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Sporting event
Men's 100 metres
at the 1991 World Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates24 August (heats and quarter-finals)
25 August (semi-finals and final)
Competitors77
Winning time9.86 WR
Medalists
gold medal Carl Lewis   United States
silver medal Leroy Burrell   United States
bronze medal Dennis Mitchell   United States
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These are the official results of the Men's 100 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 77 participating athletes, with ten qualifying heats and the final held on Sunday 25 August 1991. The world record, African record, and European record were broken by Carl Lewis, Frankie Fredericks, and Linford Christie, respectively. The then world record holder Leroy Burrell also bettered his previous mark of 9.90 seconds while Ray Stewart set the Jamaican record for the event.

Medalists

Gold United States Carl Lewis
United States (USA)
Silver United States Leroy Burrell
United States (USA)
Bronze United States Dennis Mitchell
United States (USA)

Schedule

Heats
24.08.1991 – 09:00h
Quarterfinals
24.08.1991 – 17:35h
Semifinals
25.08.1991 – 17:00h
Final
25.08.1991 – 19:05h

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record  Leroy Burrell (USA) 9.90 New York City, United States June 14, 1991
Championship Record  Carl Lewis (USA) 9.93 Rome, Italy August 30, 1987

Final

Rank Athlete Time
 Carl Lewis (USA) 9.86 WR
 Leroy Burrell (USA) 9.88 PB
 Dennis Mitchell (USA) 9.91 PB
4.  Linford Christie (GBR) 9.92 AR
5.  Frankie Fredericks (NAM) 9.95 AR
6.  Raymond Stewart (JAM) 9.96 NR
7.  Robson Caetano da Silva (BRA) 10.12
8.  Bruny Surin (CAN) 10.14

Semifinals

  • Held on Sunday 1991-08-25
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Carl Lewis (USA) 9.93 ECR
2.  Frankie Fredericks (NAM) 10.02
3.  Bruny Surin (CAN) 10.07 PB
4.  Robson Caetano da Silva (BRA) 10.13
5.  Olapade Adeniken (NGR) 10.17
6.  Jean-Olivier Zirignon (CIV) 10.25
7.  Salaam Gariba (GHA) 10.37
8.  Michael Green (JAM) 10.38


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Leroy Burrell (USA) 9.94
2.  Dennis Mitchell (USA) 9.99
3.  Linford Christie (GBR) 9.99
4.  Raymond Stewart (JAM) 10.03
5.  Daniel Sangouma (FRA) 10.18
6.  Atlee Mahorn (CAN) 10.18
7.  Davidson Ezinwa (NGR) 10.20
8.  Ezio Madonia (ITA) 10.33

Quarterfinals

  • Held on Saturday 1991-08-24
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Raymond Stewart (JAM) 10.02
2.  Dennis Mitchell (USA) 10.05
3.  Davidson Ezinwa (NGR) 10.23
4.  Ezio Madonia (ITA) 10.24
5.  Max Morinière (FRA) 10.24
6.  Vitaliy Savin (URS) 10.26
7.  Jacek Marlicki (POL) 10.38
8.  Tetsuya Yamashita (JPN) 10.56


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Carl Lewis (USA) 9.80
2.  Linford Christie (GBR) 9.90
3.  Bruny Surin (CAN) 10.01
4.  Michael Green (JAM) 10.18
5.  Emmanuel Tuffour (GHA) 10.19
6.  Arnaldo da Silva (BRA) 10.32
7.  Carlos Moreno (CHI) 10.40
8.  Chidi Imoh (NGR) 10.46


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Leroy Burrell (USA) 10.11
2.  Daniel Sangouma (FRA) 10.23
3.  Jean-Olivier Zirignon (CIV) 10.30
4.  Salaam Gariba (GHA) 10.43
5.  Darren Braithwaite (GBR) 10.45
6.  Menelik Lawson (TOG) 10.60
7.  Tatsuo Sugimoto (JPN) 10.61
—  Andreas Berger (AUT) DNS


RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Frankie Fredericks (NAM) 9.89
2.  Olapade Adeniken (NGR) 10.00
3.  Atlee Mahorn (CAN) 10.01
4.  Robson Caetano da Silva (BRA) 10.08
5.  Satoru Inoue (JPN) 10.21
6.  Oleh Kramarenko (URS) 10.23
7.  Attila Kovács (HUN) 10.32
8.  Charles-Louis Seck (SEN) 10.46

