1993 Vuelta a España, Race overview
It was expected that the Swiss youngster, who had so far not shown climbing abilities, would lose the lead on the stage 5 mountain time trial to the Puerto de Navacerrada. Zülle not only kept his lead, he won the stage. Only Rominger seemed to be close to the rhythm of his young compatriot, as most of the favorites including Pedro Delgado lost over two minutes that day.


1993 Vuelta a España, Race overview
The high mountain stages started with the 11th, ending at Cerler. Rominger launched his first attack on the yellow jersey, winning the stage and taking almost a minute out of Zülle. He was now only 18 seconds down on the general classification. The rest of the favorites saw their chances slip away as they were now many minutes down. Only Cubino kept in touch, albeit at a deficit of two minutes.


1993 Vuelta a España, Race overview
After a close fought time trial in Zaragoza won by Mauri, the general classification was now solely a two-man fight. Two days later Rominger managed to distance Zülle on the climb to Valdezcaray and took the lead. Throughout most of the mountain stages on the Cordillera Cantabrica mountain range Rominger and Zülle closely marked each other, finishing together; However, on the final of those stages, Rominger hatched a plan to attack on a wet descent, taking advantage of Zülle's weak descending skills.


1993 Vuelta a España, Race overview
Rominger managed to distance Zülle, which led to the inexperienced Zülle panicking, running wide at a corner and crashing, losing further time. By the end of the stage, Rominger had taken a famous solo win atop the Alto del Naranco and had taken another minute out of Zülle and his chasing ONCE team. This time gain would loom large by the end of the Vuelta.


1993 Vuelta a España, Race overview
The Vuelta's final stage was a 44 km individual time trial where Zülle was determined to take back Rominger's general classification lead of little over a minute. Rominger voiced his concern that a stomach illness he had contracted the day after the Naranco stage may cost him the overall win. In the end, Zülle took a dominant stage win but was unable to take back all the time he needed. Rominger thus took his second Vuelta with Zülle second and Cubino third.


1993 Vuelta a España, Race overview
Rominger dominated all three classifications and became only the second rider after Eddy Merckx in the 1968 Giro d'Italia and the 1969 Tour de France to achieve this in a Grand Tour.


1993 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11
The 1993 Vuelta a España was the 48th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in A Coruña, with an individual time trial on 26 April, and Stage 11 occurred on 6 May with a stage to Cerler. The race finished in Santiago de Compostela on 16 May.


1993 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 1
26 April 1993 — A Coruña to A Coruña, 10 km (6.2 mi) (ITT)


1993 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 2
27 April 1993 — A Coruña to Vigo, 251.1 km (156.0 mi)


1993 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 3
28 April 1993 — Vigo to Ourense, 171.4 km (106.5 mi)


1993 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 4
29 April 1993 — A Gudiña to Salamanca, 233.4 km (145.0 mi)


1993 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 5
30 April 1993 — Salamanca to Ávila, 219.8 km (136.6 mi)


1993 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 6
1 May 1993 — Palazuelos de Eresma (Destilerías DYC) to Navacerrada, 24.1 km (15.0 mi) (ITT)


1993 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 7
2 May 1993 — Palazuelos de Eresma (Destilerías DYC) to Madrid, 184 km (114 mi)


1993 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8
3 May 1993 — Aranjuez to Albacete, 225.1 km (139.9 mi)


1993 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 9
4 May 1993 — Albacete to Valencia, 224 km (139 mi)


1993 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 10
5 May 1993 — Valencia to La Sénia, 206 km (128 mi)


1993 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 11
6 May 1993 — Lleida to Cerler, 221 km (137 mi)


1993 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21
The 1993 Vuelta a España was the 48th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in A Coruña, with an individual time trial on 26 April, and Stage 12 occurred on 7 May with a stage from Benasque. The race finished in Santiago de Compostela on 16 May.


1993 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12
7 May 1993 — Benasque to Zaragoza, 220.7 km (137.1 mi)


1993 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 13
8 May 1993 — Zaragoza to Zaragoza, 37.1 km (23.1 mi) (ITT)


1993 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 14
9 May 1993 — Tudela to Alto de la Cruz de la Demanda (Ezcaray), 197.2 km (122.5 mi)


1993 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15
10 May 1993 — Santo Domingo de la Calzada to Santander, 226.2 km (140.6 mi)


1993 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16
11 May 1993 — Santander to Alto Campoo, 160 km (99 mi)


1993 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17
12 May 1993 — Santander to Lakes of Covadonga, 179.5 km (111.5 mi)


1993 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 18
13 May 1993 — Cangas de Onís to Gijón, 170 km (110 mi)


1993 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 19
14 May 1993 — Gijón to Alto del Naranco, 153 km (95 mi)


1993 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20
15 May 1993 — Salas to Ferrol, 247 km (153 mi)


1993 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 21
16 May 1993 — Padrón to Santiago de Compostela, 44.6 km (27.7 mi) (ITT)


1993 Vuelta a Murcia
The 1993 Vuelta a Murcia was the ninth edition of the Vuelta a Murcia cycle race and was held on 9 March to 14 March 1993. The race started and finished in Murcia. The race was won by Carlos Gararreta Lazaro.


1993 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1993 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 10–13 at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. This was the first WAC tournament not held on a campus arena.


1993 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
New Mexico defeated UTEP in the championship game, 76–65, to clinch their first WAC men's tournament championship.


1993 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The Lobos, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by the conference's regular season co-champions, Utah and BYU, who received at-large bids to the tournament.


1993 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
With the addition of Fresno State to the WAC in 1993, the conference's total membership expanded to ten teams. In turn, the tournament field expanded to once again feature all WAC members. The top six teams received byes into the Quarterfinal round, leaving the lowest four-seeded teams to play in the First Round. Like before, teams were seeded based on regular season conference records.


1993 WAFL season
The 1993 WAFL season was the 109th of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League. It saw an extraordinarily even competition amongst all the teams except Perth, with only three and a half games separating first and seventh and the smallest dispersion of winning percentages in the WAFL since 1921.


1993 WAFL season
West Perth's 13 wins and a percentage marginally under 100 is the fewest wins and lowest percentage to take top position in a major Australian Rules league: indeed no team had headed the ladder with a percentage nearly so low at any stage of a season except Hawthorn during May of 1969 and Perth during June and July 1963.


1993 WAFL season
After early pacesetters Swan Districts and the inconsistent if at times brilliant South Fremantle collapsed in the second half of the season, the bottom two clubs of 1992 in West Perth (already decided on a move to Joondalup) and Claremont emerged as the favourites for the premiership as the home-and-away season and played off in the Grand Final, where the Falcons’ lack of key forwards ensured their defeat. On an individual level, the season was highlighted by Subiaco's Diamond Valley recruit Jason Heatley, discarded by Fitzroy, kicking 111 goals in his first WAFL season and playing for the league after only five matches.


1993 WAFL season
This season saw the WAFL adopt 20-minute quarters with extended time-on, a change to be introduced into the AFL for the following season.


1993 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 4 (Anzac Day)
A watertight defence and impressive running football gives West Perth a surprise win in an extremely low-scoring dry-weather match despite scoring 3.9 (27) in the third quarter.


1993 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 6
East Perth’s score was its lowest against Swan Districts until 1998, beating 6.10 (46) from 1974.


1993 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 10 (Foundation Day)
Five goals into a stiff northeasterly during the first quarter and the dominance of Rod Willet at centre half-forward gives Subiaco a fifth straight victory.


1993 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 11
Wally Matera, Brad Collard and Simon Taylor demoralise Subiaco with 31 scoring shots to five in the first half. It was the highest WA(S)FL score for three seasons.


1993 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 12
An emotional three-quarter time address allows West Perth, after being five goals behind midway through the third quarter, to overpower South Fremantle in the last forty minutes.


1993 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 13
West Perth win at Claremont for the first time since 1986 as centre half-forward Derek Hall takes twelve marks in very difficult conditions, putting the three-time wooden spooners in line for a top three berth and off the top by percentage.


1993 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 17
Swan Districts’ Jason Ball proves the difference in a thrilling spectacle with four goals in ten minutes after Subiaco coach Tony Solin reshuffles Georgiades and Langdon away from him.


1993 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 19
Chris Gerreyn, moved to the ruck when Clinton Wolf strains a hamstring, makes the most of his opportunity to have more freedom to move as Claremont’s engine room allows Swans’ weakened defence to be severely exploited.


1993 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 20
Andrew Donnelly’s work as ruck-rover and later ruckman, along with eight goals from relegated Eagle Metropolis, virtually seals the five with a then-record Subiaco winning margin over the Sharks, beating 78 points from 1980.


1993 WAFL season, Finals, Elimination Final
An unexpected move of forward Andrew Macnish to roving shuts down a South Fremantle comeback when the Bulldogs take the lead for the first time in the match.


1993 WAFL season, Finals, Semi-finals
Subiaco, with Heatley kicking his hundredth goal, kick 16.4 (100) after an inaccurate first half, but need six of the last seven goals to give Swans their sixth consecutive finals defeat.


