1991 World Athletics Championships

Host City Tokyo
Country JPN
Held 23 August – 1 September 1991
Competitors 154
Countries 29

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men — Medal 3 1
200 m Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Men — Medal 3 2
800 m Men — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Men — Medal 3 3
5,000 m Men — Medal 3 3
10,000 m Men — Medal 3 2
Marathon Men — Medal 3 3
110 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 3
3,000 m Steeplechase Men — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Men — Medal 13 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men — Medal 17 3
20 km Walk Men — Medal 3 2
50 km Walk Men — Medal 3 2
High Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Pole Vault Men — Medal 3 2
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 1
Triple Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Shot Put Men — Medal 3 3
Discus Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Hammer Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Decathlon Men — Medal 3 3
100 m Women — Medal 3 3
200 m Women — Medal 3 3
400 m Women — Medal 3 3
800 m Women — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Women — Medal 3 2
3,000 m Women — Medal 3 2
10,000 m Women — Medal 3 2
Marathon Women — Medal 3 3
100 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 2
400 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Women — Medal 13 3
4 x 400 m Relay Women — Medal 17 3
10 km Walk Women — Medal 3 3
High Jump Women — Medal 3 2
Long Jump Women — Medal 3 3
Shot Put Women — Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Women — Medal 3 2
Heptathlon Women — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 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

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Carl Lewis USA Leroy Burrell USA Dennis Mitchell USA
200 m, Men Michael Johnson USA Frankie Fredericks NAM Atlee Mahorn CAN
400 m, Men Antonio Pettigrew USA Roger Black GBR Danny Everett USA
800 m, Men Billy Konchellah KEN Zequinha Barbosa BRA Mark Everett USA
1,500 m, Men Noureddine Morceli ALG Wilfred Oanda Kirochi KEN Hauke Fuhlbrügge GER
5,000 m, Men Yobes Ondieki KEN Fita Bayesa ETH Brahim Boutayeb MAR
10,000 m, Men Moses Tanui KEN Richard Chelimo KEN Khalid Skah MAR
Marathon, Men Hiromi Taniguchi JPN Ahmed Salah DJI Steve Spence USA
110 m Hurdles, Men Greg Foster USA Jack Pierce USA Tony Jarrett GBR
400 m Hurdles, Men Samuel Matete ZAM Winthrop Graham JAM Kriss Akabusi GBR
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Moses Kiptanui KEN Patrick Sang KEN Azzedine Brahmi ALG
4 x 100 m Relay, Men United States USA France FRA Great Britain GBR
4 x 400 m Relay, Men Great Britain GBR United States USA Jamaica JAM
20 km Walk, Men Maurizio Damilano ITA Mikhail Shchennikov URS Yauhen Misiulia URS
50 km Walk, Men Aleksandr Potashov URS Andrey Perlov URS Hartwig Gauder GER
High Jump, Men Charles Austin USA Javier Sotomayor CUB Hollis Conway USA
Pole Vault, Men Sergey Bubka URS István Bagyula HUN Maksim Tarasov URS
Long Jump, Men Mike Powell USA Carl Lewis USA Larry Myricks USA
Triple Jump, Men Kenny Harrison USA Leonid Voloshin URS Mike Conley USA
Shot Put, Men Werner Günthör SUI Lars Nilsen NOR Oleksandr Klymenko URS
Discus Throw, Men Lars Riedel GER Erik de Bruin NED Attila Horváth HUN
Hammer Throw, Men Yury Sedykh URS Ihar Astapkovich URS Heinz Weis GER
Javelin Throw, Men Kimmo Kinnunen FIN Seppo Räty FIN Uladzimir Sasimovich URS
Decathlon, Men Dan O'Brien USA Mike Smith CAN Christian Schenk GER
100 m, Women Katrin Krabbe GER Gwen Torrence USA Merlene Ottey-Page JAM
200 m, Women Katrin Krabbe GER Gwen Torrence USA Merlene Ottey-Page JAM
400 m, Women Marie-José Pérec FRA Grit Breuer GER Sandy Myers ESP
800 m, Women Liliya Nurutdinova URS Ana Fidelia Quirós CUB Ella Kovacs ROU
1,500 m, Women Hassiba Boulmerka ALG Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh URS Lyudmila Rogachova URS
3,000 m, Women Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh URS Yelena Romanova URS Susan Sirma KEN
10,000 m, Women Liz McColgan GBR Zhong Huandi CHN Wang Xiuting CHN
Marathon, Women Wanda Panfil POL Sachiko Yamashita JPN Katrin Dörre GER
100 m Hurdles, Women Ludmila Narozhilenko-Engquist URS Gail Devers USA Nataliya Hrygor'ieva URS
400 m Hurdles, Women Tatsiana Ledauskaya URS Sally Gunnell GBR Janeene Vickers USA
4 x 100 m Relay, Women Jamaica JAM Soviet Union URS Germany GER
4 x 400 m Relay, Women Soviet Union URS United States USA Germany GER
10 km Walk, Women Alina Ivanova URS Madelein Svensson SWE Sari Essayah FIN
High Jump, Women Heike Henkel GER Yelena Yelesina URS Inha Babakova URS
Long Jump, Women Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA Heike Drechsler GER Larisa Berezhnaya URS
Shot Put, Women Huang Zhihong CHN Nataliya Lisovskaya URS Svetlana Krivelyova URS
Discus Throw, Women Tsvetanka Hristova BUL Ilke Wyludda GER Larisa Mikhalchenko URS
Javelin Throw, Women Xu Demei CHN Petra Meier-Felke GER Silke Renk GER
Heptathlon, Women Sabine Braun GER Liliana Năstase ROU Irina Belova URS