# 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 3rd IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo in Seville, Spain from March 8 to March 10, 1991. It was the first Indoor Championships to include relay races as well as women's triple jump, albeit as a non-championship event. There were a total number of 518 athletes participated from 80 countries.

## Results
### Men

1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres details | Andre Cason United States | 6.54 | Linford Christie Great Britain | 6.55 | Chidi Imoh Nigeria | 6.60 |
| 200 metres details | Nikolay Antonov Bulgaria | 20.67 | Linford Christie Great Britain | 20.72 | Ade Mafe Great Britain | 20.92 |
| 400 metres details | Devon Morris Jamaica | 46.17 | Samson Kitur Kenya | 46.21 | Cayetano Cornet Spain | 46.52 |
| 800 metres details | Paul Ereng Kenya | 1:47.08 | Tomás de Teresa Spain | 1:47.82 | Simon Hoogewerf Canada | 1:47.88 |
| 1500 metres details | Noureddine Morceli Algeria | 3:41.57 | Fermín Cacho Spain | 3:42.68 | Mário Silva Portugal | 3:43.85 |
| 3000 metres details | Frank O'Mara Ireland | 7:41.14 (CR) | Hammou Boutayeb Morocco | 7:43.64 | Robert Denmark Great Britain | 7:43.90 |
| 60 metres hurdles details | Greg Foster United States | 7.45 | Igors Kazanovs Soviet Union | 7.47 | Mark McKoy Canada | 7.49 |
| 5000 metres walk details | Mikhail Shchennikov Soviet Union | 18:23.55 (CR) | Giovanni De Benedictis Italy | 18:23.60 | Frants Kostyukevich Soviet Union | 18:47.05 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Germany (GER) Rico Lieder, Jens Carlowitz, Karsten Just, Thomas Schönlebe | 3:03.05 (WR) | United States (USA) Raymond Pierre, Charles Jenkins, Andrew Valmon, Antonio McKay, Clifton Campbell, Willie Smith | 3:03.24 (AR) | Italy (ITA) Marco Vaccari, Vito Petrella, Alessandro Aimar, Andrea Nuti | 3:05.51 (NR) |
| High jump details | Hollis Conway United States | 2.40 | Artur Partyka Poland | 2.37 | Javier Sotomayor Cuba | 2.31 |
| High jump details | Hollis Conway United States | 2.40 | Artur Partyka Poland | 2.37 | Aleksey Yemelin Soviet Union | 2.31 |
| Pole vault details | Sergey Bubka Soviet Union | 6.00 | Viktor Ryzhenkov Soviet Union | 5.80 | Ferenc Salbert France | 5.70 |
| Long jump details | Dietmar Haaf Germany | 8.15 | Jaime Jefferson Cuba | 8.04 | Giovanni Evangelisti Italy | 7.93 |
| Triple jump details | Igor Lapshin Soviet Union | 17.31 | Leonid Voloshin Soviet Union | 17.04 | Tord Henriksson Sweden | 16.80 |
| Shot put details | Werner Günthör Switzerland | 21.17 | Klaus Bodenmüller Austria | 20.42 | Ron Backes United States | 20.06 |

### Women

1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres details | Irina Sergeyeva Soviet Union | 7.02 (CR) | Merlene Ottey Jamaica | 7.08 | Liliana Allen Cuba | 7.12 (NR) |
| 200 metres details | Merlene Ottey Jamaica | 22.24 (CR) | Irina Sergeyeva Soviet Union | 22.41 | Grit Breuer Germany | 22.58 |
| 400 metres details | Diane Dixon United States | 50.64 (CR) | Sandra Myers Spain | 50.99 | Anita Protti Switzerland | 51.41 (NR) |
| 800 metres details | Christine Wachtel Germany | 2:01.51 | Violeta Beclea Romania | 2:01.75 | Ella Kovacs Romania | 2:01.79 |
| 1500 metres details | Lyudmila Rogachova Soviet Union | 4:05.09 | Ivana Kubešová Czechoslovakia | 4:06.22 | Tudorita Chidu Romania | 4:06.27 |
| 3000 metres details | Marie-Pierre Duros France | 8:50.69 | Margareta Keszeg Romania | 8:51.51 | Lyubov Kremlyova Soviet Union | 8:51.90 |
| 60 metres hurdles details | Lyudmila Narozhilenko Soviet Union | 7.88 | Monique Ewanjé-Épée France | 7.90 | Aliuska López Cuba | 8.03 |
| 3000 metres walk details | Beate Anders Germany | 11:50.90 (CR) | Kerry Saxby Australia | 12:03.21 | Ileana Salvador Italy | 12:07.67 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Germany (GER) Sandra Seuser, Katrin Schreiter, Annett Hesselbarth, Grit Breuer | 3:27.22 (WR) | Soviet Union (URS) Marina Shmonina, Lyudmila Dzhigalova, Margarita Ponomaryova, Aelita Yurchenko | 3:27.95 (NR) | United States (USA) Terri Dendy, Lillie Leatherwood, Jearl Miles, Diane Dixon | 3:29.00 (AR) |
| High jump details | Heike Henkel Germany | 2.00 | Tamara Bykova Soviet Union | 1.97 | Heike Balck Germany | 1.94 |
| Long jump details | Larisa Berezhnaya Soviet Union | 6.84 | Heike Drechsler Germany | 6.82 | Marieta Ilcu Romania | 6.74 |
| Shot put details | Sui Xinmei China | 20.54 (CR) | Huang Zhihong China | 20.33 | Natalya Lisovskaya Soviet Union | 20.00 |

#### Non-championship event

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Triple jump details | Inessa Kravets Soviet Union | 14.44 (CR) | Li Huirong China | 13.98 | Sofiya Bozhanova Bulgaria | 13.62 |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Jamaica (JAM) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Kenya (KEN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Algeria (ALG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Romania (ROM) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (25 entries) | Totals (25 entries) | 26 | 26 | 27 | 79 |

## Participating nations

* Algeria (4)
* Andorra (1)
* Angola (2)
* Anguilla (1)
* Argentina (2)
* Australia (12)
* Austria (9)
* Bahamas (3)
* Belgium (3)
* Bermuda (1)
* Bolivia (2)
* Botswana (1)
* Brazil (6)
* Bulgaria (8)
* Burundi (2)
* Cameroon (2)
* Canada (14)
* Chile (3)
* China (13)
* Chinese Taipei (2)
* Colombia (2)
* Cuba (13)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czechoslovakia (16)
* Denmark (2)
* Dominican Republic (2)
* Ecuador (2)
* Ethiopia (2)
* Finland (6)
* France (17)
* Germany (43)
* Ghana (2)
* Great Britain (21)
* Greece (4)
* Guinea (1)
* Hungary (7)
* Iceland (3)
* Ireland (6)
* Israel (2)
* Italy (17)
* Ivory Coast (2)
* Jamaica (10)
* Japan (4)
* Kenya (6)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Madagascar (1)
* Malaysia (1)
* Mauritius (1)
* Morocco (8)
* Netherlands (8)
* Netherlands Antilles (1)
* New Zealand (2)
* Nigeria (5)
* Norway (5)
* Pakistan (1)
* Paraguay (1)
* Peru (2)
* Poland (10)
* Portugal (5)
* Republic of the Congo (2)
* Romania (18)
* Rwanda (1)
* Senegal (3)
* Sierra Leone (1)
* South Korea (1)
* Soviet Union (42)
* Spain (36)
* Swaziland (2)
* Sweden (5)
* Switzerland (3)
* Tanzania (2)
* Trinidad and Tobago (5)
* Tunisia (1)
* Turkey (1)
* Turks and Caicos Islands (1)
* United States (49)
* United States Virgin Islands (2)
* Uruguay (2)
* Yugoslavia (5)
* Zambia (2)