) | |
| Host city | Tokyo, Japan |
|---|---|
| Nations participating | 167 |
| Athletes participating | 1517 |
| Dates | August 23 – September 1 |
| Officially opened by | Emperor Akihito |
| Main venue | Olympic Stadium |
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 (29 ft 4.36 in) jump broke Bob Beamon's long-standing world record from the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Men's results
Track
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m |  Carl Lewis (USA) | 9.86 (WR) | Leroy Burrell (USA) | 9.88 (PB) | Dennis Mitchell (USA) | 9.91 (PB) |
| 200 m | Michael Johnson (USA) | 20.01 (CR) |  Frankie Fredericks (NAM) | 20.34 | .svg.png){kind=small} Atlee Mahorn (CAN) | 20.49 |
| 400 m | Antonio Pettigrew (USA) | 44.57 |  Roger Black (GBR) | 44.62 | Danny Everett (USA) | 44.63 |
| 800 m |  Billy Konchellah (KEN) | 1:43.99 | .svg.png){kind=small} José Luíz Barbosa (BRA) | 1:44.24 | Mark Everett (USA) | 1:44.67 |
| 1500 m |  Noureddine Morceli (ALG) | 3:32.84 (CR) | Wilfred Kirochi (KEN) | 3:34.84 |  Hauke Fuhlbrügge (GER) | 3:35.28 |
| 5000 m | Yobes Ondieki (KEN) | 13:14.45 (CR) | .svg.png){kind=small} Fita Bayisa (ETH) | 13:16.64 |  Brahim Boutayeb (MAR) | 13:22.70 |
| 10,000 m | Moses Tanui (KEN) | 27:38.74 | Richard Chelimo (KEN) | 27:39.41 | Khalid Skah (MAR) | 27:41.74 |
| Marathon |  Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN) | 2:14:57 |  Hussein Ahmed Salah (DJI) | 2:15:26 | Steve Spence (USA) | 2:15:36 |
| 110 m hurdles | Greg Foster (USA) | 13.06 | Jack Pierce (USA) | 13.06 | Tony Jarrett (GBR) | 13.25 |
| 400 m hurdles |  Samuel Matete (ZAM) | 47.64 |  Winthrop Graham (JAM) | 47.74 (NR) | Kriss Akabusi (GBR) | 47.86 (NR) |
| 3000 m st. | Moses Kiptanui (KEN) | 8:12.59 | Patrick Sang (KEN) | 8:13.44 | Azzedine Brahmi (ALG) | 8:15.54 |
| 20 km walk |  Maurizio Damilano (ITA) | 1:19:37 (CR) |  Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) | 1:19:46 | Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) | 1:20:22 |
| 50 km walk | Aleksandr Potashov (URS) | 3:53:09 | Andrey Perlov (URS) | 3:53:09 | Hartwig Gauder (GER) | 3:55:14 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | United States (USA) Andre Cason Leroy Burrell Dennis Mitchell Carl Lewis Michael Marsh* | 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 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Great Britain (GBR) Roger Black Derek Redmond John Regis Kriss Akabusi Ade Mafe* Mark Richardson* | 2:57.53 (AR) | United States (USA) Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Danny Everett Antonio Pettigrew Jeff Reynolds* Mark Everett* | 2:57.57 | Jamaica (JAM) Patrick O'Connor Devon Morris Winthrop Graham Seymour Fagan Howard Burnett* | 3:00.10 |
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) | ||||||
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Field
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long jump | Mike Powell (USA) | 8.95 (WR) | Carl Lewis (USA) | 8.91w | 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) | 20.751 | 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 |
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) | ||||||
1 Georg Andersen of Norway originally won the silver medal, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for steroids.[2]
Women's results
Track
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | Katrin Krabbe (GER) | 10.99 | Gwen Torrence (USA) | 11.03 | Merlene Ottey (JAM) | 11.06 |
| 200 m | Katrin Krabbe (GER) | 22.09 | Gwen Torrence (USA) | 22.16 | Merlene Ottey (JAM) | 22.21 |
| 400 m | Marie-José Pérec (FRA) | 49.13 | Grit Breuer (GER) | 49.42 |  Sandra Myers (ESP) | 49.78 |
| 800 m | Liliya Nurutdinova (URS) | 1:57.50 | Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) | 1:57.55 |  Ella Kovacs (ROU) | 1:57.58 |
| 1500 m | Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) | 4:02.21 | Tetyana Dorovskikh (URS) | 4:02.58 | Lyudmila Rogachova (URS) | 4:02.72 |
| 3000 m | Tetyana Dorovskikh (URS) | 8:35.82 | Yelena Romanova (URS) | 8:36.06 | Susan Sirma (KEN) | 8:39.41 (AR) |
| 10,000 m | Liz McColgan (GBR) | 31:14.31 |  Zhong Huandi (CHN) | 31:35.08 | Wang Xiuting (CHN) | 31:35.99 |
| Marathon |  Wanda Panfil (POL) | 2:29:53 | Sachiko Yamashita (JPN) | 2:29:57 | Katrin Dörre (GER) | 2:30:10 |
| 100 m hurdles | Ludmila Narozhilenko (URS) | 12.59 | Gail Devers (USA) | 12.63 | Nataliya Grygoryeva (URS) | 12.69 |
| 400 m hurdles | Tatyana Ledovskaya (URS) | 53.11 (CR) | Sally Gunnell (GBR) | 53.16 NR | Janeene Vickers (USA) | 53.47 |
| 10 km walk | Alina Ivanova (URS) | 42:57 (CR) |  Madelein Svensson (SWE) | 43:13 | Sari Essayah (FIN) | 43:13 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Jamaica (JAM) Dahlia Duhaney Juliet Cuthbert Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey Merlene Frazer* | 41.94 (NR) | Soviet Union (URS) Natalya Kovtun Galina Malchugina Yelena Vinogradova Irina Privalova | 42.20 | Germany (GER) Grit Breuer Katrin Krabbe Sabine Richter Heike Drechsler | 42.33 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Soviet Union (URS) Tatyana Ledovskaya Lyudmila Dzhigalova Olga Nazarova Olha Bryzhina Anna Chuprina* | 3:18.43 | United States (USA) Rochelle Stevens Diane Dixon Jearl Miles Lillie Leatherwood Natasha Kaiser-Brown* | 3:20.15 | Germany (GER) Uta Rohländer Katrin Krabbe Christine Wachtel Grit Breuer Annett Hesselbarth* Katrin Schreiter* | 3:21.25 |
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) | ||||||
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Field
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long jump | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7.32 | Heike Drechsler (GER) | 7.29 | Larysa Berezhna (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 Năstase (ROU) | 6493 | Irina Belova (URS) | 6448 |
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) | ||||||
Note: * Indicates athletes who only ran in the preliminary round and also received medals.
Medal table
* Host nation (Japan)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 10 | 8 | 8 | 26 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 9 | 9 | 11 | 29 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Kenya (KEN) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | China (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Algeria (ALG) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Japan (JPN)* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 12 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zambia (ZAM) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 21 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Djibouti (DJI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ethiopia (ETH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Namibia (NAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 29 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (29 nations) | 43 | 43 | 43 | 129 | |
Source: [1]
See also
- 1991 in athletics (track and field)
References
- ^ "iaaf.org - Osaka 2007 - History". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
- ^ Track and Field. LA Times (1991-09-13). Retrieved on 2011-06-22.