1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

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

These are the official results of the Women's 4x100 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)

Final

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 Daute-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

• Held on Saturday 1991-08-31

Heat 1

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 Dunn-Thomas	43.43
7.	Bulgaria (BUL)	• Petya Pendareva • Tsvetanka Ilieva • Nadezhda Georgieva • Valya Demireva	44.17

Heat 2

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	Germany (GER)	• Grit Breuer • Katrin Krabbe • Sabine Richter • Heike Daute-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-White • Esther Jones • Dannette Young-Stone • Evelyn Ashford	DNF

See also

• 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

• Results