1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres explained

Event:	Men's 100 metres
Competition:	1991 World Championships
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Dates:	24 August (heats and quarter-finals) 25 August (semi-finals and final)
Competitors:	77
Win Value:	9.86
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Leroy Burrell
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Dennis Mitchell
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1987
Next:	1993

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 world record, African record, and European record were broken by Carl Lewis, Frankie Fredericks, and Linford Christie, respectively. The then world record holder Leroy Burrell also bettered his previous mark of 9.90 seconds while Ray Stewart set the Jamaican record for the event.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Carl Lewis United States (USA)
Silver	Leroy Burrell United States (USA)
Bronze	Dennis Mitchell United States (USA)

Schedule

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Heats
24.08.1991  - 09:00h
Quarterfinals
24.08.1991  - 17:35h
Semifinals
25.08.1991  - 17:00h
Final
25.08.1991  - 19:05h

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record		9.90	New York City, United States	June 14, 1991
Championship Record		9.93	Rome, Italy	August 30, 1987

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time
		9.86 WR
		9.88 PB
		9.91 PB
4.		9.92 AR
5.		9.95 AR
6.		9.96 NR
7.		10.12
8.		10.14

Semifinals

• Held on Sunday 1991-08-25

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		9.93 ECR
2.		10.02
3.		10.07 PB
4.		10.13
5.		10.17
6.		10.25
7.		10.37
8.		10.38

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		9.94
2.		9.99
3.		9.99
4.		10.03
5.		10.18
6.		10.18
7.		10.20
8.		10.33

Quarterfinals

• Held on Saturday 1991-08-24

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		10.02
2.		10.05
3.		10.23
4.		10.24
5.		10.24
6.		10.26
7.		10.38
8.		10.56

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		9.80
2.		9.90
3.		10.01
4.		10.18
5.		10.19
6.		10.32
7.		10.40
8.		10.46

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		10.11
2.		10.23
3.		10.30
4.		10.43
5.		10.45
6.		10.60
7.		10.61
-		DNS

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		9.89
2.		10.00
3.		10.01
4.		10.08
5.		10.21
6.		10.23
7.		10.32
8.		10.46

Qualifying heats

• Held on Saturday 1991-08-24

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		10.27
2.		10.31
3.		10.38
4.		10.42
5.		10.51
6.		10.92
7.		10.96
8.		11.18

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		10.21
2.		10.36
3.		10.49
4.		10.51
5.		10.67
6.		10.68
7.		11.35
		DNS

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		10.27
2.		10.38
3.		10.38
4.		10.53
5.		10.57
6.		11.06
		DNS

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		10.17
2.		10.20
3.		10.42
4.		10.47
5.		10.57
6.		10.85
7.		11.10

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.		10.25
2.		10.28
3.		10.36
4.		10.39
5.		10.44
6.		10.56
7.		10.62
8.		11.16

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.		10.17
2.		10.24
3.		10.58
4.		10.63
5.		10.68
6.		10.69
7.		10.82
8.		12.27

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.		10.39
2.		10.47
3.		10.60
4.		10.82
5.		10.93
6.		11.14
7.		12.04
		DNS

RANK	HEAT 8	TIME
1.		10.28
2.		10.40
3.		10.44
4.		10.48
5.		10.59
6.		10.92
7.		10.98
8.		11.09

RANK	HEAT 9	TIME
1.		10.12
2.		10.43
3.		10.55
4.		10.68
5.		11.02
6.		11.09
		DNS

RANK	HEAT 10	TIME
1.		10.20
2.		10.25
3.		10.36
4.		10.44
5.		10.63
6.		10.79
7.		11.04
		DNS

See also

• 1990 Men's European Championships 100 metres (Split)
• 1992 Men's Olympic 100 metres (Barcelona)
• 1993 Men's World Championships 100 metres (Stuttgart)

External links

• Results

Notes and References

1. http://www2.iaaf.org/results/past/WCH91/data/M/100/Rf.html Results - 100 METRES - Men - Final