World Athletics Championships 1991 / women's heptathlon

3rd World Athletics Championships
discipline	Heptathlon
gender	Women
Attendees	28 athletes from 18 countries
venue	Tokyo
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	26./27. August
	Medalists
	Sabine Braun ( GER )
	Liliana Năstase ( ROM )
	Irina Belowa ( URS )

The Olympic Stadium in Tokyo in 2008

The heptathlon for women in the 1991 World Championships in Athletics was on 26 and 27 August 1991 at the Olympic Stadium of the Japanese capital Tokyo discharged.

The reigning European champion Sabine Braun from Germany became world champion . She won ahead of the Romanian Liliana Năstase . Bronze went to Irina Belowa from the Soviet Union .

The actual top favorite of this competition was the defending champion, Olympic champion from 1988 and world record holder Jackie Joyner-Kersee . She had won the long jump held the day before, but sustained an injury there. So she entered the heptathlon with an injury handicap. Still, she got excellent results in the first three exercises and was in the lead. In the 200-meter run , the final discipline of the first day, she had to drop out due to an injury and did not continue the now hopeless competition on the second day.

Existing records

World record	7291 P	United States Jackie Joyner-Kersee	OS in Seoul , South Korea	23/24 September 1988
World Cup record	7128 P	United States Jackie Joyner-Kersee	World Cup in Rome , Italy	August 31/1. September 1987

The existing world championship record was not set and not improved at these world championships.

The fifth placed Algerian Yasmina Azzizi set a new African record with 6392 points.

execution

The seven disciplines of the heptathlon took place over two days:

Day 1 (August 26): 100-meter hurdles , high jump , shot put , 200-meter run
Day 2 (August 27): long jump , javelin throw , 800-meter run

The rating was based on the 1985 point table, which is still valid today.

