World Athletics Championships 1991

3rd World Athletics Championships
The Olympic Stadium in 2008
city	Tokyo , Japan
Stadion	Olympic Stadium
Competitions	43
opening	23rd August 1991
Final day	September 1, 1991
timeline
← Rome 1987	Stuttgart 1993 →

Medal table (final score after 43 decisions)
space	country
1	United States	10	8th	8th	26th
2	USSR	9	9	11	29
3	Germany	5	4th	8th	17th
4th	Kenya	4th	3	1	8th
5	Great Britain	2	2	3	7th
6th	People's Republic of China	2	1	1	4th
7th	Algeria	2	-	1	3
8th	Jamaica	1	1	3	5
9	Finland	1	1	1	3
10	France	1	1	-	2
Complete medal table

The 3rd World Athletics Championships took place from August 23 to September 1, 1991 in the Japanese capital Tokyo . With the exception of walking and the two marathons, the competitions were held in the Olympic Stadium.

Competitions

There were no changes in the competition offer compared to the program at the 1987 World Championships .

There were still deficits in the catalog of offers for women compared to the men's competitions.

• Run area:
  • Instead of the 5000-meter run , the 3000-meter run was held.
  • The 3,000-meter obstacle course , which was only included in the women's World Cup program in 2005, was still missing .
• Walking area:
  • Instead of walking 20 km , the competition was held over a distance of ten kilometers. In 1999 the length of the route was increased to the 20 kilometers that have long been the norm for men.
  • The 50 km walk , which was included in the women's World Cup program in 2017, was missing .
• In the jump area, two disciplines were still missing in the women's program:
  • Pole vault - from 1999 in the women's world championship program
  • Triple jump - from 1995 in the women's World Cup program
• One discipline was still missing in the area of ​​impact / throw:
  • Hammer throw - from 1999 in the women's World Cup program

Athletic performance

The third edition of the World Athletics Championships was also characterized by a high level of performance.

• There were three world records:
  • 100 meter men - Carl Lewis ( USA ): 9.86 s
  • 4 × 100 m men - USA in the cast Andre Cason , Leroy Burrell , Dennis Mitchell , Carl Lewis : 37.50 p
  • Long jump men - Mike Powell (USA): 8.95 m
• Nine continental records have been set:
  • 100 meters men - Linford Christie ( Great Britain ): European record in 9.92 s
  • 100 meters men - Frank Fredericks ( Namibia ): African record in 9.95 s
  • 4 × 100 m men - Namibia in the line-up of George Ogbeide , Olapade Adeniken , Victor Omagbemi , Davidson Ezinwa : Africa record in 38.43 s
  • 4 × 400 m men - Great Britain with Roger Black , Derek Redmond , John Regis , Kriss Akabusi : European record in 2: 57.53 min
  • Men's 20 km walk - Li Mingcai ( People's Republic of China ): Asian record in 1:21:15 h
  • 800 meters women - Letitia Vriesde ( Surinam ) :: American record in 1: 58.25 min
  • 3000 meters women - Susan Sirma ( Kenya ) :: African record in 8: 39.41 min
  • Discus throw women - Daniela Costian ( Australia ): Oceania record in 66.06 m
  • Heptathlon women - Yasmina Azzizi ( Algeria ): African record in 6392 p
• There were also six national records:
  • 100 meter men - Raymond Stewart ( Jamaica ): 9.96 s
  • 400 meter hurdles men - Winthrop Graham (Jamaica): 47.74 s
  • 400 meter hurdles men - Kriss Akabusi (Great Britain): 47.86 s
  • High jump men - Dalton Grant (Great Britain): 2.36 m
  • 400 meter hurdles women - Sally Gunnell (Great Britain): 53.16 s
  • High jump women - Heike Henkel ( Germany ): 2.05 m
• In addition, thirteen world championship records in ten disciplines were equalized or improved.

