1991 World Championships in Athletics
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| 1991 World Championships in Athletics | |
| Host city | Tokyo, Japan |
| Athletes participating | 1,517 |
| Events | 43 |
| Opening ceremony | August 23, 1991 |
| Closing ceremony | Sept. 1, 1991 |
| Main Stadium | Olympic Stadium |
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.
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 8.95 m jump broke Bob Beamon's epic world record from the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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Men's Results
Track
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 100 m details |
 Carl Lewis (USA) |
9.86 (WR) |
Leroy Burrell (USA) |
9.88 (PB) |
Dennis Mitchell (USA) |
9.91 (PB) |
| 200 m details |
Michael Johnson (USA) |
20.01 |  Frankie Fredericks (NAM) |
20.34 |  Atlee Mahorn (CAN) |
20.49 |
| 400 m details |
Antonio Pettigrew (USA) |
44.57 |  Roger Black (GBR) |
44.62 | Danny Everett (USA) |
44.63 |
| 800 m details |
 Billy Konchellah (KEN) |
1:43.99 |  José Luiz Barbosa (BRA) |
1:44.24 | Mark Everett (USA) |
1:44.67 |
| 1,500 m details |
 Noureddine Morceli (ALG) |
3:32.84 (CR) |
Wilfred Kirochi (KEN) |
3:34.84 |  Hauke Fuhlbrügge (GER) |
3:35.28 |
| 5,000 m details |
Yobes Ondieki (KEN) |
13:14.45 (CR) |
 Fita Bayisa (ETH) |
13:16.64 |  Brahim Boutayeb (MAR) |
13:22.70 |
| 10,000 m details |
Moses Tanui (KEN) |
27:38.74 | Richard Chelimo (KEN) |
27:39.41 | Khalid Skah (MAR) |
27:41.74 |
| Marathon details |
 Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN) |
2:14:57 |  Ahmed Saleh (DJI) |
2:15:26 | Steve Spence (USA) |
2:15:36 |
| 110 m hurdles details |
Greg Foster (USA) |
13.06 | Jack Pierce (USA) |
13.06 | Tony Jarrett (GBR) |
13.25 |
| 400 m hurdles details |
 Samuel Matete (ZAM) |
47.64 |  Winthrop Graham (JAM) |
47.74 (NR) |
Kriss Akabusi (GBR) |
47.86 (NR) |
| 3,000 m st. details |
Moses Kiptanui (KEN) |
8:12.59 | Patrick Sang (KEN) |
8:13.44 | Azzedine Brahmi (ALG) |
8:15.54 |
| 20 km walk details |
 Maurizio Damilano (ITA) |
1:19:37 (CR) |
 Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) |
1:19:46 | Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) |
1:20:22 |
| 50 km walk details |
Aleksandr Potashov (URS) |
3:53:09 | Andrey Perlov (URS) |
3:53:09 | Hartwig Gauder (GER) |
3:55:14 |
| 4x100 m relay details |
United States Andre Cason Leroy Burrell Dennis Mitchell Carl Lewis |
37.50 (WR) |
 FranceMax Morinière Daniel Sangouma Jean-Charles Trouabal Bruno Marie-Rose |
37.87 | Great Britain Tony Jarrett John Regis Darren Braithwaite Linford Christie |
38.09 |
| 4x400 m relay details |
Great Britain Roger Black Derek Redmond John Regis Kriss Akabusi |
2:57:53 (AR) |
United States Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Danny Everett Antonio Pettigrew |
2:57:57 | Jamaica Patrick O'Connor Devon Morris Winthrop Graham Seymour Fagan |
3:00.10 |
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AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record |
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Field
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| Long jump details |
Mike Powell (USA) |
8.95 (WR) |
Carl Lewis (USA) |
8.91 (PB) |
Larry Myricks (USA) |
8.42 |
| Triple jump details |
Kenny Harrison (USA) |
17.78 | Leonid Voloshin (URS) |
17.75 | Mike Conley (USA) |
17.62 |
| High jump details |
Charles Austin (USA) |
2.38 (CR) |
 Javier Sotomayor (CUB) |
2.36 | Hollis Conway (USA) |
2.36 |
| Pole vault details |
Sergey Bubka (URS) |
5.95 (CR) |
 István Bagyula (HUN) |
5.90 | Maksim Tarasov (URS) |
5.85 |
| Shot put details |
 Werner Günthör (SUI) |
21.67 |  Lars Arvid Nilsen (NOR) |
20.75 | Aleksandr Klimenko (URS) |
20.34 |
| Discus throw details |
Lars Riedel (GER) |
66.20 |  Erik de Bruin (NED) |
65.82 | Attila Horváth (HUN) |
65.32 |
| Hammer throw details |
Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
81.70 | Igor Astapkovich (URS) |
80.94 | Heinz Weis (GER) |
80.44 |
| Javelin throw details |
 Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN) |
90.82 | Seppo Räty (FIN) |
88.12 | Vladimir Sasimovich (URS) |
87.08 |
| Decathlon details |
Dan O'Brien (USA) |
8812 (CR) |
Mike Smith (CAN) |
8549 | Christian Schenk (GER) |
8394 |
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AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record |
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- Georg Andersen of Norway was the original silver medalist in the shot put but was disqualified after he tested positive for anabolic steroids.
