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This article contains an overview of the year 1991 in
athletics
.
International Events
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Men
EVENT
ATHLETE
MARK
DATE
VENUE
100 metres
Leroy Burrell
(
USA
)
9.90
14 June
New York City, USA
Carl Lewis
(
USA
)
9.86
25 August
Tokyo, Japan
20,000 metres
Arturo Barrios
(
MEX
)
56:55.6
30 March
La Flèche
, France
One hour run
Arturo Barrios
(
MEX
)
21,101m
30 March
La Flèche
, France
4 × 100 m Relay
United States
(USA)
•
Michael Marsh
•
Leroy Burrell
•
Dennis Mitchell
•
Carl Lewis
37.67
7 August
Zürich
United States
(USA)
•
Andre Cason
•
Leroy Burrell
•
Dennis Mitchell
•
Carl Lewis
37.50
1 September
Tokyo
Pole vault
Sergey Bubka
(
URS
)
6.07m
6 May
Shizuoka
, Japan
Sergey Bubka
(
URS
)
6.08m
9 June
Moscow
Sergey Bubka
(
URS
)
6.09m
8 July
Formia
, Italy
Sergey Bubka
(
URS
)
6.10m
5 August
Malmö
, Sweden
Long jump
Mike Powell
(
USA
)
8.95m
30 August
Tokyo
The relay team of the United States in the men's 4 × 100 m, formed by
Michael Marsh
,
Leroy Burrell
,
Floyd Heard
and
Carl Lewis
, equal the current
world record
, set the previous year by France at the
European Championships
, clocking 37.79 on 1991-08-03 at a meet in
Monaco
. The first mark was set by
Max Morinière
,
Daniel Sangouma
,
Jean-Charles Trouabal
and
Bruno Marie-Rose
on 1990-09-01 in
Split
,
Yugoslavia
.
Women
EVENT
ATHLETE
MARK
DATE
VENUE
Triple jump
Inessa Kravets
(
URS
)
14.95 m
10 June
Moscow, Soviet Union
Half marathon
Elana Meyer
(
RSA
)
1:07:59
18 May
East London, South Africa
Men's Best Year Performers
100 metres
Main race this year:
World Championships 100 metres
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Carl Lewis
(
USA
)
9.86
2.
Leroy Burrell
(
USA
)
9.88
3.
Linford Christie
(
GBR
)
9.92
4.
Frank Fredericks
(
NAM
)
9.95
5.
Raymond Stewart
(
JAM
)
9.96
200 metres
Main race this year:
World Championships 200 metres
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Michael Johnson
(
USA
)
19.88
2.
Frank Fredericks
(
NAM
)
20.08
3.
John Regis
(
GBR
)
20.12
4.
Danny Everett
(
USA
)
20.13
5.
Robson da Silva
(
BRA
)
20.15
400 metres
Main race this year:
World Championships 400 metres
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Michael Johnson
(
USA
)
44.17
2.
Antonio Pettigrew
(
USA
)
44.36
3.
Roberto Hernández
(
CUB
)
44.40
4.
Danny Everett
(
USA
)
44.42
5.
Steve Lewis
(
USA
)
44.52
800 metres
Main race this year:
World Championships 800 metres
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
José Luíz Barbosa
(
BRA
)
1:43.08
2.
William Tanui
(
KEN
)
1:43.30
3.
Johnny Gray
(
USA
)
1:43.84
4.
Mark Everett
(
USA
)
1:43.93
5.
Billy Konchellah
(
KEN
)
1:43.96
1,500 metres
Main race this year:
World Championships 1,500 metres
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Noureddine Morceli
(
ALG
)
3:31.00
2.
Simon Doyle
(
AUS
)
3:31.96
3.
Fermín Cacho
(
ESP
)
3:32.03
4.
Peter Elliott
(
GBR
)
3:32.94
5.
Saïd Aouita
(
MAR
)
3:33.28
Mile
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Noureddine Morceli
(
ALG
)
3:49.12
2.
Peter Elliott
(
GBR
)
3:49.46
3.
Wilfred Kirochi
(
KEN
)
3:49.77
4.
Jim Spivey
(
USA
)
3:49.83
5.
Simon Doyle
(
AUS
)
3:49.91
3,000 metres
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Dieter Baumann
(
FRG
)
7:33.91
2.
Yobes Ondieki
(
KEN
)
7:34.74
3.
Noureddine Morceli
(
ALG
)
7:37.34
4.
Brahim Boutayeb
(
MAR
)
7:38.39
5.
