1995 Vallecas bombing, Background
ETA had previously placed car bombs in Madrid, the deadliest being the Plaza República Dominicana bombing in July 1986, which had killed 12 Civil Guards. The Vallecas attack was the third of 1995. Earlier in the year, ETA had unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate José María Aznar, head of the People's Party and Leader of the Opposition, who had escaped death due to protection offered by his armoured car. In the second attack in June, ETA had killed a police officer, Jesus Robello. The Vallecas attack came just four days after a meeting of European Union heads of state had taken place in Madrid, marking the end of the Spanish Presidency of the EU.


1995 Vallecas bombing, The attack
ETA placed a car bomb, containing sixty kilos of amonal at one of the entrances to the motorway, through which army vehicles usually passed. The military vehicle was transporting civilian employees to their homes, army housing located on Peña Prieta Street. When the vehicle passed, ETA detonated the car bomb remotely and then fled in a car and by metro. The attack was condemned by all political parties in the Spanish parliament, with the exception of ETA's political wing, Batasuna, who declined to comment.


1995 Vallecas bombing, Trials and convictions
On 27 September 2007, the trial of Juan Antonio Olarra Guridi and Ainhoa Múgica Goñi began. Both were charged with six counts of murder and various charges relating to planning and executing terrorist actions. Olarra, the ex-military head of ETA, and Múgica had been arrested in France in September 2002 and were believed to have been members of the Madrid Commando unit of ETA. The accused made no comment other than stating in Basque that they refused to accept the court's authority to judge them. However, on 30 October 2007, both were found guilty and sentenced to 1,243 years in prison for carrying out the attacks, though they were expected to serve a maximum sentence of 30 years.


1995 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
The 1995 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Commodores were led by head coach Rod Dowhower in his first season and finished with a record of two wins and nine losses (2–9 overall, 1–7 in the SEC).


1995 Vanuatuan general election
General elections were held in Vanuatu on 30 November 1995. Ni-Vanuatu voters were invited to elect the 50 members of the national Parliament.


1995 Vanuatuan general election
The Unity Front, a coalition comprising the Vanua'aku Pati (led by Donald Kalpokas), the Melanesian Progressive Party (led by Barak Sopé) and Tan Union (led by Vincent Boulekone) won 20 seats, of which the VP won 13, the MPP 5 and the TU 2. The Union of Moderate Parties, led by incumbent Prime Minister Maxime Carlot Korman, won 17. The National United Party, led by former Prime Minister Walter Lini, won 9.


1995 Vanuatuan general election
The francophone Union of Moderate Parties and the anglophone National United Party formed a coalition government, with Serge Vohor (UMP) as Prime Minister and Walter Lini as deputy Prime Minister. Voter turnout was 72.4%.


1995 Veikkausliiga
The 1995 Veikkausliiga was a season of the Veikkausliiga, the top level football league in Finland. It was contested by 14 teams, with Haka Valkeakoski winning the championship.


1995 Vellore Fort jailbreak
1995 Vellore Fort jailbreak was an escape from prison in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India on 15 August 1995. After digging a 153-foot-long (47 m) tunnel, 43 Tamil Tiger inmates escaped from the prison. 21 of the escapees were re-captured within weeks of the escape.


1995 Venetian regional election
The Venetian regional election of 1995 took place on 23 April 1995.


1995 Venetian regional election
For the first time the President of the Region was directly elected by the people, although the election was not yet binding and the President-elect could have been replaced during the term.


1995 Venetian regional election
Giancarlo Galan (Forza Italia) was elected President of the Region over the centre-left candidate Ettore Bentsik (Italian People's Party), despite the presence of a third candidate, Alberto Lembo (Northern League).


1995 Venetian regional election
Among party lists, the joint list formed by Forza Italia and the People's Pole (the right wing of the Italian People's Party replaced Christian Democracy, which was disbanded in 1994, as the largest political force in the Region. Liga Veneta came second, while the Democratic Party of the Left, heir of the Italian Communist Party, had its best result ever in a regional election.


1995 Venetian regional election, Aftermath
After the election, Giancarlo Galan formed his first government, while Amalia Sartori (Forza Italia) was elected President of the Regional Council.


1995 Virginia Cavaliers football team
The 1995 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was George Welsh. They played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.


1995 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Game summaries, Florida State
Virginia became the first ACC team to beat Florida State since the Seminoles joined the conference in 1992.


1995 Virginia House of Delegates election
The Virginia House of Delegates election of 1995 was held on Tuesday, November 7.


1995 Virginia Senate election
The Virginia Senate election of 1995 was held on Tuesday, November 7.


1995 Virginia Tech Hokies football team
The 1995 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Frank Beamer. The Hokies finished the season 10–2 (6–1 Big East) and won the Sugar Bowl 28–10 over Texas.


1995 Volta a Catalunya
The 1995 Volta a Catalunya was the 75th edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycle race and was held from 15 June to 22 June 1995. The race started in Manlleu and finished in Olot. The race was won by Laurent Jalabert of the ONCE team.


1995 Volta a Catalunya, Teams
Sixteen teams of up to eight riders took part in the race:


1995 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
The 1995 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana was the 53rd edition of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana road cycling stage race, which was held from 22 to 26 February 1995. The race started in Calpe and finished in Castellón. The race was won by Alex Zülle of the ONCE team.


1995 Volvo International
The 1995 Volvo International was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut in the United States and was part of the Championship Series of the 1995 ATP Tour. It was the 23rd edition of the tournament and ran from August 14 through August 21, 1995. Andre Agassi won the singles title.


1995 Volvo International, Finals, Doubles
Rick Leach /  Scott Melville defeated  Leander Paes /  Nicolás Pereira 7–6, 6–4


1995 Volvo International – Doubles
Grant Connell and Patrick Galbraith were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


1995 Volvo International – Doubles
Rick Leach and Scott Melville won in the final 7–6, 6–4 against Leander Paes and Nicolás Pereira.


1995 Volvo International – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.


1995 Volvo International – Singles
Boris Becker was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Richard Krajicek.


1995 Volvo International – Singles
Andre Agassi won in the final 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–3 against Krajicek.


1995 Volvo International – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


1995 Volvo PGA Championship
The 1995 Volvo PGA Championship was the 41st edition of the Volvo PGA Championship, an annual professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was held 26–29 May at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London.


1995 Volvo PGA Championship
Bernhard Langer won his third Volvo PGA Championship with a two stroke victory over Nick Faldo and Paul Lawrie.


1995 Volvo Women's Open
The 1995 Volvo Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Pattaya in Thailand that was part of Tier IV of the 1995 WTA Tour. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from 13 November through 19 November 1995. First-seeded Barbara Paulus won the singles title.


1995 Volvo Women's Open, Finals, Doubles
Jill Hetherington /  Kristine Radford defeated  Kristin Godridge /  Nana Miyagi 2–6, 6–4, 6–3


1995 Volvo Women's Open – Doubles
Patty Fendick and Meredith McGrath were the defending champions, but did not compete this year. Fendick retired from professional tennis during this season, while McGrath competed at the WTA Tour Championships, which was held at the same week.


1995 Volvo Women's Open – Doubles
Jill Hetherington and Kristine Radford won the title by defeating Kristin Godridge and Nana Miyagi 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


1995 Volvo Women's Open – Singles
Sabine Appelmans was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.


1995 Volvo Women's Open – Singles
Barbara Paulus won the title by defeating Yi Jing-Qian 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


1995 Vuelta a Andalucía
The 1995 Vuelta a Andalucía was the 41st edition of the Vuelta a Andalucía cycle race and was held from 13 February to 17 February 1995. The race started in Seville and finished in Granada. The race was won by Stefano Della Santa.


1995 Vuelta a Asturias
The 1995 Vuelta a Asturias was the 39th edition of the Vuelta a Asturias road cycling stage race, which was held from 16 May to 21 May 1995. The race started and finished in Oviedo. The race was won by Beat Zberg of the Carrera Jeans–Tassoni team.


1995 Vuelta a Burgos
The 1995 Vuelta a Burgos was the 17th edition of the Vuelta a Burgos road cycling stage race, which was held from 7 August to 10 August 1995. The race started and finished in Burgos. The race was won by Laurent Dufaux of the Festina–Lotus team.


1995 Vuelta a Colombia
The 45th edition of the Vuelta a Colombia, a bicycle stage race was held from April 18 to May 1, 1995. There were a total number of 111 competitors.


1995 Vuelta a España
The 50th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 2 September to 24 September 1995. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 3,750 km (2,330 mi), and was won by Laurent Jalabert of the ONCE cycling team.


1995 Vuelta a España
Jalabert won the three classification competitions – the general classification, the points classification and the mountains classification being only the third rider (after Eddy Merckx in the 1968 Giro d'Italia and the 1969 Tour de France, and Tony Rominger in the 1993 Vuelta a España) to win all three major classifications in a Grand Tour.