Most successful athlete

• The following athletes won at least two gold medals:
  • Carl Lewis , ( USA ) - 2 times gold: 100 meters , 4 × 100 m , also silver in the long jump
  • Katrin Krabbe ( Germany ) - 2 times gold: 100 meters, 200 meters , also 2 times bronze; 4 × 100 m, 4 × 400 m
  • Tazzjana Ljadouskaja ( Soviet Union ) - 2 times gold: 400 meter hurdles , 4 × 400 m
• The following world champions have already been victorious at previous world championships:
  • Carl Lewis , (USA) - 100 meters: third victory in a row / 4 × 100 m: third victory in a row / long jump: here second, previously two victories
  • Greg Foster , (USA) - 110 meter hurdles : third win in a row
  • Serhiy Bubka , (Soviet Union) - pole vault : third victory in a row
  • Jackie Joyner-Kersee , (USA) - long jump: second victory in a row, 1987 also gold in the heptathlon
  • Olha Wladykina-Bryshina , (Soviet Union) - here gold over 4 × 400 m, 1987 gold over 400 m , 1987 also silver over 4 × 400 m
  • Billy Konchellah , ( Kenya ) - 800 meters : second victory in a row
  • Maurizio Damilano , ( Italy ) - 20 km walk : second victory in a row
  • Werner Günthör , ( Switzerland ) - Shot put : second victory in a row
  • Dennis Mitchell , (USA) - 4 × 100 m: second victory in a row

doping

There were three retrospectively determined doping cases with disqualifications of the athletes concerned:

• Georg Andersen ( Norway ) - Shot put , initially fourth. He missed a doping test in July 1991 and was disqualified.
• Iryna Slyusar ( Soviet Union ) - 100 meters , eliminated in the semi-finals. She had used strychnine and was banned for three months. Her result at these world championships was revoked.
• Delisa Walton-Floyd (USA) - 800 meters , eliminated in the semi-finals. She had been doping with amphetamines and was banned for four years. Your result at these world championships was canceled.

Results men

Carl Lewis with another title in his collection - plus a world record

100 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991/100 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Carl Lewis	United States	09.86 WR
2	Leroy Burrell	United States	09.88
3	Dennis Mitchell	United States	09.91
4th	Linford Christie	GBR	09.92 ER
5	Frank Fredericks	NAM	09.95 AF
6th	Raymond Stewart	JAM	09.96 NO
7th	Robson Caetano da Silva	BRA	10.12
8th	Bruny Surin	CAN	10.14

Final: August 25, 1991, 7:05 p.m.

Wind: +1.2 m / s

Carl Lewis won his third World Cup title here after 1983 and 1987 . He also had the long jump two wins (1983/1987) and a second place (1991) and three consecutive wins over m 4 x 100 recorded

Michael Johnson won his first major title - in the years to come he dominated the 200 and 400 meter runs

200 m

→ Main article : Men's World Athletics Championships 1991/200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Michael Johnson	United States	20.01 CR
2	Frank Fredericks	NAM	20.34
3	Atlee Mahorn	CAN	20.49
4th	Robson Caetano da Silva	BRA	20.49
5	Olapade Adenics	NGR	20.51
6th	Jean-Charles Trouabal	FRA	20.58
7th	Nikolay Antonov	BUL	20.59
8th	Alexander Sokolov	URS	20.78

Final: August 27, 7:10 p.m.

Wind: −3.4 m / s

400 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991/400 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Antonio Pettigrew	United States	44.57
2	Roger Black	GBR	44.62
3	Danny Everett	United States	44.63
4th	Roberto Hernández	CUB	44.86
5	Andrew Valmon	United States	45.09
6th	Ian Morris	TRI	45.12
7th	Susumu Takano	JPN	45.39
8th	Mark Garner	OUT	45.47

Final: August 29, 8:40 p.m.

800 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991/800 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Billy Konchellah	KEN	1: 43.99
2	José Luíz Barbosa	BRA	1: 44.24
3	Mark Everett	United States	1: 44.67
4th	Paul Ereng	KEN	1: 44.75
5	Piotr Piekarski	POLE	1: 45.44
6th	Johnny Gray	United States	1: 45.67
7th	Andrei Sudnik	URS	1: 46.36
8th	Tomás de Teresa	ESP	1: 47.65

Final: August 27, 7:50 p.m.

1500 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991/1500 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Noureddine Morceli	ALG	3: 32.84 CR
2	Wilfred Kirochi	KEN	3: 34.84
3	Hauke ​​Fuhlbrügge	GER	3: 35.28
4th	Jens-Peter Herold	GER	3: 35.37
5	Fermín Cacho	ESP	3: 35.62
6th	Mario Silva	POR	3: 35.76
7th	David Kibet	KEN	3: 36.03
8th	Gennaro Di Napoli	ITA	3: 36.56

Final: September 1st, 3:40 p.m.

