These are the official results of the
Women's 100 metres event at the
1995 IAAF World Championships in
Gothenburg, Sweden
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. There were a total number of 58 participating athletes, with two semi-finals, four quarter-finals and eight qualifying heats and the final held on Monday 7 August 1995. The winner,
Gwen Torrence
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of the
United States
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, made history as the first mother to win 100 metre gold at the World Championships.
Final
Semi-finals
*Held on Monday 1995-08-07
Quarterfinals
*Held on Sunday 1995-08-06
Qualifying heats
*Held on Sunday 1995-08-06
References
*https://web.archive.org/web/20041212070800/http://www2.iaaf.org/results/past/WCH95/index.html Results]
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Events at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics, H
100 metres at the World Athletics Championships
1995 in women's athletics