1995 Vuelta a España
The 1995 Vuelta was the first edition that was not held in April and May, as had previously been the case, but instead in September as the last of the three Grand Tours of the year. This was done to attract more high profile riders, who before had preferred to ride the Giro d'Italia or the Tour de France, which both took place very closely to the Vuelta's timeslot.


1995 Vuelta a España, Background
The Mapei squad arrived in disarray, after one of their lead riders, Fernando Escartín, announced that he would move to Kelme the following year. He was therefore left out of the team, which was led by Abraham Olano. The starting field also included Laurent Jalabert, Alex Zülle, former winner Melchor Mauri (all ONCE), Marco Pantani (Carrera Jeans–Tassoni) and a then unknown Jan Ullrich (Team Telekom) in his first ever Grand Tour appearance.


1995 Vuelta a España, Race overview
The race started with a prologue time trial in Zaragoza, won by Olano, two seconds ahead of Jalabert. The latter would move into the leader's golden jersey after stage 3, based on a stage win at Alto del Naranco. Olano moved closer in the general classification after the stage-7 time trial in Salamanca, but only gained 23 seconds on Jalabert due to a fall and a puncture along the route. On stage 8 to Ávila, Jalabert attacked almost from the beginning. Olano, left isolated, lost 4:40 minutes and all hopes of winning the Vuelta.


1995 Vuelta a España, Race overview
Over the course of the two time trials, Olano gained 2:42 minutes on Jalabert, enough to make up for his losses on all stages but the one to Ávila. From this point on, Jalabert only attacked the field close to the finish line, collecting few advantages and some bonus seconds. His lead was so comfortable that he was able to abort an attack on the way to Sierra Nevada and gift the stage win to escapee Bert Dietz (Team Telekom).


1995 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10
The 1995 Vuelta a España was the 50th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Zaragoza, with a prologue individual time trial on 2 September, and Stage 10 occurred on 12 September with a flat stage to Seville. The race finished in Madrid on 24 September.


1995 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Prologue
2 September 1995 — Zaragoza to Zaragoza, 7 km (4.3 mi) (ITT)


1995 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 1
3 September 1995 — Zaragoza to Logroño, 186.6 km (115.9 mi)


1995 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 2
4 September 1995 — San Asensio to Santander, 223.5 km (138.9 mi)


1995 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 3
5 September 1995 — Santander to Alto del Naranco, 206 km (128 mi)


1995 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 4
6 September 1995 — Tapia de Casariego to A Coruña, 82.6 km (51.3 mi)


1995 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 5
7 September 1995 — A Coruña to Ourense, 179.8 km (111.7 mi)


1995 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 6
8 September 1995 — Ourense to Zamora, 264 km (164 mi)


1995 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 7
9 September 1995 — Salamanca to Salamanca, 41 km (25 mi)


1995 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 8
10 September 1995 — Salamanca to Ávila, 219.8 km (136.6 mi)


1995 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 9
11 September 1995 — Ávila to Palazuelos de Eresma, 122.5 km (76.1 mi)


1995 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 10
12 September 1995 — Córdoba to Seville, 208.5 km (129.6 mi)


1995 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21
The 1995 Vuelta a España was the 50th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began with a prologue individual time trial in Zaragoza on 2 September, and Stage 11 occurred on 13 September with a stage from Seville. The race finished in Madrid on 24 September.


1995 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 11
13 September 1995 — Seville to Marbella, 187 km (116 mi)


1995 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 12
14 September 1995 — Marbella to Sierra Nevada, 238 km (148 mi)


1995 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 13
15 September 1995 — Olula del Río to Murcia, 181 km (112 mi)


1995 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 14
16 September 1995 — Elche to Valencia, 207 km (129 mi)


1995 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 15
17 September 1995 — Barcelona to Barcelona, 154 km (96 mi)


1995 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 16
19 September 1995 — Tàrrega to Pla de Beret, 197.3 km (122.6 mi)


1995 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 17
20 September 1995 — Salardu to Luz Ardiden, 179.2 km (111.3 mi)


1995 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 18
21 September 1995 — Luz-Saint-Sauveur to Sabiñánigo, 157.8 km (98.1 mi)


1995 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 19
22 September 1995 — Sabiñánigo to Calatayud, 227.7 km (141.5 mi)


1995 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 20
23 September 1995 — Alcalá de Henares to Alcalá de Henares, 41.6 km (25.8 mi) (ITT)


1995 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 21
24 September 1995 — Alcalá de Henares to Madrid, 171.2 km (106.4 mi)


1995 Vuelta a Murcia
The 1995 Vuelta a Murcia was the 11th edition of the Vuelta a Murcia cycle race and was held on 1 March to 5 March 1995. The race started and finished in Murcia. The race was won by Adriano Baffi.


1995 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1995 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 8–11 at The Pit at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico.


1995 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Top-seeded Utah defeated defending champions Hawaii in the championship game, 67–54, to clinch their first WAC men's tournament championship.


1995 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The Utes, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by BYU, who received an at-large bid to the tournament.


1995 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
No changes were made to the tournament format from the previous year. The top six teams received byes into the quarterfinal round, leaving the lowest four-seeded teams to play in the first round. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records.


1995 WAFL season
The 1995 WAFL season was the 111th season of the West Australian Football League in its various incarnations. Already depleted in strength by the rise of the West Coast Eagles, the WAFL suffered a further blow to its popularity and standard when the AFL, to counter the Eagles’ dominance of the early 1990s with a champion defence and vast player depth, introduced the Fremantle Dockers as a second Western Australian club.


1995 WAFL season
The introduction of Fremantle into the AFL meant that the national league was competing with the WAFL on every weekend, and this led to an acceleration of the long-term decline in WAFL attendances. Crowds declined by forty-six percent compared to 1994 figures, and the resultant financial problems led to many proposals to improve the competition's appeal, ultimately leading to the abortive renaming ‘Westar Rules’ and the introduction of a ninth club, Mandurah-based Peel Thunder, who have proved perennially un-competitive on-field. The WAFL's proposed move of perennial tailender Perth to the Perth Hills was voted down by the Demons’ board on 11 July, when that body's members voted 115 to 83 to remain at Lathlain Park, largely because of the unaffordability of WAFL-standard facilities in Gosnells.


1995 WAFL season
1995 saw the abandonment of another abortive experiment, that of allowing a fifth team in the finals, although the “double-header” introduced with the final five in 1991 was retained for the first week of finals.


1995 WAFL season
Under former star player Gary Buckenara, Subiaco dominated the home-and-away season losing only two matches, but were narrowly beaten in the second semi-final and thrashed in the Grand Final by West Perth – now firmly established at Joondalup – due to an outstanding performance from Darren Harris. Subiaco were spearheaded by full-forward Jason Heatley, who after several years of very poor records from full-forwards, produced a century of goals in a WAFL home-and-away season for the first time since Mick Rea ten seasons beforehand. The Falcons, who had not won a title since 1975 apart from a Colts premiership in 1990, won the pre-season ‘Emu Export Cup’ as well as the premiership.


1995 WAFL season
In contrast, Swan Districts, under new coach Graham Melrose after John Todd returned to South Fremantle and having lost several key players including David Ogg, Kevin Caton and Paul Gow to country clubs, lost their first fifteen games and would not return to the finals until 2004. A plan to install lights at Bassendean for $160,000 was abandoned by the local council because it was thought there would be too much competition with sports such as basketball and soccer, whilst longtime president Bill Walker resigned under the duress of major financial problems.


1995 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 4
East Perth inflict Subiaco’s first defeat despite shocking inaccuracy as their midfield mans up brilliantly to shut down the dangerous Lion attack.


1995 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 7
Despite losing Kingsley Hunter to a broken collarbone, Claremont easily defeat West Perth as Chris Gerreyn takes over in attack and Matthew Gauci shuts out the Falcon forwards.


1995 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 10
Perth, after a taunt by the crowd, come back from 38 points down for a huge upset over the eventual premiers


1995 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 15
South Fremantle, although lacking seven regular players, kick three goals in four minutes of time-on of the last quarter to end West Perth’s impressive winning sequence.


1995 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 17
West Perth, goalless at quarter-time, kick nine and eleven in their two quarters with the breeze to annihilate the Demons. Paul Mifka, who began at full-back, was moved to a half forward flank and kicked ten goals.


1995 WAFL season, Finals, Semi-finals
Andrew Lockyer kicks his hundredth goal for the Sharks, finishing the season with 105.


1995 WAFL season, Finals, Preliminary final
Nathan O‘Connor, in the extremely unfamiliar role of a “tagger”, shuts out dangerous East Fremantle midfielder Craig Treleven and sets up many Lion goals to prove the decisive factor in a close victory.


1995 WAFL season, Finals, Grand Final
A ferocious West Perth side breaks a twenty year premiership drought in the most violent WAFL Grand Final since 1981, with Harris having an amazing 40 possessions and fullback Mifka keeping Heatley to just one goal.


