Events at the 1991 World Championships
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
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These are the official results of the Women's 4 × 100 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Their final was held on Sunday September 1, 1991.

Merlene Frazer, at 17 years 248 days, is, as 2017, the youngest World Champion ever.^[1]

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
	Jamaica (JAM)	• Dahlia Duhaney • Juliet Cuthbert • Beverly McDonald • Merlene Ottey	41.94
	Soviet Union (URS)	• Natalya Kovtun • Galina Malchugina • Yelena Vinogradova • Irina Privalova	42.20
	Germany (GER)	• Grit Breuer • Katrin Krabbe • Sabine Richter • Heike Drechsler	42.33
4.	Nigeria (NGR)	• Beatrice Utondu • Rufina Ubah • Christy Opara-Thompson • Mary Onyali	42.77
5.	France (FRA)	• Laurence Bily • Maguy Nestoret • Valérie Jean-Charles • Marie-José Pérec	43.34
6.	Cuba (CUB)	• Eusebia Riquelme • Aliuska López • Julia Duporty • Liliana Allen	43.75
7.	Italy (ITA)	• Marisa Masullo • Donatella Dal Bianco • Daniela Ferrian • Rossella Tarolo	43.76
8.	Australia (AUS)	• Monique Dunstan • Kathy Sambell • Melissa Moore • Kerry Johnson	43.79

• Held on Saturday 1991-08-31

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	Jamaica (JAM)	• Dahlia Duhaney • Juliet Cuthbert • Beverly McDonald • Merlene Frazer	42.63
2.	Nigeria (NGR)	• Beatrice Utondu • Rufina Ubah • Christy Opara-Thompson • Mary Onyali	42.72
3.	Soviet Union (URS)	• Natalya Kovtun • Galina Malchugina • Yelena Vinogradova • Irina Privalova	42.78
4.	France (FRA)	• Laurence Bily • Maguy Nestoret • Valérie Jean-Charles • Marie-José Pérec	43.05
5.	Australia (AUS)	• Monique Dunstan • Kathy Sambell • Melissa Moore • Kerry Johnson	43.34
6.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Stephanie Douglas • Beverly Kinch • Simmone Jacobs • Paula Thomas	43.43
7.	Bulgaria (BUL)	• Petya Pendareva • Tsvetanka Ilieva • Nadezhda Georgieva • Valya Demireva	44.17

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	Germany (GER)	• Grit Breuer • Katrin Krabbe • Sabine Richter • Heike Drechsler	41.91
2.	Cuba (CUB)	• Eusebia Riquelme • Aliuska López • Julia Duporty • Liliana Allen	43.31
3.	Italy (ITA)	• Marisa Masullo • Donatella Dal Bianco • Daniela Ferrian • Rossella Tarolo	43.71
4.	Finland (FIN)	• Marja Tennivaara-Salmela • Sisko Markkanen-Hanhijoki • Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllonen • Minna Painilainen	43.73
5.	Spain (ESP)	• Patricia Morales • Cristina Castro • María del Carmen García Campero • Sandra Myers	44.08
6.	Japan (JPN)	• Noriko Masaki • Kazue Kakinuma • Toshie Iwamoto-Kitada • Ayako Nomura	44.85
–	United States (USA)	• Carlette Guidry • Esther Jones • Dannette Young • Evelyn Ashford	DNF

• 1990 Women's European Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Split)
• 1992 Women's Olympic 4 × 100 m Relay (Barcelona)
• 1993 Women's World Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Stuttgart)

• Results