These are the official results of the Men's 100 metres

100 metres

The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...

event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships

1991 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 and athletes from 167 countries participated in the event.The event is best-remembered for the...

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

Carl Lewis

Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis is an American former track and field athlete, who won 10 Olympic medals including 9 gold, and 10 World Championships medals, of which 8 were gold. His career spanned from 1979 when he first achieved a world ranking to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and...

, Frankie Fredericks

Frankie Fredericks

Frank Fredericks is a former athlete from Namibia. Running in the 100 metres and 200 metres, he won four silver medals at the Olympic Games , making him Namibia's first and so far only Olympic medalist...

, and Linford Christie

Linford Christie

Linford Cicero Christie OBE is a former sprinter from the United Kingdom. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes: the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games...

 respectively. The then world record holder Leroy Burrell

Leroy Burrell

Leroy Russel Burrell is a former American athlete who twice set the world record for the 100 meters sprint, setting a time of 9.90 seconds in June 1991. This was broken by Carl Lewis in September at the World Track and Field Championships. In that race, Burrell came in second, yet he...

 also bettered his previous mark of 9.90 seconds while Ray Stewart

Ray Stewart (athlete)

Raymond Douglas Stewart is a former Jamaican athlete who specialised in the 100 metres event. As a junior athlete Stewart found much success at the CARIFTA Games, winning five gold medals within a four year period. In 1984 he reached the 100 m Olympic final and won an Olympic silver medal...

 set the Jamaican record for the event.

Medalists

Gold	Carl Lewis Carl Lewis Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis is an American former track and field athlete, who won 10 Olympic medals including 9 gold, and 10 World Championships medals, of which 8 were gold. His career spanned from 1979 when he first achieved a world ranking to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and... United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...  (USA)
Silver	Leroy Burrell Leroy Burrell Leroy Russel Burrell is a former American athlete who twice set the world record for the 100 meters sprint, setting a time of 9.90 seconds in June 1991. This was broken by Carl Lewis in September at the World Track and Field Championships. In that race, Burrell came in second, yet he... United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...  (USA)
Bronze	Dennis Mitchell Dennis Mitchell Dennis Allen Mitchell is a former American college and international track and field athlete, whose team won the gold medal in the 4 x 100 meters relay race at the 1992 Summer Olympics.- Athletic career :... United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...  (USA)

Schedule

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  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 New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east... , USA	June 14, 1991
Championship Record		9.93	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	August 30, 1987

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time
		9.86 WR
		9.88 PB
		9.91 PB
4.		9.92 ER
5.		9.95 AR
6.		9.96 PB
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)
  1990 European Championships in Athletics - Men's 100 metres
  These are the official results of the Men's 100 metres event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia. The final was held on 28 August 1990.-Final:-Semifinals:-See also:* 1988 Men's Olympic 100 metres...
  
  
• 1992 Men's Olympic 100 metres (Barcelona)
  Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres
  These are the official results of the men's 100 metres event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 81 participating athletes, with ten qualifying heats .- Medalists :...
  
  
• 1993 Men's World Championships 100 metres (Stuttgart)
  1993 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 100 metres
  These are the official results of the Men's 100 metres event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 70 participating athletes, with nine qualifying heats and the final held on Sunday 1993-08-15.-Final:...
  
  

External links

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