The 1991 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.
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 jump broke Bob Beamon's epic world record from the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Medal Winners
Medal table by country
| Event:
| Gold:
| Silver:
| Bronze:
|
| 100 m Men
| Carl Lewis, USA
| Leroy Burrell, USA
| Dennis Mitchell, USA
|
| 100 m Women
| Katrin Krabbe, Germany
| Gwen Torrence, USA
| Merlene Ottey, Jamaica
|
| 100 m Hurdles Women
| Lyudmila Narozhilenko, USSR
| Gail Devers-Roberts, USA
| Natalya Grigoryeva, USSR
|
| 110 m Hurdles Men
| Greg Foster, USA
| Jack Pierce, USA
| Tony Jarrett, Great Britain
|
| 200 m Men
| Michael Johnson, USA
| Frankie Fredericks, Namibia
| Atlee Mahorn, Canada
|
| 200 m Women
| Katrin Krabbe, Germany
| Gwen Torrence, USA
| Merlene Ottey, Jamaica
|
| 400 m Men
| Antonio Pettigrew, USA
| Roger Black, Great Britain
| Danny Everett, USA
|
| 400 m Women
| Marie-José Perec, France
| Grit Breuer, Germany
| Sandra Myers, Spain
|
| 400 m Hurdles Men
| Samuel Matete, Zambia
| Winthrop Graham, JAmaica
| Kriss Akabusi, Great Britain
|
| 400 m Hurdles Women
| Tatyana Ledovskaya, USSr
| Sally Gunnell, Great Britain
| Janeene Vickers, USA
|
| 800 m Men
| Billy Konchellah, Kenya
| José Barbosa, Brazil
| Mark Everett, USA
|
| 800 m Women
| Liliya Nurutdinova, USSR
| Ana Fidelia Quirot, Cuba
| Ella Kovacs, Romania
|
| 1500 m Men
| Noureddine Morceli, Algeria
| Wilfred Kirochi, Kenya
| Hauke Fuhlbrügge, Germany
|
| 1500 m Women
| Hassiba Boulmerka, Algeria
| Tatyana Dorovskikh, USSR
| Lyudmila Rogachova, USSR
|
| 3,000 m Steeplechase Men
| Moses Kiptanui, Kenya
| Patrick Sang, Kenya
| Azzedine Brahmi, Algeria
|
| 5,000 m Men
| Yobes Ondieki, Kenya
| Fita Bayissa, Ethiopia
| Brahim Boutayeb, Morocco
|
| 5,000 m Women
| Tatyana Dorovskikh, USSR
| Yelena Romanova, USSR
| Susan Sirma, Kenya
|
| 10,000 m Men
| Moses Tanui, Kenya
| Richard Chelimo, Kenya
| Khalid Skah, Morocco
|
| 10,000 m Women
| Liz McColgan, Great Britain
| Zhong Huandi, China
| Wang Xiuting, China
|
| Marathon Men
| Hiromi Taniguchi, Japan
| Ahmed Salah, Djibouti
| Steve Spence, USA
|
| Marathon Women
| Wanda Panfil, Poland
| Sachiko Yamashita, Japan
| Katrin Dörre, Germany
|
| 10 km Walk Women
| Alina Ivanova, USSR
| Madelein Svensson, Sweden
| Sari Essayah, Finland
|
| 20 km Walk Men
| Maurizio Damilano, Italy
| Mikhail Shchennikov, USSR
| Yevgeniy Misyulya, USSR
|
| 50 km Walk Men
| Aleksandr Potashov, USSR
| Andrey Perlov, USSR
| Hartwig Gauder, Germany
|
| 4 x 100 m Relay Men
| USA
| France
| Great Britain
|
| 4 x 100 m Women
| Jamaica
| USSR
| Germany
|
| 4 x 400 m Men
| Great Britain
| USA
| Jamaica
|
| 4 x 400 m Women
| USSR
| USA
| Germany
|
| Event:
| Gold:
| Silver:
| Bronze:
|
| Long Jump Men
| Mike Powell, USA
| Carl Lewis, USA
| Larry Myricks, USA
|
| Long Jump Women
| Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USA
| Heike Drechsler, Germany
| Larisa Berezhnaya, USSR
|
| Triple Jump Men
| Kenny Harrison, USA
| Leonid Voloshin, USSR
| Mike Conley, USA
|
| high jump Men
| Charles Austin, USA
| Javier Sotomayor, Cuba
| Hollis Conway, USA
|
| high jump Women
| Heike Henkel, Germany
| Yelena Yelesina, USSR
| Inga Babakova, USSR
|
| javelin throw Men
| Kimmo Kinnunen, Finland
| Seppo Räty, Finland
| Vladimir Sasimovich, USSR
|
| javelin throw Women
| Xu Demei, China
| Petra Meier, Germany
| Silke Renk, Germany
|
| Discus Men
| Lars Riedel, Germany
| Erik de Bruin, Netherlands
| Attila Horváth, Hungary
|
| Discus Women
| Tsvetanka Khristova, Bulgaria
| Ilke Wyludda, Germany
| Larisa Mikhalchenko, USSR
|
| Hammer Men
| Yuriy Sedykh, USSR
| Igor Astapkovich, USSR
| Heinz Weis, Germany
|
| Shot Put Men
| Werner Günthör, Switzerland
| Lars Nilsen, Norway
| Aleksandr Klimenko, USSR
|
| Shot Put Women
| Huang Zhihong, China
| Natalya Lisovskaya, USSR
| Svetlana Krivelyova, USSR
|
| pole vault Men
| Sergey Bubka, USSR
| István Bagyula, Hungary
| Maksim Tarasov, USSR
|
| Heptathlon Women
| Sabine Braun, Germany
| Liliana Nastase, Romania
| Irina Belova, USSR
|
| Decathlon Men
| Dan O'Brien, USA
| Mike Smith, Canada
| Christian Schenk, Germany
|
References
See also
Template:World Athletics Championships yearsde:Leichtathletik-Weltmeisterschaft 1991
fr:Championnats du monde d'athlétisme 1991
ja:1991年世界陸上選手権
pl:Mistrzostwa świata w lekkoatletyce 1991
