title: Germany at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics
text: # Germany at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics
  
  Germany competed at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo, Japan, from 23 August to 1 September 1991. The German Athletics Association nominated 91 athletes.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Medal | Athlete | Event | Date |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold | Katrin Krabbe | 100 metres | 27 August |
  | Gold | Sabine Braun | Heptathlon | 27 August |
  | Gold | Lars Riedel | Discus throw | 27 August |
  | Gold | Katrin Krabbe | 200 metres | 30 August |
  | Gold | Heike Henkel | High jump | 31 August |
  | Silver | Heike Drechsler | Long jump | 25 August |
  | Silver | Grit Breuer | 400 metres | 27 August |
  | Silver | Ilke Wyludda | Discus throw | 31 August |
  | Silver | Petra Felke | Javelin throw | 1 September |
  | Bronze | Katrin Dörre | Marathon | 25 August |
  | Bronze | Heinz Weis | Hammer throw | 25 August |
  | Bronze | Christian Schenk | Decathlon | 30 August |
  | Bronze | Hartwig Gauder | 50 kilometres walk | 31 August |
  | Bronze | Hauke Fuhlbrügge | 1500 metres | 1 September |
  | Bronze | Grit Breuer Heike Drechsler Katrin Krabbe Sabine Richter | 4 × 100 metres relay | 1 September |
  | Bronze | Grit Breuer Annet Hesselbarth (*) Katrin Krabbe Uta Rohländer Katrin Schreiter (*) Christine Wachtel | 4 × 400 metres relay | 1 September |
  | Bronze | Silke Renk | Javelin throw | 1 September |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Men
  
  **Track and road events**
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat Round ! | Heat Round ! | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
  | Steffen Bringmann | 100 metres | 10.47 | 31 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Jens Carlowitz | 400 metres | 45.78 | 8 Q | 45.68 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Joachim Dehmel | 800 metres | 1:46.24 | 5 q | — | 1:47.91 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Hauke Fuhlbrügge | 1500 metres | 3:38.65 | 6 Q | — | 3:41.41 | 8 q | 3:35.28 | |
  | Jens-Peter Herold | 1500 metres | 3:41.21 | 11 Q | — | 3:41.23 | 6 Q | 3:35.37 | 4 |
  | Dieter Baumann | 5000 metres | 13:54.07 | 9 Q | — | 13:28.67 | 4 |
  | Stéphane Franke | 10,000 metres | 28:30.13 | 17 q | — | 28:20.00 | 12 |
  | Konrad Dobler | Marathon | — | 2:19:01 | 10 |
  | Stephan Freigang | Marathon | — | 2:23:13 | 18 |
  | Jörg Peter | Marathon | — | DNF | DNF |
  | Mike Fenner | 110 metres hurdles | 13.78 | 26 | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Dietmar Koszewski | 110 metres hurdles | 13.67 | 16 | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Florian Schwarthoff | 110 metres hurdles | 13.39 | 7 Q | — | 13.41 | 6 Q | 13.41 | 7 |
  | Michael Grün | 400 metres hurdles | 50.30 | 24 | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Olaf Hense | 400 metres hurdles | 50.44 | 25 | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Carsten Köhrbrück | 400 metres hurdles | 50.88 | 29 | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Hagen Melzer | 3000 metres steeplechase | 8:28.56 | 15 q | — | 8:45.58 | 12 |
  | Robert Ihly | 20 kilometres walk | — | 1:20:52 | 6 |
  | Axel Noack | 20 kilometres walk | — | 1:21:35 | 11 |
  | Ronald Weigel | 20 kilometres walk | — | 1:22:18 | 16 |
  | Hartwig Gauder | 50 kilometres walk | — | 3:55:14 | |
  | Torsten Trampeli | 50 kilometres walk | — | 4:27:23 | 19 |
  | Ronald Weigel | 50 kilometres walk | — | DNF | DNF |
  | Steffen Bringmann Steffen Görmer Wolfgang Haupt Florian Schwarthoff | 4 × 100 metres relay | DQ | DQ | — | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Jens Carlowitz Norbert Dobeleit Klaus Just Rico Lieder | 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:00.17 | 5 q | — | 3:00.75 | 6 |
  