5000 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991/5000 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Yobes Ondieki	KEN	13: 14.45 CR
2	Fita Bayisa	ETH	13: 16.64
3	Brahim Boutayeb	MAR	13: 22.70
4th	Dieter Baumann	GER	13: 28.67
5	Domingos Castro	POR	13: 28.88
6th	Khalid Skah	MAR	13: 32.90
7th	Risto Ulmala	FIN	13: 33.46
8th	Dionísio Castro	POR	13: 35.39

Final: September 1st, 5:10 pm

10,000 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991 / 10,000m men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Moses Tanui	KEN	27: 38.74
2	Richard Chelimo	KEN	27: 39.41
3	Khalid Skah	MAR	27: 41.74
4th	Thomas Osano	KEN	27: 53.66
5	Richard Nerurkar	GBR	27: 57.14
6th	Aloÿs Nizigama	BDI	28: 03.03
7th	Mathias Ntawulikura	RWA	28: 10.38
8th	Hammou Boutayeb	MAR	28: 12.77

Final: August 26th, 8:10 pm

marathon

→ Main article : 1991 World Athletics Championships / Men's marathon

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Hiromi Taniguchi	JPN	2:14:57
2	Ahmed Salah	DJI	2:15:26
3	Steve Spence	United States	2:15:36
4th	Jan Huruk	POLE	2:15:47
5	Shinohara Futoshi	JPN	2:15:52
6th	Salvatore Bettiol	ITA	2:15:58
7th	Maurilio Castillo	MEX	2:16:15
8th	Gelindo Bordin	ITA	2:17:03

Date: September 1, 6:00 a.m.

110 m hurdles

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991/110 m hurdles for men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Greg Foster	United States	13.06 CR
2	Jack Pierce	United States	13.06 CR
3	Tony Jarrett	GBR	13.25
4th	Mark McKoy	CAN	13.30
5	Dan Philibert	FRA	13.33
6th	Vladimir Shishkin	URS	13.39
7th	Florian Schwarthoff	GER	13.41
8th	Li Tong	CHN	13.46

Final: August 29, 6:30 p.m.

Wind: +0.7 m / s

Greg Foster won his third World Cup title here after 1983 and 1987 .

400 m hurdles

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991/400 m hurdles for men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Samuel Matete	ZAM	47.64
2	Winthrop Graham	JAM	47.74 NO
3	Kriss Akabusi	GBR	47.86 NO
4th	Kevin Young	United States	48.01
5	Danny Harris	United States	48.46
6th	Derrick Adkins	United States	49.28
7th	Erick Keter	Kenya	49.99
8th	Niklas Wallenlind	SWE	50.28

Final: August 27, 6:00 p.m.

3000 m obstacle

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991/3000 m obstacle men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Moses Kiptanui	KEN	8: 12.59
2	Patrick Sang	KEN	8: 13.44
3	Azzedine Brahmi	ALG	8: 15.54
4th	Julius Kariuki	KEN	8: 16.81
5	Brian Diemer	United States	8: 17.76
6th	Abdelaziz Sahere	MAR	8: 19.40
7th	Angelo Carosi	ITA	8: 20.80
8th	Francesco Panetta	ITA	8: 26.79

Final: August 31, 7:20 p.m.

4 × 100 m relay

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991/4 × 100 men

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Andre Cason Leroy Burrell Dennis Mitchell Carl Lewis (final) in the preliminary also: Michael Marsh	37.50 WR
2	France	Max Morinière Daniel Sangouma Jean-Charles Trouabal Bruno Marie-Rose	37.87
3	Great Britain	Tony Jarrett John Regis Darren Braithwaite Linford Christie	38.09
4th	Nigeria	George Ogbeide Olapade Adeniken Victor Omagbemi Davidson Ezinwa	38.43 AF
5	Italy	Mario Longo Ezio Madonia Sandro Floris Stefano Tilli	38.52
6th	Jamaica	Dennis Mowatt (final) Raymond Stewart Michael Green John Mair in the lead also: Wayne Watson	38.67
7th	USSR	Viktor Bryshin Alexander Sokolov Oleg Kramarenko Vitaly Savin	38.68
8th	Canada	Ben Johnson Mike Dwyer (final) Cyprian Enweani (final) Peter Ogilvie in the preliminary also: Atlee Mahorn Bruny Surin	39.51

