1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships

3rd IAAF World Indoor Championships
Host city Seville, Spain
Date(s) 8 March–10 March
Main stadium Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo
Participation 531 athletes from
82 nations
Events 26 (+1 non-championship)


The 3rd IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo in Seville, Spain from March 8 to March 10, 1991. It was the first Indoor Championships to include women's triple jump, albeit as a non-championship event. There were a total number of 531 athletes participated from 82 countries.

Results

Men

1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 m
 Andre Cason (USA)6.54  Linford Christie (GBR)6.55  Chidi Imo (NGR)6.60
200 m
 Nikolay Antonov (BUL)20.67  Linford Christie (GBR)20.72  Ade Mafe (GBR)20.92
400 m
 Devon Morris (JAM)46.17  Samson Kitur (KEN)46.21  Cayetano Cornet (ESP)46.52
800 m
 Paul Ereng (KEN)1:47.08  Tomás de Teresa (ESP)1:47.82  Simon Hoogewerf (CAN)1:47.88
1,500 m
 Noureddine Morceli (ALG)3:41.57  Fermín Cacho (ESP)3:42.68  Mário Silva (POR)3:43.85
3,000 m
 Frank O'Mara (IRL)7:41.14
(CR)
 Hammou Boutayeb (MAR)7:43.64  Robert Denmark (GBR)7:43.90
60 m hurdles
 Greg Foster (USA)7.45  Igors Kazanovs (URS)7.47  Mark McKoy (CAN)7.49
High jump
 Hollis Conway (USA)2.40  Artur Partyka (POL)2.37  Javier Sotomayor (CUB)2.31
 Aleksey Yemelin (URS)
Pole vault
 Sergey Bubka (URS)6.00  Viktor Ryzhenkov (URS)5.80  Ferenc Salbert (FRA)5.70
Long jump
 Dietmar Haaf (GER)8.15  Jaime Jefferson (CUB)8.04  Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA)7.93
Triple jump
 Igor Lapshin (URS)17.31  Leonid Voloshin (URS)17.04  Tord Henriksson (SWE)16.80
Shot put
 Werner Günthör (SUI)21.17  Klaus Bodenmüller (AUT)20.42  Ron Backes (USA)20.06
5,000 m walk
 Mikhail Shchennikov (URS)18:23.55
(CR)
 Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA)18:23.60  Frants Kostyukevich (URS)18:47.05
4x400 m relay
 Germany (GER)
Rico Lieder,
Jens Carlowitz,
Karsten Just,
Thomas Schönlebe
3:03.05
(WR)
 United States (USA)
Raymond Pierre,
Charles Jenkins,
Andrew Valmon,
Antonio McKay
3:03.24
(AR)
 Italy (ITA)
Marco Vaccari,
Vito Petrella,
Alessandro Aimar,
Andrea Nuti
3:05.51
(NR)

Women

1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 m
 Irina Sergeyeva (URS)7.02
(CR)
 Merlene Ottey (JAM)7.08  Liliana Allen (CUB)7.12
(NR)
200 m
 Merlene Ottey (JAM)22.24
(CR)
 Irina Sergeyeva (URS)22.41  Grit Breuer (GER)22.58
400 m
 Diane Dixon (USA)50.64
(CR)
 Sandra Myers (ESP)50.99  Anita Protti (SUI)51.41
(NR)
800 m
 Christine Wachtel (GER)2:01.51  Violeta Beclea (ROU)2:01.75  Ella Kovacs (ROU)2:01.79
1,500 m
 Lyudmila Rogachova (URS)4:05.09  Ivana Kubešová (TCH)4:06.22  Tudorita Chidu (ROU)4:06.27
3,000 m
 Marie-Pierre Duros (FRA)8:50.69  Margareta Keszeg (ROU)8:51.51  Lyubov Kremlyova (URS)8:51.90
60 m hurdles
 Lyudmila Narozhilenko (URS)7.88  Monique Ewanjé-Épée (FRA)7.90  Aliuska López (CUB)8.03
High jump
 Heike Henkel (GER)2.00  Tamara Bykova (URS)1.97  Heike Balck (GER)1.94
Long jump
 Larisa Berezhnaya (URS)6.84  Heike Drechsler (GER)6.82  Marieta Ilcu (ROU)6.74
Shot put
 Sui Xinmei (CHN)20.54
(CR)
 Huang Zhihong (CHN)20.33  Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)20.00
3,000 m walk
 Beate Anders (GER)11:50.90
(CR)
 Kerry Saxby (AUS)12:03.21  Ileana Salvador (ITA)12:07.67
4x400 m relay
 Germany (GER)
Sandra Seuser,
Katrin Schreiter,
Annett Hesselbarth,
Grit Breuer
3:27.22
(WR)
 Soviet Union (URS)
Marina Shmonina,
Lyudmila Dzhigalova,
Margarita Ponomaryova,
Aelita Yurchenko
3:27.95
(NR)
 United States (USA)
Terri Dendy,
Lillie Leatherwood,
Jearl Miles,
Diane Dixon
3:29.00
(AR)

Non-championship event

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Triple jump
 Inessa Kravets (URS)14.44
(CR)
 Li Huirong (CHN)13.98  Sofiya Bozhanova (BUL)13.62

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union 7 6 4 17
2  Germany 6 1 2 9
3  United States 4 1 2 7
4  Jamaica 2 1 0 3
5  France 1 1 1 3
6  China 1 1 0 2
 Kenya 1 1 0 2
8   Switzerland 1 0 1 2
9  Algeria 1 0 0 1
 Bulgaria 1 0 0 1
 Ireland 1 0 0 1
12  Spain 0 3 1 4
13  Romania 0 2 3 5
14  United Kingdom 0 2 2 4
15  Italy 0 1 3 4
 Cuba 0 1 3 4
17  Australia 0 1 0 1
 Morocco 0 1 0 1
 Austria 0 1 0 1
 Poland 0 1 0 1
 Czechoslovakia 0 1 0 1
22  Canada 0 0 2 2
23  Nigeria 0 0 1 1
 Portugal 0 0 1 1
 Sweden 0 0 1 1

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