Result

26./27. August 1991

space	Surname	nation	Points	100 m hurdles	High jump	Bullet poking	200 m	Status after day 1 (P)	Long jump	javelin throw	800 m
1	Sabine Braun	Germany Germany	6672	13.32 s 1077 P.	1.91 m 1119 p	13.62 m 769 p	24.49 s 934 P.	3899	6.67 m 1062 p	48.66 m 834 p	2: 16.09 min 877 P.
2	Liliana Năstase	Romania Romania	6493	13.02 s 1121 P.	1.76 m 928 p	13.52 m 762 p	23.98 s 983 P.	3794	6.54 m 1020 p	43.58 m 736 p	2: 11.48 min 943 P.
3	Irina Belowa	Soviet Union Soviet Union	6448	13.70 s 1021 P.	1.85 m 1041 p	13.23 m 743 p	24.13 s 968 P.	3773	6.33 m 953 P.	40.96 m 686 p	2: 05.23 min 1036 P.
4th	Satu Ruotsalainen	Finland Finland	6404	13.54 s 1044 p	1.88 m 1080 P.	12.46 m 692 p	24.20 s 962 P.	3778	6.18 m 905 P.	47.04 m 803 P.	2: 13.24 min 918 p
5	Yasmina Azzizi	Algeria Algeria	6392 AF	13.34 s 1074 P.	1.79 m 966 p	15.40 m 888 P	24.32 s 950 p	3878	6.15 m 896 P.	44.62 m 756 p	2: 17.17 min 862 P.
6th	Urszula Włodarczyk	Poland Poland	6391	13.36 s 928 P.	1.76 m 818 p	14.36 m 1071 p	24.05 s 976 P.	3793	6.19 m 908 P.	44.28 m 750 p	2: 11.72 min 940 p
7th	Peggy Beer	Germany Germany	6380	13.41 s 1063 P.	1.79 m 966 p	12.97 m 725 p	24.25 s 957 P.	3711	6.34 m 956 P.	43.66 m 738 p	2: 09.32 min 975 p
8th	Tatiana Shuravlyova	Soviet Union Soviet Union	6370	13.77 s 1011 P.	1.82 m 1003 p	14.12 m 802 P.	24.18 s 963 P.	3779	6.30 m 943 P.	41.56 m 697 p	2: 10.91 min 951 P.
9	Maria Kamrowska	Poland Poland	6237	13.28 s 1083 P.	1.67 m 818 p	14.78 m 846 p	24.04 s 977 P.	3724	5.93 m 828 p	42.08 m 707 p	2: 09.06 min 978 P.
10	Cindy Greiner	United States United States	6216	13.55 s 1043 P.	1.79 m 966 p	14.70 m 841 p	24.52 s 931 P.	3781	6.46 m 994 P.	35.62 m 583 p	2: 17.47 min 858 P.
11	Rita Ináncsi	Hungary Hungary	6198	13.90 s 993 P.	1.79 m 966 p	14.48 m 826 p	25.06 s 881 P.	3666	6.27 m 934 p	44.74 m 758 p	2: 18.81 min 840 p
12	Zhu Yuqing	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	6124	13.18 s 1097 P.	1.82 m 1003 p	14.19 m 807 p	23.86 s 994 P.	3901	5.88 m 813 p	41.50 m 696 p	2: 28.34 min 714 p
13	Tina Rättya	Finland Finland	6086	13.98 s 981 P.	1.76 m 928 p	12.88 m 719 p	24.96 s 890 p	3518	6.04 m 862 p	45.30 m 769 P	2: 11.90 min 937 p
14th	Ragne Kytölä	Finland Finland	6062	14.09 s 966 P.	1.79 m 966 p	12.05 m 664 p	25.23 s 866 P.	3462	6.43 m 985 p	42.40 m 713 p	2: 14.36 min 902 P.
15th	Ifeoma Ozoeze	Italy Italy	6056	13.89 s 994 P.	1.76 m 928 p	12.97 m 725 p	24.71 s 914 P.	3561	6.27 m 934 p	44.92 m 762 p	2: 21.85 min 799 p
16	Clova Court	United Kingdom Great Britain	6022	13.35 s 1072 p	1.55 m 678 p	13.94 m 790 p	23.85 s 995 P.	3535	5.71 m 762 p	55.30 m 963 P	2: 24.61 min 762 P.
17th	Odile Lesage	France France	6002	13.76 s 1013 P.	1.85 m 1041 p	13.17 m 739 p	25.64 s 829 P.	3622	5.79 m 786 p	39.70 m 662 p	2: 12.24 min 932 p
18th	Joanne Henry	New Zealand New Zealand	5999	14.18 s 953 P.	1.76 m 928 p	12.15 m 671 p	25.00 s 887 p	3439	6.24 m 924 p	40.60 m 679 p	2: 10.53 min 957 P.
19th	Sharon Jaklofsky	Australia Australia	5992	13.76 s 1013 P.	1.79 m 966 p	13.30 m 747 P	25.41 s 850 p	3576	6.16 m 899 p	42.44 m 714 p	2: 21.51 min 803 P.
20th	Kym Carter	United States United States	5909	14.02 s 976 P.	1.79 m 966 p	14.31 m 815 p	24.70 s 915 P.	3672	5.78 m 783 p	30.26 m 482 p	2: 09.52 min 972 P.
21st	Ingrid Didden	Belgium Belgium	5855	14.09 s 966 P.	1.64 m 783 p	12.81 m 715 p	25.50 s 841 p	3305	5.90 m 819 p	50.58 m 871 P.	2: 17.32 min 860 p
22nd	Petra Vaideanu	Romania Romania	5744	14.42 s 920 p	1.70 m 855 p	14.16 m 805 p	26.49 s 755 P.	3335	5.76 m 777 p	47.58 m 813 p	2: 20.33 min 819 p
23	Ana Maria Comaschi	Argentina Argentina	5617	14.06 s 970 p	1.58 m 712 P	12.57 m 699 p	24.75 s 910 p	3291	5.78 m 783 p	39.76 m 663 p	2: 15.89 min 880 p
24	Ghada Shouaa	Syria Syria	5066	15.45 s 783 P.	1.64 m 783 p	10.44 m 558 p	26.11 s 788 P.	2912	5.50 m 700 p	39.76 m 663 p	2: 22.44 min 791 P.
DNF	Heike Carpenter	Germany Germany	3627	13.96 s 984 P.	1.76 m 928 p	14 m 794 P	24.63 s 921 P.	3627	DNS
	Fu Xiuhong	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	3602	13.78 s 1010 p	1.82 m 1003 p	13.10 m 734 p	25.35 s 855 P.	3602	DNS
	Yu Long Nyu	Singapore Singapore	3347	15.71 s 750 p	1.61 m 747 p	NM 0 P	26.18 s 781 P.	2278	5.28 m 637 p	27.66 m 432 p	DNS
	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	United States United States	3130	12.96 s 1130 p	1.91 m 1119 p	15.30 m 881 P	DNF 0 P	3130	DNS

Vice world champion Liliana Năstase - she also took on more than 100 meter hurdles , but was eliminated in the preliminary round
The defending champion, Olympic champion in 1988 and world record holder Jackie Joyner-Kersee, who won the long jump here , could not finish her competition due to an injury

Video

MONDIALI TOKYO 1991 EPTATHLON SABINE BRAUN , video published on April 20, 2017 on youtube.com, accessed on May 5, 2020
3445 World Track & Field 1991 Heptathlon Long Jump Sabine Braun on youtube.com, accessed on May 5, 2020
3446 World Track & Field 1991 Heptathlon Long Jump Liliana Năstase on youtube.com, accessed on May 5, 2020
3465 World Track & Field 1991 Heptathlon Javelin Sabine Braun on youtube.com, accessed on May 5, 2020
3501 World Track & Field 1991 Heptathlon 800m on youtube.com, accessed May 5, 2020

Web links

World Championships in Athletics, 3rd IAAF World Championships in Athletics , accessed on May 5, 2020
Women Heptathlon Athletics III World Championship 1991 Tokyo (JPN) on todor66.com, accessed May 5, 2020
Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women Heptathlon, Tokyo 1991, p. 353 (PDF 10.3 MB), English, accessed on May 5, 2020

References and comments

↑ IAAF world records. Heptathlon women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on May 5, 2020

[1] IAAF world records. Heptathlon women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on May 5, 2020