Final: September 1st, 4:50 pm

4 × 400 m relay

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991/4 × 400 men

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Great Britain	Roger Black (final) Derek Redmond John Regis (final) Kriss Akabusi in the run-up also: Ade Mafe Mark Richardson	2: 57.53 ER
2	United States	Andrew Valmon (final) Quincy Watts Danny Everett Antonio Pettigrew (final) in the preliminaries also: Jeff Reynolds Mark Everett	2: 57.57
3	Jamaica	Patrick O'Connor Devon Morris Winthrop Graham (final) Seymour Fagan in the run-up also: Howard Burnett	3: 00.10
4th	Yugoslavia	Dejan Jovković Nenad Djurović Ismail Macev Slobodan Branković	3: 00.32
5	Kenya	Samson Kitur Simon Kemboi Charles Gitonga Simon Kipkemboi	3: 00.34
6th	Germany	Klaus Just Rico songs Norbert Dobeleit Jens Carlowitz	3: 00.75
7th	Morocco	Abdelali Kasbane Ali Dahane Bouchaib Belkaid Benyounès Lahlou	3: 04.49
8th	Cuba	Agustín Pavó Héctor Herrera Jorge Valentín Lázaro Martínez	3: 05.33

Final: September 1st, 6:10 pm

20 km walking

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991/20 km walking men

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Maurizio Damilano	ITA	1:19:37 CR
2	Mikhail Shchennikov	URS	1:19:46
3	Jauhen Missjulja	URS	1:20:22
4th	Giovanni De Benedictis	ITA	1:20:29
5	Valentí Massana	ESP	1:20:29
6th	Robert Ihly	GER	1:20:52
7th	Walter Arena	ITA	1:21:01
8th	Li Mingcai	CHN	1:21:15 AM AS

Date: August 24, 8:30 a.m.

50 km of walking

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991/50 km men's walk

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Aljaksandr Pataschou	URS	3:53:09
2	Andrei Perlow	URS	3:53:09
3	Hartwig Gauder	GER	3:55:14
4th	Vitaly Popovich	URS	4:00:10
5	Valentin Kononen	FIN	4:02:34
6th	Giuseppe De Gaetano	ITA	4:03:43
7th	Fumio Imamura	JPN	4:06:07
8th	René Piller	FRA	4:06:30

Date: August 31, 7:00 a.m.

high jump

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991 / Men's high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Charles Austin	United States	2.38 CRe
2	Javier Sotomayor	CUB	2.36
3	Hollis Conway	United States	2.36
4th	Dalton Grant	GBR	2.36 NO
5	Troy Kemp	BAH	2.34
	Marino Drake	CUB	2.34
7th	Patrik Sjöberg	SWE	2.31
8th	Rick Noji	United States	2.28

Final: September 1st, 3:00 p.m.

Pole vault

Again world champion: Serhij Bubka (here in  2007)

→ Main article : 1991 World Athletics Championships / Men's pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Serhiy Bubka	URS	5.95 CR
2	István Bagyula	HUN	5.90
3	Maxim Tarasov	URS	5.85
4th	Rodion Gataullin	URS	5.85
5	Peter Widén	SWE	5.75
6th	Tim Bright	United States	5.75
7th	Hermann Fehringer	AUT	5.60
8th	Thierry Vigneron	FRA	5.60

Final: August 29, 4:00 p.m.

Serhij Bubka won his third World Cup title here after 1983 and 1987 .

Long jump

Mike Powell (photo: 2007) - winner of a historic duel

→ Main article : 1991 World Athletics Championships / Men's Long Jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Mike Powell	United States	8.95 WR
2	Carl Lewis	United States	8.91
3	Larry Myricks	United States	8.42
4th	Dietmar Haaf	GER	8.22
5	Bogdan Tudor	ROME	8.06
6th	David Culbert	OUT	8.02
7th	Giovanni Evangelisti	ITA	8.01
8th	Vladimir Otschkan	URS	7.99

Final: August 30th, 5:30 p.m.

