1993 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships

The 1993 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships (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.

Championships
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)

Women
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.

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

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

24-hour run
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.

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

Men

 * 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

Women

 * 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