1991 World Championships in Athletics
| 3rd World Championships in Athletics | |
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| Host city | Tokyo, Japan |
| Date(s) | August 23 – September 1 |
| Main Stadium | Olympic Stadium |
| Nations participating | 167 |
| Athletes participating | 1517 |
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 and athletes from 167 countries participated in the event.[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 long-standing world record from the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Two other world records were set at the 1991 World Outdoor Championships. Carl Lewis struck gold in the 100 metres, setting a world record of 9.86 seconds while winning his third consecutive World Championship in that event. He earned a second gold medal as a part of the U.S. 4 x 100 relay squad, which won in a world-record time of 37.50, a mark that would be topped at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Two other competitors won their third consecutive world title: American Greg Foster in the men's 110 hurdles and Sergey Bubka of the Soviet Union in the men's pole vault competition.
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[edit] Men's results
[edit] Track
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
[edit] Field
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long jump |
 Mike Powell (USA) |
8.95 (WR) |
Carl Lewis (USA) |
8.91 (PB) |
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) |
20.75 1 | 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 | Vladimir Sasimovich (URS) |
87.08 |
| Decathlon |
Dan O'Brien (USA) |
8812 (CR) |
 Mike Smith (CAN) |
8549 | Christian Schenk (GER) |
8394 |
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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) |
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- Note: 1 – Georg Andersen of Norway originally won the silver medal in the shot put, but was disqualified after he tested positive for steroids.[2]
[edit] Women's results
[edit] Track
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
[edit] Field
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Long jump |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) |
7.32 | Heike Drechsler (GER) |
7.29 | Larisa Berezhnaya (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 Nastase (ROU) |
6493 | Irina Belova (URS) |
6448 |
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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) |
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[edit] Medal table by country
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1. | United States |
10 | 8 | 8 | 26 |
| 2. | Soviet Union |
9 | 9 | 11 | 29 |
| 3. | Germany |
5 | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 4. |  Kenya |
4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 5. |  Great Britain |
2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6. | China |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7. |  Algeria |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8. |  Jamaica |
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9. | Finland |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10= |  France |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10= |  Japan |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12= | Bulgaria |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12= |  Italy |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12= |  Poland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12= | Switzerland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12= |  Zambia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17. | Cuba |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 18= | Canada |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18= | Hungary |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18= | Romania |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21= |  Brazil |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21= |  Djibouti |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21= |  Ethiopia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21= |  Namibia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21= | Netherlands |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21= | Norway |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21= |  Sweden |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 28. |  Morocco |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 29. |  Spain |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "iaaf.org - Osaka 2007 - History". Archived from the original on 2009-05-09. http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/history/index.html. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
- ^ Track and Field. LA Times (1991-09-13). Retrieved on 2011-06-22.
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