1995 WAFL season, Notes
Perth were known as Victoria Park in the 1934 and 1935 seasons. The WAFL, along with the AFL, introduced extra time for finals tied in regulation time for the 1991 season.


1995 WAFU Club Championship
The 1995 WAFU Club Championship was the 18th  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 again by Nigeria's Bendel Insurance after defeating Plateau United in two legs, it was the first final that feature both clubs from a single country. A total of about around 35 goals were scored.


1995 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1995 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 36th conference playoff in league history and 43rd season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 10 and March 18, 1995. 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, Wisconsin was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1995 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. All ten conference teams participated in the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 10 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top five seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams.


1995 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.


1995 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 1995 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1995 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


1995 WDC World Darts Championship
The 1995 Proton Cars World Darts Championship was the second world championship organised by the World Darts Council (now the Professional Darts Corporation). It was held between 27 December 1994 and 2 January 1995.


1995 WDC World Darts Championship
Phil Taylor emerged as champion, overcoming John Lowe 5–4 in the semi-final before beating Rod Harrington 6–2 in the final to claim his first WDC World Championship title, and his third World Championship in all.


1995 WDC World Darts Championship, Results, Knockout stages
Third place play-off:  (3) Peter Evison 84.95 2 – 4  John Lowe 82.81


1995 WLAF season
The 1995 World League of American Football season was the third season of the professional American football league organized by the NFL. It was the league's first season with six teams based only in Europe.


1995 WLAF season
Returning from a 2-year hiatus after the 1992 WLAF season, the league had dropped its seven North American teams, with the three existing teams (the Frankfurt Galaxy, London Monarchs and Barcelona Dragons) joined by three new franchises (the Rhein Fire, Scottish Claymores and Amsterdam Admirals).


1995 WLAF season
The World Bowl '95 title game was won by Frankfurt, 26–22 over Amsterdam.


1995 WLAF season, Season
The top draft choice was Shaumbe Wright-Fair, who was picked by the Rhein Fire. The Scottish Claymores, after a 5–0 record in the preseason, surprisingly fired their head coach, Larry Kuharich, five days before their WLAF kickoff because "his coaching philosophy did not mesh with the make-up of the team".


1995 WLAF season, Season
Frankfurt's road to the World Bowl included a 27–7 win at London on May 15. The Claymores' hopes of making the World Bowl were dashed with a week 6 defeat by Rhein 33–27 in overtime. The Claymores ended their inaugural season with a 2–8 record.


1995 WLAF season, World Bowl '95
The game was played on Saturday, June 17, 1995. The match-up was between the 6–4 Frankfurt Galaxy and the 9–1 Amsterdam Admirals. 23,847 fans witnessed the Galaxy pull off an upset en route to a 26–22 victory and their first ever World Bowl title. Quarterback Paul Justin earned MVP honors by completing 18 of 36 attempts for 308 yards with three touchdowns and one interception.


1995 WLAF season, World Bowl '95
In the regular season the Admirals had won the teams' first meeting 14–12 in Amsterdam, while the Galaxy had taken the second meeting 28–13 in Frankfurt.


1995 WNBL season
The 1995 WNBL season was the 15th season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 10 teams contested the league.


1995 WTA German Open
The 1995 WTA German Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in Berlin in Germany that was part of Tier I of the 1995 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 15 May through 21 May 1995. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario won the singles.


1995 WTA German Open, Finals, Doubles
Amanda Coetzer /  Inés Gorrochategui defeated  Gabriela Sabatini /  Larisa Savchenko 4–6, 7–6, 6–2


1995 WTA German Open – Doubles
Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Amanda Coetzer and Inés Gorrochategui.


1995 WTA German Open – Doubles
Coetzer and Gorrochategui won in the final 4–6, 7–6, 6–2 against Gabriela Sabatini and Larisa Savchenko.


1995 WTA German Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.


1995 WTA German Open – Singles
Steffi Graf was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


1995 WTA German Open – Singles
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario won in the final 6–4, 6–1 against Magdalena Maleeva.


1995 WTA German Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


1995 WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes 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.


1995 WTA Tour, Rankings
Below are the 1995 WTA year-end rankings in both singles and doubles competition:


1995 WTA Tour Championships
The 1996 WTA Tour Championships, also known by its sponsored name Corel WTA Tour Championships, was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York in the United States. It was the 24th edition of the season-ending singles championships and the 21st edition of the year-end doubles championships. The event was part of the 1995 WTA Tour and was held from November 13 and November 19, 1995. First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title, her fourth, and the accompanying $500,000 first-prize money.


1995 WTA Tour Championships, Finals, Singles
Steffi Graf defeated  Anke Huber, 6–1, 2–6, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3.


1995 WTA Tour Championships, Finals, Doubles
Jana Novotná /  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario defeated  Gigi Fernández /  Natasha Zvereva, 6–2, 6–1.


1995 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles
Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–2, 6–1 to Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.


1995 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1995 WTA Tour Championships – Singles
Gabriela Sabatini was the defending champion, but she lost in the second round against Natasha Zvereva.


1995 Wagner Seahawks football team
The 1995 Wagner Seahawks football team represented Wagner College in the 1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season. This year was the team's final season as an NCAA Division I-AA independent program before transitioning to being a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC). The Seahawks were led by 15th-year head coach Walt Hameline and played their home games at Wagner College Stadium. They finished the season 8–2 and lost in the ECAC–IFC Division I-AA Bowl to Duquesne.


1995 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
The 1995 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third season under head coach Jim Caldwell, the Demon Deacons compiled a 1–10 record and finished in last place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.


1995 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup
The 1995 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on Hard courts in Long Island, United that was part of the International Series of the 1995 ATP Tour. It was the fifteenth edition of the tournament and was held from 21 August – 27 August 1995.


1995 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup, Finals, Doubles
Cyril Suk /  Daniel Vacek defeated  Rick Leach /  Scott Melville, 5–7, 7–6, 7–6


1995 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup – Doubles
The 1998 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on Hard courts in Long Island, United that was part of the International Series of the 1995 ATP Tour. It was the tenth edition of the tournament and was held from 21–27 August 1998.


1995 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1995 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup – Singles
The 1998 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on Hard courts in Long Island, United that was part of the International Series of the 1995 ATP Tour. It was the tenth edition of the tournament and was held from 21–27 August 1998.


1995 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup – Singles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1995 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa
The 1995 Wales rugby union tour was a series of matches played in August and September 1995 in South Africa by the Wales national team. The tour consisted of two matches; a warm-up game against the South-East Transvaal provincial side, and a test match against the South African national team. The tour was held in part to thank South Africa for supporting Wales' bid to host the 1999 Rugby World Cup.


1995 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa
Wales named a squad of 24 players for the tour, including five uncapped players. Ten of the squad had not been included in the Wales team that participated in the 1995 Rugby World Cup during May and June. Jonathan Humphreys was named the captain, despite only having played for the national team on two previous occasions.


1995 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa
Wales' only warm-up game was against South-East Transvaal on 29 August in Witbank. At the time, South-East Transvaal were playing in the third division of the Currie Cup, South Africa's provincial competition. They came into the game having won eleven successive matches in the competition. South-East Transvaal won the game comfortably by 47 points to 6. They scored five tries, and fly-half Jacques Benade kicked all five conversions as well as three penalties and a drop-goal. Wales' only points came through two penalties kicked by their fly-half Aled Williams.


1995 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa
The test match against South Africa took place on 2 September at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. This was a week after the sport was declared "open" with restrictions on payments to players removed, making it the first test match of rugby union's professional era. This was the ninth test match between the countries, but only the second match since 1970. South Africa had won seven of the previous encounters, with one draw between the sides. As the reigning world champions following their victory in June, South Africa were overwhelming favourites to win the match.


1995 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa
South Africa won the game by 40 points to 11. Wales had taken an early lead when Mark Bennett scored a try in the third minute, immediately following which South Africa lock Kobus Wiese punched an unsighted Derwyn Jones, knocking him out. The incident was missed by the officials, and Wiese was not sanctioned during the match. South Africa responded through tries from Wiese and Francois Pienaar, and at half-time led by 18 points to 8. In the second-half, Wales' Neil Jenkins kicked a penalty to reduce the gap to seven points.


1995 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa
South Africa then scored three tries in seven minutes to extend their lead to 29 points. A minute before the end of the match, Wales' Garin Jenkins punched South Africa's Joost van der Westhuizen. The punch, which knocked out van der Westhuizen resulted in Jenkins being sent off by the referee.


1995 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa
Following the game, Wales invoked citing procedures against Wiese for the punch against Derwyn Jones. As a result of receiving a red card, Garin Jenkins also faced disciplinary proceedings. Both Wiese and Jenkins were banned from playing rugby for 30 days for their actions.


1995 Walker Cup
The 1995 Walker Cup, the 35th Walker Cup Match, was a team golf match played on 9 and 10 September 1995, at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Porthcawl, Wales. The event was won by the Great Britain and Ireland team 14 to 10.


