1991 UIAA Climbing World Championships

{{Infobox sport event|name=1991 UIAA Climbing World Championships|venue=|prev=|women=|men=|website=|bronze=|silver=|gold=|location={{flagdeco|GER}} Frankfurt, Germany|format=|image=|other=|prize_money=|winners=|broadcasters=|nations=22|competitors=110|date=1 – 2 October 1991|caption=|size=|next=1993}}The 1991 UIAA Climbing World Championships, the first edition, were held in Frankfurt, Germany from 1 to 2 October 1991. It was organized by the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA). The championships consisted of lead and speed events.{{Cite web|title=Results|url=https://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition/last-result|access-date=2021-08-30|website=www.ifsc-climbing.org}}{{Cite web|title=digital ROCK: Competition calendar 1991|url=https://www.digitalrock.de/icc_calendar.php?year=1991|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-01|website=www.digitalrock.de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901104727/https://www.digitalrock.de/icc_calendar.php?year=1991 |archive-date=2021-09-01 }}{{Cite web|title=Climbing World Champions 1991 - 2009|url=http://www.planetmountain.com/english/News/shownews1.lasso%3Fl%3D2%26keyid=37956|access-date=2021-09-01|website=PlanetMountain.com|language=en}}

Medalists

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! width="200" |Event

! width="225" style="background: gold" |Gold

! width="225" style="background: silver" |Silver

! width="225" style="background: #cc9966" |Bronze

Men's Lead

|{{flagIOCmedalist|François Legrand|FRA

}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Yuji Hirayama|JPN}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Guido Köstermeyer|GER|}}

|-

|Men's Speed

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Hans Florine|USA|}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Jacky Godoffe|FRA|}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Kairat Rakhmetov|KAZ|}}

|-

! colspan="4" |

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|Women's Lead

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Susi Good|SUI|}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Isabelle Patissier|FRA|}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Robyn Erbesfield|USA|}}

|-

|Women's Speed

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Isabelle Dorsimond|BEL|}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Agnès Brard|FRA|}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Venera Chereshneva|RUS|}}

|}

Lead

François Legrand and Susi Good were the first ever Lead World Champions. Legrand climbed efficiently and topped the final route.{{Cite web|title=François Legrand and Yuji Hirayama battle it out in Frankfurt|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CTU3Xa_IFH7/}}

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! colspan="4" |Men{{Cite web|title=Result: M E N lead|url=https://www.digitalrock.de/egroupware/ranking/sitemgr/digitalrock/eliste.html#!comp=91_WM_F&cat=ICC_M|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-01|website=www.digitalrock.de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122115945/http://digitalrock.de:80/egroupware/ranking/sitemgr/digitalrock/eliste.html? |archive-date=2012-01-22 }}

! colspan="4" |Women{{Cite web|title=Result: W O M E N lead|url=https://www.digitalrock.de/egroupware/ranking/sitemgr/digitalrock/eliste.html#!comp=91_WM_F&cat=2|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-01|website=www.digitalrock.de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122115945/http://digitalrock.de:80/egroupware/ranking/sitemgr/digitalrock/eliste.html? |archive-date=2012-01-22 }}

Rank

!Name

!Nation

!Result

!Rank

!Name

!Nation

!Result

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|{{gold1}}

| align="left" |François Legrand

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|FRA}}

|6000

|{{gold1}}

| align="left" |Susi Good

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|SUI}}

|6000

bgcolor="#DCE5E5"

|{{silver2}}

| align="left" |Yuji Hirayama

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|JPN}}

|4800

|{{silver2}}

| align="left" |Isabelle Patissier

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|FRA}}

|4800

bgcolor="#FFDAB9"

