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, 1991. 1,517 athletes from 167 countries participated in the event.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Japan hosted again the championship in 2007 in Osaka and Tokyo hosted again the event in 2025 in a new venue building at the same place.

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 Template:Convert jump broke Bob Beamon's long-standing world record from the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Men's results

Track

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

100 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	9.86 (WR)	Template:Flagathlete	9.88 (PB)	Template:Flagathlete	9.91 (PB)
200 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	20.01 (CR)	Template:Flagathlete	20.34	Template:Flagathlete	20.49
400 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	44.57	Template:Flagathlete	44.62	Template:Flagathlete	44.63
800 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	1:43.99	Template:Flagathlete	1:44.24	Template:Flagathlete	1:44.67
1500 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	3:32.84 (CR)	Template:Flagathlete	3:34.84	Template:Flagathlete	3:35.28
5000 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	13:14.45 (CR)	Template:Flagathlete	13:16.64	Template:Flagathlete	13:22.70
10,000 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	27:38.74	Template:Flagathlete	27:39.41	Template:Flagathlete	27:41.74
Marathon Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	2:14:57	Template:Flagathlete	2:15:26	Template:Flagathlete	2:15:36
110 m hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	13.06	Template:Flagathlete	13.06	Template:Flagathlete	13.25
400 m hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	47.64	Template:Flagathlete	47.74 (NR)	Template:Flagathlete	47.86 (NR)
3000 m st. Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	8:12.59	Template:Flagathlete	8:13.44	Template:Flagathlete	8:15.54
20 km walk Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	1:19:37 (CR)	Template:Flagathlete	1:19:46	Template:Flagathlete	1:20:22
50 km walk Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	3:53:09	Template:Flagathlete	3:53:09	Template:Flagathlete	3:55:14
4 × 100 m relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagteam Andre Cason Leroy Burrell Dennis Mitchell Carl Lewis Michael Marsh*	37.50 (WR)	Template:Flagteam Max Morinière Daniel Sangouma Jean-Charles Trouabal Bruno Marie-Rose	37.87	Template:Flagteam Tony Jarrett John Regis Darren Braithwaite Linford Christie	38.09
4 × 400 m relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagteam Roger Black Derek Redmond John Regis Kriss Akabusi Ade Mafe* Mark Richardson*	2:57.53 (AR)	Template:Flagteam Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Danny Everett Antonio Pettigrew Jeff Reynolds* Mark Everett*	2:57.57	Template:Flagteam Patrick O'Connor Devon Morris Winthrop Graham Seymour Fagan Howard Burnett*	3:00.10
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Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

Field

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

Long jump Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	8.95 (WR)	Template:Flagathlete	8.91Template:AthAbbr	Template:Flagathlete	8.42
Triple jump Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	17.78	Template:Flagathlete	17.75	Template:Flagathlete	17.62
High jump Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	2.38 (CR)	Template:Flagathlete	2.36	Template:Flagathlete	2.36
Pole vault Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	5.95 (CR)	Template:Flagathlete	5.90	Template:Flagathlete	5.85
Shot put Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	21.67	Template:Flagathlete	20.751	Template:Flagathlete	20.34
Discus throw Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	66.20	Template:Flagathlete	65.82	Template:Flagathlete	65.32
Hammer throw Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	81.70	Template:Flagathlete	80.94	Template:Flagathlete	80.44
Javelin throw Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	90.82	Template:Flagathlete	88.12	Template:Flagathlete	87.08
Decathlon Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	8812 (CR)	Template:Flagathlete	8549	Template:Flagathlete	8394
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¹ Georg Andersen of Norway originally won the silver medal, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for steroids.<ref>Track and Field. LA Times (1991-09-13). Retrieved on 2011-06-22.</ref>

Women's results

Track

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

100 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	10.99	Template:Flagathlete	11.03	Template:Flagathlete	11.06
200 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	22.09	Template:Flagathlete	22.16	Template:Flagathlete	22.21
400 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	49.13	Template:Flagathlete	49.42	Template:Flagathlete	49.78
800 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	1:57.50	Template:Flagathlete	1:57.55	Template:Flagathlete	1:57.58
1500 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	4:02.21	Template:Flagathlete	4:02.58	Template:Flagathlete	4:02.72
3000 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	8:35.82	Template:Flagathlete	8:36.06	Template:Flagathlete	8:39.41 (AR)
10,000 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	31:14.31	Template:Flagathlete	31:35.08	Template:Flagathlete	31:35.99
Marathon Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	2:29:53	Template:Flagathlete	2:29:57	Template:Flagathlete	2:30:10
100 m hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	12.59	Template:Flagathlete	12.63	Template:Flagathlete	12.69
400 m hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	53.11 (CR)	Template:Flagathlete	53.16 NR	Template:Flagathlete	53.47
10 km walk Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	42:57 (CR)	Template:Flagathlete	43:13	Template:Flagathlete	43:13
4 × 100 m relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagteam Dahlia Duhaney Juliet Cuthbert Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey Merlene Frazer*	41.94 (NR)	Template:Flagteam Natalya Kovtun Galina Malchugina Yelena Vinogradova Irina Privalova	42.20	Template:Flagteam Grit Breuer Katrin Krabbe Sabine Richter Heike Drechsler	42.33
4 × 400 m relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagteam Tatyana Ledovskaya Lyudmila Dzhigalova Olga Nazarova Olha Bryzhina Anna Chuprina* Tatyana Alekseyeva*	3:18.43	Template:Flagteam Rochelle Stevens Diane Dixon Jearl Miles Lillie Leatherwood Natasha Kaiser-Brown*	3:20.15	Template:Flagteam Uta Rohländer Katrin Krabbe Christine Wachtel Grit Breuer Annett Hesselbarth* Katrin Schreiter*	3:21.25
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Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

Field

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

Long jump Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	7.32	Template:Flagathlete	7.29	Template:Flagathlete	7.11
High jump Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	2.05	Template:Flagathlete	1.98	Template:Flagathlete	1.96
Shot put Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	20.83	Template:Flagathlete	20.29	Template:Flagathlete	20.16
Discus throw Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	71.02	Template:Flagathlete	69.12	Template:Flagathlete	68.26
Javelin throw Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	68.78	Template:Flagathlete	68.68	Template:Flagathlete	66.80
Heptathlon Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	6672	Template:Flagathlete	6493	Template:Flagathlete	6448
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Note: * Indicates athletes who only ran in the preliminary round and also received medals.

See also

• 1991 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• IAAF 1991