1995 Walker Cup, Format
The format for play on Saturday and Sunday was the same. There were four matches of foursomes in the morning and eight singles matches in the afternoon. In all, 24 matches were played.


1995 Walker Cup, Format
Each of the 24 matches is worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match is all square after the 18th hole extra holes are not played. Rather, each side earns ½ a point toward their team total. The team that accumulates at least 12 ½ points wins the competition. If the two teams are tied, the previous winner retains the trophy.


1995 Walker Cup, Teams
Ten players for the USA and Great Britain & Ireland participate in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team.


1995 Wansbeck District Council election
The 1995 Wansbeck District Council election  for the Wansbeck District Council was held on 4 May 1995. The Labour Party took all of the 46 seats, and therefore maintained control of the council. Turnout was 37.4%.


1995 Warsaw Cup by Heros
The 1995 Warsaw Cup by Heros was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Warszawianka Tennis Centre in Warsaw, Poland that was part of Tier III of the 1995 WTA Tour. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from 11 September until 17 September 1995. Fifth-seeded Barbara Paulus won the singles title and earned $25,000 first-prize money.


1995 Warsaw Cup by Heros, Finals, Doubles
Sandra Cecchini /  Laura Garrone defeated  Henrieta Nagyová /  Denisa Szabova 5–7, 6–2, 6–3


1995 Warsaw Cup by Heros – Doubles
Sandra Cecchini and Laura Garrone won in the final 5–7, 6–2, 6–3 against Henrieta Nagyová and Denisa Szabová.


1995 Warsaw Cup by Heros – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1995 Warsaw Cup by Heros – Singles
Barbara Paulus won in the final 7–6, 4–6, 6–1 against Alexandra Fusai.


1995 Warsaw Cup by Heros – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1995 Washington Huskies football team
The 1995 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its third season under head coach Jim Lambright, the team compiled a 7–4–1 record, finished in a tie with USC for first place in the Pacific-10 Conference, and outscored its opponents 312 to 280.


1995 Washington Huskies football team
Quarterback Damon Huard was selected as the team's most valuable player. Ernie Conwell, Deke Devers, Stephen Hoffmann, and Richard Thomas were the team captains. After two years of bowl probation, the Huskies returned to the postseason at the Sun Bowl, but fell to Iowa.


1995 Washington Huskies football team
The Huskies' helmet color was changed to purple this year; it returned to metallic gold in 1999. The AstroTurf of Husky Stadium was replaced prior to the 1995 season; it was replaced with infilled FieldTurf in 2000.


1995 Washington Huskies football team, NFL Draft
Three Huskies were selected in the 1996 NFL Draft, which was seven rounds, with 254 selections.


1995 Washington Huskies football team, NFL Draft
Quarterback Damon Huard was undrafted, but played twelve seasons in the NFL.


1995 Washington Redskins season
The 1995 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 64th season in the National Football League. The team improved on their 3–13 record from 1994, but missed the playoffs for the third consecutive season.


1995 Washington State Cougars football team
The 1995 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh season under head coach Mike Price, the Cougars compiled a 3–8 record (2–6 in Pac-10, tied for eighth), and were outscored 274 to 236.


1995 Washington State Cougars football team
The team's statistical leaders included Chad Davis with 1,868 passing yards, Frank Madu with 870 rushing yards, and Eric Moore with 486 receiving yards.


1995 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
The 1995 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship was the 95th staging of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Waterford County Board in 1897.


1995 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
On 15 October 1995, Ballygunner won the championship after a 3-13 to 1-17 defeat of Mount Sion in a replay of the final. This was their fifth championship title overall and their first title since 1992.


1995 Wellington City mayoral election
The 1995 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1995, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government positions. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.


1995 Wellington City mayoral election, Background
Sitting Mayor Fran Wilde retired from the role after just one term which prompted a record thirteen candidates to run for the position. The Labour Party chose Member of Parliament for Island Bay Elizabeth Tennet as its candidate for the election. It was the last time the Labour Party was to field a mayoral candidate until 2016.


1995 Wellington City mayoral election, Background
The former chairman of the now defunct Wellington Harbour Board Nigel Gould was selected as the Citizens' Association candidate, beating out shoe retailer Mark Blumsky and ratepayer advocate Jack Ruben for the nomination. Blumsky was not dissuaded and immediately declared his candidacy as an independent.


1995 Wellington City mayoral election, Background
The election saw former shoe salesman Mark Blumsky win office as Wellington's Mayor. The 1995 elections also saw the demise of the long established Citizens' Association electoral ticket. Gould finished in a disappointing fourth place for mayor and only four Citizens' endorsed candidates won seats in the council, a record low, prompting the ticket to disband soon after.


1995 Wellington City mayoral election, Ward results
Candidates were also elected from wards to the Wellington City Council.


1995 Wellington local elections
The 1995 Wellington local elections were part of the 1995 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Wellington elections cover one regional council (the Greater Wellington Regional Council), eight territorial authority (city and district) councils, three district health boards, and various local boards and licensing trusts. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.


1995 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council
The Wellington City Council consists of a mayor and eighteen councillors elected from five wards (Northern, Western, Tawa, Eastern, Southern).


1995 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Eastern Ward
The Eastern Ward returns four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:


1995 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Northern Ward
The Northern Ward returns four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:


1995 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Southern Ward
The Southern Ward returns four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:


1995 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Tawa Ward
The Tawa Ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:


1995 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Western Ward
The Western Ward returns four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:


1995 Welsh Cup Final
The 1995 Welsh Cup Final, was the 108th in the competition. It was contested by Wrexham and Cardiff City at the Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff.


1995 Welsh Open (snooker)
The 1995 Regal Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 22 and 29 January 1995 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales.


1995 Welsh Open (snooker)
Steve Davis was the defending champion, and managed to successfully retain his title, winning the final 9–3 against John Higgins and as a result earned £32,500. This was the 28th and final ranking event he won. The highest break of the televised stage was 135 made by Peter Ebdon.


1995 Welsh local elections
The 1995 Welsh local elections,  were held on 4 May in the 22 new local authorities, as part of the wider 1995 UK local elections.


1995 Welsh local elections, Result
In all 22 Welsh councils the whole of the council was up for election.


1995 Wentworth by-election
The 1995 Wentworth by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Wentworth in New South Wales on 8 April 1995. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting member, former Liberal Party of Australia leader Dr John Hewson on 28 February 1995. The writ for the by-election was issued on 3 March 1995.


1995 Wentworth by-election, Background
John Hewson was elected as the member for Wentworth in 1987, in 1988 Opposition leader John Howard appointed him Shadow Finance Minister, in May 1989 Hewson became Shadow Treasurer after Andrew Peacock replaced Howard, after Peacock lost in the 1990 election, Hewson became the Leader of the Opposition defeating Peter Reith , the Coalition lost the 1993 federal election. Hewson had pledged to resign if the Coalition lost the 1993 election, but did not do so, and despite retaining the leadership over John Howard and Bruce Reid his leadership was undermined over the next year by Alexander Downer, Peter Costello and Bronwyn Bishop.


1995 Wentworth by-election, Background
Eventually, Hewson called a leadership ballot in May 1994 which was won by Downer with Costello as his deputy. For several months, Hewson was part of the Downer shadow ministry until he was sacked by Downer in August 1994. Downer's leadership lasted until January 1995, when he resigned and John Howard won the leadership, prior to his resignation Downer asked for Hewsons support against a Howard leadership challenge but Hewson declared he wanted the Shadow Treasurer portfolio held by Peter Costello the deputy leader of the Opposition. In February 1995, Hewson resigned from Parliament after prior speculation he was to be subject to pre selection challenge.


1995 Wentworth by-election, Aftermath
The Australian Labor Party did not run a candidate in the by-election, and the two-party preferred votes went to the Australian Greens candidate who polled 34.1 per cent. The former Liberal minister Bill Wentworth (great grandson of the seat's namesake, William Wentworth) stood as an independent, and gained a primary vote of 18.9 per cent. The Liberal Party retained the seat, however, with Andrew Thomson elected to parliament.


1995 West Dorset District Council election
The 1995 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 4 May 1995 to elect councillors to West Dorset District Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. The entire council was up for election.


1995 West Dorset District Council election
The 1995 election saw the council remain in no overall control, with Independent councillors and the Conservatives each electing 18 councillors.


1995 West Dunbartonshire Council election
The 1995 elections to West Dunbartonshire Council were held on the 6 April 1995 and were the first for the newly formed unitary authority, which was created under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 and replaced the previous two-tier system of local government under Strathclyde Regional Council and Dumbarton and Clydebank District Councils.


1995 West Dunbartonshire Council election, Changes before next election
A by-election was held in the Old Kilpatrick ward on 28 November 1996 to replace Independent Councillor Bill Kemp, who resigned in protest at the way the council was being run.


1995 West Dunbartonshire Council election, Changes before next election
A by-election was held on 13 August 1998 to replace the deceased Provost, Patrick O'Neill.


