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1991 World Championships in Athletics

{{Short description|1991 edition of the World Championships in Athletics}}

{{Infobox games

| name = 3rd World Championships in Athletics

| logo = Tokyo IAAF 1991.jpg

| size =

| host_city = Tokyo, Japan

| caption =

| nations = 167

| athletes = 1517

| events =

| dates = 23 August – 1 September 1991

| opened_by = Emperor Akihito

| stadium = Olympic Stadium

| previous = 1987 Rome

| next = 1993 Stuttgart

}}

The 3rd World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan between August 23 and September 1. 1517 athletes from 167 countries participated in the event.{{cite web|title=iaaf.org - Osaka 2007 - History |url=http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/history/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312032624/http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/history/index.html |archive-date=2009-03-12 |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-04-03 }} Japan hosted again the championship in 2007 in Osaka and Tokyo will host again the event in 2025 in a new venue building at the same place.

The event is best-remembered for the men's long jump competition, when Carl Lewis made the best six-jump series in history, only to be beaten by Mike Powell, whose {{convert|8.95|m|ftin|2|abbr=on}} jump broke Bob Beamon's long-standing world record from the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Men's results

=Track=

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

{{MedalistTable|columns=2}}
100 m
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Carl Lewis|USA}}

9.86
(WR)

|{{flagathlete|Leroy Burrell|USA}}

9.88
(PB)

|{{flagathlete|Dennis Mitchell|USA}}

9.91
(PB)
200 m
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Michael Johnson|USA}}

20.01
(CR)

|{{flagathlete|Frankie Fredericks|NAM}}

20.34

|{{flagathlete|Atlee Mahorn|CAN}}

20.49
400 m
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Antonio Pettigrew|USA}}

44.57

|{{flagathlete|Roger Black|GBR}}

44.62

|{{flagathlete|Danny Everett|USA}}

44.63
800 m
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Billy Konchellah|KEN}}

1:43.99

|{{flagathlete|José Luíz Barbosa|BRA|1968}}

1:44.24

|{{flagathlete|Mark Everett|USA}}

1:44.67
1500 m
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Noureddine Morceli|ALG}}

3:32.84
(CR)

|{{flagathlete|Wilfred Kirochi|KEN}}

3:34.84

|{{flagathlete|Hauke Fuhlbrügge|GER}}

3:35.28
5000 m
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Yobes Ondieki|KEN}}

13:14.45
(CR)

|{{flagathlete|Fita Bayisa|ETH|1991}}

13:16.64

|{{flagathlete|Brahim Boutayeb|MAR}}

13:22.70
10,000 m
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Moses Tanui|KEN}}

27:38.74

|{{flagathlete|Richard Chelimo|KEN}}

27:39.41

|{{flagathlete|Khalid Skah|MAR}}

27:41.74
Marathon
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon}}

|{{flagathlete|Hiromi Taniguchi|JPN}}

2:14:57

|{{flagathlete|Hussein Ahmed Salah|DJI}}

2:15:26

|{{flagathlete|Steve Spence|USA}}

2:15:36
110 m hurdles
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles}}

|{{flagathlete|Greg Foster|USA}}

13.06

|{{flagathlete|Jack Pierce|USA}}

13.06

|{{flagathlete|Tony Jarrett|GBR}}

13.25
400 m hurdles
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles}}

|{{flagathlete|Samuel Matete|ZAM}}

47.64

|{{flagathlete|Winthrop Graham|JAM}}

47.74
(NR)

|{{flagathlete|Kriss Akabusi|GBR}}

47.86
(NR)
3000 m st.
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase}}

|{{flagathlete|Moses Kiptanui|KEN}}

8:12.59

|{{flagathlete|Patrick Sang|KEN}}

8:13.44

|{{flagathlete|Azzedine Brahmi|ALG}}

8:15.54
20 km walk
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk}}

|{{flagathlete|Maurizio Damilano|ITA}}

1:19:37
(CR)

|{{flagathlete|Mikhail Shchennikov|URS}}

1:19:46

|{{flagathlete|Yevgeniy Misyulya|URS}}

1:20:22
50 km walk
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk}}

|{{flagathlete|Aleksandr Potashov|URS}}

3:53:09

|{{flagathlete|Andrey Perlov|URS}}

3:53:09

|{{flagathlete|Hartwig Gauder|GER}}

3:55:14
4 × 100 m relay
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 x 100 metres relay}}

|{{flagteam|USA}}
Andre Cason
Leroy Burrell
Dennis Mitchell
Carl Lewis
Michael Marsh*

37.50
(WR)

|{{flagteam|FRA}}
Max Morinière
Daniel Sangouma
Jean-Charles Trouabal
Bruno Marie-Rose

37.87

|{{flagteam|GBR}}
Tony Jarrett
John Regis
Darren Braithwaite
Linford Christie

38.09
4 × 400 m relay
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 x 400 metres relay}}

|{{flagteam|GBR}}
Roger Black
Derek Redmond
John Regis
Kriss Akabusi
Ade Mafe*
Mark Richardson*