The two best jumpers of the day improved in previously unknown performance areas. The competition actually took on historical dimensions. Since 1968 , Bob Beamon's world record of 8.90 m had remained completely untouched. The world's best long jumper for many years, Carl Lewis, who had already run a world record over 100 meters at these world championships, now achieved the seemingly impossible here in Tokyo and exceeded Beamon's distance - albeit with too much wind support. But despite this feat, Lewis did not win this competition. With Mike Powell, a competitor jumped even further, set a new world record with 8.95 m and became world champion. However, that did not change the fact that Lewis, who was twice long jump Olympic champion in 1984 and 1988 , also won the long jump gold medal at the two upcoming Olympic Games in 1992 and 1996 and was thus four-time long jump Olympic champion.

Triple jump

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991 / Men's triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Kenny Harrison	United States	17.78
2	Leonid Voloshin	URS	17.75
3	Mike Conley Sr.	United States	17.62
4th	Vasily Sokov	URS	17.28
5	Tord Henriksson	SWE	17.12
6th	Brian Wellman	BER	16.98
7th	Yoelbi Quesada	CUB	16.94
8th	Georges Sainte-Rose	FRA	16.92

Final: August 26, 4:40 p.m.

Shot put

→ Main article : 1991 World Athletics Championships / Men's Shot Put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Werner Günthör	SUI	21.67
2	Lars Arvid Nilsen	NOR	20.75
3	Oleksandr Klymenko	URS	20.34
4th	Oliver-Sven Buder	GER	20.10
5	Sergei Nikolaev	URS	19.98
6th	Kent Larsson	SWE	19.92
7th	Dragan Peric	YUG	19.83
8th	Ron Backes	United States	19.34

Final: August 31, 6:30 p.m.

There was one doping case in this competition:
The Norwegian Georg Andersen , who originally came second with 20.81 m, was disqualified in July 1991 after missing a doping test.

His compatriot Lars Arvid Nilsen, who was now officially second and stayed, had also been disqualified once for doping abuse and received a lifelong ban in 1992 after another doping violation.

Lars Riedel (in 2015) with his first big success, which was to be followed by many more

Discus throw

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991 / Men's discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Lars Riedel	GER	66.20
2	Erik de Bruin	NED	65.82
3	Attila Horváth	HUN	65.32
4th	Wolfgang Schmidt	GER	64.76
5	Mike Buncic	United States	64.20
6th	Jürgen Schult	GER	63.12
7th	Dmitri Shevchenko	URS	62.90
8th	Roberto Moya	CUB	61.44

Final: August 27, 7:00 p.m.

Hammer throw

→ Main article : 1991 World Athletics Championships / Men's hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Yury Sjedych	URS	81.70
2	Ihar Astapkovich	URS	80.94
3	Heinz Weis	GER	80.44
4th	Tibor Gécsek	HUN	78.98
5	Andrei Abduvaliev	URS	78.30
6th	Walter Ciofani	FRA	76.48
7th	Ken Flax	United States	75.98
8th	Raphael Piolanti	FRA	73.64

Final: August 25th, 3:00 p.m.

Javelin throw

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991 / men's javelin

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Kimmo Kinnunen	FIN	90.82 CR
2	Seppo Räty	FIN	88.12
3	Uladzimir Sassimovich	URS	87.08
4th	Gavin Lovegrove	NZL	84.24
5	Mick Hill	GBR	84.12
6th	Sigurdur Einarsson	ISL	83.46
7th	Dag Wennlund	SWE	81.14
8th	Patrik Bodén	SWE	78.58

Final: August 26th, 6:10 pm

Decathlon

Dan O'Brien - King of Tokyo Athletes

→ Main article : 1991 World Athletics Championships / Men's Decathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Dan O'Brien	United States	8812 CR
2	Mike Smith	CAN	8549
3	Christian Schenk	GER	8394
4th	Robert Změlík	TCH	8379
5	Petri Keskitalo	FIN	8318
6th	Simon Poelman	NZL	8267
7th	Eduard Hämäläinen	URS	8233
8th	Antonio Peñalver	ESP	8200

Date: August 29th and 30th

Results women

100 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991/100 m women

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Katrin Krabbe	GER	10.99
2	Gwen Torrence	United States	11.03
3	Merlene Ottey	JAM	11.06
4th	Irina Privaleova	URS	11.16
5	Evelyn Ashford	United States	11.30
6th	Juliet Cuthbert	JAM	11.33
7th	Mary Onyali	NGR	11.39
8th	Carlette Guidry	United States	11.52

Final: August 27, 6:20 p.m.