Qualifying heats

  • Held on Saturday 1991-08-24
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Daniel Sangouma (FRA) 10.27
2.  Darren Braithwaite (GBR) 10.31
3.  Menelik Lawson (TOG) 10.38
4.  Chidi Imoh (NGR) 10.42
5.  Neville Hodge (ISV) 10.51
6.  Thabani Gonye (ZIM) 10.92
7.  Botlhoko Shebe (LES) 10.96
8.  Ahmed Shageef (MDV) 11.18


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Frank Fredericks (NAM) 10.21
2.  Emmanuel Tuffour (GHA) 10.36
3.  Jacek Marlicki (POL) 10.49
4.  Daniel Cojocaru (ROM) 10.51
5.  Sun-Kuk Jin (KOR) 10.67
6.  Visut Watanasin (THA) 10.68
7.  Mark Sherwin (COK) 11.35
 Karim Abdul (AFG) DNS


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Dennis Mitchell (USA) 10.27
2.  Michael Green (JAM) 10.38
3.  Salaam Gariba (GHA) 10.38
4.  Joel Lamela (CUB) 10.53
5.  Kennedy Ondiek (KEN) 10.57
6.  Joel Otim (UGA) 11.06
 Mohamed Abderrehin (LBA) DNS


RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Leroy Burrell (USA) 10.17
2.  Jean-Olivier Zirignon (CIV) 10.20
3.  Arnaldo Oliveira Silva (BRA) 10.42
4.  Steffen Bringmann (GER) 10.47
5.  Jason Livingston (GBR) 10.57
6.  Florencio Aguilar (PAN) 10.85
7.  Dudley Den Dulk (AHO) 11.10


RANK HEAT 5 TIME
1.  Davidson Ezinwa (NGR) 10.25
2.  Max Moriniére (FRA) 10.28
3.  Oleh Kramarenko (URS) 10.36
4.  Attila Kovács (HUN) 10.39
5.  Juan Jesus Trapero (ESP) 10.44
6.  Eduardo Nava (MEX) 10.56
7.  Edmund Estaphane (LCA) 10.62
8.  Trevor Davis (AIA) 11.16


RANK HEAT 6 TIME
1.  Raymond Stewart (JAM) 10.17
2.  Robson Caetano da Silva (BRA) 10.24
3.  Tatsuo Sugimoto (JPN) 10.58
4.  Valentin Atanasov (BUL) 10.63
5.  Khalid Juma (BHR) 10.68
6.  Ousmane Diarra (MLI) 10.69
7.  Jerry Jeremiah (VAN) 10.82
8.  Fred Rocio (GUM) 12.27


RANK HEAT 7 TIME
1.  Linford Christie (GBR) 10.39
2.  Satoru Inoue (JPN) 10.47
3.  Charles-Louis Seck (SEN) 10.60
4.  Eric Haynes (SKN) 10.82
5.  Franck Zio (BUR) 10.93
6.  Erwin Heru (INA) 11.14
7.  Tryson Duburiya (NRU) 12.04
 Joseph Gikonyo (KEN) DNS


RANK HEAT 8 TIME
1.  Bruny Surin (CAN) 10.28
2.  Andreas Berger (AUT) 10.40
3.  Carlos Moreno (CHI) 10.44
4.  Horace Dove-Edwin (SLE) 10.48
5.  Gilles Quénéhervé (FRA) 10.59
6.  Fortune Ogouchi (BEN) 10.92
7.  Christian Mandengue (CMR) 10.98
8.  Golam Ambia (BAN) 11.09


RANK HEAT 9 TIME
1.  Carl Lewis (USA) 10.12
2.  Ezio Madonia (ITA) 10.43
3.  Tetsuya Yamashita (JPN) 10.55
4.  Yiannis Zisimides (CYP) 10.68
5.  Rodney Cox (TCA) 11.02
6.  Jérôme Romain (DMA) 11.09
 Cengiz Kavaklioglu (TUR) DNS


RANK HEAT 10 TIME
1.  Olapade Adeniken (NGR) 10.20
2.  Atlee Mahorn (CAN) 10.25
3.  Vitaliy Savin (URS) 10.36
4.  Fernando Botasso (BRA) 10.44
5.  Junior Cornette (GUY) 10.63
6.  Tzong-Tze Hsieh (TPE) 10.79
7.  John Hou (PNG) 11.04
 Adam Hassam Sakkak (SUD) DNS

See also

References

  1. Results - 100 METRES - Men - Final. IAAF (1991-08-25). Retrieved on 2009-05-19. Archived 2009-05-21.

External links

External videos
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