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| Track events | ||
|---|---|---|
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 10 km walk | women | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
The Women's Marathon at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan was held on Sunday August 25, 1991. The race started on 19.00h local time.
Medalists
| Gold |  Wanda PanfilPoland (POL) |
| Silver |  Sachiko YamashitaJapan (JPN) |
| Bronze |  Katrin DörreGermany (GER) |
Abbreviations
- All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| WL | world leading |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1991 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) | 2:21:06 | April 21, 1985 |  London, United Kingdom |
| Event Record |  Rosa Mota (POR) | 2:25:17 | August 29, 1987 |  Rome, Italy |
| Season Best | Wanda Panfil (POL) | 2:24:18 | April 15, 1991 |  Boston, United States |
Final ranking
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Wanda Panfil (POL) | 2:29:53 | |
 | Sachiko Yamashita (JPN) | 2:29:57 | |
 | Katrin Dörre (GER) | 2:30:10 | |
| 4 | Yuko Arimori (JPN) | 2:31:08 | |
| 5 |  Maria Rebelo (FRA) | 2:32:05 | |
| 6 | Kamila Gradus (POL) | 2:32:09 | |
| 7 | Manuela Machado (POR) | 2:32:33 | |
| 8 |  Ramilya Burangulova (URS) | 2:33:00 | |
| 9 | Iris Biba (GER) | 2:33:48 | |
| 10 | Sally Ellis (GBR) | 2:35:09 | |
| 11 | Sally Eastall (GBR) | 2:36:16 | |
| 12 | Kumi Araki (JPN) | 2:38:27 | |
| 13 | Joy Smith (USA) | 2:39:16 | |
| 14 | María Trujillo (USA) | 2:39:28 | |
| 15 |  Fabiola Rueda (COL) | 2:41:51 | |
| 16 | Sissel Grottenberg (NOR) | 2:43:11 | |
| 17 |  Franziska Moser (SUI) | 2:44:07 | |
| 18 |  Pascaline Wangui (KEN) | 2:45:22 | |
| 19 |  Ena Guevara (PER) | 2:48:53 | |
| 20 | Françoise Bonnet (FRA) | 2:48:57 | |
| 21 |  Cornelia Melis (ARU) | 2:58:18 | |
| 22 | .svg.png){kind=small} Yi-Lo Man (HKG) | 2:59:39 | |
| 23 |  Gina Coello (HON) | 2:59:54 | NR |
| 24 |  Graciela Caizabanda (ECU) | 3:00:03 | |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) | |||
| — |  Chen Qingmei (CHN) | DNF | |
| — | Aurora Cunha (POR) | DNF | |
| — |  Joke Kleijweg (NED) | DNF | |
| — | Veronique Marot (GBR) | DNF | |
| — |  Ludmila Melicherová (TCH) | DNF | |
| — | Rosa Mota (POR) | DNF | |
| — | .svg.png){kind=small} Márcia Narloch (BRA) | DNF | |
| — |  Dorthe Rasmussen (DEN) | DNF | |
| — | Anna Villani (ITA) | DNF | |
| — | Tatyana Zuyeva (URS) | DNF | |
| — | Laura Fogli (ITA) | DNF | |
| — | Valentina Yegorova (URS) | DNF | |
| — | Gordon Bloch (USA) | DNF | |
| — |  Isabel Canto (GUA) | DNF | |
| — |  Sandra Natal (DOM) | DNF | |
See also
- 1988 Women's Olympic Marathon (Seoul)
- 1990 Women's European Championships Marathon (Split)
- 1991 Marathon Year Ranking
- 1992 Women's Olympic Marathon (Barcelona)
- 1994 Women's European Championships Marathon (Helsinki)