1991 World Championships In Athletics – Women's 100 Metres Hurdles
These are the official results of the Hurdling, Women's 100 metres Hurdles event at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics, 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 33 participating athletes, with two semi-finals and five qualifying heats and the final held on Friday August 30, 1991. Medalists Final Semi-finals *Held on Thursday 1991-08-29 Qualifying heats *Held on Thursday 1991-08-29 See also * Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metres Hurdles, 1988 Women's Olympic 100m Hurdles (Seoul) * 1990 European Championships in Athletics - Women's 100 metre hurdles, 1990 European World Championships 100m Hurdles (Split) * Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre hurdles, 1992 Women's Olympic 100m Hurdles (Barcelona) * 1994 European Championships in Athletics - Women's 100 metre hurdles, 1994 European World Championships 100m Hurdles (Helsinki) References 100 Metres Hurdles women 3rd IAAF World Champ ...
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Hurdling
Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today, the dominant step patterns are the 3-step for high hurdles, 7-step for low hurdles, and 15-step for intermediate hurdles. Hurdling is a highly specialized form of obstacle racing, and is part of the sport of athletics. In hurdling events, barriers known as hurdles are set at precisely measured heights and distances. Each athlete must pass over the hurdles; passing under or intentionally knocking over hurdles will result in disqualification. Accidental knocking over of hurdles is not cause for disqualification, but the hurdles are weighted to make doing so disadvantageous. In 1902 Spalding equipment company sold the Foster Patent Safety Hurdle, a wood hurdle. In 1923 some of the wood hurdles weighed each. Hurdle design improvements were ...
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