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1991 3rd IAAF World Championships - Tokyo - Women's 400m

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Host City: Tokyo. Japan

Format: First round (First 4 & 4 fastest to second round) (Aug 24)

Dates: August 23 – September 1

Format: Second round (First 4 & 4 fastest to semi-finals) (Aug 25)

Nations participating: 167

Format: Semi-finals (First 4 to final) (Aug 26)

Athletes participating: 1517

Main venue: Olympic Stadium

Overview by IAAF

Nineteen-ninety-one saw an improvement in the standard of women’s 400m running. and at the forefront was Pérec. The long-legged Frenchwoman had already won the European Cup in the world’s fastest time for four years. In Tokyo she went even quicker despite having to contest four races in four days. Pérec (lane 3) started fast in the final. passing 200m in 22.82. She was tracked by European Champion Breuer. Pérec clocked 35.12 at 300m and was nearly three metres up on the German (35.39). Breuer. still a junior. was poised to attack on the final straight. Though she began to lose form. the Frenchwoman actually pulled further away from Breuer in the closing stages of the race. Bryzgina. the defending champion. held third place until the last metres of the race when she was outdipped by Myers. “The race was very hard.” said Pérec. “I knew I had to come out of the second turn ahead because if I am ahead. I win. Talent is not enough.”

These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo. Japan. There were a total of 37 participating athletes. with five qualifying heats and the final held on Tuesday 27 August 1991.

	400m			*27 August*
	Final
1	Marie-José Pérec	FRA	9 May 68	49.13
2	Grit Breuer	GER	16 Feb 72	49.42	WU20R WYB19
3	Sandra Myers	ESP	9 Jan 61	49.78
4	Olga Bryzgina	URS	30 Jun 63	49.82
5	Jearl Miles-Clark	USA	4 Sep 66	50.50
6	Ximena Restrepo	COL	10 Mar 69	50.79
7	Lillie Leatherwood	USA	6 Jul 64	51.53
8	Diane Dixon	USA	23 Sep 64	51.73
	Semifinals			*26 August*
	Heat 1
1	Marie-Jose Perec	FRA		49.94
2	Grit Breuer	GER		50.14
3	Olga Vladykina-Bryzgina	URS		50.26
4	Diane Dixon	USA		50.75
5	Lorraine Hanson	GBR		50.93
6	Norfalia Carabali	COL		52.40
7	Renee Poetschka	AUS		52.76
8	Julia Merino	ESP		53.41
	Heat 2
1	Sandra Myers	ESP		50.64
2	Lillie Leatherwood	USA		50.68
3	Jearl Miles-Clark	USA		50.79
4	Ximena Restrepo	COL		50.82
5	Lyudmila Dzhigalova	URS		50.85
6	Fatima Yusuf	NGR		50.91
7	Linda Keough	GBR		50.98
8	Solvi Olsen-Meinseth	NOR		53.63
	Quarterfinals			*25 August*
	Heat 1
1	Jearl Miles-Clark	USA		51.88
2	Sandra Myers	ESP		52.01
3	Grit Breuer	GER		52.16
4	Fatima Yusuf	NGR		52.46
5	Solvi Olsen-Meinseth	NOR		52.95
6	Aissatou Tandian	SEN		53.06
7	Cheryl Allen	CAN		53.21
-	Aelita Yurchenko	URS		DNF
	Heat 2
1	Lyudmila Dzhigalova	URS		50.76
2	Diane Dixon	USA		50.84
3	Linda Keough	GBR		51.13
4	Renee Poetschka	AUS		51.65
5	Julia Merino	ESP		51.82
6	Norfalia Carabali	COL		52.38
7	Judit Forgacs	HUN		53.79
-	Charity Opara	NGR		DQ
	Heat 3
1	Marie-Jose Perec	FRA		50.61
2	Ximena Restrepo	COL		50.66
3	Lillie Leatherwood	USA		50.75
4	Olga Vladykina-Bryzgina	URS		50.79
5	Lorraine Hanson	GBR		51.02
6	Karin Janke	GER		53.08
7	Nancy McLeon	CUB		53.72
-	Martha Grossenbacher	SUI		DNS
	Heats			*24 August*
	Heat 1
1	Marie-Jose Perec	FRA		51.00
2	Olga Vladykina-Bryzgina	URS		51.36
3	Linda Keough	GBR		51.51
4	Solvi Olsen-Meinseth	NOR		52.84
5	Cheryl Allen	CAN		53.17
6	Yanhong Huang	CHN		54.51
7	Lasnet Nkouka	CGO		57.85
-	Mary-Estelle Kapalu			DNS
	Heat 2
1	Sandra Myers	ESP		52.70
2	Fatima Yusuf	NGR		52.81
3	Nancy McLeon	CUB		52.87
4	Norfalia Carabali	COL		53.31
5	Aissatou Tandian	SEN		53.65
6	Vaciseva Tavaga	FIJ		58.82
7	Obieng Juliana Nzang	GEQ		1.04.13
	Heat 3
1	Jearl Miles-Clark	USA		51.88
2	Lorraine Hanson	GBR		52.08
3	Ximena Restrepo	COL		52.41
4	Karin Janke	GER		53.73
5	Reawadee Srithoa	THA		54.94
6	Zeinabou Jean-Wali	NIG		1.05.03
-	Suzie Tanefo	CMR		DNS
-	Sharmaine Williams	TKS		DQ
	Heat 4
1	Diane Dixon	USA		52.43
2	Grit Breuer	GER		52.56
3	Aelita Yurchenko	URS		52.65
4	Renee Poetschka	AUS		52.65
5	Julia Merino	ESP		53.04
6	Orit Kolodni	ISR		54.26
7	Claudia Acerenza	URU		55.82
8	Graciela Von Schmeling	PAR		57.37
	Heat 5
1	Charity Opara	NGR		51.06
2	Lyudmila Dzhigalova	URS		51.45
3	Lillie Leatherwood	USA		53.04
4	Judit Forgacs	HUN		53.24
5	Martha Grossenbacher	SUI		53.77
6	Shermaine Ross	GRN		55.90
7	Mary-Estelle Kapalu	VAN		56.47

