World Athletics Championships 1991/4 × 400 m women
| 3rd World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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| discipline | 4 × 400 m relay | ||||||||
| gender | Women | ||||||||
| Attendees | 13 relays with 57 athletes | ||||||||
| venue |
 Tokyo
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| Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
| Competition phase | August 30th (preliminary / semi-finals) September 1st (final) |
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The women's 4 x 400 meter relay at the 1991 World Athletics Championships was held on August 30 and September 1, 1991 in the Olympic Stadium in the Japanese capital, Tokyo .
The Soviet Union became world champions with the line-up of Tazzjana Ljadouskaja (final), Ljudmyla Dschyhalowa , Olga Nazarowa and Olha Wladykina-Bryshina (final) as well as Anna Tschuprina and Tatjana Alexejewa, who were also used in the run-up .
Second place went to the United States with Rochelle Stevens , Diane Dixon , Jearl Miles (final) and Lillie Leatherwood as well as Natasha Kaiser, who was also used in the run-up .
Bronze went to Germany in the line-up of Uta Rohländer , Katrin Krabbe (final), Christine Wachtel and Grit Breuer (final) as well as Annet Hesselbarth and Kathrin Schreiter, who were also used in the preliminary run .
The runners who were only used in the preliminary run also received the corresponding precious metal.
Records
Existing records
| World record | 3: 15.17 min |
 Soviet Union ( Tazzjana Ljadouskaja , Olga Nasarowa , Marija Pinigina , Olha Bryshina ) |
OS in Seoul , South Korea | October 1, 1988 |
| World Cup record | 3: 18.63 min |
 GDR ( Dagmar Neubauer , Kirsten Emmelmann , Petra Müller , Sabine Busch ) |
World Cup 1987 in Rome , Italy | September 6, 1987 |
Record improvement
The world championship relay from the Soviet Union ( Tazzjana Ljadouskaja , Ljudmyla Dschyhalowa , Olga Nasarowa , Olha Wladykina-Bryshina ) improved the existing World Cup record in the final on September 1st by two tenths of a second to 3: 18.43 min.
Preliminary round
August 30, 1991, 7:45 p.m.
The preliminary round was held in two runs. The first three seasons per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest teams - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.
Forward 1
| space | Season | occupation | Time (min) |
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| 1 |
 United States
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Rochelle Stevens Diane Dixon Natasha Kaiser (forerunner) Lillie Leatherwood |
3: 24.92 |
| 2 |
 Germany
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Uta Rohländer Annet Hesselbarth (preliminary) Christine Wachtel Kathrin Schreiter (preliminary) |
3: 25.93 |
| 3 |
 Canada
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Rosey Edeh Karen Clarke Cheryl Allen Charmaine Crooks |
3: 27.15 |
| 4th |
 Hungary
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Edit Molnár Ágnes Kozáry Noémi Bátori Judit Forgács |
3: 28.38 |
| 5 |
 Switzerland
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Kathrin Lüthi Regula Scalabrin Martha Grossenbacher Anita Protti |
3: 30.32 |
| 6th |
 Norway
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Trine Rugsveen Lisbeth Pettersen Mona Karin Riisnes Sølvi Olsen |
3: 32.76 |
Forward 2
| space | Season | occupation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Soviet Union
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Anna Tschuprina (lead) Lyudmyla Dschyhalowa Tatiana Alexejewa (lead) Olga Nazarova |
3: 23.38 |
| 2 |
 Great Britain
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Phylis Smith Lorraine Hanson Linda Keough Sally Gunnell |
3: 23.89 |
| 3 |
 Nigeria
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Charity Opara Airat Bakare Omotayo Akinremi (preliminary) Fatima Yusuf |
3: 26.29 |
| 4th |
 Spain
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Blanca Lacambra Julia Merino Esther Lahoz (preliminary) Sandra Myers |
3: 29.12 |
| 5 |
 Cuba
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Lency's Montelier Odalmis Limonta Nery McLeón Ana Fidelia Quirot |
3: 31.43 |
| 6th |
Japan
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Yumiko Tokuda Masayo Kitagwa Ryoko Sato Keiko Amano |
3: 35.82 |
| 7th |
 India
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Ashwini Nachappa Alphonsa Rayen Sylvina Cecil Pais Saramma Kutty |
3: 38.54 |
final
September 1, 1991, 5:50 p.m.
| space | Season | occupation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Soviet Union
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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
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Rochelle Stevens Diane Dixon Jearl Miles (final) Lillie Leatherwood in the run-up also: Natasha Kaiser |
3: 20.15 |
| 3 |
Germany
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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
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Lorraine Hanson Phylis Smith Sally Gunnell Linda Keough |
3: 22.01 |
| 5 |
Nigeria
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Fatima Yusuf Mary Onyali (final) Airat Bakare Charity Opara in the preliminary also: Omotayo Akinremi |
3: 24.45 |
| 6th |
Canada
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Rosey Edeh Karen Clarke Cheryl Allen Charmaine Crooks |
3: 27.42 |
| 7th |
Spain
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Julia Merino Blanca Lacambra Sandra Myers Gregoria Ferrer (final) in the preliminary also: Esther Lahoz |
3: 27.57 |
| 8th |
Hungary
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Edit Molnár Ágnes Kozáry Noémi Bátori Judit Forgács |
3: 29.07 |
Video
- Women's 4x400m Relay 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 May 1, 2020
- Women 4x400m Relay Athletics III World Championship 1991 Tokyo (JPN) on todor66.com, accessed May 1, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women 4x400m Relay, Tokyo 1991 (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 372), English, accessed on May 1, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 400 m women , accessed May 1, 2020