World Athletics Championships 1991/400 m men
3rd World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 400 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 45 athletes from 33 countries | ||||||||
venue | Tokyo | ||||||||
Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 25 (preliminary) August 26 (quarter-finals) August 27 (semi-finals) August 28 (final) |
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The men's 400-meter race at the 1991 World Athletics Championships was held from August 25 to 28, 1991 in the Olympic Stadium in the Japanese capital, Tokyo .
In this competition, the US runners won two gold and bronze medals. Antonio Pettigrew became world champion . Silver went to the reigning European champion Roger Black from Great Britain , who three days later became world champion with his country's 4 x 400 meter relay . As in the 1988 Olympic Games , Danny Everett finished third. He had won gold with the 4 x 400 meter relay at the last World Championships and the last Olympic Games. For Pettigrew and Everett there was also silver with their relay on the final day.
Existing records
World record | 43.29 s | Harry Reynolds | Zurich , Switzerland | 17th August 1988 |
World championship record | 44.26 s | Innocent Egbunike | World Cup 1987 in Rome , Italy | September 1, 1987 |
The World Cup record remained unchanged at these World Championships.
Preliminary round
August 25, 1991, 10:00 a.m.
The preliminary round was carried out in six runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the eight fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the quarter-finals.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Antonio Pettigrew | United States | 45.02 |
2 | Wilson Canizales | Colombia | 46.23 |
3 | Patrick O'Connor | Jamaica | 46.30 |
4th | Paul Sanders | Great Britain | 46.38 |
5 | Simon Kipkemboi | Kenya | 46.46 |
6th | Michael Joubert | Australia | 46.55 |
7th | Carlos Morales | Chile | 46.80 |
8th | Manuel Alves Fonseca | Sao Tome and Principe | 54.01 |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Susumu Takano | Japan | 46.10 |
2 | Samson Kitur | Kenya | 46.19 |
3 | Lázaro Martínez | Cuba | 46.25 |
4th | Tamás Molnár | Hungary | 46.64 |
5 | Dmitri Kliger | Soviet Union | 46.71 |
6th | Roberto Bortolotto | Brazil | 47.44 |
7th | Joel Otim | Uganda | 43.03 |
DSQ | Amadou Sy Savane | Guinea |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Alvin Daniel | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.64 |
2 | Derek Redmond | Great Britain | 45.78 |
3 | Benyounes Lahlou | Morocco | 45.80 |
4th | Andrew Valmon | United States | 46.16 |
5 | Andrea Nuti | Italy | 46.80 |
6th | Filipe Lombá | Portugal | 47.37 |
7th | Word Coombs | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 48.63 |
DSQ | Tim Hesse | Ghana |
Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Danny Everett | United States | 45.73 |
2 | Patrick Delice | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.03 |
3 | Paul Greene | Australia | 46.27 |
4th | Olivier Noirot | France | 46.41 |
5 | Dawda Jallow | Gambia | 46.66 |
6th | Anthony Wilson | Canada | 46.71 |
7th | Seibert Straughn | Barbados | 46.88 |
Forward 5
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Seymour Fagan | Jamaica | 44.88 |
2 | Jens Carlowitz | Germany | 45.78 |
3 | Roger Black | Great Britain | 46.02 |
4th | Ian Morris | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.16 |
5 | Amar Hacini | Algeria | 46.52 |
6th | Tsvetoslav Stankulov | Bulgaria | 46.89 |
7th | Thabani Gonye | Zimbabwe | 47.61 |
8th | Henry Sweeney | Northern Mariana Islands | 49.81 |
Forward 6
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Roberto Hernández | Cuba | 45.49 |
2 | Mark Garner | Australia | 45.77 |
3 | Ibrahim Ismail | Qatar | 46.20 |
4th | Cayetano Cornet | Spain | 46.54 |
5 | Jindich Roun | Czechoslovakia | 46.86 |
6th | Charles Gitonga | Kenya | 47.03 |
DNS | Troy Douglas | Bermuda |
Quarter finals
August 26, 1991, 5:20 pm
From the four quarter-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the semi-finals.