Wind: -3.0 m / s

There was a doping case in this competition:
The Soviet runner Iryna Slyussar , who was eliminated in the semi-finals, had used strychnine and was banned for three months. Her result at these world championships was revoked.

In the quarter-finals, Merlene Ottey had improved the existing World Championship record by a hundredth of a second to 10.89 s in a headwind of 0.1 meters per second.

Katrin Krabbe - surprising sprint double winner

200 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991/200 m women

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Katrin Krabbe	GER	22.09
2	Gwen Torrence	United States	22.16
3	Merlene Ottey	JAM	22.21
4th	Irina Privaleova	URS	22.28
5	Galina Malschugina	URS	22.66
6th	Dannette Young	United States	22.87
7th	Pauline Davis	BAH	22.90
8th	Elena Vinogradova	URS	23.10

Final: August 30th, 7:55 pm

Wind: −2.4 m / s

World champion Marie-José Pérec

400 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991/400 m women

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Marie-José Pérec	FRA	49.13
2	Grit Breuer	GER	49.42
3	Sandra Myers	ESP	49.78
4th	Olha Bryshina	URS	49.82
5	Jearl Miles	United States	50.50
6th	Ximena Restrepo	COL	50.79
7th	Lillie Leatherwood	United States	51.53
8th	Diane Dixon	United States	51.73

Final: August 27, 7:30 p.m.

800 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991/800 m women

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Lilia Nurutdinova	URS	1: 57.50
2	Ana Fidelia Quirot	CUB	1: 57.55
3	Ella Kovacs	ROME	1: 57.58
4th	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	MOZ	1: 57.63
5	Letitia Vriesde	SUR	1: 58.25 SR
6th	Christine Wachtel	GER	1: 58.90
7th	Ann Williams	GBR	2: 01.01
8th	Svetlana Masterkova	URS	2: 02.92

Final: August 26th, 7:10 pm

There was one doping case in this competition:
The American Delisa Walton-Floyd , who was eliminated in the semifinals, had doped with amphetamines and was suspended for four years. Your result at these world championships was canceled.

1500 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991/1500 m for women

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Hassiba Boulmerka	ALG	4: 02.21
2	Tetiana Samolenko	URS	4: 02.58
3	Lyudmila Rogacheva	URS	4: 02.72
4th	Doina Melinte	ROME	4: 03.19
5	Ellen Kiessling	GER	4: 04.75
6th	Kirsty Wade	GBR	4: 05.16
7th	Susan Sirma	KEN	4: 05.47
8th	Małgorzata Rydz	POLE	4: 05.52

Final: August 31, 7:00 p.m.

3000 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991/3000 m for women

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Tetiana Samolenko	URS	8: 35.82
2	Elena Romanova	URS	8: 36.06
3	Susan Sirma	KEN	8: 39.41 AF
4th	Päivi Tikkanen	FIN	8: 41.30
5	Margareta Keszeg	ROME	8: 42.02
6th	Roberta Brunet	ITA	8: 42.64
7th	Judi St. Hilaire	United States	8: 44.02
8th	Annette Peters	United States	8: 44.02

Final: August 26th, 7:25 pm

10,000 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991 / 10,000m women

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Liz McColgan	GBR	31: 14.31
2	Zhong Huandi	CHN	31: 35.08
3	Wang Xiuting	CHN	31: 35.99
4th	Kathrin Ullrich	GER	31: 38.96
5	Lynn Jennings	United States	31: 54.44
6th	Uta Pippig	GER	31: 55.68
7th	Ingrid Kristiansen	NOR	32: 10.75
8th	Derartu Tulu	ETH	32: 16.55

Final: August 30th, 7:05 pm

marathon

→ Main article : 1991 World Athletics Championships / Women's marathon

space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Wanda Panfil	POLE	2:29:53
2	Sachiko Yamashita	JPN	2:29:57
3	Katrin Dörre	GER	2:30:10
4th	Yūko Arimori	JPN	2:31:08
5	Maria Rebelo	FRA	2:32:05
6th	Kamila Gradus	POLE	2: 32.09
7th	Maria Manuela Machado	POR	2:32:33
8th	Ramilja Burangulowa	URS	2:33:00

Date: August 25, 7:00 a.m.