1993 WAFL season, Finals, Preliminary final
A best-on-ground performance by Robbie West (21 kicks, nine handballs, five goals) plus repeated time-on lapses by Subiaco, places West Perth despite Heatley’s nine goals in its first Grand Final since 1975.


1993 WAFL season, Finals, Grand Final
Claremont’s halfback and centrelines were too hard to penetrate for the Falcons, and Jeff Gieschen’s inability to find key forwards ensures a win rated by Neesham as the most satisfying of his four as Tiger coach.


1993 WAFL season, Notes
Owing to redevelopment of Perth Oval for soccer club Perth Glory, East Perth moved to Leederville after the 1999 season.


1993 WAFU Club Championship
The 1993 WAFU Club Championship was the 17th  football club tournament season that took place for the runners-up or third place of each West African country's domestic league, the West African Club Championship. It was won by Nigeria's Bendel Insurance after defeating Benin's Mogas FC in two legs. A total of about 37 goals were scored, slightly more but not as much as it was in 1991. Originally a 24 match season, it was reduced to a 17 match as neither clubs from the Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Mauritania and Niger participated. Only one club each, Freetown United abandoned after the first leg, later Liberia's Invincible Eleven were disqualified in the quarterfinals. Stade Malien directly played their first match in the semis as no participant were in the first two stages. From the first round, Bendel Insurance directly headed to the semis.


1993 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1993 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 34th conference playoff in league history and 41st season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 12 and March 20, 1993. First round games were played at home team campus sites while all 'Final Five' matches were held at the Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Minnesota was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1993 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. All nine conference teams participated in the tournament as did Alaska-Anchorage which was slated to join the WCHA as a full member the following year. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 9 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated while Alaska-Anchorage was seeded tenth. The top five seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams.


1993 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The winners of the first round series advanced to the Civic Center for the WCHA Final Five, the collective name for the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The Final Five uses a single-elimination format. Teams were re-seeded No. 1 through No. 5 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top three teams automatically advancing to the semifinals and the remaining two playing in a quarterfinal game.


1993 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The semifinal pitted the top remaining seed against the winner of the quarterfinal game while the two other teams that received byes were matched against one another with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers meeting in a Third Place contest. The Tournament Champion received an automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1993 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


1993 WNBL season
The 1993 WNBL season was the 13th season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 10 teams contested the league.


1993 WTA German Open
The 1993 WTA German Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in Berlin, Germany that was part of the Tier I category of the 1993 WTA Tour. It was the 24th edition of the tournament and was held from 10 May until 16 May 1993. First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title, her seventh at the event, and earned $150,000 first-prize money as well as 470 ranking points.


1993 WTA German Open, Finals, Doubles
Gigi Fernández /  Natasha Zvereva defeated  Debbie Graham /  Brenda Schultz 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–5


1993 WTA Tour
The 1993 WTA Tour, also known by its sponsored name Kraft General Foods World Tour, was the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour included the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.


1993 WTA Tour, Rankings
Below are the 1993 WTA year-end rankings in both singles and doubles competition:


1993 WTA Tour Championships
The 1993 Virginia Slims Championships was a professional women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, United States between November 15 and November 21, 1993. It was the end of the season event, eligible for the top-ranked singles and doubles players on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tour. First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title and earned $250,000 first-prize money.


1993 WTA Tour Championships, Finals, Singles
Steffi Graf defeated  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, 6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1


1993 WTA Tour Championships, Finals, Doubles
Gigi Fernández /  Natalia Zvereva defeated  Jana Novotná /  Larisa Savchenko Neiland, 6–3, 7–5


1993 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Helena Suková were the defending champions, but lost in semifinals to Larisa Neiland and Jana Novotná.


1993 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles
Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva won the title by defeating Larisa Neiland and Jana Novotná 6–3, 7–5 in the final.


1993 WTA Tour Championships – Singles
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1993 WTA Tour Championships – Singles
Monica Seles was the defending champion, but didn't participate in this year's event.


1993 WTA Tour Championships – Singles
Steffi Graf won the title by defeating Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 in the final.


1993 Wagner Seahawks football team
The 1993 Wagner Seahawks football team represented Wagner College in the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season. It was their first year competing as an NCAA Division I-AA independent after transitioning from NCAA Division III. The Seahawks were led by 13th-year head coach Walt Hameline and played their home games at Wagner College Stadium. They finished the season 9–2 and won the ECAC–IFC Division I-AA Bowl, beating Iona, 32–0.


1993 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
The 1993 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Jim Caldwell, the Demon Deacons compiled a 2–9 record and finished in last place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.


1993 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup
The 1993 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the event known that year as the Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup, and was part of the World Series of the 1993 ATP Tour. It took place at the Hamlet Golf and Country Club in Commack, Long Island, New York, United States, from August 23 through August 29, 1993.


1993 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup
The singles line up featured ATP No. 3, reigning US Open champion, Australian Open runner-up, Madrid winner Stefan Edberg, Wimbledon semifinalist, Doha, Milan titlist Boris Becker, and French Open, Monte Carlo, Gstaad, Prague champion Sergi Bruguera. Other seeds were Hamburg, Stuttgart, Queen's Club, Basel winner Michael Stich, Cincinnati, Jakarta and Osaka titlist Michael Chang, Petr Korda, Goran Ivanišević and Alexander Volkov.


1993 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup, Finals, Doubles
Marc-Kevin Goellner /  David Prinosil defeated  Arnaud Boetsch /  Olivier Delaître, 6–7, 7–5, 6–2


1993 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup – Doubles
Francisco Montana and Greg Van Emburgh were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.


1993 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup – Doubles
Marc-Kevin Goellner and David Prinosil won in the final 6–7, 7–5, 6–2, against Arnaud Boetsch and Olivier Delaître.


1993 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup – Singles
Petr Korda was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Arnaud Boetsch.


1993 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup – Singles
Marc Rosset won in the final 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, against Michael Chang.


1993 Wales rugby union tour
The 1993 Wales rugby union tour of Zimbabwe and Namibia was a series of matches played in May and June 1993 in Zimbabwe and Namibia by Wales national rugby union team. The team was very experimental, as some of the best Welsh players were involved in the Lions tour to New Zealand.


1993 Walker Cup
The 1993 Walker Cup, the 34th Walker Cup Match, was played on August 18 and 19, 1993, at Interlachen Country Club, Edina, Minnesota. The event was won by the United States 19 to 5.


1993 Walker Cup
The event was originally to be played at Chicago Golf Club but they withdrew in 2011 because of pressure due to their membership policy relating to minorities and women.


1993 Walker Cup, Format
The original format for play on Wednesday and Thursday was the same. There were to be four matches of foursomes in the morning and eight singles matches in the afternoon. In all, 24 matches were to be played. Because of heavy overnight rain the first day foursomes were abandoned. The format was revised so that were 10 singles matches on both days, resulting in an unchanged total of 24 matches.


1993 Walker Cup, Format
Each of the 24 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match was all square after the 18th hole extra holes were not played. Rather, each side earned ½ a point toward their team total. The team that accumulated at least 12½ points won the competition. If the two teams were tied, the previous winner would retain the trophy.


1993 Walker Cup, Teams
Ten players for the United States and Great Britain & Ireland participated in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team.


1993 Walker Cup, Wednesday's matches, Morning foursomes
The first day foursomes were abandoned because of heavy overnight rain. The format was revised so that were 10 singles matches on both days.


1993 Washington Huskies football team
The 1993 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its first season under head coach Jim Lambright, the team compiled a 7–4 record, finished in fourth place in the Pacific-10 Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 288 to 198. The team was not bowl-eligible, due to Pacific-10 conference sanctions.


1993 Washington Huskies football team
With its two starting quarterbacks from 1992 selected in the NFL draft, the Huskies were led by sophomore Damon Huard and junior Eric Bjornson. Halfback Napoleon Kaufman was selected as the team's most valuable player. Jamal Fountaine, Matt Jones, Andy Mason, and Jim Nevelle were the team captains.


1993 Washington Huskies football team
Entering his nineteenth season as head coach of the Huskies, Don James retired on August 22, following the announcement of sanctions by the Pac-10 Conference, which included a two-year bowl ban. Defensive coordinator Lambright was quickly named the head coach.


1993 Washington Huskies football team
Comedian and actor Joel McHale played tight end at Washington during the 1992 and 1993 seasons.


1993 Washington Huskies football team, NFL Draft selections
One Washington player was selected in the 1994 NFL Draft:


1993 Washington Huskies football team, NFL Draft selections
Defensive tackle D'Marco Farr was undrafted, but played seven seasons with the Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams, which included a Super Bowl win and a Pro Bowl selection.


1993 Washington Redskins season
The 1993 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 62nd season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 57th in Washington, D.C.. The team failed to improve on their 9–7 record from 1992. Head coach Joe Gibbs retired following the 1992 season and the Redskins promoted his defensive coordinator, Richie Petitbon, to be the head coach. The Redskins’ aging core struggled with injuries while numerous key players (Gary Clark, Wilber Marshall, Martin Mayhew, Jumpy Geathers, and Fred Stokes) left the team via free agency.


1993 Washington Redskins season
Management tried to ease the losses by signing players like Carl Banks, Tim McGee, Al Noga, and Rick Graf, but none had a major impact on the team. The team finished the season with a 4–12 record and missed the playoffs for the first time since 1989. Petitbon was fired at the end of the season.