Khalid Skah
(
MAR
)
7:38.84
5,000 metres
Main race this year:
World Championships 5,000 metres
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Yobes Ondieki
(
KEN
)
13:01.82
2.
Ibrahim Kinuthia
(
KEN
)
13:09.76
3.
Salvatore Antibo
(
ITA
)
13:10.10
4.
Brahim Boutayeb
(
MAR
)
13:10.44
5.
Richard Chelimo
(
KEN
)
13:11.76
10,000 metres
Main race this year:
World Championships 10,000 metres
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Richard Chelimo
(
KEN
)
27:11.18
2.
John Ngugi
(
KEN
)
27:11.62
3.
Khalid Skah
(
MAR
)
27:23.29
4.
Salvatore Antibo
(
ITA
)
27:24.55
5.
Thomas Osano
(
KEN
)
27:28.87
Half marathon
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Lawrence Peu
(
RSA
)
1:00:58
Marathon
Main race this year:
World Championships Marathon
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Koichi Morishita
(
JPN
)
2:08:53
2.
Takeyuki Nakayama
(
JPN
)
2:09:12
3.
Yakov Tolstikov
(
URS
)
2:09:17
4.
Toru Mimura
(
JPN
)
2:09:23
5.
Salvador García
(
MEX
)
2:09:28
110m hurdles
Main race this year:
World Championships 110m hurdles
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Tony Dees
(
USA
)
13.05
2.
Greg Foster
(
USA
)
13.06
—
Jack Pierce
(
USA
)
13.06
4.
Colin Jackson
(
GBR
)
13.09
5.
Tony Jarrett
(
GBR
)
13.13
400m hurdles
Main race this year:
World Championships 400m hurdles
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Samuel Matete
(
ZAM
)
47.10
2.
Danny Harris
(
USA
)
47.38
3.
Winthrop Graham
(
JAM
)
47.74
4.
Kevin Young
(
USA
)
47.83
5.
Kriss Akabusi
(
GBR
)
47.86
3,000m steeplechase
Main race this year:
World Championships 3,000m steeplechase
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Moses Kiptanui
(
KEN
)
8:06.46
2.
Philip Barkutwo
(
KEN
)
8:08.39
3.
Mark Croghan
(
USA
)
8:10.69
4.
Julius Kariuki
(
KEN
)
8:11.28
5.
William Mutwol
(
KEN
)
8:11.85
High jump
Main competition this year:
World Championships High Jump
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
HEIGHT
1.
Javier Sotomayor
(
CUB
)
2.40
Charles Austin
(
USA
)
3.
Hollis Conway
(
USA
)
2.37
4.
Dalton Grant
(
GBR
)
2.36
5.
Sorin Matei
(
ROM
)
2.35
Troy Kemp
(
BAH
)
Long jump
Main competition this year:
World Championships Long Jump
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
DISTANCE
1.
Mike Powell
(
USA
)
8.95
2.
Carl Lewis
(
USA
)
8.87
3.
Larry Myricks
(
USA
)
8.50
Llewellyn Starks
(
USA
)
5.
Gordon Laine
(
USA
)
8.28
Triple jump
Main competition this year:
World Championships Triple Jump
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
DISTANCE
1.
Kenny Harrison
(
USA
)
17.78
2.
Leonid Voloshin
(
URS
)
17.75
3.
Ralf Jaros
(
GER
)
17.66
4.
Mike Conley
(
USA
)
17.62
5.
Oleg Denishchik
(
URS
)
17.53
Discus
Main competition this year:
World Championships Discus Throw
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
DISTANCE
1.
Mike Buncic
(
USA
)
69.36
2.
Erik de Bruin
(
NED
)
68.12
3.
Adewale Olukoju
(
NGR
)
67.80
4.
Lars Riedel
(
GER
)
67.78
5.
Romas Ubartas
(
URS
)
67.54
Shot put
Main competition this year:
World Championships Shot Put
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
DISTANCE
1.
Werner Günthör
(
SUI
)
22.03
2.
Vyacheslav Lykho
(
URS
)
20.77
3.
Lars-Arvid Nilsen
(
NOR
)
20.75
4.
Saulius Kleiza
(
LTU
)
20.67
5.
Sergey Smirnov
(
URS
)
20.55
Hammer
Main article:
1991 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
DISTANCE
1.
Igor Astapkovich
(
URS
)
84.26
2.
Andrey Abduvaliyev
(
URS
)
82.80
3.
Yuriy Sedykh
(
URS
)
82.62
4.