  **Field events**
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
  | Bernhard Zintl | Pole vault | 5.50 | 5 q | 5.50 | 9 |
  | Dietmar Haaf | Long jump | 8.21 | 2 Q | 8.22 | 4 |
  | André Müller | Long jump | 8.04 | 8 q | 7.94 | 10 |
  | Ralf Jaros | Triple jump | 16.88 | 10 q | 16.76 | 9 |
  | Oliver-Sven Buder | Shot put | 19.44 | 7 q | 20.10 | 4 |
  | Kalman Konya | Shot put | 18.26 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Lars Riedel | Discus throw | 65.30 | 1 Q | 66.20 | |
  | Wolfgang Schmidt | Discus throw | 65.18 | 2 Q | 64.76 | 4 |
  | Jürgen Schult | Discus throw | 62.56 | 9 q | 63.12 | 6 |
  | Peter Blank | Javelin throw | 82.56 | 3 Q | 72.62 | 11 |
  | Raymond Hecht | Javelin throw | 81.92 | 7 q | 70.58 | 12 |
  | Klaus Tafelmeier | Javelin throw | 72.42 | 33 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Claus Dethloff | Hammer throw | 73.54 | 10 q | 72.96 | 10 |
  | Heinz Weis | Hammer throw | 74.40 | 9 q | 80.44 | |
  
  **Combined events – Decathlon**
  
  | Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Thorsten Dauth | Result | 10.74 | 6.99 | 15.36 | 2.03 | 48.13 | 14.88 | 42.96 | 4.30 | 60.46 | 4:28.09 | 8069 | 10 |
  | Thorsten Dauth | Points | 919 | 811 | 812 | 831 | 903 | 864 | 725 | 702 | 745 | 757 | 8069 | 10 |
  | Michael Kohnle | Result | 10.90 | 7.52 | 14.47 | 2.03 | 49.63 | 14.57 | 42.28 | 4.70 | 58.68 | 4:51.98 | 8000 | 12 |
  | Michael Kohnle | Points | 883 | 940 | 757 | 831 | 832 | 902 | 711 | 819 | 718 | 607 | 8000 | 12 |
  | Christian Schenk | Result | 11.34 | 7.55 | 15.77 | 2.18 | 50.10 | 15.26 | 45.98 | 4.90 | 61.98 | 4:22.58 | 8394 | |
  | Christian Schenk | Points | 780 | 947 | 837 | 973 | 810 | 818 | 787 | 880 | 768 | 794 | 8394 | |
  
