- Bruny Surin
Bruny Surin is a former Canadian athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Surin was born in Cap-Haïtien, Haïti, and moved to Canada with his family in 1975. Surin made his debut at the major international championships at the 1987 Pan-American Games, where he was fifteenth in a long jump. At the 1988 Summer Olympics, Surin was again fifteenth in long jump.
- Sally Gunnell
Sally Jane Janet Gunnell, OBE (born July 29, 1966 in Chigwell, Essex, England) is a former Olympic champion in the 400m hurdles. She has also worked as a television presenter predominantly for the BBC until January 2006. Gunnell started out in athletics with the Essex Ladies club as an accomplished long jumper and pentathlete before turning to the sprints and hurdling and is the only woman to have held the European, World, …
- Glenroy Gilbert
Glenroy John Gilbert (born August 31, 1968 in Port of Spain) is a former Canadian athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, Glenroy Gilbert formed along with Robert Esmie, Bruny Surin and Donovan Bailey the best 4x100 m relay team in the mid-1990s. Gilbert made his debut at the major international championships at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where he was 21 in the Long Jump.
- Robert Esmie
Robert Esmie (born July 5, 1972) is a Canadian athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Born in Jamaica and raised in Sudbury, Ontario, Esmie formed along with Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin and Donovan Bailey the world's best 4x100 m relay team in the mid-1990s. Esmie was seventh in 100 m and won a bronze medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1993 World Championships.
- Ismael Kirui
Ismael Kirui (born February 20, 1975 in Kapcherop, Marakwet District) is a former Kenyan long distance runner who won gold medals over 5000 metres at the 1993 and 1995 World Championships in Athletics. His victory in Stuttgart in 1993 was especially impressive as he was only aged eighteen and led the race from the front for most of the second half. On the final straight he shrugged off an attack from Haile Gebreselassie.
- Dan O'Brien
Daniel ("Dan") Dion O'Brien (born July 18, 1966 in Portland, Oregon) is a former American decathlete. He was deemed one of the best decathlon athletes of the 1990s. In 1992 he set a world record of 8,891 points, but failed to qualify for that year's Olympics when he failed to clear a height in the pole vault during the decathlon in the U.S. Olympic Trials. Dan O'Brien grew up as an adopted child in an Irish-American family in Klamath Falls, Oregon.
- Brahim Boutayeb
Moulay Brahim Boutayeb (born August 15, 1967) is a former Moroccan athlete, winner of the 10,000 m race at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Born in Khemisset, Morocco, Brahim Boutayeb, although had been considered more a 5000 m runner before 1988, was quite unknown until the Seoul Olympics. The 10 000 m final at Seoul was started at a very fast pace, pushed along mostly by Kenyans, Kipkemboi Kimeli, and Moses Tanui. A small lead group reached the halfway mark at world record pace, …
- Mike Powell
Michael ("Mike") Anthony Powell is an American Track and Field athlete, and the holder of the long jump world record. Mike Powell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the 1991 World Championships in Athletics (Tokyo), he broke Bob Beamon's 23-year-old long jump world record by 5 cm (2 inches), leaping 8.95 m (29 ft 4½ in). The world record still stands.
- Moses Tanui
Moses Tanui (born 20 August 1965 in Nandi District, Kenya) is a former Kenyan long-distance runner who won the gold medal over 10000 m at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo. At the 1993 World Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart he finished second after a controversial incident on the final lap in which he lost one shoe after making contact with the eventual winner Haile Gebrselassie.
- Manuela Machado
Maria Manuela Machado (born August 9, 1963 in Viana do Castelo) is a former Portuguese long-distance runner, who was particularly successful when running the marathon. Unlike many other marathoners, she did not focus on running city marathons that would have earned her lots of money. Instead, she participated in major competitions (which were less monetarily profitable). Machado participated in the marathon in every major competition between 1990 and 2000.
- Derrick Adkins
Derrick R. Adkins (born July 2, 1970) is a former American athlete, winner of 400 m hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Derrick Adkins rose into the international athletics scene in 1991, when he finished third at the US National Championships and qualified to the 1991 World Championships, where he finished in the sixth place. Adkins won the World Student Games in 1991 and 1993 and finished seventh at the 1993 World Championships.
- Dennis Mitchell
Dennis Allen Mitchell (born February 20, 1966) is a former American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Born in Havelock, North Carolina, Mitchell placed fourth in 100 m at the 1988 Summer Olympics and missed a probable gold medal in 4x100 m relay race, because the American team was disqualified in the heats, after the pass between Calvin Smith and Lee McNeill was made out of the zone.
- Jon Drummond
Jonathan A. "Jon" Drummond is an American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Jon Drummond is known for being among the world’s best starters. In 1991, Drummond won the 200 m at the World University Games. At the 1993 World Championships, Drummond ran the opening leg on the American 4x100 m relay team, which won the gold medal and equalled the world record of 37.40.