Startlist

Heat 1 24 AUG 1991 16:00

Order / Lane	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	PB	SB 1991
1	Cheryl Allen	CAN
2	Linda Keough	GBR
3	Olga Vladykina-Bryzgina	URS	48.27
4	Lasnet Nkouka	CGO	58.50i	58.50i
5	Marie-José Pérec	FRA	50.84
6	Sølvi Olsen-Meinseth	NOR	52.45	52.45
7	Yanhong Huang	CHN

Heat 2 24 AUG 1991 16:00

Order / Lane	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	PB	SB 1991
1	Sandra Myers	ESP	49.67	49.67
2	Fatima Yusuf	NGR	50.41	50.41
3	Nancy McLeon	CUB	53.58
4	Juliana Nzang Obieng	GEQ
5	Norfalia Carabali	COL	52.65	54.78i
6	Aissatou Tandian	SEN	51.92
7	Vaciseva Tavaga	FIJ

Heat 3 24 AUG 1991 16:00

Order / Lane	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	PB	SB 1991
1	Jearl Miles Clark	USA	50.19	50.19
2	Ximena Restrepo	COL	52.12i	52.12i
3	Reawadee Srithoa	THA
4	Sharmaine Williams	TKS
5	Zeinabou Jean-Wali	NIG
6	Suzie Tanefo	CMR	52.88
7	Karin Janke	GER
8	Lorraine Hanson	GBR

Heat 4 24 AUG 1991 16:00

Order / Lane	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	PB	SB 1991
1	Graciela Von Schmeling	PAR
2	Claudia Acerenza	URU	56.57i	56.57i
3	Orit Kolodni	ISR	53.66	53.66
4	Diane Dixon	USA	49.84	50.64i
5	Renée Poetschka	AUS
6	Grit Breuer	GER	49.50	49.87
7	Aelita Yurchenko	URS	49.47	51.59i
8	Julia Merino	ESP	52.68i	52.68i

Heat 5 24 AUG 1991 16:00

Order / Lane	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	PB	SB 1991
1	Charity Opara	NGR	51.12
2	Lyudmila Dzhigalova	URS	52.19i	52.19i
3	Mary-Estelle Kapalu	VAN	58.98
4	Shermaine Ross	GRN
5	Martha Grossenbacher	SUI
6	Judit Forgács	HUN	52.18
7	Lillie Leatherwood	USA	49.66	49.66