1991 World Championships In Athletics
The 3rd World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan between August 23 and September 1.
1517 athletes from 167 countries participated in the event. Japan hosted again the championship in 2007 in Osaka and Tokyo will host again the event in 2025 in a new venue building at the same place.
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| Host city | Tokyo, Japan |
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| Nations | 167 |
| Athletes | 1517 |
| Dates | 23 August – 1 September 1991 |
| Opened by | Emperor Akihito |
| Main venue | Olympic Stadium |
The event is best-remembered for the men's long jump competition, when Carl Lewis made the best six-jump series in history, only to be beaten by Mike Powell, whose 8.95 m (29 ft 4.36 in) jump broke Bob Beamon's long-standing world record from the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Men's results
Track
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m |  Carl Lewis (USA) | 9.86 (WR) | Leroy Burrell (USA) | 9.88 (PB) | Dennis Mitchell (USA) | 9.91 (PB) |
| 200 m | Michael Johnson (USA) | 20.01 (CR) |  Frankie Fredericks (NAM) | 20.34 |  Atlee Mahorn (CAN) | 20.49 |
| 400 m | Antonio Pettigrew (USA) | 44.57 |  Roger Black (GBR) | 44.62 | Danny Everett (USA) | 44.63 |
| 800 m |  Billy Konchellah (KEN) | 1:43.99 |  José Luíz Barbosa (BRA) | 1:44.24 | Mark Everett (USA) | 1:44.67 |
| 1500 m |  Noureddine Morceli (ALG) | 3:32.84 (CR) | Wilfred Kirochi (KEN) | 3:34.84 |  Hauke Fuhlbrügge (GER) | 3:35.28 |
| 5000 m | Yobes Ondieki (KEN) | 13:14.45 (CR) |  Fita Bayisa (ETH) | 13:16.64 |  Brahim Boutayeb (MAR) | 13:22.70 |
| 10,000 m | Moses Tanui (KEN) | 27:38.74 | Richard Chelimo (KEN) | 27:39.41 | Khalid Skah (MAR) | 27:41.74 |
| Marathon |  Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN) | 2:14:57 |  Hussein Ahmed Salah (DJI) | 2:15:26 | Steve Spence (USA) | 2:15:36 |
| 110 m hurdles | Greg Foster (USA) | 13.06 | Jack Pierce (USA) | 13.06 | Tony Jarrett (GBR) | 13.25 |
| 400 m hurdles |  Samuel Matete (ZAM) | 47.64 |  Winthrop Graham (JAM) | 47.74 (NR) | Kriss Akabusi (GBR) | 47.86 (NR) |
| 3000 m st. | Moses Kiptanui (KEN) | 8:12.59 | Patrick Sang (KEN) | 8:13.44 | Azzedine Brahmi (ALG) | 8:15.54 |
| 20 km walk |  Maurizio Damilano (ITA) | 1:19:37 (CR) |  Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) | 1:19:46 | Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) | 1:20:22 |
| 50 km walk | Aleksandr Potashov (URS) | 3:53:09 | Andrey Perlov (URS) | 3:53:09 | Hartwig Gauder (GER) | 3:55:14 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | United States (USA) Andre Cason Leroy Burrell Dennis Mitchell Carl Lewis Michael Marsh* | 37.50 (WR) |  France (FRA)Max Morinière Daniel Sangouma Jean-Charles Trouabal Bruno Marie-Rose | 37.87 | Great Britain (GBR) Tony Jarrett John Regis Darren Braithwaite Linford Christie | 38.09 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Great Britain (GBR) Roger Black Derek Redmond John Regis Kriss Akabusi Ade Mafe* Mark Richardson* | 2:57.53 (AR) | United States (USA) Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Danny Everett Antonio Pettigrew Jeff Reynolds* Mark Everett* | 2:57.57 | Jamaica (JAM) Patrick O'Connor Devon Morris Winthrop Graham Seymour Fagan Howard Burnett* | 3:00.10 |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) | ||||||
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Field
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long jump | Mike Powell (USA) | 8.95 (WR) | Carl Lewis (USA) | 8.91w | Larry Myricks (USA) | 8.42 |
| Triple jump | Kenny Harrison (USA) | 17.78 | Leonid Voloshin (URS) | 17.75 | Mike Conley (USA) | 17.62 |
| High jump | Charles Austin (USA) | 2.38 (CR) |  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.36 | Hollis Conway (USA) | 2.36 |
| Pole vault | Sergey Bubka (URS) | 5.95 (CR) |  István Bagyula (HUN) | 5.90 | Maksim Tarasov (URS) | 5.85 |
| Shot put |  Werner Günthör (SUI) | 21.67 |  Lars Arvid Nilsen (NOR) | 20.751 | Aleksandr Klimenko (URS) | 20.34 |
| Discus throw | Lars Riedel (GER) | 66.20 |  Erik de Bruin (NED) | 65.82 | Attila Horváth (HUN) | 65.32 |
| Hammer throw | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 81.70 | Igor Astapkovich (URS) | 80.94 | Heinz Weis (GER) | 80.44 |
| Javelin throw |  Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN) | 90.82 | Seppo Räty (FIN) | 88.12 | Uladzimir Sasimovich (URS) | 87.08 |
| Decathlon | Dan O'Brien (USA) | 8812 (CR) | Mike Smith (CAN) | 8549 | Christian Schenk (GER) | 8394 |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) | ||||||
1 Georg Andersen of Norway originally won the silver medal, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for steroids.
Women's results
Track
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Field
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long jump | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7.32 | Heike Drechsler (GER) | 7.29 | Larysa Berezhna (URS) | 7.11 |
| High jump | Heike Henkel (GER) | 2.05 | Yelena Yelesina (URS) | 1.98 | Inha Babakova (URS) | 1.96 |
| Shot put |  Huang Zhihong (CHN) | 20.83 | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 20.29 | Svetlana Krivelyova (URS) | 20.16 |
| Discus throw |  Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) | 71.02 | Ilke Wyludda (GER) | 69.12 | Larisa Mikhalchenko (URS) | 68.26 |
| Javelin throw | Xu Demei (CHN) | 68.78 | Petra Meier (GER) | 68.68 | Silke Renk (GER) | 66.80 |
| Heptathlon | Sabine Braun (GER) | 6672 |  Liliana Năstase (ROU) | 6493 | Irina Belova (URS) | 6448 |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) | ||||||
Note: * Indicates athletes who only ran in the preliminary round and also received medals.
Medal table
* Host nation (Japan)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) | 10 | 8 | 8 | 26 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 9 | 9 | 11 | 29 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Kenya (KEN) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | China (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Algeria (ALG) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Japan (JPN)* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 12 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zambia (ZAM) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 21 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Djibouti (DJI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ethiopia (ETH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Namibia (NAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 29 |  Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (29 entries) | 43 | 43 | 43 | 129 | |
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