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| Host city | Tokyo, Japan |
|---|---|
| Nations | 167 |
| Athletes | 1517 |
| Dates | 23 August – 1 September 1991 |
| Opened by | Emperor Akihito |
| Main venue | Olympic Stadium |
| ← 1987 Rome1993 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. 1517 athletes from 167 countries participated in the event. Japan hosted again the championship in 2007 in Osaka and Tokyo will host again the event in 2025 in a new venue building at the same place.
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
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Field
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long jump details |
 Mike Powell (USA) |
8.95 (WR) |
Carl Lewis (USA) |
8.91w | 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 | Uladzimir Sasimovich (URS) |
87.08 |
| Decathlon details |
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) | ||||||
Georg Andersen of Norway originally won the silver medal, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for steroids.
Women's results
Track
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Field
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long jump details |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) |
7.32 | Heike Drechsler (GER) |
7.29 | Larysa Berezhna (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 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 entries) | 43 | 43 | 43 | 129 | |
See also
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.
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