1995 West Somerset District Council election
The 1995 West Somerset District Council election took place on 4 May 1995 to elect members of West Somerset District Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election and Independents lost overall control of the council to no overall control.


1995 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 1995 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 103rd overall and 5th season as a member of the Big East Conference (Big East). The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his 16th year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall, 4–3 in the Big East).


1995 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The 1995 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their ninth season under head coach Al Molde, the Broncos compiled a 7–4 record (6–2 against MAC opponents), finished in a tie for third place in the MAC, and outscored their opponents, 253 to 190. The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.


1995 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The team's statistical leaders included Jay McDonagh with 2,038 passing yards, Jim Vackaro with 702 rushing yards, and Tony Knox with 430 receiving yards.


1995 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 1995.


1995 Wicklow by-election
A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Wicklow constituency in Ireland on 29 June 1995. It followed the death of Independent Teachta Dála (TD) Johnny Fox on 17 March 1995.


1995 Wicklow by-election
The election was won by Independent Wicklow County Councillor Mildred Fox, daughter of Johnny Fox.


1995 Wicklow by-election
Among the candidates were Senator, Wicklow County Councillor, former and future TD and future Minister Dick Roche, Wicklow County Councillor Tom Honan, future Wicklow County Councillor Nicky Kelly, former Wicklow County Councillor and then husband of sitting TD Liz McManus, John McManus and Wicklow County Councillor Susan Philips.


1995 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections were held on Thursday, 4 May 1995, with one third of the seats set for re-election, with an extra vacancy in Leigh East. Ahead of this election Labour had gained the seat being fought in Beech Hill from the Liberal Democrats, and defended a seat in Worsley Mesnes in by-elections. The major parties marginally increased their number of candidates upon last year's totals, whereas the number of Independent Labour candidates fighting returned to just the incumbent in Hindley.


1995 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Having been the only party opposing Labour in Atherton, the Independent Labour absence there meant that went uncontested this time round, alongside two of last year's unopposed wards, Ince and Leigh Central. In total unopposed wards were reduced from the previous year's four to three. Turnout fell to 26.4%, the second lowest in the council's history, only surpassing the 1992 nadir.


1995 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
The election seen mixed fortunes for the main parties. For the Conservatives, this was undoubtedly their worst performance, with the lowest vote share (and at 10.2%, very close to dropping into single-digits) and vote figure obtained in their 22-year history of contesting for this council. Despite receiving near-two thousand fewer votes from the election the year before, Labour, however, beat the record share they'd recorded then, capturing 72.8% of votes cast. The Lib Dem vote fell further into the four-digit territory seen recently in their tumultuous merger period, but unlike then managed to stay within mid-teens in vote share.


1995 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
With such an overwhelming vote, Labour captured every seat except the Independent Labour-held Hindley, making a total of four gains, and securing the largest majority since 1973. All but one were at the Lib Dem's expense, with their incumbent in Aspull-Standish standing for his third term ousted, their seat in Bedford-Astley fought and won by their previous incumbent for Labour and being reduced to one in the increasingly marginal, but one-time stronghold, ward of Langtree. The Conservatives suffered a loss to Labour in their only remaining favourable territory of Swinley, reducing their representation to an all-time low of one in both ward and council. The sole non-Labour victor in Hindley, standing under the title as Real Labour, seen her majority reduced.


1995 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:


1995 William & Mary Tribe football team
The 1995 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as member of the Mid-Atlantic Division of the Yankee Conference during the 1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by Jimmye Laycock in his 16th year as head coach, William & Mary finished the season with an overall record of 7–4 and a mark of 5–3 in Yankee Conference play, tying for third place the Mid-Atlantic Division. They were ranked No. 19 in the final Sports Network poll, but did not receive a bid to the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs.


1995 Williamsburg Bridge subway collision
On June 5, 1995, at 6:18 a.m. (EDT), a New York City Subway J train crashed into the back of a stopped M train on the Williamsburg Bridge, which connects Brooklyn and Manhattan in New York City. The motorman of the J train died upon impact and 54 passengers were injured.


1995 Williamsburg Bridge subway collision, Accident
At approximately 6:12 a.m. EDT, an M train was running westbound across the Williamsburg Bridge, headed toward Manhattan, when the motorman encountered a red signal and stopped the train. The M train had been forced to stop because an unscheduled work train was directly in front of it.


1995 Williamsburg Bridge subway collision, Accident
At 6:18 a.m., the J train was running at full speed along the Williamsburg Bridge's Brooklyn approach. It ran several yellow and red signals before running into the back of the stationary M train. The rear-end collision killed Layton Gibson, the J train's motorman, who had been a subway motorman for 14 years. In addition, 54 passengers were injured, including one who was critically injured. The two trains were carrying a combined total of 200 passengers at the time.


1995 Williamsburg Bridge subway collision, Aftermath
The Williamsburg Bridge crash was the fourth major crash in nearly as many years. Immediately afterward, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced that it would investigate the incident. The subsequent investigation found that the Williamsburg Bridge crash had occurred because Gibson had been fatigued. He had been near the end of an 8-hour overnight shift when the crash occurred. Gibson's blood had tested negative for drugs and alcohol, and the NTSB found that there were no other major distractions at the time, including loud noise from passengers.


1995 Williamsburg Bridge subway collision, Aftermath
Witnesses on the J train stated that the train consist had been braking abruptly, and had narrowly avoided another collision at a track junction at Myrtle Avenue, four and a half stations before the site of the collision. Overall, Gibson was not known as a particularly bad driver: in his 14 years of operating subway trains, he only received three "minor operating violations" for failing to align the train with the platform.


1995 Williamsburg Bridge subway collision, Aftermath
The Williamsburg Bridge tracks used a "fixed block" signaling system, in which signals displayed a red, yellow, or green light depending on whether physical "signal blocks" were occupied by trains. Some of the signals had not been replaced since 1918 and were prone to malfunctions. The NTSB investigation found that, assuming a train had been stopped at the point where the M train had halted prior to the collision, an operator would have been able to see the back of the stopped train at the point where Gibson passed the red signal.


1995 Williamsburg Bridge subway collision, Aftermath
It was quickly determined that Gibson had overrun a signal that was supposed to be red. Normally, running past a red signal would have caused a trackside stop to be raised, thereby causing the train to brake, but this had not happened immediately prior to the crash. Additionally, the train-stopping rods on the J train and on the trackside were supposed to strike each other when the J train passed the red signal, triggering the emergency braking system on the train. However, on the day of the crash, the rods failed to align, and so the emergency brakes on the J train were not engaged.


1995 Williamsburg Bridge subway collision, Aftermath
The New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA), the division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) that operated the subway system, conducted its own investigation and concluded that the Williamsburg Bridge signals were spaced too closely together. A lack of communication between different divisions of the NYCTA was also blamed for the crash, since the conditions that caused the crash had been known as early as 1993. Because of the incident, the MTA modified both track signals and train cars to lower trains' average speeds.


1995 Williamsburg Bridge subway collision, Aftermath
Trains' maximum speeds on straight track segments were throttled from 55 miles per hour (89 km/h) to 40 miles per hour (64 km/h), and the MTA installed "grade-time" signals around the system to ensure that a train could only travel under a certain maximum speed before it was allowed to proceed. This modification of signals led to increases in train delays around the system, which in turn was a contributing factor to a transit crisis in 2017-2018.


1995 Williamsburg Bridge subway collision, Aftermath
The front car of the J train, R40A car No. 4461, and the back car of the M train, R42 car No. 4664, were both completely destroyed in the collision. The other seven cars in the J train, as well as the next-to-last three cars of the M train, were slightly damaged. The J train consist had been composed exclusively of R40A cars, while the M train consist had contained only R42s. Both car types had similar exterior dimensions, so the MTA paired together the undamaged mates of the destroyed cars, 4460 and 4665. After retirement, this pair was preserved by Railway Preservation Corp. and is now stored at Coney Island Yard.


1995 Wimbledon Championships
The 1995 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 109th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 26 June to 9 July 1995.


1995 Wimbledon Championships, Prize money
The total prize money for 1995 championships was £6,025,550. The winner of the men's title earned £365,000 while the women's singles champion earned £328,000.


1995 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Singles
Pete Sampras defeated  Boris Becker, 6–7 (5–7), 6–2, 6–4, 6–2


1995 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Doubles
Todd Woodbridge /  Mark Woodforde defeated  Rick Leach /  Scott Melville, 7–5, 7–6 (10–8), 7–6 (7–5)


1995 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Women's Doubles
Jana Novotná /  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario defeated  Gigi Fernández /  Natasha Zvereva, 5–7, 7–5, 6–4


1995 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Mixed Doubles
Jonathan Stark /  Martina Navratilova defeated  Cyril Suk /  Gigi Fernández, 6–4, 6–4


1995 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Boys' Doubles
Martin Lee /  James Trotman defeated  Alejandro Hernández /  Mariano Puerta, 7–6(7–2), 6–4


1995 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Girls' Doubles
Cara Black /  Aleksandra Olsza defeated  Trudi Musgrave /  Jodi Richardson, 6–0, 7–6(7–5)


1995 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Doubles
Martin Lee and James Trotman defeated Alejandro Hernández and Mariano Puerta in the final, 7–6(7–2), 6–4 to win the Boys' Doubles tennis title at the 1995 Wimbledon Championships.