1993 Washington Redskins season
The Redskins were swept by the Cardinals for the first time since 1974, losing to the Cardinals at RFK Stadium for the first time since 1978.


1993 Washington Redskins season
It was the only season in Redskins history where no player was selected to the Pro Bowl.


1993 Washington State Cougars football team
The 1993 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth season under head coach Mike Price, the Cougars compiled a 5–6 record (3–5 in Pac-10, seventh), and outscored their opponents 271 to 248.


1993 Washington State Cougars football team
The team's statistical leaders included Mike Pattinson with 1,430 passing yards, Kevin Hicks with 497 rushing yards, and Deron Pointer with 996 receiving yards.


1993 Washington State Cougars football team
Starting quarterback Pattinson, a fifth-year senior from nearby Moscow, suffered a broken collarbone at homecoming against #21 California in mid-October and was lost for the season. Shawn Deeds came off the bench to lead the WSU to a decisive victory and a #25 ranking at 5–2, but the Cougars lost the next four games with Chad DeGrenier and Deeds at quarterback.


1993 Washington State Cougars football team, NFL Draft
For the first time in three years, no Cougars were selected in the 1994 NFL Draft; four were selected the following year.


1993 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
The 1993 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship was the 93rd staging of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Waterford County Board in 1897.


1993 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
On 3 October 1993, Lismore won the championship after an 0-08 to 0-07 defeat of Passage in the final. This was their third championship title overall and their first title since 1991. It remains their last championship victory.


1993 Welling riots
On 16 October 1993, an anti-racism march near Welling in South East London turned violent, leading to large-scale clashes between police and protesters which left around 70 people injured. The march was intending to demand the closure of a bookshop which was the headquarters of the British National Party (BNP).


1993 Welling riots, Background
The BNP opened an office in a bookshop at 154 Upper Wickham Lane in Welling, South East London, in 1989, which served as the party's headquarters. The local area saw a sharp increase in the number of racist attacks in the years following the opening of the office, including the murder of Stephen Lawrence in neighbouring Eltham in April 1993, which had caused opposition to the bookshop to intensify. In the same year, the BNP had its first local councillor elected, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.


1993 Welling riots, The march
On 16 October 1993, demonstrators gathered on Winn's Common in Plumstead, South East London, for a demonstration co-ordinated by the Anti- Nazi League and Youth against Racism in Europe. Estimates for the number of demonstrators range from 15,000 to 45,000. They planned to march to the BNP bookshop in Welling to demand its closure, but the initial route passing directly past the property was blocked by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Paul Condon. The protesters left and headed towards Welling, via the main road that passed through East Wickham.


1993 Welling riots, The march
The march started peacefully, but as the protesters approached the bookshop, the road was completely blocked by riot police. The police had set up a wide exclusion zone around the bookshop that began in at the bottom of the hill in East Wickham, just before the main road entered Welling. At this point a large police contingent of riot and mounted police tried to divert the march at an intersection with an adjourning road, away from the bookshop. Soon the protest escalated into violence, which led to large-scale clashes between the police and some of the protesters. During clashes lasting 90 minutes, police used truncheons and horseback charges, which was criticised as indiscriminate by organisers of the march. The march was eventually abandoned.


1993 Welling riots, Aftermath
74 people were injured in the riots, including 12 police officers. The clashes were the most serious civil disorder in London since the poll tax riots in 1990. The Metropolitan Police spent £1 million and 7,000 officers to police the event. Many of the protesters were arrested and charged, including Duwayne Brooks, a friend of Stephen Lawrence who had been with him at the time of his murder. The case against Brooks was eventually dismissed by a judge. The bookshop in Welling was eventually closed down by Bexley Council in 1995.


1993 Welsh Open (snooker)
The 1993 Regal Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 21 and 31 January 1993 at the Newport Leisure Centre in Newport, Wales. Television coverage on BBC Wales started on 28 January.


1993 Welsh Open (snooker)
Stephen Hendry was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Nigel Bond.


1993 Welsh Open (snooker)
Ken Doherty defeated Alan McManus 9–7 in the final to win his first ranking title.


1993 Welsh local elections
The 1993 Welsh local elections,  were held on 6 May in 8 local authorities, as part of the wider 1993 UK local elections.


1993 Welsh local elections, Result
In all 8 Welsh county councils the whole of the council was up for election.


1993 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 1993 West Virginia Mountaineers football team completed the regular season with an 11–0 (7–0 conference record) and won the school's first Big East Conference championship in what was the first year of round robin play for the conference. The team traveled to the Sugar Bowl, where they lost to the Florida Gators, 41–7. WVU finished the season 11–1.


1993 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Season summary
The 1993 season began with an uncertainty at quarterback. Both Darren Studstill and Jake Kelchner were up for the spot, but coach Don Nehlen decided to have a rotation each game while playing freshman Chad Johnston a few games. Star running back Adrian Murrell was replaced that season by Robert Walker and All-American center Mike Compton was replaced by Dale Williams. Tackle Rich Braham provided help to Walker in the run game. Young Aaron Beasley and Mike Logan led the secondary.


1993 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Season summary
The first game against Eastern Michigan University was an easy win. The next was against the University of Maryland. Kelchner passed for 270 yards and Harold Kidd grabbed a big interception to seal the win, 42–37. The next week, the Mountaineers blew by the University of Missouri 35–3 in Morgantown. In that game, Mike Collins returned a fumble 97 yards for a score and Vann Washington took an interception 27-yards for another score.


1993 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Season summary
The next week was a close win against Virginia Tech, 14–13. The Mountaineers won, even though turning the ball over five times, when the Tech kicker missed a 44-yard field goal. The next game was against the University of Louisville, one of the toughest games of the season. Led by Brian Brohm's older brother, Jeff Brohm, the Cardinals were undefeated like the Mountaineers. But Robert Walker score three times, and led the Mountaineers to a close 36–34 win. The win led the Mountaineers into the Top 15 in the country. The next game, against the University of Pittsburgh, had a close first quarter. But Robert Walker rushed for over 150 yards and Mike Baker caught a couple of touchdown passes to pull away and win, 42–21.


1993 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Season summary
The next game was a revengeful game. In 1992, West Virginia played the University of Syracuse, when a massive fight occurred. In a controversial decision, three Mountaineers were ejected, while only one Orangeman was ejected. That led to the Syracuse win. In the '93 version of the game, after missing two field goals, the Mountaineers were up 7–0 at halftime. But in the second half, the Mountaineer exploded. After a 90-yard run by Robert Walker, the Mountaineers won 43–0.


1993 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Season summary
After beating Rutgers and Temple University, the Mountaineers were 9–0. In one of the biggest games in Mountaineer history, the #4 University of Miami came to Morgantown and played before a record Mountaineer Field crowd of 70,222, a mark that still stands today. The game was close, but Robert Walker won the game when he took a run to the sideline in the fourth quarter. Up 17–14, with four minutes left, Jake Kelchner threw a 40-yard bomb to seal the game.


1993 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Season summary
After the game, Jake Kelchner injured his arm and Vann Washington had leg problems. The next game was against Boston College, who was coming off an upset win of their own over then #1 Notre Dame, the Mountaineers were almost taken by surprise. Down 11 points with 13 minutes left, Don Nehlen told defensive coordinator Steve Dunlap to put in Keith Jones and Mike Logan. The next play, Jones hit the fullback, resulting in a fumble which was recovered by the Mountaineers. Darren Studstill drove 63-yards downfield, and hit Eddie Hill for one of the greatest scores in West Virginia history. West Virginia finished the season 11–0, their second undefeated season.


1993 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Season summary, Sugar Bowl
Although the Mountaineers finished the season as one of only two undefeated and untied teams eligible for a bowl game, alongside Coaches' Poll #1 Nebraska, they were denied a chance to play in the Orange Bowl, that year's de facto national championship game. Auburn was also undefeated but was on probation. West Virginia finished second in the final regular-season Coaches' Poll, but was only third in the final regular-season AP Poll behind #2 Nebraska and #1 Florida State. The margin between Florida State and West Virginia was large enough to drop the Mountaineers to third in the "Bowl Poll," a combination of the points from both polls which the Bowl Coalition used to set bowl matchups.


1993 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Season summary, Sugar Bowl
Instead, West Virginia was scheduled to play the Florida Gators in the Sugar Bowl. After an 80-yard drive that led to a touchdown pass, the Mountaineers then stopped the Gators on their first drive. The next Gator drive almost went three-and-out, until a personal foul on Steve Perkins gave Florida the momentum. Jake Kelchner was playing a good game, but then Nehlen surprised many by putting Studstill in. On the Mountaineers' first drive, Studstill threw an interception that the Gators returned for a touchdown. Florida ran off with the game after that, winning 41–7, ending any claim West Virginia might have had at a national championship. Florida State beat the same Florida team on the road by a 33-21 score.


