02.424:03.044:03.795000 m14:46.47(CR)14:48.5414:53.7710,000 m31:04.9931:08.1031:17.66Marathon2:25:392:26:252:30:11The marathon course was 400 m short of the normal distance.100 m hurdles12.6812.8012.85400 m hurdles52.61(WR)52.6253.48(NR)10 km walk42:13(CR)42:1642:204 × 100 m relayCelena Mondie-MilnerCarlette GuidryChryste GainesGwen TorrenceD'Andre Hill*42.12Dahlia DuhaneyJuliet CuthbertBeverly McDonaldMerlene OtteyMichelle Freeman*42.25Melanie PaschkeSilke LichtenhagenSilke-Beate KnollGabriele Becker43.014 × 400 m relayKim GrahamRochelle StevensCamara JonesJearl MilesNicole Green*3:22.29Tatyana ChebykinaSvetlana GoncharenkoYuliya SotnikovaYelena AndreyevaTatyana Zakharova*3:23.98Lee NaylorRenée PoetschkaMelinda Gainsford-TaylorCathy Freeman3:25.88 Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Field 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 Long jump6.986.866.83Triple jump15.50(WR)15.1815.08High jump2.011.991.99Shot put21.2220.0419.56Discus throw68.6467.2066.86Javelin throw67.5665.2265.16Heptathlon665165756522
Medal table Note that the host, Sweden, did not win any medals at these championships. This fate Sweden shares only with Canada (2001).
References IAAF 1995 Championship