100 m hurdles

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991/100 m hurdles for women

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Lyudmila Naroshilenko	URS	12.59
2	Gail Devers	United States	12.63
3	Natalija Hryhorjewa	URS	12.69
4th	Monique Éwanjé-Épée	FRA	12.84
5	Julie Baumann	SUI	12.88
6th	Florence Colle	FRA	13.01
7th	Aliuska López	CUB	13.06
8th	Kristin Patzwahl	GER	13.07

Final: August 30, 5:50 p.m.

Wind: −1.7 m / s

400 m hurdles

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991/400 m hurdles for women

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Tazzjana Ljadouskaja	URS	53.11 CR
2	Sally Gunnell	GBR	53.16 NO
3	Janeene Vickers	United States	53.47
4th	Sandra Farmer-Patrick	United States	53.95
5	Kim Batten	United States	53.98
6th	Anita Protti	SUI	54.25
7th	Heike Meissner	GER	55.26
8th	Margarita Ponomaryova	URS	55.27

Final: August 29th, 7:00 p.m.

4 × 100 m relay

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991/4 × 100 women

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Jamaica	Dahlia Duhaney Juliet Cuthbert Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey (final) in the run-up also: Merlene Frazer	41.94
2	USSR	Natalja Kowtun Galina Maltschugina Jelena Vinogradowa Irina Priwalowa	42.20
3	Germany	Grit Breuer Katrin Krabbe Sabine Richter Heike Drechsler	42.33
4th	Nigeria	Beatrice Utondu Rufina Ubah Christy Opara-Thompson Mary Onyali	42.77
5	France	Laurence Bily Maguy Nestoret Valérie Jean-Charles Marie-José Pérec	43.34
6th	Cuba	Eusebia Riquelme Aliuska López Julia Duporty Liliana Allen	43.75
7th	Italy	Marisa Masullo Donatella Dal Bianco Daniela Ferrian Rossella Tarolo	43.76
8th	Australia	Monique Dunstan Kathy Sambell Melissa Moore Kerry Johnson	43.79

Final: September 1st, 4:15 p.m.

4 × 400 m relay

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991/4 × 400 women

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	USSR	Tazzjana Ljadouskaja (final) Ljudmyla Dschyhalowa Olga Nasarowa Olha Wladykina-Bryshina (final) in the preliminary also: Anna Tschuprina Tatjana Alexejewa	3: 18.43 CR
2	United States	Rochelle Stevens Diane Dixon Jearl Miles (final) Lillie Leatherwood in the run-up also: Natasha Kaiser	3: 20.15
3	Germany	Uta Rohländer Katrin Krabbe (final) Christine Wachtel Grit Breuer (final) in the preliminary run also: Annet Hesselbarth Kathrin Schreiter	3: 21.25
4th	Great Britain	Lorraine Hanson Phylis Smith Sally Gunnell Linda Keough	3: 22.01
5	Nigeria	Fatima Yusuf Mary Onyali (final) Airat Bakare Charity Opara in the preliminary also: Omotayo Akinremi	3: 24.45
6th	Canada	Rosey Edeh Karen Clarke Cheryl Allen Charmaine Crooks	3: 27.42
7th	Spain	Julia Merino Blanca Lacambra Sandra Myers Gregoria Ferrer (final) in the preliminary also: Esther Lahoz	3: 27.57
8th	Hungary	Edit Molnár Ágnes Kozáry Noémi Bátori Judit Forgács	3: 29.07

Final: September 1st, 5:50 p.m.

10 km walking

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991/10 km women's walking

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Alina Ivanova	URS	42:57 CR
2	Madelein Svensson	SWE	43:13
3	Sari essayah	FIN	43:13
4th	Irina Strachova	URS	43:40
5	Kerry Saxby	OUT	44:02
6th	María Graciela Mendoza	MEX	44:03
7th	Ileana Salvador	ITA	44:09
8th	Chen Yueling	CHN	44:11

Date: August 24, 10:25 a.m.

high jump

Heike Henke (Photo: 2018) - last year European champion and now world champion

→ Main article : 1991 World Athletics Championships / Women's high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Heike Henkel	GER	2.05 DR
2	Jelena Jelesina	URS	1.98
3	Inha Babakowa	URS	1.96
4th	Beata Hołub	POLE	1.96
5	Birgit Kähler	GER	1.93
6th	Stefka Kostadinova	BUL	1.93
7th	Tamara Bykowa	URS	1.93
8th	Judit Kovács	HUN	1.90

Final: August 31, 4:00 p.m.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee (in 2011) - world champion with another top performance

Long jump

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991 / Women's long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	United States	7.32
2	Heike Drechsler	GER	7.29
3	Laryssa Bereschna	URS	7.11
4th	Jelena Zintschukova	URS	7.04
5	Susen Tiedtke	GER	6.77
6th	Marieta Ilcu	ROME	6.72
7th	Lyudmila Ninova	AUT	6.72
8th	Elena Belevskaya	URS	6.69

Final: August 25, 6:30 p.m.