1993 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Season summary, Sugar Bowl
Coach Don Nehlen said of the game, "We had wanted to play Nebraska in the Orange Bowl as the only two undefeated teams, but the Bowl Coalition didn't like the match. Instead, we were slotted to play Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl Classic. Instead, the Sugar Bowl paid more money so the conference and administration wanted us to play Florida. If we wanted the best chance to win, we should have taken the Cotton; playing a slower, more physical team outdoors would have worked to our advantage a lot more than playing those Florida speed-burners indoors on a smooth surface."


1993 Western Australian state election
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 6 February 1993 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council. The three-term Labor government, led by Premier Dr Carmen Lawrence since 12 February 1990, was defeated by the Liberal-National coalition, led by Opposition Leader Richard Court since 12 May 1992.


1993 Western Australian state election, Results, Legislative Assembly
Western Australian state election, 6 February 1993Legislative Assembly << 1989–1996 >>


1993 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
The 1993 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University in the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season and were led by head coach Jack Harbaugh. The team primarily ran an option offense and were ranked 1st in Rush Offence for NCAA Division I-AA for the season. They missed making the NCAA Playoffs but finished the season ranked 19th in final 1AA postseason national poll. Western Kentucky's roster included future NFL player Robert Jackson.


1993 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The 1993 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh season under head coach Al Molde, the Broncos compiled a 7–3–1 record (6–1–1 against MAC opponents), finished in second place in the MAC, and outscored their opponents, 237 to 187. The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.


1993 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The team's statistical leaders included Jay McDonagh with 1,974 passing yards, Dave Madsen with 571 rushing yards, and Andre Wallace with 599 receiving yards.


1993 Whitbread Awards
The Whitbread Awards (1971–2005), called Costa Book Awards since 2006, are literary awards in the United Kingdom, awarded both for high literary merit but also for works considered enjoyable reading. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 1993.


1993 Wichita State Shockers baseball team
The 1993 Wichita State Shockers baseball team represented Wichita State University in the 1993 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Shockers played their home games at Eck Stadium in Wichita, Kansas. The team was coached by Gene Stephenson in his sixteenth season as head coach at Wichita State.


1993 Wichita State Shockers baseball team
The Shockers reached the College World Series, finishing as the runner up to LSU. This was their third consecutive appearance in Omaha, and third time advancing to the final in five years.


1993 William & Mary Tribe football team
The 1993 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as member of the Mid-Atlantic Division of the Yankee Conference during the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by Jimmye Laycock in his 14th year as head coach, William & Mary finished the season with an overall record of 9–3 and a mark of 7–1 in Yankee Conference play, winning the Mid-Atlantic Division title. They were ranked No. 10 in the final Sports Network poll. The Tribe qualified for the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs, losing in the first round before to McNeese State.


1993 Wiltshire County Council election
Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on 6 May 1993. The whole council was up for election and the result was no overall control, with the Liberal Democrats as the largest party. This resulted in a no-party-control shared administration for the first year of the Council, with the three main party groups being briefed on a coequal basis. Following a by-election gain by the Liberal Democrats from the Conservatives, giving the Liberal Democrats exactly half the seats on the Council,  a Liberal Democrat administration was formed, but with a convention that those chairing committees would not use their casting vote.


1993 Wiltshire County Council election
When Swindon Borough Council was established as a new unitary authority on 1 April 1997, the members who had been elected to the county council from Haydon Wick, Highworth, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, Wanborough, and Wroughton ceased to hold office. The size of the council fell from 68 to 47, and in the  remaining month of the council's term of office the Liberal Democrats briefly gained control, but they lost it at the 1997 Wiltshire Council election, when there was a return to no overall control.


1993 Wimbledon Championships
The 1993 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 107th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 21 June to 4 July 1993.


1993 Wimbledon Championships, Prize money
The total prize money for 1993 championships was £5,048,450. The winner of the men's title earned £305,000 while the women's singles champion earned £275,000.


1993 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Doubles
Todd Woodbridge /  Mark Woodforde defeated  Grant Connell /  Patrick Galbraith, 7–5, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)


1993 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Women's Doubles
Gigi Fernández /  Natasha Zvereva defeated  Larisa Neiland /  Jana Novotná, 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–4


1993 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Mixed Doubles
Mark Woodforde /  Martina Navratilova defeated  Tom Nijssen /  Manon Bollegraf, 6–3, 6–4


1993 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Boys' Doubles
Steven Downs /  James Greenhalgh defeated  Neville Godwin /  Gareth Williams, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4), 7–5


1993 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Girls' Doubles
Laurence Courtois /  Nancy Feber defeated  Hiroko Mochizuki /  Yuka Yoshida, 6–3, 6–4


1993 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Doubles
Steven Downs and James Greenhalgh defeated Neville Godwin and Gareth Williams in the final, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4), 7–5 to win the Boys' Doubles tennis title at the 1993 Wimbledon Championships.


1993 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Doubles, Seeds
The top seed received a bye into the second round.


1993 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles
Răzvan Sabău defeated Jimy Szymanski in the final, 6–1, 6–3 to win the Boys' Singles tennis title at the 1993 Wimbledon Championships.


1993 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles, Seeds
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1993 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Doubles
Laurence Courtois and Nancy Feber defeated Hiroko Mochizuki and Yuka Yoshida in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the Girls' Doubles tennis title at the 1993 Wimbledon Championships.


1993 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Nancy Feber defeated Rita Grande in the final, 6–2, 7–5 to win the Girls' Singles tennis title at the 1993 Wimbledon Championships.


1993 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles, Seeds
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1993 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
John McEnroe and Michael Stich were the defending champions, but McEnroe did not compete. Stich competed with Wayne Ferreira but lost in the third round to Jeremy Bates and Byron Black.


1993 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde defeated Grant Connell and Patrick Galbraith in the final, 7–5, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) to win the Gentlemen's Doubles title at the 1993 Wimbledon Championships. This was the second Grand Slam title for The Woodies, their first Wimbledon title, and the duo's second step towards a Career Golden Slam.


1993 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles, Seeds
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1993 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


1993 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Pete Sampras defeated Jim Courier in the final, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–3 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1993 Wimbledon Championships. This was the first of Sampras's eventual seven Wimbledon titles, an all-time record shared with William Renshaw until 2017 when Roger Federer won his eighth title.


1993 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Andre Agassi was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Sampras.


1993 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
This was Ivan Lendl's final Wimbledon appearance; he lost in the second round. He was a runner-up in two Wimbledon finals. This was the only major he did not win in his career.


1993 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
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1993 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


1993 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Cyril Suk and Larisa Neiland were the defending champions but lost in the third round to Grant Connell and Robin White.


1993 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Mark Woodforde and Martina Navratilova defeated Tom Nijssen and Manon Bollegraf in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 1993 Wimbledon Championships.


1993 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles, Seeds
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1993 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva successfully defended their title, defeating Larisa Neiland and Jana Novotná in the final, 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–4 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 1993 Wimbledon Championships.


1993 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1993 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


1993 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Qualifying, Seeds
The top 4 seeds received a bye into the second round.


1993 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Steffi Graf successfully defended her title, defeating Jana Novotná in the final, 7–6(8–6), 1–6, 6–4 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1993 Wimbledon Championships. It was Graf's third consecutive appearance in the women's final, and her fifth Wimbledon championship victory. Novotná would appear in two more ladies' finals, eventually winning the title in 1998.


1993 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
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1993 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
Mary Pierce withdrew due to illness. She was replaced in the draw by Lucky Loser Louise Field.


1993 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


1993 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
The 1993 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in 1st place in the East Division with a 14–4 record. They appeared in the Grey Cup for the second straight year but lost to the Edmonton Eskimos.


1993 Winston 500
The 1993 Winston 500 was held on May 2, 1993, at Talladega Superspeedway and was the 10th race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series. Then-current Alabama governor Harold Guy Hunt was the official grand marshal for the event.


1993 Winston 500
Rusty Wallace flipped for the second time that season across the finish line. Dale Earnhardt tapped him into a spin, which caused Rusty's car to get airborne and cross the finish line on its nose. It then landed and flipped 6 times on the grass. He would receive numerous injuries as the result of cracking up his vehicle in this event; allowing Dale Earnhardt to take a 129-point lead over him in the 1993 Winston Cup Championship.


1993 Winston 500
Ultimately, Rusty never had a chance to regain the championship lead because the cast on his hand caused his shift problems that destroyed his transmission along with his grip in the next few after that.


1993 Winston 500, Background
Talladega Superspeedway, originally known as Alabama International Motor Superspeedway (AIMS), is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. The track is a Tri-oval and was constructed by International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France Family, in the 1960s. Talladega is most known for its steep banking and the unique location of the start/finish line - located just past the exit to pit road. The track currently hosts the NASCAR series such as the Sprint Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and the Camping World Truck Series. Talladega Superspeedway is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66 miles (4.28 km), and the track at its peak had a seating capacity of 175,000 spectators.


1993 Winston 500, Race report
The pole position was won by Dale Earnhardt in his # 3 Chevrolet. Ernie Irvan defeated Jimmy Spencer by two car lengths. 13% of the race was run under a caution flag while the average green flag run was 33 laps. Accidents and a brief burst of rain contributed to the yellow flags in the race. All drivers were born in the United States of America.


