This page contains an overview of the year 1993 in athletics (track and field).

International Events

World Records

Men

EVENT	ATHLETE	MARK	DATE	VENUE
Half Marathon	Benson Masya (KEN)	1:00:24	April 3	Den Haag, Netherlands
4x400m Relay	United States (USA) • Andrew Valmon • Quincy Watts • Butch Reynolds • Michael Johnson	2:54.29	August 22	Stuttgart, Germany
High Jump	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.45m	July 27	Salamanca, Spain
Javelin (new)	Jan Zelezný (CZE)	95.54m	April 6	Pietersburg, South Africa
	Jan Zelezný (CZE)	95.66m	August 29	Sheffield, Great Britain

• The relay team of the United States in the men's 4x100m, formed by Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell and Leroy Burrell, equal its own world record, set the previous year at the 1992 Summer Olympics, clocking 37.40 on 1993-08-21 at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. The first mark was set by Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell and Carl Lewis on 1992-08-08.

Women

EVENT	ATHLETE	MARK	DATE	VENUE
3,000 metres	Wang Junxia (CHN)	8:12.19	September 12	Beijing, PR China
	Wang Junxia (CHN)	8:06.11	September 13	Beijing, PR China
10,000 metres	Wang Junxia (CHN)	29:31.78	September 8	Beijing, PR China
400m Hurdles	Sally Gunnell (GBR)	52.74	August 19	Stuttgart, Germany
Pole Vault	Sun Caiyun (CHN)	4.11m	March 21	Guangzhou, China

Awards

Men

1993 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	ATHLETE
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Colin Jackson (GBR)
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)
European Athlete of the Year Award	Linford Christie (GBR)
Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award	Kevin Young (USA)

Women

1993 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	ATHLETE
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Sally Gunnell (GBR)
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Wang Junxia (CHN)
European Athlete of the Year Award	Sally Gunnell (GBR)
Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award	Evelyn Ashford (USA)

Men's Best Year Performers

100 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 100 metres

RANK	1993 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Linford Christie (GBR)	9.87
2.	Andre Cason (USA)	9.92
3.	Daniel Effiong (NGR)	9.98
4.	Dennis Mitchell (USA)	9.99
5.	Leroy Burrell (USA)	10.02
	Carl Lewis (USA)
	Bruny Surin (CAN)

200 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 200 metres

RANK	1993 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Frank Fredericks (NAM)	19.85
2.	John Regis (GBR)	19.94
3.	Carl Lewis (USA)	19.99
4.	Michael Marsh (USA)	20.04
5.	Michael Johnson (USA)	20.06

400 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 400 metres

RANK	1993 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Michael Johnson (USA)	43.65
2.	Butch Reynolds (USA)	44.12
3.	Quincy Watts (USA)	44.13
4.	Andrew Valmon (USA)	44.28
5.	Samson Kitur (KEN)	44.34

800 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 800 metres

RANK	1993 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Nixon Kiprotich (KEN)	1:43.54
2.	Martin Steele (GBR)	1:43.84
3.	Paul Ruto (KEN)	1:43.92
4.	Johnny Gray (USA)	1:44.03
5.	Sammy Kibet Langat (KEN)	1:44.06

1,500 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 1,500 metres

RANK	1993 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	3:29.20
2.	Fermín Cacho (ESP)	3:32.01
3.	Abdi Bile (SOM)	3:32.83
4.	Mohamed Suleiman (QAT)	3:33.29
5.	Simon Doyle (AUS)	3:33.39

Mile

RANK	1993 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	3:44.39
2.	Abdi Bile (SOM)	3:51.66
3.	Steve Cram (GBR)	3:52.17
4.	Jim Spivey (USA)	3:52.37
5.	Simon Doyle (AUS)	3:52.56

3,000 metres

RANK	1993 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	7:29.24
2.	Paul Bitok (KEN)	7:34.98
3.	Moses Kiptanui (KEN)	7:35.79
4.	Brahim Jabbour (MAR)	7:36.54
5.	Jim Spivey (USA)	7:37.04

5,000 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 5,000 metres

RANK	1993 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ismael Kirui (KEN)	13:02.75
2.	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	13:03.17
3.	Khalid Skah (MAR)	13:04.67
4.	Yobes Ondieki (KEN)	13:05.09
5.	Richard Chelimo (KEN)	13:05.14

10,000 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 10,000 metres

RANK	1993 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Yobes Ondieki (KEN)	26:58.38
2.	Richard Chelimo (KEN)	27:07.91
3.	William Sigei (KEN)	27:16.81
4.	Khalid Skah (MAR)	27:17.74
5.	Moses Tanui (KEN)	27:18.32

Half Marathon

RANK	1993 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Moses Tanui (KEN)	1:00:15