Quarter-finals 1
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Roberto Hernández | Cuba | 44.71 |
2 | Susumu Takano | Japan | 44.91 |
3 | Ian Morris | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.07 |
4th | Ibrahim Ismail | Qatar | 45.37 |
5 | Jens Carlowitz | Germany | 45.68 |
6th | Dawda Jallow | Gambia | 46.21 |
7th | Simon Kipkemboi | Kenya | 46.29 |
8th | Michael Joubert | Australia | 46.94 |
Quarter-finals 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Andrew Valmon | United States | 45.41 |
2 | Seymour Fagan | Jamaica | 45.45 |
3 | Samson Kitur | Kenya | 45.54 |
4th | Derek Redmond | Great Britain | 45.66 |
5 | Paul Greene | Australia | 45.97 |
6th | Lázaro Martínez | Cuba | 46.12 |
7th | Tamás Molnár | Hungary | 46.47 |
DNS | Carlos Morales | Chile |
Quarter-finals 3
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Antonio Pettigrew | United States | 45.03 |
2 | Mark Garner | Australia | 45.08 |
3 | Roger Black | Great Britain | 45.39 |
4th | Patrick O'Connor | Jamaica | 45.56 |
5 | Patrick Delice | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.78 |
6th | Anthony Wilson | Canada | 47.03 |
7th | Amar Hacini | Algeria | 47.30 |
DNS | Cayetano Cornet | Spain |
Quarter-finals 4
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Alvin Daniel | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.48 |
2 | Benyounes Lahlou | Morocco | 45.69 |
3 | Danny Everett | United States | 45.93 |
4th | Olivier Noirot | France | 45.98 |
5 | Dmitri Kliger | Soviet Union | 46.29 |
6th | Wilson Canizales | Colombia | 46.42 |
7th | Paul Sanders | Great Britain | 46.59 |
DSQ | Andrea Nuti | Italy |
Semifinals
August 27, 6:40 p.m.
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 | Antonio Pettigrew | United States | 44.52 |
2 | Roberto Hernández | Cuba | 44.66 |
3 | Danny Everett | United States | 44.97 |
4th | Ian Morris | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.00 |
5 | Seymour Fagan | Jamaica | 45.34 |
6th | Ibrahim Ismail | Qatar | 45.46 |
7th | Derek Redmond | Great Britain | 45.67 |
8th | Benyounes Lahlou | Morocco | 45.75 |
Semi-final run 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Roger Black | Great Britain | 44.64 |
2 | Andrew Valmon | United States | 45.08 |
3 | Susumu Takano | Japan | 45.43 |
4th | Mark Garner | Australia | 45.53 |
5 | Patrick O'Connor | Jamaica | 45.54 |
6th | Samson Kitur | Kenya | 46.07 |
7th | Alvin Daniel | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.23 |
8th | Olivier Noirot | France | 47.13 |
final
August 29, 8:40 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Antonio Pettigrew | United States | 44.57 |
2 | Roger Black | Great Britain | 44.62 |
3 | Danny Everett | United States | 44.63 |
4th | Roberto Hernández | Cuba | 44.86 |
5 | Andrew Valmon | United States | 45.09 |
6th | Ian Morris | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.12 |
7th | Susumu Takano | Japan | 45.39 |
8th | Mark Garner | Australia | 45.47 |
Video
- Men's 400m Final World Champs in Tokyo 1991 on youtube.com, accessed April 15, 2020
Web links
- World Championships in Athletics, 3rd IAAF World Championships in Athletics , accessed April 17, 2020
- Men 400m Athletics III World Championship 1991 Tokyo (JPN) on todor66.com, accessed April 17, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 400 m, Tokyo 1991, p. 105 (PDF 10.3 MB), English, accessed on April 17, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 400 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on April 17, 2020