1993 Winston 500, Race report
Ricky Rudd was the last-place finisher due to camshaft problems on lap 12. Mark Martin was penalized for making a pit stop prior to the green flag. Veteran driver Dick Trickle managed to avoid the mechanical problems for 31st-place finish. Ritchie Petty would make his NASCAR debut in this race; he would make a few more Cup starts in what turned out to be a short NASCAR career.


1993 Winston 500, Race report
This was Ernie Irvan's seventh career Winston Cup win and final one in the #4 Kodak Film Chevy.


1993 Winston 500, Race report
This race resulted in Joe Ruttman's last top-5 and top-10 of his NASCAR Winston Cup Series career.


1993 Winston 500, Race report
Greg Sacks took over the #68 Country Time ride in this race after 1991 Rookie of the Year Bobby Hamilton was let go.


1993 Winston 500, Race report
1988 Rookie of the Year Ken Bouchard's first start in four years since being replaced in the Bob Whitcomb owned car very early in the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season by Derrike Cope.


1993 Winston 500, Race report
Lapped cars of Rick Wilson, Bobby Hillin, and Phil Parsons were mixing it up with the leaders on the final laps. Earnhardt and Wallace got too far ahead on the final restart and were overtaken by the field. Mark Martin fell from second to 12th on the final lap.


1993 Winston 500, Race report
Ford vehicles would make up the majority of the racing grid while Chevrolets and Pontiacs also competed. Dick Moroso would have his only "top five" finisher as an owner at this event.


1993 Winston 500, Standings after the race
Failed to qualify: 9-P. J. Jones, 48-James Hylton, 0-Delma Cowart, 31-Steve Kinser, 62-Ben Hess, 71-Dave Marcis, 73-Phil Barkdoll, 65-Jerry O'Neil, 49-Stanley Smith.


1993 Winter Universiade
The 1993 Winter Universiade, the XVI Winter Universiade, took place in Zakopane, Poland.


1993 Wisconsin Badgers football team
The 1993 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by fourth year head coach Barry Alvarez and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Badgers played their home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.


1993 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Season
Over the course of the season, Wisconsin was the top team in the Big Ten in terms of passing efficiency, with QB Darrell Bevell recording an impressive 155.2 in that category. RB Brent Moss ran for 1,637 yards on 312 carries, winning Big Ten Player of the Year Honors, the first Wisconsin player to receive this award since Ron Vander Kelen in the 1962 season.


1993 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Season
After starting the season 3–0, including a win in their Big Ten opener against Indiana, team co-captain Joe Panos was asked by a reporter whether he thought Michigan or Ohio State would win the conference, to which Panos sharply responded, "Well, why not Wisconsin?" Panos' words served to inspire the team and the school, using the rally cry of "Why Not Wisconsin?" for the rest of the season.


1993 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Season
The Badgers lost in a stunning upset to a mediocre Minnesota team in their annual rivalry game for their first and only loss of the season. Footage from this game held at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome was used in the television series Coach to represent the fictional Minnesota State and West Texas Universities in the "Pioneer Bowl" at the Alamodome.


1993 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Season
However, in the next game, Wisconsin defeated Michigan for the first time since 1981. After a tie against Ohio State, the Badgers needed to win their final game of the year against Michigan State and an Ohio State loss to Michigan to secure their first trip to the Rose Bowl since 1963. Michigan's 28–0 shut out of Ohio State opened the door, and then Wisconsin defeated #25 Michigan State in the last Coca-Cola Classic in Tokyo, Japan to win a share of Big Ten Conference title and the invitation to the 1994 Rose Bowl.


1993 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Season
The Badgers finished their most successful season since 1962, highlighted by their first Rose Bowl win, as they defeated the UCLA Bruins 21–16. Unfortunately, the season is also remembered for the tragic "Camp Randall Crush" where several people were severely injured during a field rush after the Badgers defeated Michigan.


1993 Women's African Volleyball Championship
The 1993 Women's African Volleyball Championship was the Sixth Edition African continental volleyball Championship for women in Africa and it was held in Lagos, Nigeria, with Ten teams participating.


1993 Women's British Open Squash Championship
The 1993 Hi-Tec British Open Squash Championships was held at the Lambs Squash Club with the later stages being held at the Wembley Conference Centre in London from 10–19 April 1993. The event was won by Michelle Martin who defeated Suzanne Horner (née Burgess) in the final.


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup
The 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup was an international cricket tournament played in England from 20 July to 1 August 1993. Hosted by England for the second time, it was the fifth edition of the Women's Cricket World Cup, and came over four years after the preceding 1988 World Cup in Australia.


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup
The tournament was organised by the International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC), with matches played over 60 overs. It was "run on a shoestring", and was close to being cancelled until a £90,000 donation was received from the Foundation for Sport and the Arts. England won the tournament for a second time, defeating New Zealand in the final by 67 runs. A record eight teams participated, with Denmark, India, and the West Indies joining the five teams from the 1988 edition. Denmark and the West Indies were making their tournament debuts. England's Jan Brittin led the tournament in runs, while her captain Karen Smithies and New Zealand's Julie Harris led the tournament in wickets.


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup, Venues
Twenty-five venues hosted matches at the 1993 Women's World Cup (except where noted, each venue hosted only one match):


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup, Warm-up matches
Eleven warm-up matches were played against various English teams, all before the beginning of the tournament.


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Matches
The opening ceremony for the World Cup was held at The Oval on 13 July, with Sir Colin Cowdrey, the chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), opening the event.


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup, Final
The final at Lord's was attended by 4,500 spectators, including the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, John Major. The match was broadcast live on BBC's Grandstand, and England's victory received front-page and back-page coverage in all of the major national newspapers, a first for women's cricket. England's performance was often contrasted with that of the English men's side, which had lost the 1993 Ashes series to Australia less than a week earlier. The Women's Cricket Association (WCA) was praised for its management of the final, but the increased media coverage also led to some criticism of its role in the sport as a whole.


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup, Statistics, Most runs
The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored, then by batting average, then alphabetically by surname.


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup, Statistics, Most wickets
The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final
The 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final was a one-day cricket match between England and New Zealand played on 1 August 1993 at Lord's in London, England. It marked the culmination of the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup, the fifth edition of the tournament. England won the final by 67 runs, clinching their second World Cup title; their first since the inaugural tournament in 1973. It was England's third appearance in a World Cup final, while New Zealand made their debut at this stage of the tournament.


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final
New Zealand remained unbeaten through the round-robin league stage of the tournament, while England only lost once: to New Zealand. They finished first and second in the league to qualify directly for the final. New Zealand were considered slight favourites for the final. The New Zealand captain, Sarah Illingworth, won the toss, and opted to field first. England scored patiently throughout most of their innings; Jan Brittin and Carole Hodges had a partnership of 85, before runs were added more quickly towards the end, led by 38 runs from 33 balls by Jo Chamberlain. England finished on 195 for five. In their response, New Zealand regularly lost wickets. The dismissal of Debbie Hockley just before the tea interval was identified as a key moment for England, who eventually bowled New Zealand out for 128 to secure victory. Chamberlain was named as player of the match, for her all-round performance.


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Background
The 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup was the fifth Women's Cricket World Cup. The first had been held in 1973, pre-dating the first men's Cricket World Cup by two years. The 1993 tournament featured eight teams; Australia, Denmark, England, India, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand and the West Indies. It took place between 20 July and 1 August, featuring 29 matches over 13 days. England had won the first World Cup on home soil, before Australia won each of the next three, beating England in the 1982 and 1988 finals.


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Route to the final
Each team played seven matches during the round-robin stage of the tournament, facing each other once. The top two teams would progress directly to the final. England started their campaign against Denmark. Aided by a hat-trick from Carole Hodges—both the first by an Englishwoman in international cricket, and the first at any Women's World Cup—England won by 239 runs; at the time, the second-biggest winning margin in Women's One Day International cricket. In their second match, they faced New Zealand, who only managed to score 127 runs batting first.


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Route to the final
However, in response, New Zealand enacted five run outs to help secure a 25-run victory. The New Zealand captain, Sarah Illingworth recalled: "As captain that day I felt as if I knew what was going to happen before it did in the field. [ It was the] best fielding performance I’ve ever been involved in." The English cricket writer, Raf Nicholson, blamed England rather than praised New Zealand, saying that England "threw away the game with five suicidal run-outs and unnecessary slogging in between".


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Route to the final
England subsequently beat Ireland by 162 runs—during which Hodges and Helen Plimmer both scored centuries for England—and narrowly defeated India, who had only needed four runs to win when their last batter was dismissed. Their results meant that England had to beat Australia to give themselves a realistic chance of reaching the final. England scored 208 for five; aided by another century from Hodges, and then five wickets by Gill Smith helped England to bowl Australia out for 165. England convincingly won their final two group matches; a four-wicket win over the West Indies, with more than 13 overs remaining, and a 133-run win over the Netherlands.


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Route to the final
New Zealand opened their tournament against Ireland, achieving a seven-wicket win after restricting the Irish to 82 for six from their reduced allocation of 39 overs. After beating England in their second match, New Zealand secured another large victory, defeating Denmark by nine wickets after bowling them out for 93 runs. New Zealand's bowlers dominated again in the next match: Jennifer Turner took five wickets and conceded only five runs as the Netherlands were bowled out for 40, at the time the third-lowest score in Women's One Day Internationals.