|{{bronze3}}

| align="left" |Guido Köstermeyer

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|GER}}

|3600

|{{bronze3}}

| align="left" |Robyn Erbesfield

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|USA}}

|3600

align="center" |4

| align="left" |Pavel Samoiline

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|RUS}}

|3300

|4

| align="left" |Nanette Raybaud

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|FRA}}

|3300

align="center" |5

| align="left" |Evgeny Ovchinnikov

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|RUS}}

|3060

|5

| align="left" |Lynn Hill

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|USA}}

|3060

align="center" |6

| align="left" |Didier Raboutou

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|FRA}}

|2820

|6

| align="left" |Natalie Richer

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|FRA}}

|2820

align="center" |7

| align="left" |Vladimir Jourkin

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|RUS}}

|2580

|7

| align="left" |Venera Chereshneva

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|RUS}}

|2580

align="center" |8

| align="left" |Bernabe Fernandez

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|ESP}}

|2400

|8

| align="left" |Isabelle Dorsimond

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|BEL}}

|2400

9

| align="left" |Christoph Finkel

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|GER}}

|2220

|9

| align="left" |Luisa Iovane

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|ITA}}

|2220

10

| align="left" |François Lombard

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|FRA}}

|2040

|10

| align="left" |Barbara Hirschbichler

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|GER}}

|2040

Speed

Hans Florine and Isabelle Dorsimond were the first ever Speed World Cup Champions.{{Cite web|title=World Championships 1991 Jacky Godoffe vs Hans Florine|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CSXIWV2IrMC/}}

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! colspan="4" |Men{{Cite web|title=Result: M E N speed|url=https://www.digitalrock.de/egroupware/ranking/sitemgr/digitalrock/eliste.html#!comp=91_WM_F&cat=23|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-01|website=www.digitalrock.de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122115945/http://digitalrock.de:80/egroupware/ranking/sitemgr/digitalrock/eliste.html? |archive-date=2012-01-22 }}

! colspan="4" |Women{{Cite web|title=Result: W O M E N speed|url=https://www.digitalrock.de/egroupware/ranking/sitemgr/digitalrock/eliste.html#!comp=91_WM_F&cat=24|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-01|website=www.digitalrock.de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122115945/http://digitalrock.de:80/egroupware/ranking/sitemgr/digitalrock/eliste.html? |archive-date=2012-01-22 }}

Rank

!Name

!Nation

!Result

!Rank

!Name

!Nation

!Result

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|{{gold1}}

| align="left" |Hans Florine

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|USA}}

|6000

|{{gold1}}

| align="left" |Isabelle Dorsimond

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|BEL}}

|

bgcolor="#DCE5E5"

|{{silver2}}

| align="left" |Jacky Godoffe

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|FRA}}

|4800

|{{silver2}}

| align="left" |Agnès Brard

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|FRA}}

|

bgcolor="#FFDAB9"

|{{bronze3}}

| align="left" |Kairat Rakhmetov

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|KAZ}}

|3600

|{{bronze3}}

| align="left" |Venera Chereshneva

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|RUS}}

|

align="center" |4

| align="left" |Andrzej Marcisz

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|POL}}

|3300

|4

| align="left" |Yulia Inozemtseva

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|RUS}}

|

align="center" |5

| align="left" |Raikhan Galiakbarov

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|RUS}}

|3060

|5

| align="left" |Ineke Dijkstra

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|NED}}

|

align="center" |5

| align="left" |Glenn Sutcliffe

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|GBR}}

|3060

|5

| align="left" |Andrea Eisenhut

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|GER}}

|

align="center" |7

| align="left" |Mark Baker

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|AUS}}

|2580

|5

| align="left" |Irina Kodina

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|RUS}}

|

align="center" |7

| align="left" |Gregor Jaeger

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|GER}}

|2580

|8

| align="left" |Iwona Gronkiewicz-Marcisz

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|POL}}

|

9

| align="left" |Seung-Kwon Chung

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|KOR}}

|2220

|9

| align="left" |Felicity Butler

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|GBR}}

|

9

| align="left" |Stephan Hilgers

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|GER}}

|2220

|10

| align="left" |Nancy Feagin

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|USA}}

|

9

| align="left" |Johannes Nathan

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|GER}}

|2220

|

|

|

|

9

| align="left" |Petrov Plamen

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|BUL}}

|2220

|

|

|

|

9

| align="left" |Salavat Rakhmetov

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|RUS}}

|2220

|

|

|

|

9

| align="left" |Arnould T'Kint

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|BEL}}

|2220

|

|

|

|

9

| align="left" |Oleg Tcherechnev

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|RUS}}

|2220

|

|

|

|

16

| align="left" |Hira Verick

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|AUS}}

|1200

|

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