Plamen Minev
(
BUL
)
82.40
5.
Sergey Alay
(
URS
)
81.16
Javelin (new design)
Main competition this year:
World Championships Javelin Throw
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
DISTANCE
1.
Seppo Räty
(
FIN
)
96.96
2.
Steve Backley
(
GBR
)
91.36
3.
Raymond Hecht
(
GER
)
90.84
4.
Kimmo Kinnunen
(
FIN
)
90.82
5.
Jan Železný
(
CZE
)
90.72
Pole vault
Main competition this year:
World Championships Pole Vault
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
HEIGHT
1.
Sergey Bubka
(
URS
)
6.10
2.
István Bagyula
(
HUN
)
5.92
3.
Radion Gataullin
(
URS
)
5.90
Igor Potapovich
(
URS
)
5.
Bill Payne
(
USA
)
5.90
Decathlon
Main article:
1991 Decathlon Year Ranking
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
POINTS
1.
Dan O'Brien
(
USA
)
8812
2.
Michael Smith
(
CAN
)
8549
3.
Christian Plaziat
(
FRA
)
8518
4.
Dave Johnson
(
USA
)
8467
5.
Christian Schenk
(
GER
)
8402
Women's Best Year Performers
60 metres
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Irina Privalova
(
URS
)
7.02
2.
Merlene Ottey
(
JAM
)
7.04
3.
Katrin Krabbe
(
GER
)
7.06
4.
Liliana Allen
(
CUB
)
7.12
5,
Gwen Torrence
(
USA
)
7.13
100 metres
Main race this year:
World Championships 100 metres
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Merlene Ottey
(
JAM
)
10.79
2.
Katrin Krabbe
(
GER
)
10.91
3.
Carlette Guidry
(
USA
)
10.94
4.
Gwen Torrence
(
USA
)
10.96
Marie-José Pérec
(
FRA
)
200 metres
Main race this year:
World Championships 200 metres
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Merlene Ottey
(
JAM
)
21.64
2.
Katrin Krabbe
(
GER
)
21.96
3.
Gwen Torrence
(
USA
)
22.07
4.
Irina Privalova
(
URS
)
22.21
5.
Dannette Young
(
USA
)
22.24
400 metres
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Marie-José Pérec
(
FRA
)
49.13
2.
Grit Breuer
(
GER
)
49.42
3.
Ana Fidelia Quirot
(
CUB
)
49.61
4.
Lillie Leatherwood
(
USA
)
49.66
5.
Sandra Myers
(
ESP
)
49.67
800 metres
Main race this year:
World Championships 800 metres
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Svetlana Masterkova
(
URS
)
1:57.23
2.
Ana Fidelia Quirot
(
CUB
)
1:57.34
3.
Liliya Nurutdinova
(
URS
)
1:57.50
4.
Ella Kovacs
(
ROM
)
1:57.58
5.
Maria de Lurdes Mutola
(
MOZ
)
1:57.63
1,500 metres
Main race this year:
World Championships 1,500 metres
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Natalya Artyomova
(
URS
)
3:59.16
2.
Hassiba Boulmerka
(
ALG
)
4:00.00
3.
Doina Melinte
(
ROM
)
4:00.83
4.
Violeta Szekely
(
ROM
)
4:02.21
5.
Tatyana Dorovskikh
(
URS
)
4:02.58
Mile
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Natalya Artyomova
(
URS
)
4:17.00
2.
Hassiba Boulmerka
(
ALG
)
4:20.79
3.
Doina Melinte
(
ROM
)
4:22.04
4.
Mary Slaney
(
USA
)
4:23.35
5.
Zola Pieterse
(
RSA
)
4:23.38
3,000 metres
Main race this year:
World Championships 3,000 metres
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Elana Meyer
(
RSA
)
8:32.00
2.
Zola Pieterse
(
RSA
)
8:35.72
3.
Tatyana Dorovskikh
(
URS
)
8:35.82
4.
Yvonne Murray
(
GBR
)
8:36.05
5.
Yelena Romanova
(
URS
)
8:36.06
5,000 metres
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Elana Meyer
(
RSA
)
14:49.35
2.
Kathrin Ullrich
(
GER
)
14:58.71
3.
Yelena Romanova
(
URS
)
14:59.70
4.
Susan Sirma
(
KEN
)
15:03.52
5.
Uta Pippig
(
GER
)
15:04.87
10,000 metres
Main race this year:
World Championships 10,000 metres
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Liz McColgan
(
GBR
)
30:57.07
2.