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Route to the final
During New Zealand's next match, a seven-wicket win over the West Indies, Julie Harris took New Zealand's first hat-trick in Women's One Day Internationals. In their penultimate group match, New Zealand were restricted to 154 runs by India, but three run outs and economic bowling helped them to a 42-run victory.


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Route to the final
New Zealand faced Australia in their final group match: victory would ensure them a place in the final, but a loss would leave Australia, England and New Zealand all on the same number of points, and run rate would have to be used to determine which teams reached the final. No such tie-breaker was needed; New Zealand bowled Australia out for 77 runs, which as of 2020 remains their lowest total in Women's One Day Internationals. New Zealand reached their target without loss to win by ten wickets. Having won all of their matches, New Zealand finished top of the league on 28 points, while England finished second with 24 points.


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Summary
The final was played on a "clear and bright" day at Lord's cricket ground in London. Although Lord's is famously described as "the home of cricket", it was only the third time that a women's One Day International had been played at the ground. At the time of the match, women were not allowed to be members of the Marylebone Cricket Club (the MCC; who owned the ground), nor were they allowed in the pavilion. The BBC made a late schedule change to broadcast the match live on Grandstand, where it attracted 2.5 million viewers. The match began at 10:45 BST, and was played in front of a crowd of around 5,000 people, who were all on one side of the ground, as the MCC kept the other side closed.


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Summary
The New Zealand captain, Illingworth, won the toss and chose to field first. Jan Brittin and Wendy Watson opened the batting for England; Watson was dropped in the first over, but only added five runs before being bowled by Sarah McLauchlan. That wicket brought Hodges to the crease: Brittin and Hodges were the leading run-scorers during the tournament, and Alan Lee of The Times described their partnership as "accomplished and assured" as they patiently put on 85 runs together. During her innings, Brittin became the first player to score 1,000 runs in Women's World Cup matches.


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Summary
Brittin was dismissed 15 minutes before lunch, caught at mid-wicket by Karen Gunn off the bowling of McLauchlan for 48 runs, leaving England 96 for two. After the wicket, Hodges and Plimmer scored 18 runs in just under 10 overs before both were dismissed in quick succession: Hodges was stumped by Illingworth off the bowling of Catherine Campbell for 45, while Plimmer was run out for 11. Their wickets brought Jo Chamberlain and Barbara Daniels in to bat. The pair played more positively, working the ball into gaps in the field and taking quick singles.


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Summary
Chamberlain was dropped when she had scored seven runs: in all, New Zealand dropped four catches during the final, in stark contrast to the excellent fielding that had earned them plaudits during the group stage. Chamberlain scored 38 runs from 33 deliveries before missing the ball while aiming a big shot at the Tavern Stand, and being bowled by Julie Harris. She was given a standing ovation by the MCC members as she walked off the pitch. Daniels and Karen Smithies added another 20 runs in the final few overs to take England to 195 for five: they scored 81 of their 195 runs from the last 12 overs.


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Summary
New Zealand opened the batting with Penny Kinsella and Debbie Hockley; England started with the medium pace bowling of Clare Taylor at one end, and the off spin of Hodges at the other. Writing for The Guardian, Mike Selvey said that the use of Hodges "at a stroke [rendered] Debbie Hockley both moribund and, with helmet, grill and armguard, faintly ridiculous." Kinsella was the first wicket to fall, caught behind by Jane Smit off the bowling of Taylor for 15.


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Summary
Hockley and Kirsty Bond then built a partnership, taking the score on to 51 for one before Chamberlain was introduced into the bowling attack, and Bond was soon "brilliantly caught by Suzy Kitson at gully", according to Martin Williamson of ESPNcricinfo. Hockley and Maia Lewis began to rebuild the New Zealand innings, but after adding nine runs in seven overs, the left-handed Chamberlain hit the stumps with a right-arm throw to run out Hockley for 24, a moment identified as the turning point of the match by both Selvey and Taylor.


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Summary
Tea was taken after 30 overs of the New Zealand innings. Shortly thereafter two more wickets fell: Illingworth was caught and bowled by Smithies for 4, while Emily Drumm was caught by Chamberlain off the bowling of Smith for a duck. From 55 for one, New Zealand had collapsed to 71 for five. Lewis and Gunn added 39 runs together, but once Lewis was dismissed for 28, trapped leg before wicket by Smith, New Zealand subsided, and were bowled out for 128. England won by 67 runs, and secured their second World Cup title.


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Aftermath
"It was her violently struck 38 from 33 balls that lifted the England innings above dangerous mediocrity. It was her lively left-arm bowling that ended the most threatening stand in the New Zealand reply and her direct hit from cover, athletically precise, that terminated the innings of the prolific Debbie Hockley and, with it, the contest."


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Aftermath
Chamberlain was selected as the player of the match: in The Times, Lee said that "she did all but everything", praising her batting, bowling and fielding performances alike. In The Guardian, Selvey said that she had put in an "unstinting all-round performance". The consensus was that New Zealand had been overwhelmed by their nerves in the final; one of the New Zealand players, Campbell said  "We weren't very experienced at finals, and we choked."


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Aftermath
Throughout the group stage, New Zealand had never had to chase more than 96 runs, so their middle and lower order batters had not had much match practice in English conditions. Before the match, England's women had received a good luck message from the England men's team, who had just lost the Ashes to Australia. Smithies, speaking after the victory, aimed a good-natured dig at them; "Perhaps they could learn a few things from this."


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Aftermath
England's victory gave women's cricket unprecedented coverage in the English press; it was featured in all the national newspapers, and was even on the front pages of some. There was an item on the win in the BBC Evening News. The England captain, Smithies, reflected that the response surprised her; "It changed my life completely for about six months ... It lit up women's cricket again."


1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Aftermath
In amongst all the plaudits were a few notes of caution; Lee suggested that "This final illustrated the athleticism of the game and the status to which it can aspire; what is needed now is firmer and more enterprising administration." Former England player Sarah Potter said "Progress has been held back by lack of hard cash and column inches, and buckets of male condescension." England failed to reach another World Cup final until 2009, when they once again beat New Zealand. New Zealand faced Australia in the final in both 1997 and 2000; losing the first and winning the second.


1993 Women's European Volleyball Championship
The 1993 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 18th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Brno and Zlín, Czech Republic from 24 September to 2 October 1993.


1993 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Participating teams
*Note: Although the Czech Republic and Slovakia became separate countries in 1993, the Czechoslovakia Volleyball Federation (ČSFV) was not yet separate, therefore the team competed as Czechoslovakia (officially as Czech Republic + Slovak Republic). Czechoslovakia had already been chosen as host country before the country was dissolved.


1993 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Format
The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the twelve participants were divided in two groups of six teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams' group position. The second stage of the tournament consisted of two sets of semifinals to determine the tournament final ranking.


1993 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Format
The group stage firsts and seconds played the semifinals for 1st to 4th place, group stage thirds and fourths played the 5th to 8th place semifinals and the remaining four teams which finished group stages as fifth and sixth ended all tied in final ranking at 9th place. The pairing of the semifinals was made so teams played against the opposite group teams which finished in a different position (1st played against 2nd, 3rd played against 4th).


1993 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 1993 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 4th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women, a field hockey tournament held every four years. It was held between 22 and 29 August 1993 in Amstelveen, Netherlands.


1993 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
Australia won the tournament for the second consecutive time after defeating the Netherlands 4–2 in the final on penalty strokes after a 1–1 draw.


1993 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 53 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 2.94 goals per match.


1993 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup
The 1993 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup was the second edition of the Women's Hockey Junior World Cup, the quadrennial women's under-21 field hockey world championship organized by the International Hockey Federation. It was held at Atlètic Terrassa Hockey Club in Terrassa, Spain from 7 to 18 September 1993.


1993 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup
Argentina won the tournament for the first time by defeating Australia 2–1 in the final. The defending champions Germany won the bronze medal by defeating South Korea 3–2 after penalty strokes.


1993 Women's Intercontinental Cup
The 1993 Women's Intercontinental Cup was a qualifier for the 1994 Women's Hockey World Cup and was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from July 15 until July 25, 1993. Twelve nations took part, and they were divided into two groups of six in the preliminary round. The top five teams will join the other six that have already qualified: Australia, China, England, hosts Ireland, the Netherlands, Olympic champions Spain, and South Korea.


1993 Women's Islamic Games
The first Women's Islamic Games was held in Tehran and Rasht, Iran, in 1993. Ten countries were represented at the Games, with 407 athletes, 46 teams, 190 judges, and 2 international observers in attendance.


1993 Women's Islamic Games, Sports
The first edition of the Games featured seven different sport: athletics, badminton, fencing, handball, judo, swimming and volleyball.


1993 Women's Lacrosse World Cup
The 1993 Women's Lacrosse World Cup was the fourth Women's Lacrosse World Cup and was played at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland from 7–14 August 1993. The United States defeated England in the final to win the tournament.


1993 Women's South American Volleyball Championship
The 1993 Women's South American Volleyball Championship was the 20th edition of the Women's South American Volleyball Championship, organised by South America's governing volleyball body, the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV). It was held at Coliseo de la Juventud in Cuzco, Peru from September 12 to 19, 1993.


