1991 World Championships in Athletics

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World Championships in Athletics international athletics competition

The 1991 World Championships in Athletics was a major international track and field competition held in Tokyo, Japan, renowned for several historic performances and world records.

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1991 World Championships in Athletics canonical 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Championships in Athletics ⓘ
international athletics competition ⓘ
bronzeMedalWinnerIn men's 100 metres Dennis Mitchell ⓘ
category 1991 in athletics ⓘ
International sports competitions in Tokyo ⓘ
World Athletics Championships competitions hosted by Japan ⓘ
cityHostedAfter Stuttgart ⓘ
cityHostedBefore Rome ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
editionNumber 3 ⓘ
endDate 1991-09-01 ⓘ
featuredEvent men's 100 metres ⓘ
400 metres hurdles ⓘ
surface form: men's 400 metres hurdles

men's long jump ⓘ
women's 10,000 metres ⓘ
women's 100 metres hurdles ⓘ
goldMedalWinnerIn men's 100 metres Carl Lewis ⓘ
goldMedalWinnerIn men's 400 metres hurdles Kevin Young ⓘ
goldMedalWinnerIn men's long jump Mike Powell ⓘ
goldMedalWinnerIn women's 10,000 metres Liz McColgan ⓘ
goldMedalWinnerIn women's 100 metres hurdles Gail Devers ⓘ
governingBody World Athletics ⓘ
surface form: International Association of Athletics Federations
hostCity Tokyo ⓘ
hostedByStadium National Stadium (Tokyo) ⓘ
surface form: Olympic Stadium (Tokyo)
hostNation Japan ⓘ
location Tokyo ⓘ
nextEdition 1993 World Championships in Athletics ⓘ
notableFor historic performances ⓘ
multiple world records ⓘ
numberOfAthletes over 1600 ⓘ
numberOfEvents 43 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations over 150 ⓘ
organisedBy International Amateur Athletic Federation ⓘ
surface form: IAAF

International Amateur Athletic Federation ⓘ
surface form: International Association of Athletics Federations
partOfSeries World Championships in Athletics series ⓘ
previousEdition 1987 World Championships in Athletics ⓘ
silverMedalWinnerIn men's 100 metres Leroy Burrell ⓘ
silverMedalWinnerIn men's long jump Carl Lewis ⓘ
sport athletics ⓘ
startDate 1991-08-23 ⓘ
tookPlaceInMonth August ⓘ
September ⓘ
tookPlaceInYear 1991 ⓘ
venue National Stadium (Tokyo) ⓘ
surface form: Tokyo National Stadium
worldRecordSetIn men's 100 metres ⓘ
men's 400 metres hurdles ⓘ
men's long jump ⓘ
women's 10,000 metres ⓘ

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Carl Lewis → worldChampionshipsParticipatedIn → 1991 World Championships in Athletics ⓘ
1987 World Championships in Athletics → nextEdition → 1991 World Championships in Athletics ⓘ
1993 World Championships in Athletics → previousEdition → 1991 World Championships in Athletics ⓘ