- Butch Reynolds
Harry ("Butch") Reynolds (born June 8 1964 in Columbus, Ohio) is a former 400 meters sprinter, representing the United States. On August 17 1988 he set a 400 meters world record with 43.29 seconds, smashing Lee Evans' 20 year old world record by an amazing 0.57 seconds. The record was finally broken by Michael Johnson (43.18) in 1999. He won a silver medal in the 1988 Summer Olympics on the 400 meters and a gold medal on the 4 x 400 m relay.
- Mark Plaatjes
Mark Plaatjes (born June 2, 1961 in Johannesburg) was the marathon champion at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart. Born in South Africa under apartheid, Plaatjes won three national marathon titles, the first at age 17. He ran a personal best marathon of 2:08:58 in 1985 in Port Elizabeth, but was unable to compete outside South Africa, barred from the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games due to the international boycott of South Africa.
- Hassiba Boulmerka
Hassiba Boulmerka (born July 10, 1968)in Constantine in the north east of Algeria is a former Algerian middle distance athlete. In 1992, she became the first Algerian to win an Olympic title. Born in Constantine, Boulmerka started running as a young girl, specializing in the 800 and 1,500 m. She was successful in national and regional races, although there wasn't much competition. Her first major international tournament where the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, …
- Qu Yunxia
Qu Yunxia (born 25 December 1972) is a Chinese Olympic athlete who specialized in the 1500 metres. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona she also won a bronze medal on 1500 m. In 1993 she achieved a new world record in Beijing on the 1500 m, in 3:50.46 minutes, and won the 3000 metres at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics. Her coach, Ma Junren, claims that Traditional Chinese medicine like the fungus Cordyceps sinensis helps her physical condition.
- Vitaly Savin
Vitaly Anatolyevich Savin is a former Soviet athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics. At the Seoul Olympics, Vitaly Savin reached to the quarterfinal of 100 m and ran the anchoring leg in the Soviet 4x100 m relay team, which won the gold medal in absence of United States. At the 1991 World Championships, Savin was again eliminated in the quarterfinals of 100 m and was seventh in 4x100 m. At the 1992 Summer Olympics, …
- Trine Hattestad
Trine Hattestad is a former Norwegian javelin thrower, born on April 18, 1966 in Lørenskog, Norway, as Elsa Katrine Solberg. As a junior, Hattestad made her international debut at the European Junior Championships in 1981 with a fifth place. The follow year she also competed in the European Championships for seniors. At the beginning of the 1990s, Hattestad could measure with the world top. In 1993, she won her first major international title, …
- Artur Partyka
Artur Jerzy Partyka (born July 25, 1969 in Stalowa Wola, Poland) is a former Polish high jumper and two-time Olympic medalist. His father is Algerian, his mother is Polish. He is one of the greatest high jumpers of all time; he is one of only 16 high jumpers to clear the height of 2.38 m or more. With that height he set the Polish record in high jump. Known for his truly graceful execution of the Fosbury flop technique, he made clearing the bar look somewhat effortless.
- Paul Meier
Paul Meier is former German decathlete who won a bronze medal at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart where he set a personal best of 8548 points. A year earlier he had finished in sixth place at the 1992 Summer Olympics. At the 1996 European Cup for Decathlon in Lage, Meier injured himself in the long jump and was unble to participate in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. His personal best of 8548 points ranks him seventh among German decathletes, …
- Junko Asari
Junko Asari (born 22 September 1969 in Kazuno-Shi) is a retired Japanese marathon runner. She won the gold medal at the 1993 World Championships in a time of 2:30:03 hours. In addition she won the Tokyo Marathon in 1995 and 1998 and the Osaka Marathon in 1993. Her personal best time was 2:26:10, from January 1994 in Osaka. She finished 17th at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
- Samson Kitur
Samson Kitur was a Kenyan athlete, and an Olympic medalist in 1992. Unlike most of his compatriots, who run in distances 800 metres and up, Kitur specialised in the 400 metres. He won the continental championship in 1991, and the next year he took the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics, behind winner Quincy Watts. A year later, another bronze medal was his at the World Championships in Stuttgart.
- Lucketz Swartbooi
Lucketz Swartbooi (born February 6, 1966) is a Namibian long-distance runner who won the silver medal in the marathon race at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart. He finished 48th at the 2000 Olympics. Swartbooi set his personal best in Boston 1994 in 2:09:08 min. In 2005 Swartbooi received a public warning from the IAAF for testing positive for prednisolone/prednisone.
- Valentin Kononen
Valentin Kononen (born March 7, 1969 in Helsinki) is a former Finnish race walker. His competitive accomplishments include winning several medals in major competitions, which ranks him as one of the top Finnish performer in his sport. Kononen's most notable achievement was winning a gold medal in the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg. He also won silver medals in the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart and the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, …
- Patrick Sang
Patrick Sang (born April 11 1964) is a former Kenyan runner. Sang won three silver medals in major 3,000 m steeplechase competitions: *1991 World Championships in Athletics *1992 Summer Olympics *1993 World Championships in Athletics He won gold medal in the 1987 All-Africa Games held in Kenya. His 3,000 m steeplechase personal best is 8:03.41, set in 1997. In the late 1990s he also competed in marathon and half marathon races.