Women's Results
Track
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 100 m details |
Katrin Krabbe (GER) |
10.99 | Gwen Torrence (USA) |
11.03 | Merlene Ottey (JAM) |
11.06 |
| 200 m details |
Katrin Krabbe (GER) |
22.09 | Gwen Torrence (USA) |
22.16 | Merlene Ottey (JAM) |
22.21 |
| 400 m details |
Marie-José Perec (FRA) |
49.13 | Grit Breuer (GER) |
49.42 |  Sandra Myers (ESP) |
49.78 |
| 800 m details |
Lilia Nurutdinova (URS) |
1:57.50 | Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) |
1:57.55 |  Ella Kovacs (ROU) |
1:57:58 |
| 1,500 m details |
Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) |
4:02.21 | Tatyana Dorovskikh (URS) |
4:02.58 | Lyudmila Rogachova (URS) |
4:02.72 |
| 3,000 m details |
Tatyana Dorovskikh (URS) |
8:35.82 | Yelena Romanova (URS) |
8:36.06 | Susan Sirma (KEN) |
8:39.41 (AR) |
| 10,000 m details |
Liz McColgan (GBR) |
31:14.31 |  Zhong Huandi (CHN) |
31:35.08 | Wang Xiuting (CHN) |
31:35.99 |
| Marathon details |
 Wanda Panfil (POL) |
2:29:53 | Sachiko Yamashita (JPN) |
2:29:57 | Katrin Dörre (GER) |
2:30:10 |
| 100 m hurdles details |
Ludmila Narozhilenko (URS) |
12.59 | Gail Devers (USA) |
12.63 | Natalya Grigoryeva (URS) |
12.69 |
| 400 m hurdles details |
Tatyana Ledovskaya (URS) |
53:11 (CR) |
Sally Gunnell (GBR) |
53:16 NR |
Janeene Vickers (USA) |
53:47 |
| 10 km walk details |
Alina Ivanova (URS) |
42:57 (CR) |
 Madelein Svensson (SWE) |
43:13 | Sari Essayah (FIN) |
43:13 |
| 4x100 m relay details |
Jamaica Dahlia Duhaney Juliet Cuthbert Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey |
41.94 | Soviet Union Natalya Kovtun Galina Maltchouguina Yelena Vinogradova Irina Privalova |
42.20 | Germany Grit Breuer Katrin Krabbe Sabine Richter Heike Drechsler |
42.33 |
| 4x400 m relay details |
Soviet Union Tatyana Ledovskaya Lyudmila Dzhigalova Olga Nazarova Olga Bryzgina |
3:18:43 | United States Rochelle Stevens Diane Dixon Jearl Miles Lillie Leatherwood |
3:20.15 | Germany Uta Rohländer Katrin Krabbe Christine Wachtel Grit Breuer |
3:21:25 |
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AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record |
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Field
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| Long jump details |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) |
7.32 | Heike Drechsler (GER) |
7.29 | Larisa Berezhnaya (URS) |
7.11 |
| High jump details |
Heike Henkel (GER) |
2.05 | Yelena Yelesina (URS) |
1.98 | Inha Babakova (URS) |
1.96 |
| Shot put details |
Huang Zhihong (CHN) |
20.83 | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) |
20.29 | Svetlana Krivelyova (URS) |
20.16 |
| Discus throw details |
 Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) |
71.02 | Ilke Wyludda (GER) |
69.12 | Larisa Mikhalchenko (URS) |
68.26 |
| Javelin throw details |
Xu Demei (CHN) |
68.78 | Petra Meier (GER) |
68.68 | Silke Renk (GER) |
66.80 |
| Heptathlon details |
Sabine Braun (GER) |
6672 | Liliana Nastase (ROU) |
6493 | Irina Belova (URS) |
6448 |
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AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record |
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Medal table by country
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States |
10 | 8 | 8 | 26 |
| 2. | Soviet Union |
9 | 9 | 11 | 29 |
| 3. |  West Germany |
5 | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 4. | Kenya |
4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 5. | Great Britain |
2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6. | China |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7. | Algeria |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8. | Jamaica |
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9. | Finland |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10= | France |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10= | Japan |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12= | Bulgaria |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12= | Italy |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12= | Poland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12= | Switzerland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12= | Zambia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17. | Cuba |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 18= | Canada |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18= | Hungary |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18= | Romania |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21= | Brazil |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21= | Djibouti |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21= | Ethiopia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21= | Namibia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21= | Netherlands |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21= | Norway |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21= | Sweden |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 28. | Morocco |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 29. | Spain |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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