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These are the official results of the Men's 100 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.There were a total number of 77 participating athletes, with ten qualifying heats and the final held on Sunday 25 August 1991.
The 3rd World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan between August 23 and September 1. 1517 athletes from 167 countries participated in the event. [1]
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 men's world record has been broken or equalled at the competition three times: by Carl Lewis in 1987 and 1991, and by Usain Bolt in 2009. [1] Ben Johnson beat Lewis in the 1987 final, but his win and record were subsequently rescinded after his admission to long-term steroid use . [ 2 ]
These are the official results of the Women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.There were a total number of 33 participating athletes, with two semi-finals and five qualifying heats and the final held on Friday August 30, 1991.
The idea of having an Athletics World Championships was around well before the competition's first event in 1983. In 1913, the IAAF decided that the Olympic Games would serve as the World Championships for athletics. This was considered suitable for over 50 years until in the late 1960s the desire of many IAAF members to have their own World ...
German Athletics Association: Website: leichtathletik.de (in German) in Tokyo, Japan 23 August – 1 September 1991; Competitors: 91 (44 men and 47 women) Medals Ranked 3rd: Gold 5 Silver 4 Bronze 8 Total 17: World Athletics Championships appearances
H. 1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles; 1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles; 1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw