1993 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships

The 1993 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships (Russian: Чемпионат России по лёгкой атлетике в помещении 1993) was the 2nd edition of the national championship in indoor track and field for Russia. It was held on 27–28 February at the Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA in Moscow. A total of 28 events (14 for men and 14 for women) were contested over the two-day competition. For the first time at the national championships, women's pole vault was held.^[1]

In the winter of 1993, Russian championships were also held in individual athletics disciplines:

• 30 January – Russian 12-Hour Run Indoor Championships (Lipetsk)
• 5–6 February – Russian Combined Events Indoor Championships (Saint Petersburg)
• 27–28 February – Russian 24-Hour Indoor Championships (Podolsk)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy Moscow	6.59	Yuriy Mizera Moscow Oblast	6.68	Pavel Galkin Samara Oblast	6.68
200 metres	Andrey Fedoriv Moscow	21.27	Oleg Fatun Rostov Oblast	21.28	Edvin Ivanov Moscow	21.35
400 metres	Dmitry Kosov Primorsky Krai	46.60	Roman Roslavtsev Saint Petersburg	47.56	Vitaliy Vanyushkin Moscow	48.09
800 metres	Aleksey Oleynikov Stavropol Krai	1:52.91	Valeriy Starodubtsev Irkutsk Oblast	1:53.09	Andrey Sudnik  Belarus	1:53.40
1500 metres	Sergey Solonitsyn Chelyabinsk Oblast	3:49.26	Andrey Loginov Moscow	3:50.18	Vyacheslav Shabunin Moscow	3:50.47
3000 metres	Vladimir Pronin Moscow	8:02.11	Vyacheslav Shabunin Moscow	8:02.48	Oleg Strizhakov Voronezh Oblast	8:02.64
2000 m s'chase	Gennadiy Panin Tatarstan	5:28.98	Igor Konyshev Saint Petersburg	5:29.34	Aleksey Gorbunov Perm Oblast	5:30.16
60 m hurdles	Aleksandr Markin Moscow	7.65	Sergey Usov  Belarus	7.70	Vadim Kurach Saint Petersburg	7.71
High jump	Oleg Muravev Moscow	2.26 m	Vladimir Sokolov Bryansk Oblast	2.26 m	Aleksandr Buglakov  Belarus	2.23 m
Pole vault	Radion Gataullin Saint Petersburg	5.80 m	Igor Trandenkov Saint Petersburg	5.60 m	Andrey Skvortsov Krasnodar Krai	5.60 m
Long jump	Stanislav Tarasenko Rostov Oblast	8.19 m	Vasiliy Sokov Moscow Oblast	8.00 m	Aleksandr Zharkov Samara Oblast	7.91 m
Triple jump	Vasiliy Sokov Moscow Oblast	17.21 m	Vladimir Melikhov Volgograd Oblast	17.17 m	Oleg Sakirkin Kazakhstan	17.09 m
Shot put	Sergey Smirnov Saint Petersburg	20.94 m	Vyacheslav Lykho Moscow Oblast	20.31 m	Yevgeny Palchikov Irkutsk Oblast	20.05 m
5000 m walk	Mikhail Shchennikov Moscow	18:40.83	Mikhail Orlov Yaroslavl Oblast	18:44.57	Grigoriy Kornev Kemerovo Oblast	18:51.21

^a Lyudmila Narozhilenko was the original runner-up in the women's 60 m with a time of 7.18 seconds. However, she was subsequently disqualified as she had previously failed a doping test on 13 February 1993 at the Meeting Pas de Calais. Following a lengthy trial, the athlete was disqualified for four years, and her results after the test date were canceled in accordance with the rules, including her performance at the 1993 national indoor championships.^[2][3]

The Russian 12-hour Run Indoor Championships was held on 30 January in Lipetsk in the athletics arena of the Yubileiny Sports Palace.^[4]

The Russian Combined Events Indoor Championships were determined on 5–6 February 1993 in St. Petersburg at the Winter Stadium.^[5]

The Russian 24-Hour Run Indoor Championships were held on 27–28 February in Podolsk on the 133-meter circle of the arena of the local youth sports school. Nikolai Safin exceeded the previous world record with a distance of 275,576 m, but it was not officially recognised as a world record due to the uncertified length of the track.^[6]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
24-hour run	Nikolay Safin Kaluga Oblast	275,576 m	Valeriy Gubar Yaroslavl Oblast	260,323 m	Valeriy Khristenok  Ukraine	242,641 m

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
24-hour run	Zinaida Shabalina Moscow	193,596 m	Rimma Paltseva Mari El	193,249 m	Tamara Merzlikina  Latvia	185,419 m

According to the results of the national championships, taking into account qualifying standards, the Russian team for the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships included:

• 60 m: Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy
• 200 m: Andrey Fedoriv
• 400 m: Dmitry Kosov
• 60 m hurdles: Aleksandr Markin
• Pole vault: Radion Gataullin, Igor Trandenkov
• Long jump: Stanislav Tarasenko
• Triple jump: Vasiliy Sokov, Vladimir Melikhov
• Shot put: Sergey Smirnov
• 5000 m walk: Mikhail Shchennikov, Mikhail Orlov

• 60 m: Irina Privalova, Olga Bogoslovskaya
• 200 m: Irina Privalova, Natalya Voronova
• 400 m: Tatyana Alekseyeva
• 4 × 400 m relay: Tatyana Alekseyeva, Yelena Ruzina, Marina Shmonina, Yelena Andreyeva
• 800 m: Svetlana Masterkova, Yelena Afanasyeva
• 1500 m: Yekaterina Podkopayeva
• 3000 m: Olga Kovpotina
• 60 m hurdles: Yuliya Graudyn
• High jump: Evgenia Zhdanova
• Long jump: Irina Mushailova, Yolanda Chen
• Triple jump: Yolanda Chen, Inna Lasovskaya
• Shot put: Svetlana Krivelyova, Anna Romanova
• Pentathlon: Irina Belova, Irina Tyukhay
• 3000 m walk: Yelena Arshintseva, Yelena Nikolayeva

Results

• Открытый чемпионат России // Лёгкая атлетика : журнал. — 1993. — № 4. — С. 2—3.
• На стадионах страны и мира. Открытый чемпионат России в помещении // Лёгкая атлетика : журнал. — 1993. — № 4. — С. 16.