Marathon

Main race this year: World Championships Marathon

RANK	1993 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Dionicio Cerón (MEX)	2:08:51
2.	Vincent Rousseau (BEL)	2:09:13
3.	Kim Wan-Ki (KOR)	2:09:25
4.	Gert Thys (RSA)	2:09:31
5.	Cosmas Ndeti (KEN)	2:09:33

110m Hurdles

Main race this year: World Championships 110m Hurdles

RANK	1993 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Colin Jackson (GBR)	12.91
2.	Tony Jarrett (GBR)	13.00
3.	Jack Pierce (USA)	13.06
4.	Mark McKoy (CAN)	13.08
5.	Tony Dees (USA)	13.12

400m Hurdles

Main race this year: World Championships 400m Hurdles

RANK	1993 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Kevin Young (USA)	47.18
2.	Samuel Matete (ZAM)	47.60
	Winthrop Graham (JAM)
4.	Stéphane Diagana (FRA)	47.64
5.	Eric Keter (KEN)	48.24

3,000m Steeplechase

Main race this year: World Championships 3,000m Steeplechase

RANK	1993 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Moses Kiptanui (KEN)	8:06.36
2.	Patrick Sang (KEN)	8:07.53
3.	Alessandro Lambruschini (ITA)	8:08.78
4.	Matthew Birir (KEN)	8:09.42
5.	Mark Croghan (USA)	8:09.76

High Jump

Main competition this year: World Championships High Jump

RANK	1993 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.45 WR
2.	Hollis Conway (USA)	2.38
	Dragutin Topić (YUG)
4.	Troy Kemp (BAH)	2.37
	Artur Partyka (POL)
	Steve Smith (GBR)

Long Jump

Main competition this year: World Championships Long Jump

RANK	1993 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Mike Powell (USA)	8.70
2.	Erick Walder (USA)	8.53
3.	Iván Pedroso (CUB)	8.49
4.	Craig Hepburn (BAH)	8.41
5.	Dion Bentley (USA)	8.39

Triple Jump

Main competition this year: World Championships Triple Jump

RANK	1993 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Mike Conley (USA)	17.86
2.	Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)	17.68
3.	Leonid Voloshin (RUS)	17.65
4.	Vasiliy Sokov (RUS)	17.59
5.	Denis Kapustin (RUS)	17.54

Discus

Main competition this year: World Championships Discus Throw

RANK	1993 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Lars Riedel (GER)	68.42
2.	Mike Buncic (USA)	67.12
3.	Erik de Bruin (NED)	67.06
4.	Costel Grasu (ROM)	66.90
5.	Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS)	66.90

Shot Put

Main competition this year: World Championships Shot Put

RANK	1993 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Werner Günthör (SUI)	21.98
2.	Randy Barnes (USA)	21.80
3.	Kevin Toth (USA)	21.29
4.	Dragan Perić (YUG)	21.26
5.	Mike Stulce (USA)	21.21

Hammer

Main competition this year: World Championships Hammer Throw

RANK	1993 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Andrey Abduvaliyev (UZB)	82.78
2.	Sergey Kirmasov (RUS)	82.54
3.	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	82.28
4.	Sergey Litvinov (RUS)	82.16
5.	Aleksandr Seleznyov (RUS)	81.70

Javelin (new design)

Main competition this year: World Championships Javelin Throw

RANK	1993 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Jan Železný (CZE)	95.66
2.	Raymond Hecht (GER)	88.90
3.	Patrik Bodén (SWE)	88.26
4.	Mick Hill (GBR)	86.94
5.	Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR)	86.48

Pole Vault

Main competition this year: World Championships Pole Vault

RANK	1993 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Sergey Bubka (UKR)	6.05
2.	Rodion Gataullin (RUS)	6.00
3.	Jean Galfione (FRA)	5.93
4.	Maksim Tarasov (RUS)	5.90
	Denis Petushinskiy (RUS)
	Grigoriy Yegorov (KAZ)

Decathlon

Main competition this year: World Championships Decathlon

RANK	1993 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Dan O'Brien (USA)	8817
2.	Eduard Hämäläinen (BLR)	8724
3.	Paul Meier (GER)	8548
4.	Christian Schenk (GER)	8500
5.	Alain Blondel (FRA)	8444

Women's Best Year Performers

100 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 100 metres

RANK	1993 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	10.82
	Gail Devers (USA)
3.	Gwen Torrence (USA)	10.86
4.	Irina Privalova (RUS)	10.94
5.	Mary Onyali (NGR)	10.97

200 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 200 metres

RANK	1993 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	21.77
2.	Irina Privalova (RUS)	21.88
3.	Gwen Torrence (USA)	21.92
4.	Marie-José Pérec (FRA)	21.99
5.	Galina Malchugina (RUS)	22.22

400 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 400 metres

RANK	1993 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ma Yuqin (CHN)	49.81
2.	Jearl Miles-Clark (USA)	49.82
3.	Gwen Torrence (USA)	49.83
4.	Irina Privalova (RUS)	49.89
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