World Athletics Championships 1991/4 × 100 m for women
| 3rd World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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| discipline | 4 × 100 m relay | ||||||||
| gender | Women | ||||||||
| Attendees | 14 relays with 57 athletes | ||||||||
| venue |
 Tokyo
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| Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
| Competition phase | August 31st (preliminary / semi-finals) September 1st (final) |
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The women's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1991 World Athletics Championships took place on August 31 and September 1, 1991 in the Olympic Stadium in the Japanese capital, Tokyo .
World champion Jamaica in the cast Dahlia Duhaney , Juliet Cuthbert , Beverly McDonald and Merlene Ottey (final) and also used in the flow Merlene Frazer .
Second place went to the Soviet Union with Natalja Kowtun , Galina Maltschugina , Jelena Vinogradowa and Irina Priwalowa .
Bronze went to Germany ( Grit Breuer , Katrin Krabbe , Sabine Richter , Heike Drechsler ).
The runner from Jamaica, who was only used in the preliminary run, also received a gold medal.
Existing records
| World record | 41.37 s |
 GDR ( Silke Gladisch , Sabine Rieger , Ingrid Auerswald , Marlies Göhr ) |
Canberra , Australia | October 6, 1985 |
| World Cup record | 41.58 s |
 USA ( Alice Brown , Diane Williams , Florence Griffith-Joyner , Pam Marshall ) |
World Cup 1987 in Rome , Italy | September 6, 1987 |
The existing world championship record was not set and not improved at these world championships.
Preliminary round
August 31, 1991, 6:20 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 (s) |
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| 1 |
 Jamaica
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Dahlia Duhaney Juliet Cuthbert Beverly McDonald Merlene Frazer (preliminary) |
42.63 |
| 2 |
 Nigeria
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Beatrice Utondu Rufina Ubah Christy Opara-Thompson Mary Onyali |
42.72 |
| 3 |
 Soviet Union
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Natalja Kowtun Galina Maltschugina Jelena Vinogradowa Irina Priwalowa |
42.78 |
| 4th |
 France
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Laurence Bily Maguy Nestoret Valérie Jean-Charles Marie-José Pérec |
43.05 |
| 5 |
 Australia
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Monique Dunstan Kathy Sambell Melissa Moore Kerry Johnson |
43.34 |
| 6th |
 Great Britain
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Stephanie Douglas Beverly Kinch Simmone Jacobs Paula Thomas |
43.43 |
| 7th |
 Bulgaria
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Petya Pendarewa Tsvetanka Ilyva Nadezhda Georgieva Demirewa Walowa |
44.17 |
Forward 2
| space | Season | occupation | Time (s) |
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| 1 |
 Germany
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Grit Breuer Katrin Krabbe Sabine Richter Heike Drechsler |
41.91 |
| 2 |
 Cuba
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Eusebia Riquelme Aliuska López Julia Duporty Liliana Allen |
43.31 |
| 3 |
 Italy
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Marisa Masullo Donatella Dal Bianco Daniela Ferrian Rossella Tarolo |
43.71 |
| 4th |
 Finland
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Maeja Tennivaara Sisko Hanhijoki Sanna Hernesniemi Miinna Painilainen |
43.73 |
| 5 |
 Spain
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Patricia Morales Cristina Castro Carmen García Sandra Myers |
44.08 |
| 6th |
Japan
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Noriko Masaki Kazue Kakinuma Toshie Kitada Ayako Nomura |
44.85 |
| DNF |
United States
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Carlette Guidry Esther Jones Dannette Young Evelyn Ashford |
final
September 1, 1991, 4:15 p.m.
| space | Season | occupation | Time (s) |
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| 1 |
Jamaica
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Dahlia Duhaney Juliet Cuthbert Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey (final) in the run-up also: Merlene Frazer |
41.94 |
| 2 |
Soviet Union
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Natalja Kowtun Galina Maltschugina Jelena Vinogradowa Irina Priwalowa |
42.20 |
| 3 |
Germany
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Grit Breuer Katrin Krabbe Sabine Richter Heike Drechsler |
42.33 |
| 4th |
Nigeria
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Beatrice Utondu Rufina Ubah Christy Opara-Thompson Mary Onyali |
42.77 |
| 5 |
France
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Laurence Bily Maguy Nestoret Valérie Jean-Charles Marie-José Pérec |
43.34 |
| 6th |
Cuba
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Eusebia Riquelme Aliuska López Julia Duporty Liliana Allen |
43.75 |
| 7th |
Italy
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Marisa Masullo Donatella Dal Bianco Daniela Ferrian Rossella Tarolo |
43.76 |
| 8th |
Australia
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Monique Dunstan Kathy Sambell Melissa Moore Kerry Johnson |
43.79 |
Video
- Womens 4x100 Relay, 1991 World Championships, Tokyo, from youtube.com, accessed April 15, 2020
Web links
- World Championships in Athletics, 3rd IAAF World Championships in Athletics , accessed May 1, 2020
- Women 4x100m 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 4x100m Relay, Tokyo 1991 (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 365f), English, accessed on May 1, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 100 m women , accessed on May 1, 2020