1995 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles
Olivier Mutis defeated Nicolas Kiefer in the final, 6–2, 6–2 to win the Boys' Singles tennis title at the 1995 Wimbledon Championships.


1995 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1995 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Doubles
Cara Black and Aleksandra Olsza defeated Trudi Musgrave and Jodi Richardson in the final, 6–0, 7–6(7–5) to win the Girls' Doubles tennis title at the 1995 Wimbledon Championships.


1995 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Aleksandra Olsza defeated Tamarine Tanasugarn in the final, 7–5, 7–6(8–6) to win the Girls' Singles tennis title at the 1995 Wimbledon Championships.


1995 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1995 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde successfully defended their title for a third consecutive year, defeating Rick Leach and Scott Melville in the final, 7–5, 7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–5) to win the Gentlemen's Doubles title at the 1995 Wimbledon Championships.


1995 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1995 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.


1995 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Two-time defending champion Pete Sampras successfully defended his title, defeating Boris Becker in the final, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–4, 6–2 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1995 Wimbledon Championships.


1995 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1995 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
Sergi Bruguera withdrew due to injury. He was replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded player Thomas Enqvist. This marked a change in Wimbledon policy, as previously seeded players who withdrew from the tournament were replaced by a Qualifier or Lucky Loser (depending on when the withdrawal occurred).


1995 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.


1995 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying, Seeds
The top 6 seeds received a bye into the second round.


1995 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Todd Woodbridge and Helena Suková were the defending champions but lost in the second round to T. J. Middleton and Lori McNeil.


1995 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Jonathan Stark and Martina Navratilova defeated Cyril Suk and Gigi Fernández in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 1995 Wimbledon Championships.


1995 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1995 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario defeated the three-time defending champions Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva in the final, 5–7, 7–5, 6–4 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 1995 Wimbledon Championships.


1995 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1995 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.


1995 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Steffi Graf defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, 4–6, 6–1, 7–5 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1995 Wimbledon Championships, giving Graf the sixth Wimbledon title of her career. Conchita Martínez was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.


1995 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
The second round match between Patricia Hy-Boulais and Chanda Rubin was the longest-ever women's match at Wimbledon, lasting three hours and 45 minutes. Rubin defeated Hy-Boulais, 7-6(7–4), 6-7(5–7), 17-15. As of 2020, that match duration record at Wimbledon still remains unbeaten.


1995 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1995 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.


1995 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
The 1995 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in 5th place in the North Division with a 7–11 record. They faced the Baltimore Stallions in a South Division Semi-Final match, becoming the first CFL team to use the crossover rule.


1995 Winnipeg municipal election
The 1995 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 25, 1995 to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees in the city of Winnipeg.


1995 Winnipeg municipal election
Susan Thompson defeated Peter Kaufmann and Terry Duguid in the mayoral contest.


1995 Winnipeg municipal election, Results, School trustees, Transcona-Springfield School Division
Electors could vote for three candidates. Percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes.


1995 Winter Universiade
The 1995 Winter Universiade, the XVII Winter Universiade, took place in Jaca, Spain.


1995 Winter Universiade, Medal table
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1995 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 1995 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 1995 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.


1995 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, Notes
• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate


1995 Wisconsin Badgers football team
The 1995 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by sixth 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. Wisconsin did not make a postseason bowl game for the first time since the 1992 season.


1995 Wisconsin Badgers football team
As a result of college football's adoption of an overtime beginning with the 1995 bowl season and the 1996 regular season, Wisconsin's 3–3 tie against Illinois is the last tied game in NCAA Division I-A history.


1995 Wisconsin Badgers men's soccer team
The 1995 Wisconsin Badgers men's soccer team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison during the 1995 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and the 1995 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season. It was the program's 19th season of existence and their 19th season in NCAA Division I and the Big Ten Conference.


1995 Wisconsin Badgers men's soccer team
The 1995 season saw the Badgers win their first, and to date, only national championship. Played in front of the second-largest NCAA soccer crowd in history, Wisconsin beat Duke to win the 1995 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. Additionally, the Badgers were, along with Indiana, co-champions of the 1995 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. Wisconsin would not win the title again until 2017.


1995 Wisconsin Badgers men's soccer team
On October 13, 1995, the Badgers had their highest crowd in program history. 2,470 people attended their 2-0 win against Indiana.


1995 Wisconsin Badgers men's soccer team, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1995 Wisconsin Badgers men's soccer team, MLS Draft
The following members of 1995 Wisconsin Badgers men's soccer team were selected in the 1996 MLS College Draft.


1995 Wismilak Open
The 1995 Wismilak Open, also known as the Surabaya Women's Open,  was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Embong Sawo Sports Club in Surabaya, Indonesia that was part of Tier IV of the 1995 WTA Tour. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from 2 October until 8 October 1995. Second-seeded Shi-Ting Wang won the singles title.


1995 Wismilak Open, Finals, Doubles
Petra Kamstra /  Tina Križan defeated  Nana Miyagi /  Stephanie Reece 2–6, 6–4, 6–1


1995 Wismilak Open – Doubles
Yayuk Basuki and Romana Tedjakusuma were the defending champions, but none competed this year.


1995 Wismilak Open – Doubles
Petra Kamstra and Tina Križan won the title by defeating Nana Miyagi and Stephanie Reece 2–6, 6–4, 6–1 in the final.


1995 Wismilak Open – Singles
Elena Wagner was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.


1995 Wismilak Open – Singles
Wang Shi-ting won the title by defeating Yi Jing-Qian 6–1, 6–1 in the final.


1995 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election
The Council elections held in Wolverhampton on Thursday 4 May 1995 were one third, and 20 of the 60 seats were up for election.


1995 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election
During the 1995 election the Merry Hill ward had two seats contested due to a vacancy arising.


1995 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Prior to the election the constitution of the Council was:


1995 Women's African Volleyball Championship
The 1995 Women's African Volleyball Championship was the Seventh Edition African continental volleyball Championship for women in Africa and it was held in Nairobi, Kenya, with six teams participating.


1995 Women's British Open Squash Championship
The 1995 Leekes British Open Squash Championships was held at the Cardiff International Arena in Cardiff from 21–26 March 1995. The event was won by Michelle Martin for the third consecutive year defeating Liz Irving in a repeat of the 1994 final.


1995 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship
The 1995 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the fourth edition of the women's field hockey championship organised by the European Hockey Federation. It was held in Amstelveen, Netherlands from June 14 to June 25, 1995. In the final host Netherlands defeated reigning Olympic champion Spain after penalty strokes to clinch its third title.


1995 Women's European Cricket Cup
The 1995 Women's European Cricket Cup was an international cricket tournament held in Ireland from 18 to 22 July 1995. It was the fourth edition of the Women's European Championship, and all matches at the tournament held One Day International (ODI) status.


1995 Women's European Cricket Cup
Four teams participated, with the hosts, Ireland, joined by the three other European members of the International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC) – Denmark, England, and the Netherlands. A round-robin format was used, with the top two teams proceeding to the final. England was undefeated in the round-robin stage and beat Ireland by seven wickets in the final, winning the championship for the fourth time in a row. Ireland's Mary-Pat Moore led the tournament in runs (and scored the only century, against Denmark), and England's Kathryn Leng was the leading wicket-taker. All matches at the tournament were played in Dublin, with five venues being used for the seven matches played.


1995 Women's European Cricket Cup, Statistics, Most runs
The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.


1995 Women's European Cricket Cup, Statistics, Most wickets
The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.


1995 Women's European Volleyball Championship
The 1995 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 19th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Arnhem and Groningen, Netherlands from 23 September to 1 October 1995. The two finalists qualified for the 1995 FIVB Women's World Cup.


1995 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.


1995 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).


1995 Women's European Water Polo Championship
The 1995 Women's European Water Polo Championship was the sixth edition of the bi-annual event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The event took place in Vienna, Austria from August 18 to August 27, 1995, as an integrated part of the European LC Championships 1995.


1995 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier
The third Women's Hockey Olympic Qualifier for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia was held in Cape Town, South Africa, from Wednesday November 15 to Saturday November 26, 1995. Eight nations took part, and they played a round robin. The top five teams joined the other three that have already qualified: Australia, title holders Spain, and hosts the United States.