- Silke Renk
Silke Renk (born June 30, 1962 in Erfurt) is a retired javelin thrower from Germany. She represented East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where she finished fifth, and at the 1990 European Championships where she finished fourth. She then experienced her career highlight as she won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Renk won with a throw of 68.34 meters, defeating Natalya Shikolenko, who took home the silver medal, …
- Anna Biryukova
Anna Biryukova (born September 27, 1967) is a retired triple jumper from Russia. In 1993 she won a gold medal at the World Championships by jumping 15.09, a new world record. She reportedly believed she had the capability of jumping 16 metres, but in 1994 she didn't reach the 15 metre mark once, although she did become European champion that season. In 1995 she starred in the World Championships, and she almost reached old heights by jumping 15.08 metres.
- Silvia Costa
Silvia Costa is a former high jumper from Cuba most known for winning medals at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 1993 World Championships in Athletics. She also has three medals from the Summer Universiade. Her personal best jump (set in 1989) is 2.04 metres, which puts her 9th in the all-time performers list. Costa is married to spanish citizen José Sanleandro.
- Daniela Costian
Daniela Costian is a former Olympic discus throw bronze medallist. She was born in Brăila, Romania, but became an Australian citizen in 1990. She competed in the discus contest at the 1992 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. She won a silver medal at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics. Her personal best throw reached a distance of 73.84 m. Set in 1988, it was a Romanian record. Her best result achieved for Australia was 68.72 metres in 1994.
- Mick Hill
Mick Hill (born October 22, 1964 in Leeds) is a former British javelin thrower, who won three silver medals and one bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games, a bronze medal at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics and a silver medal at the 1998 European Championships in Athletics. He finished in 12th position at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, United States.
- Sabine Braun
Sabine Braun (born June 19, 1965 in Essen) is a German Olympic athlete in track and field. Because she had talents in several disciplines, Sabine Braun competed in the heptathlon and had a number of successes. Her international sport career began in August of 1982 with the European Junior Championships where she won second place. In 1984 she placed sixth at the XXIII Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles, California. At the XXV Olympic Summer Games in Barcelona, …
- Jean-Olivier Zirignon
Jean-Olivier Zirignon is a Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. Zirignon finished seventh in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1993 World Championships, together with teammates Ouattara Lagazane, Frank Waota and Ibrahim Meité. On the individual level, Zirignon won a silver medal at the 1993 African Championships and a gold medal at the 1997 Jeux de la Francophonie, the latter in a personal best time of 10.07 seconds.
- Kimmo Kinnunen
Kimmo Kinnunen is a former Finnish javelin thrower. He won gold at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo and silver at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart. His other achievements include a 4th place finish at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and 7th place finish at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. His personal best is 90.82 from the 1991 World Championships.
- Andre Cason
Andre Cason (born January 20, 1969 in Virginia Beach) is a former American sprinter. He was a member of the US 4 x 100 metres relay team that won the gold medal at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo in world record time of 37.50 sec. A few weeks after this event Cason ran his first sub-10-second 100 metres race when winning in Koblenz in 9.99 seconds.
- Fermín Cacho
Fermín Cacho Ruiz is a Spanish athlete, winner of the 1500 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Born in Ágreda, Spain, Cacho had an enviable competitive record in the 1500 m, but it wasn't until late in his career that he produced a time of corresponding quality. Cacho's first notable result came in 1990, when he finished second in the 1500 m at the European Indoor Championships in Glasgow. At the 1991 World Indoor Championships in Seville, …
- Tomoe Abe
Tomoe Abe (born 13 August 1971) is a retired Japanese marathon runner. She won the bronze medal at the 1993 World Championships in a time of 2:31:01 hours. Her personal best time was 2:26:09 hours, achieved when she won the 1994 Osaka Marathon.
- Olga Chernyavskaya
Olga Chernyavskaya, née Davydova, then Burova is a Russian discus thrower best known for winning the gold medal at the 1993 World Championships. Her best Olympic performance is 5th place in 1992, and she even competed in 2004 at the age of 41. Her personal best is 68.38m, achieved in 1992.
- Sunday Bada
Sunday Bada (born June 22, 1969) is a retired Nigerian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres event. Bada won three medals at World Indoor Championships, including a gold medal in 1997 in a new African indoor record of 45.51 seconds. Additionally, he was a part of the Nigerian team that won the gold medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2000 Olympics, …
- Paul Ruto
Paul Ruto (born November 3, 1960) is a former Kenyan 800 metres runner who won a gold medal at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart. Ruto took the lead in the first lap and kept it until the end. He was used to front-running, as earlier in his career, he had been employed as a pacemaker at international meetings.