1993 Women's South American Volleyball Championship, Teams
Brazil Chile Colombia Peru Uruguay Venezuela Bolivia (withdrew)/ Peru 2


1993 Women's South American Volleyball Championship, Competition System
The competition system for the 1993 Women's South American Championship consisted of a Round-Robin system in which the top two teams in the ranking would play in the final match. On the first round each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the entire round, and the ranking is determined by the total points gained. Matches played against Peru's Junior team did not count towards the final ranking.


1993 Women's South American Volleyball Championship, Final standing
Sonia Ayaucán,Milagros Cámere,Margarita Delgado,Miriam Gallardo,Rosa Garcia,Sara Joya,Natalia Málaga,Gabriela Perez del Solar andJanet Vasconsuelo


1993 Women's World Open Squash Championship
The 1993 Women's World Open Squash Championship was the women's edition of the 1993 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Johannesburg in South Africa between 21 September and 25 September 1993. Michelle Martin won her first World Open title, defeating Liz Irving in the final.


1993 Women's World Open Squash Championship, Draw and results, Notes
The retirement of Susan Devoy left Michelle Martin as the number one seed for the championships. Martin eased to victory winning the tournament without even dropping a single game.


1993 Women's World Snooker Championship
The 1993 Women's World Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament played in the United Kingdom in 1993. Defending champion Allison Fisher beat Stacey Hillyard 9–3 in the final to win the title.


1993 Women's World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary
The competition was promoted by Barry Hearn's Matchroom organisation and sponsored by Trusthouse Forte, with a total prize fund of £40,000. Fisher was the defending champion, having won the 1991 Women's World Snooker Championship, as the Women's World Championship was not held in 1992.


1993 Women's World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary
The Qualifying stages were held in Surrey and the final stages at the Imperial Hotel, Blackpool. There was television coverage of the event some days after the final, on Eurosport and London Weekend Television, the latter starting at 3:30 am.


1993 Women's World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary
The winner, Allison Fisher received £10,000 in prize money, and Stacey Hillyard received £5,000 as runner-up. The losing semi-finalists received £2,500 each, and the losing quarter-finalists £1,250 each. Fisher compiled the highest break of the tournament, an 81 in her semi-final against Ann-Marie Farren.


1993 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men took place on 13 and 14 February 1993 in Hamar at the Vikingskipet ice rink.


1993 World Allround Speed Skating Championships for women
The 54th edition of the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women took place on 6 and 7 February 1993 in Berlin at the Sportforum Hohenschönhausen ice rink.


1993 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 1993 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Tampere, Finland from May 7 to 16. The seventh edition of this competition, held nearly a year after the Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, was organised by the Tampere Boxing Association, member of the Finnish Boxing Association under the influence of the world's governing body for amateur boxing AIBA. The 1993 World Championships witnessed the introduction of publicised scores at the end of each round.


1993 World Archery Championships
The 1993 World Archery Championships was the 37th edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Antalya, Turkey in September 1993 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA).


1993 World Archery Championships
The event marked the last time that the compound discipline was not contested at the World Archery Championships. The men's recurve competition was won for the first time by a Korean, Park Kyung-Mo, instigating a run of 9 different Korean winners in 10 championships to 2011.


1993 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Birmingham, Great Britain, in 1993. There was no team competition at this meet; gymnasts competed in the all-around and event finals only.


1993 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The competition took place between 13 April and 18 April. The opening ceremony took place on 12 April. For the first time the opening ceremony took place at a different venue to the actual competition. The opening ceremony took place at the National Indoor Arena and the competition took place at the neighbour National Exhibition Centre. 57 nations took part. This was the most countries that any gymnastics world championships had had at the time. This was the first time that the nations which formed the Soviet Union competed under their own state.


1993 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
This was the first time that the artistic world championships had been held in Great Britain. Another significant format was that this was the first world championships to have only 24 gymnasts in the all around with 2 gymnasts per nation instead of 3. This format happened again in a world championships at the 2003 world championships and has remained at this format ever since.


1993 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Participants, Men
Sebastian Alvarez, Fernando Menghi, Gustavo Pisos Achot Gasparian, Vakhtang Movsesian, Norair Sarkisian Brennon Dowrick, Peter Hogan, Bret Hudson Catalin Mircan, Thomas Zimmermann Ivan Ivankov, Andrei Kan, Vitaly Scherbo Laurent Jonas, Jurgen Van Eetvelt Ignacio Morales Krassimir Dunev, Ivan Ivanov, Jordan Jovtchev Kris Burley, Curtis Hibbert, Richard Ikeda Wang Feng, Huang Huadong, Huang Liping Feng Chih Chang, Chen Dong Jiang, Chen Jia Lin Eric Lopez, Irving Torres Arnold Bugar, Martin Riesner, Miroslav Smetana Rasmus Brandtoft, Kaspar Fardan Geraldo Sanchez, Milciades Santiago Manuel Rojas Joni Koivunen, Jari Monkkonen, Jani Winterhalter Fabrice Guelzec, Jean-Claude Legros, Eric Poujade Vladimir Gogoladze, Nugzar Gviniashvili, Levan Sisauri Jorg Behrend, Jan Peter Nikiferow, Andreas Wecker Ioannis Melissanidis, Georgios Papadimakis, Stauros Tsiaglis Csaba Fajkusz, Karoly Schupkegel, Zoltan Supola Rajesh Kumar, Debnath Ratan, Vikas Sabharwal Ron Kaplan Paolo Bucci, Yuri Chechi, Boris Preti Takashi Chinen, Daisuke Nishikawa, Hikaru Tanaka Sergei Fedorchenko, Valery Lyukin, Dmitry Rybalko Francisco Lopez, Jose Solano Eddyanne Abdelwahed, Alaoui Driss, Sader Khalid Alexander Selk, Christian Selk Pae Gil-Su, Kim Sok-Chol Espen Jansen, Flemming Solberg João Chu, Helder Pinheiro Carlos Latorre, Diego Lizardi, Pedro Tort Dan Burinca, Alexandru Ciuca, Marius Gherman Dmitry Karbanenko, Sergei Kharkov, Alexei Nemov Enis Hodzic, Dejan Locnikar, Aljaz Pegan Anton Goldman, Adrian Steyn, Johan Van Heerden Chung Jin-Soo, Yoo Ok-Youl, Han Yoon-Soo Alberto Bravo, Antonio Fernandez, Francisco Merchan Per Brandstrom, Jorgen Jonasson, Andreas Jonsson Daniel Giubellini, Olivier Grimm, Rene Pluss Valsang Amornthep, Puangmanee Taweesak Igor Korobchinsky, Grigory Misutin, Rustam Sharipov Valery Belenky Paul Bowler, Marvin Campbell, Neil Thomas Scott Keswick, Lance Ringnald, Chris Waller Khikmatoulla Tokhtaev


1993 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Participants, Women
Vanessa Baglietti, Luciana Peirano Liane Zurcher Oksana Kozhedub, Elena Piskun, Yulia Yurkina Benedicte Evrard Soraya Carvalho Svetlana Ivanova, Mirela Peneva, Deliana Vodenicharova Marilou Cousineau, Stacey Galloway, Stella Umeh Li Li, Ye Linlin, He Xuemei Shu Huei Tsai, Ruey Ping Wu Arasoy Jova, Annia Portuondo Pavla Kinclova, Klara Kudilkova Charlotte Andreasson, Annika Hansen Ekaterina Savenkova, Elena Selivanova, Veronika Tsubarko Sari Lehmuskallio, Niina Parjanen, Leena-Kaisa Piiroinen Eleonore Couffe, Melanie Legros Jana Gunther, Gabi Weller Virginia Karentzou, Sofia Pidoula Luisa Portocarrero Kinga Horvath, Andrea Molnar, Krisztina Molnar Einat Kedar, Maya Shani Chiara Ferrazzi, Veronica Servente Yuka	Arai, Mari Kosuge, Risa Sugawara Irina Evdokimova, Olga Kim, Viktoria Pavlova Ludmilla Prince Judith Cavazos, Carmen Moreno Naima Ghouati, Sanae Khadiri Wyke Karten, Monique Slootmaker Anette Pettersen, Anita Tomulevska Aleksandra Szczesiul Nanette Berrios, Francine Diaz, Yariza Yulian Andreea Cacovean, Gina Gogean, Lavinia Milosovici Natalia Bobrova, Oksana Fabrichnova Klaudia Kinska Lidija Peric, Natasa Retelj Kirsty McClelland, Heidi Oosthuizen, Leigh Pra-Levis Han Na-Jung, Heo So-Young, Lee Soo-Young Mercedes Pacheco, Silvia Santiago, Elisabeth Valle Jessica Andreasson Patricia Giacomini, Tanja Pechstein, Natasha Schnell Tatiana Lysenko, Lilia Podkopayeva, Ludmilla Stovbchataya Jackie Brady, Zita Lusack, Laura Timmins Dominique Dawes, Shannon Miller, Kerri Strug Oksana Chusovitina, Roza Galieva, Snejana Manakova


1993 World Badminton Grand Prix Finals
The 1993 World Badminton Grand Prix was the 11th edition of the World Badminton Grand Prix finals. It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from December 15 to December 19, 1993.


