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
DatesMarch 12–14
Host cityToronto, Ontario, Canada
VenueSkydome
Events27 (+4 non-championship)
Participation537[1] athletes from
93 nations

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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

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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.

Participating nations

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  1. ^ (558 when counting non-championship events)
  2. ^ "Sporting Digest: Drugs in sport". The Independent. 13 April 1993. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d Istanbul 2012 – Notes on contents, IAAF, p. 45, retrieved 31 May 2015
  4. ^ Sport References: Marina Shmonina
  5. ^ Sports Reference – Irina Belova