Statistics from 6th World Indoor Championships
Interesting Statistics
15 Current World
Champions participating in 6th
IAAF World Championships
Men
Bruny SURIN (CAN - 60m); Geir MOEN (NOR - 200m);
Hicham EL GUERROUJ (MAR - 1500m); Gennaro DI
NAPOLI (ITA -3000m); Ivan PEDROSO (CUB -LJ);
Brian WELLMAN (BER - TJ); Christian PLAZIAT (FRA
- Heptathlon); Mika HALVARI (FIN - SP); USA Relay
(4x400m).
Women
Melinda GAINSFORD (AUS - 200m); Maria Mutola (MOZ
- 800m); Gabriela SZABO (ROU - 3000m); Aliuska
LOPEZ (CUB - 60mH); Galina ASTAFEI (GER -HJ);
Russia Relay (4x400)
6 World Junior Champions
Men
Francis OBIKWELU (NGR -100m + 200m)
Women
Nora IVANOVA (BUL - 100m); Kutre DULECHA (ETH
-1500m); Yuliya LYAKHOVA (RUS - HJ); Tereza
MARINOVA (BUL - TJ); GUAN YINGNAN (CHN - LJ)
Youngest and Oldest
Competitors
Youngest Men (All
born 1978)
Francis OBIKWELU (NGR - 200m); Raul FERNANDEZ
(ESP - LJ); Roman ORAVEC (CZE - 800m); Svatoslav
TON (CZE - HJ)
Oldest Man (1960)
Carlos SALA (ESP - 60mH)
Youngest Woman
(1980)
Amandine HOMO (FRA - PV)
Oldest Woman (1952)
Yekaterina POPKOPAYEVA (RUS - 1500m)
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