1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

These are the official results of the Women's 4x400 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Their final was held on Sunday September 1, 1991.

Schedule

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Semi-Final
31.08.1991 – 19:45h
Final
01.09.1991 – 17:50h

Final

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
	Soviet Union (URS)	• Tatyana Ledovskaya • Lyudmila Dzhigalova • Olga Nazarova • Olha Bryzhina	3:18.43
	United States (USA)	• Rochelle Stevens • Diane Dixon • Jearl Miles • Lillie Leatherwood	3:20.15
	Germany (GER)	• Uta Rohländer • Katrin Krabbe • Christine Wachtel • Grit Breuer	3:21.25
4.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Lorraine Hanson • Phylis Smith • Sally Gunnell • Linda Keough	3:22.01
5.	Nigeria (NGR)	• Fatima Yusuf • Mary Onyali • Airat Bakare • Charity Opara	3:24.45
6.	Canada (CAN)	• Rosey Edeh • Karen Clarke • Cheryl Allen • Charmaine Crooks	3:27.42
7.	Spain (ESP)	• Julia Merino • Blanca Lacambra • Sandra Myers • Gregoria Ferrer	3:27.57
8.	Hungary (HUN)	• Edit Molnár • Agnes Kozary • Noémi Bátori • Judit Forgács	3:29.07

Heats

• Held on Saturday 1991-08-31

RANK	HEAT 1	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	United States (USA)	• Rochelle Stevens • Diane Dixon • Natasha Kaiser-Brown • Lillie Leatherwood	3:24.92
2.	Germany (GER)	• Uta Rohlander • Annet Hesselbarth • Christine Wachtel • Kathrin Schreiter	3:25.93
3.	Canada (CAN)	• Rosey Edeh • Karen Clarke • Cheryl Allen • Charmaine Crooks	3:27.15
4.	Hungary (HUN)	• Edit Molnar • Agnes Kozary • Noemi Batori • Judit Forgacs	3:28.38
5.	Switzerland (SUI)	• Kathrin Luthi • Regula Scalabrin • Martha Grossenbacher • Anita Protti	3:30.32
6.	Norway (NOR)	• Trine Rugsveen • Lisbeth Pettersen • MonaKarin Riisnes • Solvi Olsen-Meinseth	3:32.76

RANK	HEAT 2	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	Soviet Union (URS)	• Anna Chuprina • Lyudmila Dzhigalova • Tatyana Alekseyeva • Olga Nazarova	3:23.38
2.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Phylis Smith • Lorraine Hanson • Linda Keough • Sally Gunnell	3:23.89
3.	Nigeria (NGR)	• Charity Opara • Airat Bakare • Omotayo Akinremi • Fatima Yusuf	3:26.29
4.	Spain (ESP)	• Blanca Lacambra • Julia Merino • Esther Lahoz • Sandra Myers	3:29.12
5.	Cuba (CUB)	• Lency Montelier • Odalmis Limonta • Nancy McLeon • Ana Fidelia Quirot	3:31.43
6.	Japan (JPN)	• Yumiko Tokuda • Masayo Kitagawa • Ryoko Sato • Keiko Amano	3:35.82
7.	India (IND)	• Ashwini Nachappa • Alphonsa Rayen • Sylvina Cecil Pais • Saramma Kutty	3:38.54

See also

• 1988 Women's Olympic 4 × 400 m Relay (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Split)
• 1992 Women's Olympic 4 × 400 m Relay (Barcelona)
• 1993 Women's World Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Women's European Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Helsinki)

References

• Results