World Athletics Championships 1991/400 m for women
3rd World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 400 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 36 athletes from 27 countries | ||||||||
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Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 24th (preliminary) August 25th (quarter-finals) August 26th (semi-finals) August 27th (final) |
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The women's 400-meter run at the 1991 World Athletics Championships was held from August 24 to 27, 1991 in the Olympic Stadium in the Japanese capital, Tokyo .
World champion was the French Championship -Third the previous year's Marie-José Pérec . She won ahead of the reigning European champion Grit Breuer from Germany , who won bronze with both seasons of her country on the final day. She started for the GDR up to and including 1990 and won Olympic gold in 1988 with the 4 x 400 meter relay . At the European Championships last year, she also received gold in the relay in addition to her individual victory. The third place went to the Spaniard Sandra Myers .
Existing records
World record | 47.60 s |
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Canberra , Australia | October 6, 1985 |
World championship record | 47.99 s |
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1983 World Cup in Helsinki , Finland | August 10, 1983 |
The World Cup record was not set and not improved at these World Cups.
Preliminary round
August 5, 1991, 5:35 p.m.
The preliminary round was carried out in five runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the quarter-finals.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | time |
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1 | Marie-José Pérec |
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51.00 s |
2 | Olha Bryshina |
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51.36 s |
3 | Linda Keough |
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51.51 s |
4th | Sølvi Olsen |
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52.84 s |
5 | Cheryl Allen |
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53.17 s |
6th | Huang Yanhong |
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54.51 s |
7th | Lasnet Nkouka |
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57.85 s |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | time |
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1 | Sandra Myers |
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52.70 s |
2 | Fatima Yusuf |
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52.81 s |
3 | Nancy McLeón |
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52.87 s |
4th | Norfalia Carabali |
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53.31 s |
5 | Aissatou Tandian |
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53.65 s |
6th | Vaciseva Tavaga |
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58.82 s |
7th | Juliana Nzang Obieng |
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1: 04.13 min |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | time |
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1 | Jearl Miles |
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51.88 s |
2 | Lorraine Hanson |
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52.08 s |
3 | Ximena Restrepo |
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52.41 s |
4th | Karin Janke |
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53.73 s |
5 | Reawadee Srithoa |
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54.91 s |
6th | Zeinabou Jean-Wali |
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1: 05.03 min |
DSQ | Sharmaine Williams |
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DNS | Suzie Tanefo |
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Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | time |
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1 | Diane Dixon |
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52.43 s |
2 | Grit Breuer |
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52.56 s |
3 | Aelita Yurchenko |
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52.65 s |
4th | Renée Poetschka |
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52.65 s |
5 | Julia Merino |
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53.04 s |
6th | Orit Kolodni |
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54.26 s |
7th | Claudia Acerenza |
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55.82 s |
8th | Graciela from Schmeling |
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57.37 s |
Forward 5
space | Surname | nation | time |
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1 | Charity Opara |
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51.06 s |
2 | Lyudmyla Jyhalova |
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51.45 s |
3 | Lillie Leatherwood |
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53.04 s |
4th | Judit Forgács |
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53.24 s |
5 | Martha Grossenbacher |
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53.77 s |
6th | Shermaine Ross |
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55.90 s |
7th | Mary Estelle Kapalu |
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56.47 s |
Quarter finals
August 25, 1991, 6:20 p.m.
From each of the four quarter-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.
Quarter-finals 1
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Jearl Miles |
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51.88 |
2 | Sandra Myers |
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52.01 |
3 | Grit Breuer |
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52.16 |
4th | Fatima Yusuf |
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52.46 |
5 | Sølvi Olsen |
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52.95 |
6th | Aissatou Tandian |
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53.06 |
7th | Cheryl Allen |
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53.21 |
DNF | Aelita Yurchenko |
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Quarter-finals 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Lyudmyla Jyhalova |
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50.76 |
2 | Diane Dixon |
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50.84 |
3 | Linda Keough |
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51.13 |
4th | Renée Poetschka |
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51.65 |
5 | Julia Merino |
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51.82 |
6th | Norfalia Carabali |
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52.38 |
7th | Judit Forgács |
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53.79 |
DSQ | Charity Opara |
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Quarter-finals 3
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Marie-José Pérec |
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50.61 |
2 | Ximena Restrepo |
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50.66 |
3 | Lillie Leatherwood |
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50.75 |
4th | Olha Bryshina |
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50.79 |
5 | Lorraine Hanson |
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51.02 |
6th | Karin Janke |
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53.08 |
7th | Nancy McLeón |
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53.72 |
DNS | Martha Grossenbacher |
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Semifinals
August 26, 1991, 5:55 pm
From the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Semi-final run 1
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Marie-José Pérec |
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49.94 |
2 | Grit Breuer |
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50.14 |
3 | Olha Bryshina |
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50.26 |
4th | Diane Dixon |
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50.75 |
5 | Lorraine Hanson |
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50.93 |
6th | Norfalia Carabali |
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52.40 |
7th | Renée Poetschka |
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52.76 |
8th | Julia Merino |
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53.41 |
Semi-final run 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Sandra Myers |
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50.64 |
2 | Lillie Leatherwood |
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50.68 |
3 | Jearl Miles |
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50.79 |
4th | Ximena Restrepo |
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50.82 |
5 | Lyudmyla Jyhalova |
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50.85 |
6th | Fatima Yusuf |
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50.91 |
7th | Linda Keough |
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50.98 |
8th | Sølvi Olsen |
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53.63 |
After finishing third at the European Championships last year , Marie-José Pérec has now become world champion
The reigning European champion
Grit Breuer (shown here as the winner of the GDR athletics championships in 1989 ) became vice world championJearl Miles came in fifth here - she was the upcoming world champion and as Jearl Miles-Clark had many more successes ahead of her
final
August 27, 1991, 7:30 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Marie-José Pérec |
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49.13 |
2 | Grit Breuer |
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49.42 |
3 | Sandra Myers |
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49.78 |
4th | Olha Bryshina |
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49.82 |
5 | Jearl Miles |
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50.50 |
6th | Ximena Restrepo |
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50.79 |
7th | Lillie Leatherwood |
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51.53 |
8th | Diane Dixon |
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51.73 |
Video
- Women's 400m, World Championships Tokyo 1991 from youtube.com, accessed April 29, 2020
Web links
- World Championships in Athletics, 3rd IAAF World Championships in Athletics , accessed April 29, 2020
- Women 400m Athletics III World Championship 1991 Tokyo (JPN) on todor66.com, accessed April 29, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women 400 m, Tokyo 1991, p. 262 (PDF 10.3 MB), English, accessed on April 29, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 400 m women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on April 29, 2020