1995 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier, Team rosters, Argentina
Mariana Arnal (gk), Verónica Artica (gk), María Camardón, Silvia Corvalán, Sofía MacKenzie, Magdalena Aicega, Julieta Castellán, Gabriela Sánchez, Anabel Gambero, Jorgelina Rimoldi, Karina Masotta, Vanina Oneto, María Castelli, Gabriela Pando, and Cecilia Rognoni. Head Coach: Rodolfo Mendoza. NB: One name missing.


1995 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier, Team rosters, Canada
Deb Whitten (gk), Tara Croxford, Laurelee Kopeck, Nicole Colaco, Lisa Faust, Amy MacFarlane, Carla Somerville, Sue Reid, Veronica Planella, Karen McNeill, Chris Hunter, Tammy Holt, Gillian Sewell, Krista Thompson. Head Coach: ??. NB: Two names missing.


1995 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier, Team rosters, Germany
Birgit Beyer (gk), Susie Wollschläger (gk), Simone Thomaschinski, Eva Hagenbäumer, Denise Klecker, Irina Kuhnt, Britta Becker, Melanie Cremer, Tanja Dickenscheid, Heike Lätzsch, Franziska Hentschel, Nadine Ernsting-Krienke, Natascha Keller, Vanessa van Kooperen, Philippa Suxdorf, and Katrin Kauschke. Head Coach: Berti Rauth.


1995 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier, Team rosters, Great Britain
Joanne Thompson (gk), Jill Atkins, Karen Brown, Susan Fraser, Lucy Cope, Mandy Davies, Pauline Robertson, Tammy Miller, Jane Sixsmith, Susan MacDonald, Anna Bennett, Hilary Rose (gk), Rhona Simpson, Mandy Nicholls, Diana Renilson, and Christine Cook. Head Coach: Sue Slocombe.


1995 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier, Team rosters, Netherlands
Jacqueline Toxopeus (gk), Stella de Heij (gk), Willemijn Duyster, Wendy Fortuin, Noor Holsboer, Marlies Vossen, Dillianne van den Boogaard, Suzanne Plesman, Jeannette Lewin, Suzan van der Wielen, Florentine Steenberghe, Margje Teeuwen, Nicole Koolen, Mijntje Donners, Ellen Kuipers, and Wietske de Ruiter. Head Coach: Tom van 't Hek.


1995 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier, Team rosters, South Africa
Caryn Bentley, Paulene de Bruin, Jill Dix (gk), C Mangion]] (gk),  Jacqui Geyser, Nicky du Toit (gk), Sherylle Calder, Gill Daniels, Hanneli Arnoldi, Michele MacNaughton, Caroline Matthews, Karen Roberts, Lindsey Carlisle, Sharon Cormack, Karen Symons, Kerry Bee, and Alison Dare. Head Coach: Kelly Fairweather.


1995 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 1995 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 5th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held between 9–17 September 1995 in Mar del Plata, Argentina.


1995 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
Australia won the tournament for the third consecutive time after defeating South Korea 4–3 in the final on penalty strokes after a 1–1 draw.


1995 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, Teams
The participating teams were determined by International Hockey Federation (FIH):


1995 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 50 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 2.78 goals per match.


1995 Women's Pacific Rim Championship
The 1995 IIHF Women's Pacific Rim Championship was an international ice hockey tournament held between April 3 and 8, 1995 in San Jose, California, United States.


1995 Women's Pacific Rim Championship
Canada won the tournament despite losing in the group stage 5-2 to the United States. They defeated China in a shootout before taking the US to a shootout as well to win the championship.


1995 Women's Pacific Rim Championship, Teams and format
Four teams completed in this inaugural tournament. The teams were:


1995 Women's Pacific Rim Championship, Teams and format
The teams first played a full round robin against each other. After these three games, all teams proceeded to the semi-final (1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd) with the winning teams meeting in the final.


1995 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship
The 1995 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship was the 1995 annual edition of the women's volleyball tournament, played by six teams from 3 countries from April 1-8, 1995 in Medellin, Colombia. Among the participants were the Peruvian champion Cristal Bancoper and the vice champions, Juventus Sipesa, Argentinians Racing Club, Universidad Católica from Chile and the host nation were represented by Orgullo Paisa. The Brazilian clubs refused to join the tournament because their tournament was still in play.


1995 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship, Competing clubs
Racing Club Universidad Católica Orgullo Paisa Juventus Sipesa Cristal Bancoper Indias Guerreras de Miranda


1995 Women's U.S. Cup
The first Women's U.S. Cup tournament held in 1995, were joined by four teams: Australia, Norway, Chinese Taipei and USA.


1995 Women's World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The 56th edition of the Women's World Allround Speed Skating Championships was held on 3 and 4 March 1995 at the Savalen kunstisbane in Savalen, Norway.


1995 Women's World Allround Speed Skating Championships
26 speed skaters from 14 countries participated. It was the final edition held separately for women. From 1996 onward the men's and women's World Allround Speed Skating Championships would be combined into a single tournament.


1995 Women's World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Gunda Niemann won the world title ahead of Lyudmila Prokasheva and Annamarie Thomas. It was her fourth world title after 1991, 1992 and 1993.


1995 Women's World Championship (snooker)
The 1995 Women's World Championship was a women's snooker tournament organised by the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association. The quarter-finals onwards were held in New Delhi from 7 to 10 September 1995. The event is recognised as the 1995 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship first held in 1976. Karen Corr defeated Kim Shaw 6–3 in the final to win the title. The event was promoted by Barry Hearn's Matchroom company.


1995 Women's World Championship (snooker), Qualifying
The preliminary round and the four main rounds of qualifying took place at Raunds Cue Sports Club. Seven of the top eight seeds qualified for the quarter-finals, the only exception being Sarah Smith, who was beaten by June Banks. Defending champion Allison Fisher won her two qualifying matches without losing a frame. The highest break of the qualifying rounds was 86 by Lisa Quick.


1995 Women's World Championship (snooker), Final stages
The matches from the quarter-finals onwards were due to be played in India in June 1995, but were delayed. The original sponsors were gin producers Highball, but the Indian government imposed a ban on events sponsored by alcohol companies. The rescheduled event planned July was also postponed. The event was then planned to take place from 7 to 10 September with sponsorship from Woodall shoes.


1995 Women's World Championship (snooker), Final stages
The quarter-finals onwards were played at the Siri Fort Sports Complex, New Delhi. Kim Shaw beat Allison Fisher 5–3 in their semi-final, having led 3–0 before Fisher took the next to make it 3–2. Corr beat Kelly Fisher 5–2 in the other semi-final. In the final, Corr built a 3–0 lead, but Shaw won three of the next four to leave Corr only one frame ahead at 4–3. Corr then took the next two to claim victory at 6–3. As winner, Corr received a motorcycle from event sponsors Honda in addition to £5,000. She also took the highest break prize of £300 for her 108 against Banks. Shaw earned £2,000 as runner-up. It was Corr's second world title, after her first in 1990.


1995 Women's World Open Squash Championship
The 1995 Women's Pak Fah Yeow World Open Squash Championship was the women's edition of the 1995 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Hong Kong between 23 June and 26 June 1995. Michelle Martin won her third World Open title, defeating Sarah Fitzgerald in the final.


1995 Women's World Open Squash Championship, Draw and results, Notes
Michelle Martin won her third consecutive title, the third game dropped in the quarter finals to Sue Wright was the first Martin had lost since losing the 1992 final to Susan Devoy.


1995 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men took place on 11 and 12 February 1995 in Baselga di Pinè at the Ice Rink Pinè.


1995 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
From 1996 onward, the men's and women's World Allround Speed Skating Championships are to take place on the same days and at the same venue.


1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin, Germany from May 4 to May 15. The eighth edition of this competition, held a year before the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA. These World Championships saw the introduction of 'seedings' in each weight. Those seedings were to be based on the 1994 AIBA ranking list.


1995 World Archery Championships
The 1995 World Archery Championships was the 38th edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Jakarta, Indonesia in August 1995 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA).


1995 World Archery Championships
The event marked the first championships where the compound discipline was contested. It also marked the last World Championships at which eventual women's recurve champion Natalia Valeeva represented Moldova (and previously Soviet Union) before switching allegiance to Italy, for whom she also triumphed at the 2007 World Archery Championships.


1995 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 30th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held at Sun Dome Fukui in Sabae, Japan in 1995.