Shot put

→ Main article : 1991 World Athletics Championships / Women's shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Huang Zhihong	CHN	20.83
2	Natalia Lisovskaya	URS	20.29
3	Svetlana Kriweljowa	URS	20.16
4th	Claudia Losch	GER	19.74
5	Zhou Tianhua	CHN	19.64
6th	Stephanie Storp	GER	19.50
7th	Marina Antonyuk	URS	19.12
8th	Kathrin Neimke	GER	18.83

Final: August 24th, 5:40 pm

Discus throw

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1991 / Women's discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tsvetanka Christova	BUL	71.02
2	Ilke Wyludda	GER	69.12
3	Laryssa Mychaltchenko	URS	68.26
4th	Martina Hellmann	GER	67.14
5	Daniela Costian	OUT	66.06 OZ
6th	Min Chunfeng	CHN	65.56
7th	Iryna Yatchanka	URS	64.92
8th	Zhao Yonghua	CHN	63.62

Final: August 31, 6:10 p.m.

Javelin throw

→ Main article : 1991 World Athletics Championships / Women's javelin

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Xu Demei	CHN	68.78
2	Petra Meier	GER	68.68
3	Silke Renk	GER	66.80
4th	Natalia Cherniyenko	URS	65.22
5	Trine Hattestad	NOR	63.36
6th	Louise McPaul	OUT	63.34
7th	Dulce García	CUB	62.68
8th	Päivi Alafrantti	FIN	62.26

Final: September 1st, 4:00 p.m.

Heptathlon

→ Main article : 1991 World Athletics Championships / Women's Heptathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Sabine Braun	GER	6672
2	Liliana Năstase	ROME	6493
3	Irina Belowa	URS	6448
4th	Satu Ruotsalainen	FIN	6404
5	Yasmina Azzizi	ALG	6392 AF
6th	Urszula Włodarczyk	POLE	6391
7th	Peggy Beer	GER	6380
8th	Tatiana Shuravlyova	URS	6370

Date: August 26th and 27th

Web links

• 3rd IAAF World Championships in Athletics at iaaf.org, accessed April 15, 2020
• Athletics III World Championship 1991 Tokyo (JPN) on todor66.com, accessed April 13, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women 100 m, Tokyo 1991, pp. 88 to 373 (PDF 10.3 MB), English, accessed on April 15, 2020
• Results of all World Athletics Championships Tokyo 1991 on sportschau.de, accessed on April 15, 2020
• Athletics. World champions - medal winners on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on April 15, 2020
• World Athletics Championships 1991 in Tokyo, Japan ifosta.de, accessed on April 15, 2020
• Taifun in Tokyo , series on the World Athletics Championships, part 2, Süddeutsche Zeitung May 7, 2010 on sueddeutsche.de/, accessed on April 15, 2020
• Athletics. Until vomiting , Spiegel Online, August 19, 1991, Der Spiegel 34/1991 on spiegel.de, accessed on April 15, 2020

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, DOPING VIOLATIONS AT IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, p. 80 (PDF 10.3 MB), English, accessed on April 15, 2020
2. ↑ ^{a b} Men Shot Put Athletics III World Championship 1991 Tokyo (JPN) on todor66.com, accessed April 25, 2020
3. ↑ ^{a b} Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women 100 m, p. 248 (PDF 10.3 MB), English, accessed on April 27, 2020
4. ↑ ^{a b} Julie Cart, TRACK: With All the Overturned Suspensions, Drug Testing Losing Credibility Los Angeles Times, April 14, 1992, in English, accessed April 15, 2020
5. ↑ Historikk: Store norske dopingsaker , Dagbladet July 30, 1988, Norwegian, accessed February 12, 2018