2:57.53
(AR)

|{{flagteam|USA}}
Andrew Valmon
Quincy Watts
Danny Everett
Antonio Pettigrew
Jeff Reynolds*
Mark Everett*

2:57.57

|{{flagteam|JAM}}
Patrick O'Connor
Devon Morris
Winthrop Graham
Seymour Fagan
Howard Burnett*

3:00.10
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Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

=Field=

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

{{MedalistTable|columns=2}}
Long jump
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Mike Powell|USA}}

8.95
(WR)

|{{flagathlete|Carl Lewis|USA}}

8.91{{AthAbbr|w}}

|{{flagathlete|Larry Myricks|USA}}

8.42
Triple jump
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Kenny Harrison|USA}}

17.78

|{{flagathlete|Leonid Voloshin|URS}}

17.75

|{{flagathlete|Mike Conley|USA}}

17.62
High jump
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Charles Austin|USA}}

2.38
(CR)

|{{flagathlete|Javier Sotomayor|CUB}}

2.36

|{{flagathlete|Hollis Conway|USA}}

2.36
Pole vault
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault}}

|{{flagathlete|Sergey Bubka|URS}}

5.95
(CR)

|{{flagathlete|István Bagyula|HUN}}

5.90

|{{flagathlete|Maksim Tarasov|URS}}

5.85
Shot put
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put}}

|{{flagathlete|Werner Günthör|SUI}}

21.67

|{{flagathlete|Lars Arvid Nilsen|NOR}}

20.751

|{{flagathlete|Aleksandr Klimenko|URS}}

20.34
Discus throw
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw}}

|{{flagathlete|Lars Riedel|GER}}

66.20

|{{flagathlete|Erik de Bruin|NED}}

65.82

|{{flagathlete|Attila Horváth|HUN}}

65.32
Hammer throw
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Hammer}}

|{{flagathlete|Yuriy Sedykh|URS}}

81.70

|{{flagathlete|Igor Astapkovich|URS}}

80.94

|{{flagathlete|Heinz Weis|GER}}

80.44
Javelin throw
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw}}

|{{flagathlete|Kimmo Kinnunen|FIN}}

90.82

|{{flagathlete|Seppo Räty|FIN}}

88.12

|{{flagathlete|Uladzimir Sasimovich|URS}}

87.08
Decathlon
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon}}

|{{flagathlete|Dan O'Brien|USA}}

8812
(CR)

|{{flagathlete|Mike Smith|CAN}}

8549

|{{flagathlete|Christian Schenk|GER}}

8394
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1 Georg Andersen of Norway originally won the silver medal, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for steroids.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-09-13-sp-2150-story.html Track and Field]. LA Times (1991-09-13). Retrieved on 2011-06-22.

Women's results

=Track=

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

{{MedalistTable|columns=2}}
100 m
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Katrin Krabbe|GER}}

10.99

|{{flagathlete|Gwen Torrence|USA}}

11.03

|{{flagathlete|Merlene Ottey|JAM}}

11.06
200 m
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Katrin Krabbe|GER}}

22.09

|{{flagathlete|Gwen Torrence|USA}}

22.16

|{{flagathlete|Merlene Ottey|JAM}}

22.21
400 m
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Marie-José Pérec|FRA}}

49.13

|{{flagathlete|Grit Breuer|GER}}

49.42

|{{flagathlete|Sandra Myers|ESP}}

49.78
800 m
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Liliya Nurutdinova|URS}}

1:57.50

|{{flagathlete|Ana Fidelia Quirot|CUB}}

1:57.55

|{{flagathlete|Ella Kovacs|ROU}}

1:57.58
1500 m
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Hassiba Boulmerka|ALG}}

4:02.21

|{{flagathlete|Tetyana Dorovskikh|URS}}

4:02.58

|{{flagathlete|Lyudmila Rogachova|URS}}

4:02.72
3000 m
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Tetyana Dorovskikh|URS}}

8:35.82

|{{flagathlete|Yelena Romanova|URS}}

8:36.06

|{{flagathlete|Susan Sirma|KEN}}

8:39.41
(AR)
10,000 m
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Liz McColgan|GBR}}

31:14.31

|{{flagathlete|Zhong Huandi|CHN}}

31:35.08

|{{flagathlete|Wang Xiuting|CHN}}

31:35.99
Marathon
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's Marathon}}

|{{flagathlete|Wanda Panfil|POL}}

2:29:53

|{{flagathlete|Sachiko Yamashita|JPN}}

2:29:57

|{{flagathlete|Katrin Dörre|GER}}

2:30:10
100 m hurdles
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles}}

|{{flagathlete|Ludmila Narozhilenko|URS}}

12.59

|{{flagathlete|Gail Devers|USA}}

12.63

|{{flagathlete|Nataliya Grygoryeva|URS}}

12.69
400 m hurdles
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles}}

|{{flagathlete|Tatyana Ledovskaya|URS}}

53.11
(CR)

|{{flagathlete|Sally Gunnell|GBR}}

53.16
NR

|{{flagathlete|Janeene Vickers|USA}}

53.47
10 km walk
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10 kilometres walk}}

|{{flagathlete|Alina Ivanova|URS}}

42:57
(CR)

|{{flagathlete|Madelein Svensson|SWE}}

43:13

|{{flagathlete|Sari Essayah|FIN}}

43:13
4 × 100 m relay
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 x 100 metres relay}}

|{{flagteam|JAM}}
Dahlia Duhaney
Juliet Cuthbert
Beverly McDonald
Merlene Ottey
Merlene Frazer*