1995 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Participants, Women
Simone Aldana, Laura Alvarez, Ariadna Argoitia, Ana Destefano, Analia Rodriguez Kirsty-Leigh Brown, Joanna Hughes, Nicole Kantek, Ruth Moniz, Lisa Moro, Genevieve Preston, Lisa Skinner Ruscha Kouril Svetlana Boguinskaia, Elena Piskun, Julia Sobko, Svetlana Tarasevich, Ludmila Vitlukova, Olga Yurkina, Tatiana Zharganova Monique Cohnen, Caroline Debras, Lies Deramoudt, Jessica Peeters, Elke Riskin, Melanie Robertz, Vanessa Van De Plas Soraya Carvalho, Beatriz Degani, Mariana Goncalves, Leticia Ishii, Liliane Koreyasu, Beatrice Martins, Melissa Sugimote Vaselina Guentcheva, Elena Ivanova, Galina Lazarova, Iglika Panayotova, Maria Paperova, Mirela Peneva Stephanie Cappuccitti, Marilou Cousineau, Lena Degteva, Jennifer Exaltacion, Shanyn Maceachem, Yvonne Tousek, Theresa Wolf Mo Huilan, Meng Fel, Ye Linlin, Ji Liya, Liu Xuan, Qiao Ya, Mao Yanling Katerina Binova, Martina Binova, Katerina Fialova, Pavla Kinclova, Gabriela Krcmarova, Milana Novotna, Klara Slavikova Charlotte Andreasen Laetitia Begue, Cecile Canqueteau, Ludivine Furnon, Laure Gely, Isabelle Severino, Elvire Teza, Orelie Troscompt Kim Buehlow, Cindy Klemrath, Rufina Kreibich, Katrin Kuehnert, Yvonne Pioch, Kathleen Stark, Nadja Ziehfreund Lambrini Apostolidou, Kyriaki Firindou, Virginia Karentzou, Katerina Mamouti, Kyriaki Papanikolaou, Georgia Tempou, Vasiliki Tsavaridou Salazar Rocio Ildiko Balog, Ildiko Dragoner, Erika Gibala, Nikolett Krausz, Adrienn Nyeste, Eszter Ovary, Adrienn Varga Yael Bar, Einat Kedar, Adi Peer, Ester Remo, Maya Shani, Ortal Targash, Hadar Varshaviak Chiara Ferrazzi, Elisa Lamperti, Laura Montagnolo, Francesca Morotti, Clara Pedrini, Tania Rebagliati, Giordana Rocchi Miho Hashiguchi, Naho Hoshiyama, Kaori Iwata, Mari Kosuge, Hanako Miura, Masumi Okawa, Risa Sugawara Saltanat Aleeva, Oxana Emelianova, Alja Khoudaibergenova, Olga Kozevnikova, Olga Sokomnina, Irina Yevdokimova Youlia Feofilova, Ludmila Prince Mariana Cabello, Judith Cavazos, Laura del Carmen Moreno, Denisse Lopez, Brenda Magana, Stephanie Martinez, Perta Ramirez Naima El Rhouati Anita Tomulevska Agnieska Supinska Sara Nabais, Diana Texeira Elleen Diaz, Yariza Yulian Simona Amanar, Andreea Cacovean, Gina Gogean, Nadia Hategan, Alexandra Marinescu, Lavinia Milosovici, Claudia Presecan Natalia Bobrova, Yelena Dolgopolova, Elena Grosheva, Eugenia Kuznetsova, Svetlana Khorkina, Dina Kochetkova, Elena Prodounova Klaudia Kinska, Martina Kucharcikova, Silvia Vlckova Heidi Oosthuizen, Ilse Roets, Tanya Steenkampf Ji Hae-sung, Kim Joo-ran, Park Joo-young, Choi Mi-sun, Han Na-jung, Hu


1995 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Participants, Women
So-young, Kong Yoon-jin Veronica Castro, Joana Juarez, Monica Martin, Mercedes Pacheco, Gemma Paz, Diane Plaza Pascale Grossenbacher, Natascha Schnell Lanna Apisukh Irina Bulakhova, Viktoriya Karpanenko, Oksana Knizhnik, Anna Mirgorodskaia, Lilia Podkopayeva, Yelena Shapornaya Gemma Cuff, Gabriela Fuchs, Michaela Knox, Sonia Lawrence, Zita Lusack, Annika Reeder, Karin Szymko Mary Beth Arnold, Theresa Kulikowski, Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, Jaycie Phelps, Kerri Strug, Danielle Thompson Saida Babaeva, Botagos Boyatanova, Oksana Chusovitina, Natalia Dyonushrina, Anastasia Dzyundzyak, Aleksandra Gordeeva


1995 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Women, Floor Exercise
NB: At this competition, tiebreakers were not used. When two gymnasts received the same score in event finals, they both received a medal.


1995 World Badminton Grand Prix Finals
The 1995 World Badminton Grand Prix was the 13th edition of the World Badminton Grand Prix finals. It was held in Singapore, from November 29 to December 3, 1995.


1995 World Championships in Athletics
The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden on 5–13 August 1995.


1995 World Championships in Athletics
This competition saw the women run the 5000 m event at the World Championships for the first time. The race replaced the 3000 m event which had been run at all previous World Championships.


1995 World Championships in Athletics, Medal table
Note that the host, Sweden, did not win any medals at these championships. This fate Sweden shares only with Canada (2001).


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
The Men's 10,000 metres event featured at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 41 participating athletes, with two qualifying heats and the final was held on 8 August 1995.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
These are the official results of the Men's 100 metres event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 91 participating athletes, with two semi-finals, five quarter-finals and twelve qualifying heats and the final held on Sunday 6 August 1995.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
At 15 years, 153 days old, Montserratian Darren Tuitt became the youngest male competitor at the World Championships in Athletics.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
These are the official results of the Men's 110 metres Hurdles event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 48 participating athletes, with two semi-finals, four quarter-finals and six qualifying heats and the final held on Saturday August 12, 1995.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
These are the official results of the Men's 1.500 metres event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Sunday 1995-08-13.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
All eyes were on world record holder Noureddine Morceli, who had just improved upon his world record a month earlier. What strategy could beat him? Nobody wanted to try to run fast from the start, Paul McMullen became the early leader and as the largest man in the field, the wind blocker while everybody else was drafting behind. Morceli stayed out of trouble, near the front of the pack, watching around him.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
After 800 metres Vénuste Niyongabo moved to the outside of McMullen and started to edge forward with Morceli the next man back on the outside marking anybody who dared to get too far in front. With 500 metres to go, Morceli grew impatient and eased into the lead for the bell. The Morceli started to open up his lead. Niyongabo was late to react, giving away a few metres as the lap began and never able to gain any ground. By the home stretch Morceli had more than 15 metres on Niyongabo. Down the home stretch, a 20 year old Hicham El Guerrouj edged by Niyongabo. Morceli slowed before the finish line almost walking across with the gold, the relatively unknown El Guerrouj got the silver and Niyongabo held on for bronze.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
These are the official results of the Men's 20 km Walk event at the 1995 World Championships held on Sunday 6 August 1995 in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 46 participating athletes and two non-starters.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
These are the official results of the Men's 200 metres event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 72 participating athletes, with two semi-finals, four quarter-finals and nine qualifying heats and the final held on Friday 1995-08-11.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
A men's 3000 metres steeplechase event was held at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 36 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Friday 11 August 1995.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
These are the results of the men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
These are the results of the men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Medalists
* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres
These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 51 participating athletes, with two semi-finals, four quarter-finals and seven qualifying heats and the final held on Wednesday 1995-08-09.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres Hurdles event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 54 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Thursday 1995-08-10.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
These are the official results of the Men's 50 km Walk event at the 1995 World Championships held on Thursday 10 August 1995 in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 41 participating athletes.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
These are the official results of the Men's 5,000 metres event at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 48 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats and the final held on Sunday 1995-08-13.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 49 participating athletes, with two semi-finals, and seven qualifying heats and the final held on Tuesday August 8, 1995.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
The final pared down to 8runners who believed in their kick. Vebjørn Rodal became the leader with Wilson Kipketer at the end of the field. Rodal led through an easy pace 52.53 through the first lap. With 200 to go, Nico Motchebon moved to the front, covered by Kipketer, but Rodal didn't relinquish the lead. Kipketer timed his big burst for 70 metres before the finish, Rodal had no answer but held off Motchebon, the rest of the field fading away. Coming from behind Motchebon, Arthémon Hatungimana was able to gradually gain on Rodall, passing him just a step before the finish.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon
These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 30 participating athletes, including nine non-finishers. The competition started on August 6, 1995, and ended a day later, on August 7, 1995.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw
These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 43 participating athletes, with the final held on Friday August 11, 1995.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw
These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 6, 1995. The qualification mark was set at 76.50 metres.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
These are the official results of the Men's High Jump event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 35 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Tuesday August 8, 1995.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump, Results, Qualifying round
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 2.29 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw
These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 37 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday 13 August 1995. The qualification mark was set at 82.00 metres.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump
These are the official results of the Men's Long Jump event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 50 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups. The final was held on Saturday, August 12, 1995. The qualification mark was set at 8.05 metres.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon
The Men's Marathon at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden was held on Saturday August 12, 1995.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
These are the official results of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 38 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Friday August 11, 1995. The qualification mark was set at 5.70 metres.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put
These are the official results of the Men's Shot Put event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 32 participating athletes, with the final held on Wednesday August 9, 1995. The qualification mark was set at 19.80 metres.


1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump
These are the official results of the Men's Triple Jump event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Monday August 7, 1995.