Tokyo (Japan)
23rd August - 1st September 1991
(Olympic Stadium)
100 m - 25-08-1991
1. Carl Lewis - USA - 9.86
(World record)
2. Leroy Burrell - USA - 9.88
(also breaks the previous World record)
3. Dennis Mitchell - USA - 9.91
4. Linford Christie - Great Britain - 9.92
(European record)
5. Frankie Fredericks - Namibia - 9.95
(African record)
6. Raymond Stewart - Jamaica - 9.96
(national record)
200 m - 27-08-1991
1. Michael Johnson - USA - 20.01
(Championship record)
2. Frankie Fredericks - Namibia - 20.34
3. Atlee Mahorn - Canada - 20.49
400 m - 29-08-1991
1. Antonio Pettigrew - USA - 44.57
2. Roger Black - Great Britain - 44.62
3. Danny Everett - USA - 44.63
800 m - 27-08-1991
1. Billy Konchellah - Kenya - 1:43.99
2. José Luíz Barbosa - Brazil - 1:44.24
3. Mark Everett - USA - 1:44.67
1500 m - 01-09-1991
1. Noureddine Morceli - Algeria - 3:32.84
(Championship record)
2. Wilfred Kirochi - Kenya - 3:34.84
3. Hauke Fuhlbrügge - Germany - 3:35.28
5000 m - 01-09-1991
1. Yobes Ondieki - Kenya - 13:14.45
(Championship record)
2. Fita Bayisa - Ethiopia - 13:16.64
3. Brahim Boutayeb - Morocco - 13:22.70
10000 m - 26-08-1991
1. Moses Tanui - Kenya - 27:38.74
2. Richard Chelimo - Kenya - 27:39.41
3. Khalid Skah - Morocco - 27:41.74
marathon - 01-09-1991
1. Hiromi Taniguchi - Japan - 2:14:57
2. Hussein Ahmed Salah - Djibouti - 2:15:26
3. Steve Spence - USA - 2:15:36
110 m hurdles - 29-08-1991
1. Greg Foster - USA - 13.06
2. Jack Pierce - USA - 13.06
3. Tony Jarrett - Great Britain - 13.25
400m hurdles - 27-08-1991
1. Samuel Matete - Zambia - 47.64
2. Winthrop Graham - Jamaica - 47.74
3. Kriss Akabusi - Great Britain - 47.86
3000 m steeple - 31-08-1991
1. Moses Kiptanui - Kenya - 8:18.12
2. Julius Kariuki - Kenya - 8:18.06
3. Graeme Fell - Canada - 8:18.19
20 km walk - 24-08-1991
1. Maurizio Damilano - Italy - 1:19:37
(Championship record)
2. Mikhail Shchennikov - Soviet Union - 1:19:46
3. Yevgeniy Misyulya - Soviet Union - 1:20:22
50 km walk - 31-08-1991
1. Aleksandr Potashov - Soviet Union - 3:53:09
2. Andrey Perlov - Soviet Union - 3:53:09
3. Hartwig Gauder - Germany - 3:55:14
4 x 100 m - 01-09-1991
1. United States - 37.50
(World record)
(Andre Cason, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis)
2. France - 37.87
(Max Morinière, Daniel Sangouma, Jean-Charles Trouabal, Bruno Marie-Rose)
3. Great Britain - 38.09
(Tony Jarrett, John Regis, Darren Braithwaite, Linford Christie)
4 x 400 m - 01-09-1991
1. Great Britain - 2:57.53
(national record)
(Roger Black, Derek Redmond, John Regis, Kriss Akabusi)
2. United States - 2:57.57
(Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Danny Everett, Antonio Pettigrew)
3. Jamaica - 3:00.10
(Patrick O'Connor, Devon Morris, Winthrop Graham, Seymour Fagan)
long jump - 30-08-1991
1. Mike Powell - USA - 8,95 m
(World record)
2. Carl Lewis - USA - 8,91m (w)
3. Larry Myricks - USA - 8,42 m
triple jump - 26-08-1991
1. Kenny Harrison - USA - 17,78 m
2. Leonid Voloshin - Soviet Union - 17,75 m
3. Mike Conley - USA - 17,62 m
high jump - 01-09-1991
1. Charles Austin - USA - 2,38 m
(Championship record)
2. Javier Sotomayor - Cuba - 2,36 m
3. Hollis Conway - USA - 2,36 m
pole vault - 29-08-1991
1. Sergey Bubka - Ukraine - 5,95 m
(Championship record)
2. István Bagyula - Hungary - 5,90 m
3. Maksim Tarasov - Soviet Union - 5,85 m
5. Peter Widén - Sweden - 5,75 m
(national record)
shot put - 31-08-1991
1. Werner Günthör - Switzerland - 21,67 m
2. Lars Arvid Nilsen - Norway - 20,75 m
3. Aleksandr Klimenko - Soviet Union - 20,34 m
discus throw - 27-08-1991
1. Lars Riedel - Germany - 66,20 m
2. Erik de Bruin - Netherlands - 65,82 m
3. Attila Horváth - Hungary - 65,32 m
javelin throw - 26-08-1991
1. Kimmo Kinnunen - Finland - 90,82 m
2. Seppo Räty - Finland - 88,12 m
3. Vladimir Sasimovich - Soviet Union - 87,08 m
hammer throw - 25-08-1991
1. Yuriy Sedykh - Soviet Union - 81,70 m
2. Igor Astapkovich - Soviet Union - 80,94 m
3. Heinz Weis - Germany - 80,44 m
decathlon - 29/30-08-1991
1. Dan O'Brien - USA - 8812 points
(Championship record)
2. Mike Smith - Canada - 8549 points
3. Christian Schenk - Germany - 8394 points
