1987 - Indianapolis, USA: Ben Johnson "won" the inaugural 60m before he was disqualified for drug abuse

1989 - Budapest, Hungary: Cuba's Javier Sotomayor finally prevailed in the high jump after a six-hour contest

1991 - Seville, Spain: Merlene Ottey of Jamaica captures her second successive 200m indoor world title

1993 - Toronto, Canada: Maria Mutola crosses the line for the first of three successive victories in the 800m

1995 - Barcelona, Spain: Romania's Gabriela Szabo wins the first of her three successive 3000m indoor titles

1997 - Paris, France: Charalambos Papadias crosses the line first to win the 60m

1999 - Maebashi, Japan: USA celebrate their world record win in the 4 x 400m

2001 - Lisbon, Portugal: Cuba's Ivan Pedroso earns an unprecented fifth long jump title

2001 - Lisbon, Portugal: Tim Harden pips fellow American Tim Montgomery and Britain's Mark Lewis-Francis in the 60m

2003 - Birmingham, UK: Maria Mutola breaks away in the 800m final to grab a historic fifth gold medal

2003 - Birmingham, UK: Colin Jackson (left) misses out on one last medal before retiring but Britain still enjoys a record return

2003 - Birmingham, UK: Haile Gebrselassie defies his critics to win a dramatic men's 3000m for his fourth World Indoor gold