1991 in the sport of athletics

This article contains an overview of the year 1991 in athletics.

1991 in athletics
Major world eventsWorld Championships
World Indoor Championships
1990
1992

International Events

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World records

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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

Women

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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

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
RANK 1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Lawrence Peu (RSA) 1:00:58
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
RANK 1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Elana Meyer (RSA) 1:07:59 WR
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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

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