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3rd World Championships in Athletics
Host city	Tokyo, Japan
Date(s)	August 23 – September 1
Main Stadium	Olympic Stadium
Nations participating	167
Athletes participating	1517
	← 1987 Rome 1993 Stuttgart →

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.

[edit] Men's results

[edit] Track

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Carl Lewis (USA)	9.86 (WR)	Leroy Burrell (USA)	9.88 (PB)	Dennis Mitchell (USA)	9.91 (PB)
200 m details	Michael Johnson (USA)	20.01	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	20.34	Atlee Mahorn (CAN)	20.49
400 m details	Antonio Pettigrew (USA)	44.57	Roger Black (GBR)	44.62	Danny Everett (USA)	44.63
800 m details	Billy Konchellah (KEN)	1:43.99	José Luiz Barbosa (BRA)	1:44.24	Mark Everett (USA)	1:44.67
1,500 m details	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	3:32.84 (CR)	Wilfred Kirochi (KEN)	3:34.84	Hauke Fuhlbrügge (GER)	3:35.28
5,000 m details	Yobes Ondieki (KEN)	13:14.45 (CR)	Fita Bayisa (ETH)	13:16.64	Brahim Boutayeb (MAR)	13:22.70
10,000 m details	Moses Tanui (KEN)	27:38.74	Richard Chelimo (KEN)	27:39.41	Khalid Skah (MAR)	27:41.74
Marathon details	Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN)	2:14:57	Hussein Ahmed Salah (DJI)	2:15:26	Steve Spence (USA)	2:15:36
110 m hurdles details	Greg Foster (USA)	13.06	Jack Pierce (USA)	13.06	Tony Jarrett (GBR)	13.25
400 m hurdles details	Samuel Matete (ZAM)	47.64	Winthrop Graham (JAM)	47.74 (NR)	Kriss Akabusi (GBR)	47.86 (NR)
3,000 m st. details	Moses Kiptanui (KEN)	8:12.59	Patrick Sang (KEN)	8:13.44	Azzedine Brahmi (ALG)	8:15.54
20 km walk details	Maurizio Damilano (ITA)	1:19:37 (CR)	Mikhail Shchennikov (URS)	1:19:46	Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS)	1:20:22
50 km walk details	Aleksandr Potashov (URS)	3:53:09	Andrey Perlov (URS)	3:53:09	Hartwig Gauder (GER)	3:55:14
4x100 m relay details	United States (USA) Andre Cason Leroy Burrell Dennis Mitchell Carl Lewis	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
4x400 m relay details	Great Britain (GBR) Roger Black Derek Redmond John Regis Kriss Akabusi	2:57:53 (AR)	United States (USA) Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Danny Everett Antonio Pettigrew	2:57:57	Jamaica (JAM) Patrick O'Connor Devon Morris Winthrop Graham Seymour Fagan	3:00.10
AR Area record \| CR championship record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB/PR personal best/record \| SB seasonal best \| WL world leading (in a given season) \| WR world record

[edit] Field

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Long jump details	Mike Powell (USA)	8.95 (WR)	Carl Lewis (USA)	8.91 (PB)	Larry Myricks (USA)	8.42
Triple jump details	Kenny Harrison (USA)	17.78	Leonid Voloshin (URS)	17.75	Mike Conley (USA)	17.62
High jump details	Charles Austin (USA)	2.38 (CR)	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.36	Hollis Conway (USA)	2.36
Pole vault details	Sergey Bubka (URS)	5.95 (CR)	István Bagyula (HUN)	5.90	Maksim Tarasov (URS)	5.85
Shot put details	Werner Günthör (SUI)	21.67	Lars Arvid Nilsen (NOR)	20.75	Aleksandr Klimenko (URS)	20.34
Discus throw details	Lars Riedel (GER)	66.20	Erik de Bruin (NED)	65.82	Attila Horváth (HUN)	65.32
Hammer throw details	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	81.70	Igor Astapkovich (URS)	80.94	Heinz Weis (GER)	80.44
Javelin throw details	Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN)	90.82	Seppo Räty (FIN)	88.12	Vladimir Sasimovich (URS)	87.08
Decathlon details	Dan O'Brien (USA)	8812 (CR)	Mike Smith (CAN)	8549	Christian Schenk (GER)	8394
AR Area record \| CR championship record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB/PR personal best/record \| SB seasonal best \| WL world leading (in a given season) \| WR world record

