1991 World Athletics Indoor Championships

Host City Sevilla
Country ESP
Held 8 – 10 March 1991
Competitors 97
Countries 25

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
60 m Men 8 March 1991 Medal 3 3
200 m Men 9 – 10 March 1991 Medal 3 2
400 m Men 8 – 10 March 1991 Medal 3 3
800 m Men 8 – 10 March 1991 Medal 3 3
1,500 m Men 8 – 9 March 1991 Medal 3 3
3,000 m Men 8 – 10 March 1991 Medal 3 3
60 m Hurdles Men 9 March 1991 Medal 3 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men 8 – 10 March 1991 Medal 14 3
5,000 m Walk Men 8 – 10 March 1991 Medal 3 2
High Jump Men 9 – 10 March 1991 Medal 4 4
Pole Vault Men 9 March 1991 Medal 3 2
Long Jump Men 8 – 9 March 1991 Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Men 9 – 10 March 1991 Medal 3 2
Shot Put Men 8 March 1991 Medal 3 3
60 m Women 8 March 1991 Medal 3 3
200 m Women 9 – 10 March 1991 Medal 3 3
400 m Women 8 – 10 March 1991 Medal 3 3
800 m Women 8 – 10 March 1991 Medal 3 2
1,500 m Women 9 – 10 March 1991 Medal 3 3
3,000 m Women 9 March 1991 Medal 3 3
60 m Hurdles Women 9 March 1991 Medal 3 3
4 x 400 m Relay Women 10 March 1991 Medal 12 3
3,000 m Walk Women 8 – 10 March 1991 Medal 3 3
High Jump Women 8 – 9 March 1991 Medal 3 2
Long Jump Women 8 – 9 March 1991 Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Women 9 March 1991 Demonstration 3 3
Shot Put Women 10 March 1991 Medal 3 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 7 6 4 17
2 Germany GER 6 1 2 9
3 United States USA 4 1 2 7
4 Jamaica JAM 2 1 0 3
5 France FRA 1 1 1 3
6 China CHN 1 1 0 2
= Kenya KEN 1 1 0 2
8 Switzerland SUI 1 0 1 2
9 Algeria ALG 1 0 0 1
= Bulgaria BUL 1 0 0 1
= Ireland IRL 1 0 0 1
12 Spain ESP 0 3 1 4
13 Romania ROU 0 2 3 5
14 Great Britain GBR 0 2 2 4
15 Cuba CUB 0 1 3 4
= Italy ITA 0 1 3 4
17 Australia AUS 0 1 0 1
= Austria AUT 0 1 0 1
= Czechoslovakia TCH 0 1 0 1
= Morocco MAR 0 1 0 1
= Poland POL 0 1 0 1
22 Canada CAN 0 0 2 2
23 Nigeria NGR 0 0 1 1
= Portugal POR 0 0 1 1
= Sweden SWE 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
60 m, Men Andre Cason USA Linford Christie GBR Chidi Imoh NGR
200 m, Men Nikolay Antonov BUL Linford Christie GBR Ade Mafe GBR
400 m, Men Devon Morris JAM Samson Kitur KEN Gaietà Cornet ESP
800 m, Men Paul Ereng KEN Tomás de Teresa ESP Simon Hoogewerf CAN
1,500 m, Men Noureddine Morceli ALG Fermín Cacho ESP Mário da Silva POR
3,000 m, Men Frank O'Mara IRL Hammou Boutayeb MAR Rob Denmark GBR
60 m Hurdles, Men Greg Foster USA Igors Kazanovs URS Mark McKoy CAN
4 x 400 m Relay, Men Germany GER United States USA Italy ITA
5,000 m Walk, Men Mikhail Shchennikov URS Giovanni De Benedictis ITA Frants Kostyukevich URS
High Jump, Men Hollis Conway USA Artur Partyka POL Javier Sotomayor
Aleksey Yemelin
CUB
URS
Pole Vault, Men Sergey Bubka URS Viktor Ryzhenkov URS Ferenc Salbert FRA
Long Jump, Men Dietmar Haaf GER Jaime Jeffersón CUB Giovanni Evangelisti ITA
Triple Jump, Men Igor Lapshin URS Leonid Voloshin URS Tord Henriksson SWE
Shot Put, Men Werner Günthör SUI Klaus Bodenmüller AUT Ron Backes USA
60 m, Women Irina Sergeyeva URS Merlene Ottey JAM Liliana Allen CUB
200 m, Women Merlene Ottey JAM Irina Sergeyeva URS Grit Breuer GER
400 m, Women Diane Dixon USA Sandy Myers ESP Anita Protti SUI
800 m, Women Christine Wachtel GER Violeta Beclea ROU Ella Kovacs ROU
1,500 m, Women Lyudmila Rogachova URS Ivana Kubešová TCH Tudorița Chidu ROU
3,000 m, Women Marie-Pierre Duros FRA Margareta Keszeg ROU Lyubov Kremlyova URS
60 m Hurdles, Women Lyudmila Narozhilenko URS Monique Éwanjé-Épée FRA Aliuska López CUB
4 x 400 m Relay, Women Germany GER Soviet Union URS United States USA
3,000 m Walk, Women Beate Anders GER Kerry Saxby-Junna AUS Ileana Salvador ITA
High Jump, Women Heike Henkel GER Tamara Bykova URS Heike Balck GER
Long Jump, Women Larysa Berezhna URS Heike Drechsler GER Marieta Ilcu ROU
Shot Put, Women Sui Xinmei CHN Huang Zhihong CHN Nataliya Lisovskaya URS