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These are the official results of the Men's 200 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total of 61 participating athletes, with eight qualifying heats and the final held on Tuesday 27 August 1991.
The event is best-remembered for the men's long jump competition, when Carl Lewis made the best six-jump series in history, only to be beaten by Mike Powell, whose 8.95 m (29 ft 4.36 in) jump broke Bob Beamon's long-standing world record from the 1968 Summer Olympics.
2023 World Championships: Budapest, Hungary [13] Pole vault: 5.50 m Sébastien Levicq France 25 August 1999 1999 World Championships: Seville, Spain Javelin throw: 79.05 m Niklas Kaul Germany 3 October 2019 2019 World Championships: Doha, Qatar [14] 1500 m: 4:11.82 Beat Gähwiler Switzerland 30 August 1991 1991 World Championships: Tokyo, Japan
The championship records for the event are 19.19 seconds for men, set by Usain Bolt in 2009, and 21.41 seconds for women, set by Shericka Jackson in 2023. The men's world record has been broken at the competition on one occasion, and Bolt's championship record set in 2009 remains the world record as of 2015. [1]
The top three athletes in each event win gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively. A one-off edition of the championships was held in 1976 for the men's 50 kilometres race walk only, as the International Olympic Committee excluded that event for the Olympic athletics programme that year.
World Championships: Budapest, Hungary [45] 3000 m steeplechase: 9:27.48 Elena Romagnolo: 15 August 2008 Olympic Games: Beijing, China [46] High jump: 2.03 m Antonietta Di Martino: 24 June 2007 European Cup 1st League: Milan, Italy [47] 2 September 2007 World Championships: Osaka, Japan Pole vault: 4.72 m Roberta Bruni: 30 August 2022 Palio ...
1991 Seville → The 2nd IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Budapest Sportcsarnok in Budapest , Hungary from March 3 to March 5, 1989. There were a total number of 373 participating athletes from 62 countries.
1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay; 1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay; 1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres