1991 World Championships in Athletics
Field
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 ¹ Georg Andersen of Norway originally won the silver medal, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for steroids.

1991 World Championships in Athletics

Section Title: Field
Table Section Text: 1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 ¹ Georg Andersen of Norway originally won the silver medal, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for steroids.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze

Long jump details	Mike Powell (USA)	8.95 (WR)	Carl Lewis (USA)	8.91w	Larry Myricks (USA)	8.42

Triple jump details	Kenny Harrison (USA)	17.78	Leonid Voloshin (URS)	17.75	Mike Conley (USA)	17.62

High jump details	Charles Austin (USA)	2.38 (CR)	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.36	Hollis Conway (USA)	2.36

Pole vault details	Sergey Bubka (URS)	5.95 (CR)	István Bagyula (HUN)	5.90	Maksim Tarasov (URS)	5.85

Shot put details	Werner Günthör (SUI)	21.67	Lars Arvid Nilsen (NOR)	20.751	Aleksandr Klimenko (URS)	20.34

Discus throw details	Lars Riedel (GER)	66.20	Erik de Bruin (NED)	65.82	Attila Horváth (HUN)	65.32

Hammer throw details	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	81.70	Igor Astapkovich (URS)	80.94	Heinz Weis (GER)	80.44

Javelin throw details	Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN)	90.82	Seppo Räty (FIN)	88.12	Vladimir Sasimovich (URS)	87.08

Decathlon details	Dan O'Brien (USA)	8812 (CR)	Mike Smith (CAN)	8549	Christian Schenk (GER)	8394

WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Sentence(s)

Mike Powell beat Carl Lewis with 8.95 in long jump, which is a world record made in the 1991 World Championships in Athletics.
In the long jump competition, Carl Lewis was beaten by Mike Powell, whose 8.95 m was a world record.
Mike Powell set a world record in the long jump with 8.95 m (29 ft 4.36 in).

final_sentence: Mike Powell beat Carl Lewis with 8.95 in long jump, which is a world record made in the 1991 World Championships in Athletics.
final_sentence: In the long jump competition, Carl Lewis was beaten by Mike Powell, whose 8.95 m was a world record.
final_sentence: Mike Powell set a world record in the long jump with 8.95 m (29 ft 4.36 in).