1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
These are the official results of the Women's 4 × 100 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Their final was held on Sunday September 1, 1991.
Merlene Frazer, at 17 years 248 days, is, as 2017, the youngest World Champion ever.[1]
Schedule
[edit]- All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
| Semi-Final | |
|---|---|
| 31.08.1991 – 18:20h | |
| Final | |
| 01.09.1991 – 16:15h |
Final
[edit]| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
|
 Jamaica (JAM)
|
• Dahlia Duhaney • Juliet Cuthbert • Beverly McDonald • Merlene Ottey |
41.94 |
|
 Soviet Union (URS)
|
• Natalya Kovtun • Galina Malchugina • Yelena Vinogradova • Irina Privalova |
42.20 |
|
 Germany (GER)
|
• Grit Breuer • Katrin Krabbe • Sabine Richter • Heike Drechsler |
42.33 |
| 4. |  Nigeria (NGR)
|
• Beatrice Utondu • Rufina Ubah • Christy Opara-Thompson • Mary Onyali |
42.77 |
| 5. |  France (FRA)
|
• Laurence Bily • Maguy Nestoret • Valérie Jean-Charles • Marie-José Pérec |
43.34 |
| 6. |  Cuba (CUB)
|
• Eusebia Riquelme • Aliuska López • Julia Duporty • Liliana Allen |
43.75 |
| 7. |  Italy (ITA)
|
• Marisa Masullo • Donatella Dal Bianco • Daniela Ferrian • Rossella Tarolo |
43.76 |
| 8. |  Australia (AUS)
|
• Monique Dunstan • Kathy Sambell • Melissa Moore • Kerry Johnson |
43.79 |
Semifinals
[edit]- Held on Saturday 1991-08-31
Heat 1
[edit]| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jamaica (JAM)
|
• Dahlia Duhaney • Juliet Cuthbert • Beverly McDonald • Merlene Frazer |
42.63 |
| 2. | Nigeria (NGR)
|
• Beatrice Utondu • Rufina Ubah • Christy Opara-Thompson • Mary Onyali |
42.72 |
| 3. | Soviet Union (URS)
|
• Natalya Kovtun • Galina Malchugina • Yelena Vinogradova • Irina Privalova |
42.78 |
| 4. | France (FRA)
|
• Laurence Bily • Maguy Nestoret • Valérie Jean-Charles • Marie-José Pérec |
43.05 |
| 5. | Australia (AUS)
|
• Monique Dunstan • Kathy Sambell • Melissa Moore • Kerry Johnson |
43.34 |
| 6. |  Great Britain (GBR)
|
• Stephanie Douglas • Beverly Kinch • Simmone Jacobs • Paula Thomas |
43.43 |
| 7. |  Bulgaria (BUL)
|
• Petya Pendareva • Tsvetanka Ilieva • Nadezhda Georgieva • Valya Demireva |
44.17 |
Heat 2
[edit]| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Germany (GER)
|
• Grit Breuer • Katrin Krabbe • Sabine Richter • Heike Drechsler |
41.91 |
| 2. | Cuba (CUB)
|
• Eusebia Riquelme • Aliuska López • Julia Duporty • Liliana Allen |
43.31 |
| 3. | Italy (ITA)
|
• Marisa Masullo • Donatella Dal Bianco • Daniela Ferrian • Rossella Tarolo |
43.71 |
| 4. |  Finland (FIN)
|
• Marja Tennivaara-Salmela • Sisko Markkanen-Hanhijoki • Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllonen • Minna Painilainen |
43.73 |
| 5. |  Spain (ESP)
|
• Patricia Morales • Cristina Castro • María del Carmen García Campero • Sandra Myers |
44.08 |
| 6. |  Japan (JPN)
|
• Noriko Masaki • Kazue Kakinuma • Toshie Iwamoto-Kitada • Ayako Nomura |
44.85 |
| – |  United States (USA)
|
• Carlette Guidry • Esther Jones • Dannette Young • Evelyn Ashford |
DNF |
See also
[edit]- 1990 Women's European Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Split)
- 1992 Women's Olympic 4 × 100 m Relay (Barcelona)
- 1993 Women's World Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Stuttgart)
References
[edit]- ^ "World Championship Statistics Handbook" (Press release). IAAF. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
