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1995 in the sport of athletics

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Field	Value
Title	1995 in athletics
Major world competitions	World Championships
World Indoor Championships
IAAF Athletes of the Year	Jonathan Edwards
Gwen Torrence
Previous	1994
Next	1996

World Indoor Championships |No. of world records = |IAAF Athletes of the Year = Jonathan Edwards Gwen Torrence

This article contains an overview of the year 1995 in athletics.

Major events

World

Regional

All-Africa Games
Asian Championships
CARIFTA Games
Central American and Caribbean Championships
European Cross Country Championships
European Junior Championships
Pan American Games
Pan American Junior Championships
South American Championships
South American Junior Championships

World records

Men

Event	Athlete	Nation	Performance	Meeting	Place	Date
1500 m	Noureddine Morceli		3:27.37		FRA Nice, France	12 July
2,000 m	Noureddine Morceli		4:47.88		FRA Paris, France	3 July
5,000 m	Moses Kiptanui		12:55.30		ITA Rome, Italy	8 June
5,000 m	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	12:44.39		SWI Zürich, Switzerland	16 August
10,000 m	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	26:43.53		NLD Hengelo, Netherlands	5 June
3000 m steeplechase	Moses Kiptanui		7:59.18		SWI Zürich, Switzerland	16 August
Triple jump	Jonathan Edwards		17.98 m		ESP Salamanca, Spain	18 July
Triple jump	Jonathan Edwards		18.16 m	World Championships	SWE Gothenburg, Sweden	7 August
Triple jump	Jonathan Edwards		18.29 m	World Championships	SWE Gothenburg, Sweden	7 August

Women

Event	Athlete	Performance	Meeting	Place	Date
1,000 m	Maria Mutola	2:29.34		BEL Brussels, Belgium	5 August
5,000 m	Fernanda Ribeiro	14:36.45		BEL Hechtel, Belgium	22 July
400 m hurdles	Kim Batten	52.61	World Championships	SWE Gothenburg, Sweden	11 August
Triple jump	Inessa Kravets	15.50 m	World Championships	SWE Gothenburg, Sweden	10 August
Hammer throw	Olga Kuzenkova	68.14 m		RUS Moscow, Russia	5 June
Hammer throw	Olga Kuzenkova	68.16 m		RUS Moscow, Russia	18 June

Awards

Men

1995 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	ATHLETE
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Jonathan Edwards
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Haile Gebrselassie
European Athlete of the Year Award	Jonathan Edwards
Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award	Dennis Mitchell

Women

1995 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	ATHLETE
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Gwen Torrence
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Sonia O'Sullivan
European Athlete of the Year Award	Sonia O'Sullivan
Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award	Gwen Torrence

Season's bests

4×400 metres relay	United States
Marlon Ramsey
Derek Mills
Harry Reynolds
Michael Johnson	2:57.32	Russia
Tatyana Chebykina
Svetlana Goncharenko
Tatyana Zakharova
Yelena Andreyeva	3:22.24

References

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