Kathrin Ullrich
(
GER
)
31:03.62
3.
Jill Hunter
(
GBR
)
31:07.88
4.
Ingrid Kristiansen
(
NOR
)
31:20.28
5.
Francie Larrieu-Smith
(
USA
)
31:28.92
Half marathon
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Elana Meyer
(
RSA
)
1:07:59
WR
Marathon
Main race this year:
World Championships Marathon
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Wanda Panfil
(
POL
)
2:24:18
2.
Rosa Mota
(
POR
)
2:26:14
3.
Kim Jones
(
USA
)
2:26:40
4.
Uta Pippig
(
GER
)
2:26:52
5.
Joan Benoit
(
USA
)
2:26:54
60m hurdles
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Ludmila Narozhilenko
(
URS
)
7.82
Monique Éwanjé-Épée
(
FRA
)
7.82
3.
Mihaela Pogăcean
(
ROM
)
7.88
4.
Anne Piquereau
(
FRA
)
7.89
5.
Lidiya Yurkova
(
URS
)
7.96
100m hurdles
Main race this year:
World Championships 100m hurdles
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Ludmila Narozhilenko
(
URS
)
12.28
2.
Nataliya Grygoryeva
(
URS
)
12.39
3.
Gail Devers
(
USA
)
12.48
4.
Monique Éwanjé-Épée
(
FRA
)
12.67
5.
Florence Colle
(
FRA
)
12.73
400m hurdles
Main race this year:
World Championships 400m hurdles
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
TIME
1.
Tatyana Ledovskaya
(
URS
)
53.11
2.
Sally Gunnell
(
GBR
)
53.16
3.
Janeene Vickers
(
USA
)
53.47
4.
Sandra Farmer-Patrick
(
USA
)
53.54
5.
Kim Batten
(
USA
)
53.98
High Jump
Main competition this year:
World Championships High Jump
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
HEIGHT
1.
Heike Henkel
(
GER
)
2.05 m
2.
Stefka Kostadinova
(
BUL
)
2.03 m
3.
Inga Babakova
(
URS
)
2.02 m
4.
Yelena Gulyayeva
(
URS
)
1.99 m
5.
Svetlana Leseva
(
BUL
)
1.98 m
Yelena Yelesina
(
URS
)
Long Jump
Main competition this year:
World Championships Long Jump
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
DISTANCE
1.
Heike Drechsler
(
GER
)
7.37 m
2.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
(
USA
)
7.32 m
3.
Larisa Berezhnaya
(
URS
)
7.24 m
4.
Yelena Sinchukova
(
URS
)
7.20 m
5.
Susen Tiedtke
(
GER
)
7.00 m
Triple Jump
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
DISTANCE
1.
Inessa Kravets
(
URS
)
14.95 m
2.
Li Huirong
(
CHN
)
14.42 m
3.
Yelena Semiraz
(
URS
)
14.35 m
4.
Svetlana Davydova
(
URS
)
13.84 m
5.
Octavia Iacob
(
ROM
)
13.74 m
Shot put
Main competition this year:
World Championships Shot Put
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
DISTANCE
1.
Natalya Lisovskaya
(
URS
)
21.12 m
2.
Huang Zhihong
(
CHN
)
20.85 m
3.
Zhou Tianhua
(
CHN
)
20.40 m
4.
Wang Wei
(
CHN
)
19.58 m
5.
Li Xiaoyun
(
CHN
)
19.47 m
Javelin (old design)
Main competition this year:
World Championships Javelin
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
DISTANCE
1.
Trine Hattestad
(
NOR
)
71.44
2.
Karen Forkel
(
GER
)
70.20
3.
Petra Meier
(
GER
)
69.66
4.
Xu Demei
(
CHN
)
68.78
5.
Silke Renk
(
GER
)
68.34
Heptathlon
Main competition this year:
World Championships Heptathlon
RANK
1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
POINTS
1.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
(
USA
)
6878
2.
Sabine Braun
(
GER
)
6672
3.
Peggy Beer
(
GER
)
6494
4.
Liliana Nastase
(
ROM
)
6493
5.
Irina Belova
(
URS
)
6448
Births
January 15 —
Darya Klishina
, Russian long jumper
May 8 —
Kalkidan Gezahegne
, Ethiopian distance runner
Deaths
January 1 —
Inga Gentzel
(82), Swedish athlete (b. 1908)
August 10 —
Ellen Braumüller
(80), German athlete (b. 1910)
References
Year Lists
1991 Year Rankings
Association of Road Racing Statisticians
v
t
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