[edit] Women's results

[edit] Track

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Katrin Krabbe (GER)	10.99	Gwen Torrence (USA)	11.03	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	11.06
200 m details	Katrin Krabbe (GER)	22.09	Gwen Torrence (USA)	22.16	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	22.21
400 m details	Marie-José Perec (FRA)	49.13	Grit Breuer (GER)	49.42	Sandra Myers (ESP)	49.78
800 m details	Lilia Nurutdinova (URS)	1:57.50	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)	1:57.55	Ella Kovacs (ROU)	1:57:58
1,500 m details	Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG)	4:02.21	Tatyana Dorovskikh (URS)	4:02.58	Lyudmila Rogachova (URS)	4:02.72
3,000 m details	Tatyana Dorovskikh (URS)	8:35.82	Yelena Romanova (URS)	8:36.06	Susan Sirma (KEN)	8:39.41 (AR)
10,000 m details	Liz McColgan (GBR)	31:14.31	Zhong Huandi (CHN)	31:35.08	Wang Xiuting (CHN)	31:35.99
Marathon details	Wanda Panfil (POL)	2:29:53	Sachiko Yamashita (JPN)	2:29:57	Katrin Dörre (GER)	2:30:10
100 m hurdles details	Ludmila Narozhilenko (URS)	12.59	Gail Devers (USA)	12.63	Natalya Grigoryeva (URS)	12.69
400 m hurdles details	Tatyana Ledovskaya (URS)	53:11 (CR)	Sally Gunnell (GBR)	53:16 NR	Janeene Vickers (USA)	53:47
10 km walk details	Alina Ivanova (URS)	42:57 (CR)	Madelein Svensson (SWE)	43:13	Sari Essayah (FIN)	43:13
4x100 m relay details	Jamaica (JAM) Dahlia Duhaney Juliet Cuthbert Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey Merlene Frazer Cheryl Ann Phillips	41.94	Soviet Union (URS) Natalya Kovtun Galina Maltchouguina Yelena Vinogradova Irina Privalova	42.20	Germany (GER) Grit Breuer Katrin Krabbe Sabine Richter Heike Drechsler	42.33
4x400 m relay details	Soviet Union (URS) Tatyana Ledovskaya Lyudmila Dzhigalova Olga Nazarova Olga Bryzgina	3:18:43	United States (USA) Rochelle Stevens Diane Dixon Jearl Miles Lillie Leatherwood	3:20.15	Germany (GER) Uta Rohländer Katrin Krabbe Christine Wachtel Grit Breuer	3:21:25
AR Area record \| CR championship record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB/PR personal best/record \| SB seasonal best \| WL world leading (in a given season) \| WR world record

[edit] Field

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Long jump details	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7.32	Heike Drechsler (GER)	7.29	Larisa Berezhnaya (URS)	7.11
High jump details	Heike Henkel (GER)	2.05	Yelena Yelesina (URS)	1.98	Inha Babakova (URS)	1.96
Shot put details	Huang Zhihong (CHN)	20.83	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	20.29	Svetlana Krivelyova (URS)	20.16
Discus throw details	Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL)	71.02	Ilke Wyludda (GER)	69.12	Larisa Mikhalchenko (URS)	68.26
Javelin throw details	Xu Demei (CHN)	68.78	Petra Meier (GER)	68.68	Silke Renk (GER)	66.80
Heptathlon details	Sabine Braun (GER)	6672	Liliana Nastase (ROU)	6493	Irina Belova (URS)	6448
AR Area record \| CR championship record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB/PR personal best/record \| SB seasonal best \| WL world leading (in a given season) \| WR world record

[edit] Medal table by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	Soviet Union	9	9	11	29
2.	United States	10	8	8	26
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

1991 in athletics (track and field)

[edit] References

^ "iaaf.org - Osaka 2007 - History". Archived from the original on 2009-05-09. http://www.webcitation.org/5gel0T9ax. Retrieved 2009-04-03.

IAAF 1991

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Contents

[edit] Men's results

[edit] Track

[edit] Field

[edit] Women's results

[edit] Track

[edit] Field

[edit] Medal table by country

[edit] See also

[edit] References