1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres


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.

Medalists

Schedule

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 Record9.90New York City, United StatesJune 14, 1991
Championship Record9.93Rome, ItalyAugust 30, 1987

Final

Semifinals

RANKHEAT 1TIME
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

RANKHEAT 2TIME
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

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.10.02
2.10.05
3.10.23
4.10.24
5.10.24
6.10.26
7.10.38
8.10.56

RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.9.80
2.9.90
3.10.01
4.10.18
5.10.19
6.10.32
7.10.40
8.10.46

RANKHEAT 3TIME
1.10.11
2.10.23
3.10.30
4.10.43
5.10.45
6.10.60
7.10.61
—DNS

RANKHEAT 4TIME
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

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.10.27
2.10.31
3.10.38
4.10.42
5.10.51
6.10.92
7.10.96
8.11.18

RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.10.21
2.10.36
3.10.49
4.10.51
5.10.67
6.10.68
7.11.35
DNS

RANKHEAT 3TIME
1.10.27
2.10.38
3.10.38
4.10.53
5.10.57
6.11.06
DNS

RANKHEAT 4TIME
1.10.17
2.10.20
3.10.42
4.10.47
5.10.57
6.10.85
7.11.10

RANKHEAT 5TIME
1.10.25
2.10.28
3.10.36
4.10.39
5.10.44
6.10.56
7.10.62
8.11.16

RANKHEAT 6TIME
1.10.17
2.10.24
3.10.58
4.10.63
5.10.68
6.10.69
7.10.82
8.12.27

RANKHEAT 7TIME
1.10.39
2.10.47
3.10.60
4.10.82
5.10.93
6.11.14
7.12.04
DNS

RANKHEAT 8TIME
1.10.28
2.10.40
3.10.44
4.10.48
5.10.59
6.10.92
7.10.98
8.11.09

RANKHEAT 9TIME
1.10.12
2.10.43
3.10.55
4.10.68
5.11.02
6.11.09
DNS

RANKHEAT 10TIME
1.10.20
2.10.25
3.10.36
4.10.44
5.10.63
6.10.79
7.11.04
DNS