World Athletics Championships 1991 / 10,000 m women
3rd World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 10,000 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 49 athletes from 27 countries | ||||||||
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Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 27th (preliminary) August 30th (final) |
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The women's 10,000-meter run at the 1991 World Athletics Championships was held on August 27 and 30, 1991 in the Olympic Stadium in the Japanese capital, Tokyo .
With silver and bronze, the Chinese long distance athletes won two medals in this competition. World champion was the British Olympic runner-up from 1988 Liz McColgan . Silver went to the Asian champion from 1989 over 3000 meters and two-time winner of the Asian Games 1990 (3000 / 10,000 meters ) Zhong Huandi . Wang Xiuting , winner of the Asian Games over 10,000 meters in 1986 and second in 1990, won the bronze medal.
Existing records
World record | 30: 13.74 min |
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Oslo , Norway | 5th July 1986 |
World championship record | 31: 05.85 min | World Cup 1987 in Rome , Italy | 4th September 1987 |
The existing world championship record was not set and not improved at these world championships.
Preliminary round
August 27, 1991
The large number of 49 participants made it necessary to schedule preliminary runs. The preliminary round was held in two runs. The first ten athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the five fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final three days later.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Julia Negura |
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31: 52.58 |
2 | Wang Xiuting |
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31: 53.13 |
3 | Kathrin Ullrich |
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31: 54.05 |
4th | Jill Hunter |
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31: 55.55 |
5 | Annette Sergent-Palluy |
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31: 55.97 |
6th | Luchia Yishak |
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31: 56.42 |
7th | Lynn Jennings |
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31: 56.52 |
8th | Carole Rouillard |
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31: 56.74 |
9 | Izumi Maki |
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31: 57.23 |
10 | Conceição Ferreira |
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31: 59.13 |
11 | Tetiana Posdnyakova |
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32: 00.24 |
12 | Wang Yongmei |
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32: 00.27 |
13 | Delilah Asiago |
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32: 04.53 |
14th | Rosanna Munerotto |
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32: 05.75 |
15th | Suzana Ćirić |
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32: 28.09 |
16 | Liève Slegers |
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32: 31.55 |
17th | Carmem de Oliveira |
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32: 36.44 |
18th | Claudia Dreher |
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32: 44.94 |
19th | Olga Nazarkina |
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32: 55.65 |
20th | Zita Agoston |
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33: 07.19 |
21st | Martha Ernstdóttír |
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33: 10.93 |
22nd | Maria-Luisa Servin |
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33: 13.70 |
23 | Jenny Lund |
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33: 15.18 |
24 | Valerie McGovern |
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35: 08.40 |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Derartu Tulu |
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31: 45.95 |
2 | Ingrid Kristiansen |
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31: 50.36 |
3 | Liz McColgan |
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31: 54.67 |
4th | Zhong Huandi |
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31: 58.82 |
5 | Uta Pippig |
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32: 00.76 |
6th | Miki Igarashi |
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32: 01.04 |
7th | Albertina slides |
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32: 03.76 |
8th | Päivi Tikkanen |
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32: 06.67 |
9 | Elena Romanova |
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32: 06.73 |
10 | Jane Ngotho |
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32: 09.38 |
11 | Anne Marie Letko |
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32: 26.75 |
12 | Akemi Matsuno |
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32: 31.18 |
13 | Marciane Mukamurenzi |
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32: 33.27 |
14th | Lisa Harvey |
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32: 41.87 |
15th | Rosario Murcia |
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32: 49.75 |
16 | Olga appeal |
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32: 54.63 |
17th | Susan Hobson |
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33: 21.20 |
18th | Odile Ohier |
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33: 22.66 |
19th | Lesley Morton |
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33: 23.17 |
20th | María del Carmen Díaz |
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33: 46.24 |
21st | Anuța Cătună |
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34: 12.44 |
22nd | Griselda González |
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34: 16.26 |
23 | Vilma Peña |
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35: 06.98 |
DNF | Fernanda Marques |
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Francie Larrieu Smith |
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final
The Vice European Champion from 1990 Kathrin Ullrich, later Kathrin Weßel, came in fourth
The defending champion, European champion of 1986 and world record holder of Ingrid Kristiansen, already in 1980 World Cup -Third over 3000 meters and 1982 European Championship -Third the marathon , reached number seven
August 30, 1991, 7:05 pm
space | Athlete | country | Time (min) |
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Liz McColgan |
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31: 14.31 |
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Zhong Huandi |
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31: 35.08 |
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Wang Xiuting |
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31: 35.99 |
4th | Kathrin Ullrich |
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31: 38.96 |
5 | Lynn Jennings |
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31: 54.44 |
6th | Uta Pippig |
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31: 55.68 |
7th | Ingrid Kristiansen |
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32: 10.75 |
8th | Derartu Tulu |
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32: 15.55 |
9 | Jill Hunter |
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32: 24.55 |
10 | Luchia Yishak |
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32: 27.61 |
11 | Conceição Ferreira |
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32: 29.12 |
12 | Delilah Asiago |
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32: 33.71 |
13 | Tetiana Posdnyakova |
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32: 35.17 |
14th | Wang Yongmei |
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32: 40.22 |
15th | Rosanna Munerotto |
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32: 44.43 |
16 | Miki Igarashi |
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32: 44.62 |
17th | Julia Negura |
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32: 53.57 |
18th | Carole Rouillard |
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32: 58.77 |
19th | Annette Sergent-Palluy |
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33: 01.92 |
20th | Izumi Maki |
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33: 27.84 |
21st | Jane Ngotho |
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33: 36.91 |
DNF | Albertina slides |
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Elena Romanova |
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Päivi Tikkanen |
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Anne Marie Letko |
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Video
- Women's 10,000m. World Championships Tokyo 1991 from youtube.com, accessed April 30, 2020
Web links
- Homepage for the 1991 World Cup on the IAAF website , accessed on April 30, 2020
- Women 10000m Athletics III World Championship Tokyo (JPN) 1991 from todor66.com, accessed April 30, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women 10000 m, Tokyo 1991, p. 286 (PDF 10.3 MB), English, accessed April 30, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 10000 m women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on April 30, 2020