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1991 World Championships in Athletics

Athletics competition in Tokyo, Japan

Field	Value
name	3rd World Championships in Athletics
logo	Tokyo IAAF 1991.jpg
host_city	Tokyo, Japan
nations	167
athletes	1517
dates	August 23 – September 1, 1991
opened_by	Emperor Akihito
stadium	Olympic Stadium
previous	[1987 Rome](1987-world-championships-in-athletics)
next	[1993 Stuttgart](1993-world-championships-in-athletics)

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, 1991. 1,517 athletes from 167 countries participated in the event. Japan hosted again the championship in 2007 in Osaka and Tokyo hosted the event again in 2025 in a new venue built at the same location.

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 jump broke Bob Beamon's long-standing world record from the 1968 Summer Olympics.

East and West Germany reunified into a single nation in 1990. As a result, this was the first global athletics championship since the 1964 Summer Olympics in which all German athletes competed as a single team.

Men's results

Track

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

Field

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

1 Georg Andersen of Norway originally won the silver medal, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for steroids.

Women's results

Track

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

Field

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

Note: * Indicates athletes who only ran in the preliminary round and also received medals.

Medal table

References

"iaaf.org - Osaka 2007 - History".
[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-09-13-sp-2150-story.html Track and Field]. ''LA Times'' (1991-09-13). Retrieved on 2011-06-22.

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