41.94
(NR)

|{{flagteam|URS}}
Natalya Kovtun
Galina Malchugina
Yelena Vinogradova
Irina Privalova

42.20

|{{flagteam|GER}}
Grit Breuer
Katrin Krabbe
Sabine Richter
Heike Drechsler

42.33
4 × 400 m relay
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 x 400 metres relay}}

|{{flagteam|URS}}
Tatyana Ledovskaya
Lyudmila Dzhigalova
Olga Nazarova
Olha Bryzhina
Anna Chuprina*
Tatyana Alekseyeva*

3:18.43

|{{flagteam|USA}}
Rochelle Stevens
Diane Dixon
Jearl Miles
Lillie Leatherwood
Natasha Kaiser-Brown*

3:20.15

|{{flagteam|GER}}
Uta Rohländer
Katrin Krabbe
Christine Wachtel
Grit Breuer
Annett Hesselbarth*
Katrin Schreiter*

3:21.25
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Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

=Field=

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

{{MedalistTable|columns=2}}
Long jump
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Jackie Joyner-Kersee|USA}}

7.32

|{{flagathlete|Heike Drechsler|GER}}

7.29

|{{flagathlete|Larysa Berezhna|URS}}

7.11
High jump
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Heike Henkel|GER}}

2.05

|{{flagathlete|Yelena Yelesina|URS}}

1.98

|{{flagathlete|Inha Babakova|URS}}

1.96
Shot put
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put}}

|{{flagathlete|Huang Zhihong|CHN}}

20.83

|{{flagathlete|Natalya Lisovskaya|URS}}

20.29

|{{flagathlete|Svetlana Krivelyova|URS}}

20.16
Discus throw
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw}}

|{{flagathlete|Tsvetanka Khristova|BUL}}

71.02

|{{flagathlete|Ilke Wyludda|GER}}

69.12

|{{flagathlete|Larisa Mikhalchenko|URS}}

68.26
Javelin throw
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw}}

|{{flagathlete|Xu Demei|CHN}}

68.78

|{{flagathlete|Petra Meier|GER}}

68.68

|{{flagathlete|Silke Renk|GER}}

66.80
Heptathlon
{{DetailsLink|1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon}}

|{{flagathlete|Sabine Braun|GER}}

6672

|{{flagathlete|Liliana Năstase|ROU}}

6493

|{{flagathlete|Irina Belova|URS}}

6448
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Note: * Indicates athletes who only ran in the preliminary round and also received medals.

Medal table

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host = JPN

| flag_template =

| event =

| team =

| source = [https://www.worldathletics.org/Competitions/world-athletics-championships/3rd-iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics-5/medaltable]

| gold_USA = 10 | silver_USA = 8 | bronze_USA = 8

| gold_URS = 9 | silver_URS = 9 | bronze_URS = 11

| gold_GER = 5 | silver_GER = 4 | bronze_GER = 8

| gold_KEN = 4 | silver_KEN = 3 | bronze_KEN = 1

| gold_GBR = 2 | silver_GBR = 2 | bronze_GBR = 3

| gold_CHN = 2 | silver_CHN = 1 | bronze_CHN = 1

| gold_ALG = 2 | silver_ALG = 0 | bronze_ALG = 1

| gold_JAM = 1 | silver_JAM = 1 | bronze_JAM = 3

| gold_FIN = 1 | silver_FIN = 1 | bronze_FIN = 1

| gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 0

| gold_JPN = 1 | silver_JPN = 1 | bronze_JPN = 0 | host_JPN = yes

| gold_BUL = 1 | silver_BUL = 0 | bronze_BUL = 0

| gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 0

| gold_POL = 1 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 0

| gold_SUI = 1 | silver_SUI = 0 | bronze_SUI = 0

| gold_ZAM = 1 | silver_ZAM = 0 | bronze_ZAM = 0

| gold_CUB = 0 | silver_CUB = 2 | bronze_CUB = 0

| gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 1

| gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 1 | bronze_HUN = 1

| gold_ROU = 0 | silver_ROU = 1 | bronze_ROU = 1

| gold_BRA = 0 | silver_BRA = 1 | bronze_BRA = 0 | name_BRA = {{flagteam|BRA|1968}}

| gold_DJI = 0 | silver_DJI = 1 | bronze_DJI = 0

| gold_ETH = 0 | silver_ETH = 1 | bronze_ETH = 0 | name_ETH = {{flagteam|ETH|1991}}

| gold_NAM = 0 | silver_NAM = 1 | bronze_NAM = 0

| gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 1 | bronze_NED = 0

| gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 1 | bronze_NOR = 0

| gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 0

| gold_MAR = 0 | silver_MAR = 0 | bronze_MAR = 2

| gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 0 | bronze_ESP = 1

}}

See also

References

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External links

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