1993 World Championships in Athletics
The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, Stuttgart, Germany between 13 and 22 August with the participation of 187 nations. Having originally being held every four years in 1983, 1987 and 1991 these championships began a two-year cycle between events.


1993 World Championships in Athletics
The 1993 World Championships was the final time the women's 3000 m would be contested. At subsequent Championships the race was replaced by the longer 5000 m.


1993 World Championships in Athletics, Men's results, Field
1 Michael Stulce of the United States originally finished third, but was disqualified after testing positive for excess testosterone and mestenolone.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
The men's 10,000 metres event featured at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 36 participating athletes, with two qualifying heats and the final being held on 22 August 1993.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
Defending champion Moses Tanui moved out to the front early, controlling the pace. His progress was marked by World Junior Champion Haile Gebrselassie. The field strung out behind them, one by one dropping off the back. With nine laps to go, the last to drop off was Richard Chelimo, then it was just the two. Tanui was unable to shake the youngster. Coming into the bell, Gebrselassie moved closer to Tanui accidentally stepping on his heel. Tanui's shoe flew off.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
With just one shoe, an angered Tanui sprinted out to a quick 5-meter lead, expanding to a 10-meter lead with 200 to go. Through the final turn, Gebrselassie began to gain. As they onto the final straight, Tanui went wide, straining to sprint to the finish. Gebrselassie accepted the opening, sprinting past Tanui on the inside and on to a 5-meter victory.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
This was the changing of the guard as Gebrselassie would go on to win the next three world championships and two Olympics.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
These are the official results of the Men's 100 metres event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 70 participating athletes, with nine qualifying heats and the final held on Sunday 1993-08-15.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
At 33 years, 135 days old, Linford Christie became the oldest ever world champion for the men's 100 m.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
These are the official results of the Men's 110 metres Hurdles event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total of 47 participating athletes, with three semi-finals and six qualifying heats and the final held on Friday August 20, 1993. The gold medal was won by Colin Jackson of Great Britain with a world record time of 12.91 seconds.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
These are the official results of the Men's 1500 metres event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 43 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Sunday 1993-08-22.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
These are the official results of the Men's 20 km Walk event at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total of 48 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 15, 1993.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
These are the official results of the Men's 200 metres event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 87 participating athletes, with nine qualifying heats and the final held on Friday 1993-08-20.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
These are the official results of the Men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 34 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats and the final held on Saturday 1993-08-21.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
These are the official results of the Men's 4x100 metres event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. Their final was held on Sunday 1993-08-22.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
These are the official results of the Men's 4x400 metres event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of eighteen participating nations, with three qualifying heats and the final held on Sunday, August 22, 1993. The current world record for the event was set in the final.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres
These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 43 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats and the final held on Tuesday 1993-08-17.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres Hurdles event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total of 49 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Thursday 1993-08-19.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
These are the official results of the Men's 50 km Walk event at the 1993 World Championships held on Saturday August 21, 1993, in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 46 participating athletes.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
These are the official results of the Men's 5.000 metres event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 42 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats and the final held on Monday 1993-08-16.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres, Final
This 5,000-metre final was run at a consistently fast pace from the start, which quickly broke up the 15-man field. The Kenyans and Ethiopians used team tactics and successive surges in order to try to exhaust each other. Kenya's Michael Chesire led at a suicidal pace in 2:31.76 at 1,000 metres. Ismael Kirui passed the tiring Chesire around 1,700 metres. At 2,000 metres, Kirui was leading in 5:11.27. The only non-African runner who was still in contention was Rob Denmark of Britain.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres, Final
Soon after 2,000 metres, however, for example Denmark started to lose contact with the leading group, as Kirui surged away from his opponents. By 2,400 metres (his unofficial split time was 6:11.48), the teenage Kenyan champion had already stretched his lead over the chasing group to 40 metres! Kirui continued his mercilessly quick pace as he passed 3,000 metres in a wide lead in 7:45.62. Only several African runners, including Skah and the three Ethiopians, Haile Gebrselassie, Fita Bayisa, and Worku Bikila, were able to remain in the chasing group.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres, Final
Shortly after 3,000 metres, the chasing group was reduced to four runners:  Skah and the Ethiopians. They took turns passing each other, but none of them was able to break away from the other chasers at this point, nor to reduce Kirui's stunning lead to any noticeable extent. Despite slowing down slightly, the young Kenyan led at 4,000 metres in 10:26.85 - with the chasing group still around 35 to 40 metres behind him. At 4,600 metres, Kirui led in 12:03.16. At last the Ethiopians had been able to reduce his lead to between three and four seconds.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres, Final
Their relentless surges finally caused Skah to drop from the chasing group on the final lap's back straight. Also Bikila started to fall behind his team mates Bayisa and Gebrselassie. This Ethiopian duo was still about 20 metres from Kirui at 4,800 metres. By 4,900 metres, they had been able to reduce the Kenyan's lead to 15 metres. On the home straight, Gebrselassie finally broke away from Bayisa, and with a middle-distance runner's speed he began to close in on Kirui. However, the Kenyan teenager was able to defeat the young Ethiopian, because the latter runner began his final sprint too late. (See the following video about the race:    1993 World Championships 5000m Men's Final, Stuttgart, Germany  (the user:  T & F archive).)


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Tuesday 1993-08-17.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
With three Kenyans qualified for the final, word was out that they might send out time qualifier Paul Ruto as the sacrificial lamb to burn out the field. Freddie Williams was the leader from the gun, but just before the break Ruto rushed to the lead and it appeared the strategy was in effect. The rest of the field cooperated and fell in line behind him. Ruto checked back at 200 metres and again at 300 metres, but nobody was challenging. Ruth had a 5 metre lead at the bell in 51.22.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
William Tanui moved forward early and was the next back through the turn followed by Curtis Robb. Along the backstretch. Williams began a run at Ruto, around Robb followed by Giuseppe D'Urso, Tanui was falling through the field with Billy Konchellah in dead last place, it looked like the Kenyan team strategy was going to blow up. Coming off the final turn, Williams looked like he had set Ruto up and was going to sprint by, but instead Williams could make no forward progress, his body delaying D'Urso and Ruto again had a 2 meter lead.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
D'Urso chased Ruto down the straightaway but couldn't make any progress. Everybody else in the field sliding further away except Konchellah, still last off the turn but the field tightening, Konchellah moved out to lane 3 to avoid traffic and sprinted past the crowd, chasing D'Urso to the line but not quite getting there in time. Ruto the surprise winner holding the lead virtually the entire race.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon
These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 25 participating athletes, including three non-finishers. The competition started on Thursday August 19, 1993, and ended on Friday August 20, 1993. The gold medal was won by Dan O'Brien of the United States with a score of 8891 points.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw
These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total of 31 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday August 17, 1993. The qualification mark was set at 63.00 metres.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw
These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total of 28 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 15, 1993. The qualification mark was set at 77.00 metres.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
These are the official results of the Men's High Jump event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total of 40 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Sunday August 22, 1993. The qualification mark was set at 2.29 metres.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump, Qualifying round
Qualification rule: 2.31 (Q) or the 12 best results (q) qualified for the final.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw
These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total of 47 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday August 16, 1993. All results were made with rough surfaced javelin. The qualification mark was set at 81.00 metres.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw, Doping disqualification
The original bronze medalist Dmitriy Polyunin (Uzbekistan) was disqualified for doping after his sample was found positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol, and the medal was instead awarded Mick Hill (Great Britain).


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump
These are the official results of the Men's Long Jump event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total of 45 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Friday August 20, 1993.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon
The Men's Marathon at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, was held on Saturday August 14, 1993.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
These are the official results of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total of 45 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups (the qualification mark was set at 5.70m). The final was held on Thursday August 19, 1993.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault, Results, Qualifying round
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put
These are the official results of the Men's Shot Put event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 32 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday August 21, 1993. The qualification mark was set at 20.00 metres.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump
These are the official results of the Men's Triple Jump event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 46 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Monday 1993-08-16.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10 kilometres walk
These are the official results of the Women's 10 km Walk event at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total of 53 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday August 14, 1993.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres
The women's 10,000 metres event featured at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 42 participating athletes, with two qualifying heats and the final being held on 21 August 1993.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres
The race was conducted in almost 30ºC temperatures, but the Chinese team took the race out at a pace only seen once before, during Ingrid Kristiansen's world record race 5 years earlier. Zhong Huandi took the pace for her 20 year old country mate Wang Junxia, while the others struggled to keep up. 15 year old Sally Barsosio stayed close to the pace, but her inexperience and erratic movements disrupted the flow for several runners near her.


1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres
At one point during the race she was shown a yellow card by an umpire to essentially tell her to get out of the way. After getting spiked too many times from Barsosio's back kick, Elana Meyer walked off the track. The fast pace eventually slowed mid-race, then in frustration, Wang took off, separating from the chase pack of Zhong, Barsosio and Tegla Loroupe. Wang began dropping her lap times progressively 72, 71, 70, 69, 68. She capped it off with a 61 final lap for a championship record 30:49.30.