1991 World Championships in Athletics
The 3rd World Championships in Athletics were held until September 1, 1991 at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo ( Japan) from 23 August.
There were three world records:
- Carl Lewis ( USA) ran the 100 meters in 9.86 s
- Mike Powell (USA ) reached a width of 8.95 meters in the long jump.
- The U.S. 4x100m relay team ran the race in 37.50 s
- 2.1 100 m
- 2.2 200 m
- 2.3 400 m
- 2.4 800 m
- 2.5 1500 m
- 2.6 3000 m
- 2.7 10,000 m
- 2.8 Marathon
- 2.9 10 km Go
- 2:10 100m Hurdles
- 2:11 400m Hurdles
- 2:12 4 x 100 m relay
- 2:13 4 x 400 m relay
- 2:14 High Jump
- 2:15 Long Jump
- 2:16 javelin
- 2:17 Discus Throw
- 2:18 Shot Put
- 2:19 Heptathlon
100 m
Final: August 25, 19:05 clock
200 m
Final: August 27, 19:10 clock
400 m
Final: August 29, 20:40 clock
800 m
Final: August 27, 19:50 clock
1500 m
Finale: September 1, 15:40 clock
5000 m
Finale: September 1, 17:10 clock
10,000 m
Final: August 26, 20:10 clock
Marathon
Date: September 1, 06:00 clock
20 km Go
Date: August 24, 08:30 clock
50 km Go
Date: 31 August, 07:00 clock
110 m hurdles
Final: August 29, 18:30 clock
400m hurdles
Final: August 27, 18:00 clock
3000 m steeplechase
Final: August 31, 19:20 clock
4 x 100 m relay
Finale: September 1, 16:50 clock
4 x 400 m relay
Finale: September 1, 18:10 clock
High Jump
Finale: September 1, 15:00 clock
Pole vault
Final: August 29, 16:00 clock
Long-jump
Final: August 30, 17:30 clock
Triple Jump
Final: August 26, 16:40 clock
Javelin
Final: August 26, 18:10 clock
Discus Throw
Final: August 27, 19:00 clock
Shot Put
Final: August 31, 18:30 clock
The Norwegian Georg Andersen, who finished second place with 20.81 m originally, was disqualified for a doping offense.
Hammer Throw
Final: August 25, 15:00 clock
Decathlon
Date: August 29 and 30
Women
100 m
Final: August 27, 18:20 clock
200 m
Final: August 30, 19:55 clock
400 m
Final: August 27, 19:30 clock
800 m
Final: August 26, 19:10 clock
1500 m
Final: August 31, 19:00 clock
3000 m
Final: August 26, 19:25 clock
10,000 m
Final: August 30, 19:05 clock
Marathon
Date: August 25, 07:00 clock
10 km Go
Date: August 24, 10:25 clock
100m Hurdles
Final: August 30, 17:50 clock
400m hurdles
Final: August 29, 19:00 clock
4 x 100 m relay
Finale: September 1, 16:15 clock
4 x 400 m relay
Finale: September 1, 17:50 clock
High Jump
Final: August 31, 16:00 clock
Long-jump
Final: August 25, 18:30 clock
Javelin
Finale: September 1, 16:00 clock
Discus Throw
Final: August 31, 18:10 clock
Shot Put
Final: August 24, 17:40 clock
Heptathlon
Date: August 26 and 27
Explanations
- WR: World Record
- CR: Championship Record
- ER: European Record
- AF: Africa record
- AM: America record
- AS: Asian record
- NR: National Record
- OZ: Ozeanienrekord