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 celebrates as she 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 from Davidson Ezinwa (2nd) and Bruny Surin (5th)

Gail Devers poses after winning the women's 60m title

1999 - Maebashi, Japan

The gun goes and the 800m final is off and running

USA celebrate their world record win in the 4 x 400m