1991 IAAF Grand Prix Final

The 1991 IAAF Grand Prix Final was the seventh edition of the season-ending competition for the IAAF Grand Prix track and field circuit, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was held on 20 September at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

1991 IAAF Grand Prix Final
Host cityBarcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Events17
Dates20 September
Main venueEstadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

Sergey Bubka (pole vault) and Heike Henkel (high jump) were the overall points winners of the tournament. They were the first field athletes to win the series, all previous winners having come from track events. The programme featured 17 athletics events, ten for men and seven for women, marking a reduction by one from the last series.

The competition preceded the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, which hosted its athletics competition at the same location a year later.

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
200 metres   Michael Johnson (USA) 19.88   Robson da Silva (BRA) 20.29   Frankie Fredericks (NAM) 20.47
400 metres   Roger Black (GBR) 44.97   Andrew Valmon (USA) 45.39   Raymond Pierre (USA) 45.67
1500 metres   Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 3:34.48   Saïd Aouita (MAR) 3:36.13   Jens-Peter Herold (GER) 3:36.37
5000 metres   Julius Korir (KEN) 13:22.14   Brahim Boutayeb (MAR) 13:22.99   Mathias Ntawulikura (RWA) 13:26.40
3000 metres steeplechase   Abdelaziz Sahere (MAR) 8:13.83   Moses Kiptanui (KEN) 8:13.92   Patrick Sang (KEN) 8:15.85
110 m hurdles   Tony Dees (USA) 13.37   Jack Pierce (USA) 13.44   Renaldo Nehemiah (USA) 13.64
Pole vault   Sergey Bubka (URS) 5.85 m   Scott Huffman (USA) 5.75 m   Kory Tarpenning (USA) 5.75 m
Long jump   Llewellyn Starks (USA) 8.19 m   Larry Myricks (USA) 8.06 m   Jaime Jefferson (CUB) 7.91 m
Discus throw   Lars Riedel (GER) 64.20 m   Wolfgang Schmidt (GER) 64.18 m   Romas Ubartas (URS) 63.96 m
Javelin throw   Jan Železný (TCH) 87.76 m   Vladimir Sasimovich (URS) 84.76 m   Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN) 82.98 m

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Merlene Ottey (JAM) 10.87   Gwen Torrence (USA) 11.08   Evelyn Ashford (USA) 11.18
800 metres   Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) 2:01.17   Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) 2:01.25   Lyubov Gurina (URS) 2:01.89
One mile   Natalya Artyomova (URS) 4:17.00   Mary Slaney (USA) 4:28.35   Lyudmila Rogachova (URS) 4:33.51
3000 metres   Tatyana Dorovskikh (URS) 8:46.38   Margareta Keszeg (ROM) 8:46.76   Susan Sirma (KEN) 8:48.38
400 m hurdles   Sandra Farmer-Patrick (USA) 53.74   Janeene Vickers (USA) 54.07   Kim Batten (USA) 54.20
High jump   Heike Henkel (GER) 2.02 m   Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 2.00 m   Angie Bradburn (USA) 1.89 m
Shot put   Huang Zhihong (CHN) 20.06 m   Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 19.89 m   Astrid Kumbernuss (GER) 19.43 m

Points leaders

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Overall   Sergey Bubka (URS) 69   Jan Železný (TCH) 63   Michael Johnson (USA) 63
200 metres   Michael Johnson (USA) 54   Frankie Fredericks (NAM) 51   John Regis (GBR) 43
400 metres   Roger Black (GBR) 54   Andrew Valmon (USA) 48   Danny Everett (USA)
  Steve Lewis (USA)
  Raymond Pierre (USA)
39
1500 metres   Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 63   Saïd Aouita (MAR)
  Jens-Peter Herold (GDR)
42 Not awarded
5000 metres   Brahim Boutayeb (MAR) 51   Richard Chelimo (KEN) 42   Ibrahim Kinuthia (KEN) 41
3000 metres steeplechase   Moses Kiptanui (KEN) 57   Patrick Sang (KEN) 47   Abdelaziz Sahere (MAR) 45
110 m hurdles   Tony Dees (USA) 61   Renaldo Nehemiah (USA) 57   Jack Pierce (USA) 48
Pole vault   Sergey Bubka (URS) 69   Kory Tarpenning (USA) 48   Scott Huffman (USA) 46
Long jump   Llewellyn Starks (USA) 59   Larry Myricks (USA) 53   Mike Powell (USA) 45
Discus throw   Romas Ubartas (URS) 55   Lars Riedel (GER) 45   Attila Horváth (HUN) 38
Javelin throw   Jan Železný (TCH) 63   Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN) 43   Vladimir Sasimovich (URS) 38

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Overall   Heike Henkel (GER) 63   Merlene Ottey (JAM) 63   Natalya Artyomova (URS) 63
100 metres   Merlene Ottey (JAM) 63   Gwen Torrence (USA) 57   Mary Onyali (NGR) 45
800 metres   Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) 59   Lyubov Gurina (URS) 47   Charmaine Crooks (CAN) 42
One mile   Natalya Artyomova (URS) 63   Doina Melinte (ROM) 44   Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) 37
3000 metres   Susan Sirma (KEN) 48   Margareta Keszeg (ROM) 47   PattiSue Plumer (USA) 45
400 m hurdles   Sandra Farmer-Patrick (USA) 63   Sally Gunnell (GBR) 51   Margarita Ponomaryova (URS) 50
High jump   Heike Henkel (GER) 63   Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 51   Inga Babakova (URS) 40
Shot put   Huang Zhihong (CHN) 61   Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 57   Astrid Kumbernuss (GER) 49

References

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