1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

Events at the 1991 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The Women's Marathon at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan was held on Sunday August 25, 1991. The race started on 19.00h local time.

Medalists

Gold	Wanda Panfil Poland (POL)
Silver	Sachiko Yamashita Japan (JPN)
Bronze	Katrin Dörre Germany (GER)

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
WL	world leading
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1991 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	2:21:06	April 21, 1985	London, United Kingdom
Event Record	Rosa Mota (POR)	2:25:17	August 29, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best	Wanda Panfil (POL)	2:24:18	April 15, 1991	Boston, United States

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Wanda Panfil (POL)	2:29:53
	Sachiko Yamashita (JPN)	2:29:57
	Katrin Dörre (GER)	2:30:10
4	Yuko Arimori (JPN)	2:31:08
5	Maria Rebelo (FRA)	2:32:05
6	Kamila Gradus (POL)	2:32:09
7	Manuela Machado (POR)	2:32:33
8	Ramilya Burangulova (URS)	2:33:00
9	Iris Biba (GER)	2:33:48
10	Sally Ellis (GBR)	2:35:09
11	Sally Eastall (GBR)	2:36:16
12	Kumi Araki (JPN)	2:38:27
13	Joy Smith (USA)	2:39:16
14	María Trujillo (USA)	2:39:28
15	Fabiola Rueda (COL)	2:41:51
16	Sissel Grottenberg (NOR)	2:43:11
17	Franziska Moser (SUI)	2:44:07
18	Pascaline Wangui (KEN)	2:45:22
19	Ena Guevara (PER)	2:48:53
20	Françoise Bonnet (FRA)	2:48:57
21	Cornelia Melis (ARU)	2:58:18
22	Yi-Lo Man (HKG)	2:59:39
23	Gina Coello (HON)	2:59:54	NR
24	Graciela Caizabanda (ECU)	3:00:03
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Chen Qingmei (CHN)	DNF
—	Aurora Cunha (POR)	DNF
—	Joke Kleijweg (NED)	DNF
—	Veronique Marot (GBR)	DNF
—	Ludmila Melicherová (TCH)	DNF
—	Rosa Mota (POR)	DNF
—	Márcia Narloch (BRA)	DNF
—	Dorthe Rasmussen (DEN)	DNF
—	Anna Villani (ITA)	DNF
—	Tatyana Zuyeva (URS)	DNF
—	Laura Fogli (ITA)	DNF
—	Valentina Yegorova (URS)	DNF
—	Gordon Bloch (USA)	DNF
—	Isabel Canto (GUA)	DNF
—	Sandra Natal (DOM)	DNF

See also

• 1988 Women's Olympic Marathon (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships Marathon (Split)
• 1991 Marathon Year Ranking
• 1992 Women's Olympic Marathon (Barcelona)
• 1994 Women's European Championships Marathon (Helsinki)

References

• Results