  ### Women
  
  **Track and road events**
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat Round ! | Heat Round ! | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
  | Katrin Krabbe | 100 metres | 11.23 | 6 Q | 10.91 | 2 Q | 10.94 | 3 Q | 10.99 | |
  | Andrea Philipp | 100 metres | 11.72 | 28 Q | 11.80 | 28 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Sabine Richter | 100 metres | 11.64 | 24 q | 11.66 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Silke-Beate Knoll | 200 metres | 23.09 | 3 Q | 22.97 | 9 Q | 23.49 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Katrin Krabbe | 200 metres | 23.23 | 8 Q | 22.46 | 1 Q | 22.30 | 1 Q | 22.09 | |
  | Grit Breuer | 400 metres | 52.56 | 10 Q | 52.16 | 13 Q | 50.14 | 2 Q | 49.42 | |
  | Karin Janke | 400 metres | 53.73 | 23 Q | 53.08 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Birthe Bruhns | 800 metres | 2:00.11 | 1 Q | — | 1:59.93 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Sigrun Grau | 800 metres | 2:00.99 | 5 q | — | DNS | DNS | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Christine Wachtel | 800 metres | 2:01.45 | 9 Q | — | 1:59.10 | 1 Q | 1:58.90 | 6 |
  | Ellen Kießling | 1500 metres | 4:09.23 | 16 Q | — | 4:04.75 | 5 |
  | Yvonne Mai | 1500 metres | 4:06.09 | 6 q | — | 4:07.45 | 13 |
  | Anke Schäning | 3000 metres | 8:56.02 | 12 | — | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Claudia Dreher | 10,000 metres | 32:44.94 | 32 | — | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Uta Pippig | 10,000 metres | 32:00.76 | 17 Q | — | 31:55.68 | 6 |
  | Kathrin Weßel | 10,000 metres | 31:54.05 | 5 Q | — | 31:38.96 | 4 |
  | Iris Biba | Marathon | — | 2:33:48 | 9 |
  | Katrin Dörre | Marathon | — | 2:30:10 | |
  | Cornelia Oschkenat | 100 metres hurdles | 13.55 | 28 | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Kristin Patzwahl | 100 metres hurdles | 13.08 | 7 q | — | 13.11 | 9 Q | 13.07 | 8 |
  | Gloria Siebert | 100 metres hurdles | 13.29 | 16 | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Gudrun Abt | 400 metres hurdles | 56.16 | 14 q | — | 56.17 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Sabine Busch | 400 metres hurdles | 56.37 | 16 q | — | 55.93 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Heike Meißner | 400 metres hurdles | 56.00 | 12 Q | — | 54.77 | 7 Q | 55.26 | 7 |
  | Beate Anders | 10 kilometres walk | — | 44:35 | 10 |
  | Kathrin Born | 10 kilometres walk | — | 44:39 | 11 |
  | Andrea Meloni | 10 kilometres walk | — | 46:23 | 23 |
  | Grit Breuer Heike Drechsler Katrin Krabbe Sabine Richter | 4 × 100 metres relay | 41.91 | 1 Q | — | 42.33 | |
  | Grit Breuer Annet Hesselbarth (*) Katrin Krabbe Uta Rohländer Katrin Schreiter (*) Christine Wachtel | 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:25.93 | 4 Q | — | 3:21.25 | |
  
  **Field events**
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
  | Heike Balck | High jump | 1.88 | 10 q | 1.84 | 12 |
  | Heike Henkel | High jump | 1.90 | 2 q | 2.05 | |
  | Birgit Kähler | High jump | 1.90 | 5 q | 1.93 | 5 |
  | Heike Drechsler | High jump | 6.87 | 2 Q | 7.29 | |
  | Helga Radtke | High jump | 6.62 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Susen Tiedtke | High jump | 6.85 | 4 Q | 6.77 | 5 |
  | Claudia Losch | Shot put | 18.83 | 5 Q | 19.74 | 4 |
  | Kathrin Neimke | Shot put | 18.59 | 8 Q | 18.83 | 8 |
  | Stephanie Storp | Shot put | 19.52 | 2 Q | 19.50 | 6 |
  | Franka Dietzsch | Discus throw | 59.16 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Martina Hellmann | Discus throw | 65.26 | 3 Q | 67.14 | 4 |
  | Ilke Wyludda | Discus throw | 67.72 | 1 Q | 69.12 | |
  | Petra Felke | Javelin throw | 67.24 | 2 Q | 68.68 | |
  | Karen Forkel | Javelin throw | 68.14 | 1 Q | 57.90 | 12 |
  | Silke Renk | Javelin throw | 65.24 | 5 Q | 66.80 | |
  
  **Combined events – Heptathlon**
  
  | Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Peggy Beer | Result | 13.41 | 1.79 | 12.97 | 24.25 | 6.34 | 43.66 | 2:09.32 | 6380 | 7 |
  | Peggy Beer | Points | 1063 | 966 | 725 | 957 | 956 | 738 | 975 | 6380 | 7 |
  | Sabine Braun | Result | 13.32 | 1.91 | 13.62 | 24.49 | 6.67 | 48.66 | 2:16.09 | 6672 | |
  | Sabine Braun | Points | 1077 | 1119 | 769 | 934 | 1062 | 834 | 877 | 6672 | |
  | Heike Tischler | Result | 13.96 | 1.76 | 14.00 | 24.63 | DNS | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
  | Heike Tischler | Points | 984 | 928 | 794 | 921 | 0 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
  