1991 IAAF Grand Prix Final
# 1991 IAAF Grand Prix Final

The 1991 IAAF Grand Prix Final was the seventh edition of the season-ending competition for the IAAF Grand Prix track and field circuit, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was held on 20 September at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Sergey Bubka (pole vault) and Heike Henkel (high jump) were the overall points winners of the tournament. They were the first field athletes to win the series, all previous winners having come from track events. The programme featured 17 athletics events, ten for men and seven for women, marking a reduction by one from the last series.

The competition preceded the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, which hosted its athletics competition at the same location a year later.

## Medal summary

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 200 metres | Michael Johnson (USA) | 19.88 | Robson da Silva (BRA) | 20.29 | Frankie Fredericks (NAM) | 20.47 |
| 400 metres | Roger Black (GBR) | 44.97 | Andrew Valmon (USA) | 45.39 | Raymond Pierre (USA) | 45.67 |
| 1500 metres | Noureddine Morceli (ALG) | 3:34.48 | Saïd Aouita (MAR) | 3:36.13 | Jens-Peter Herold (GER) | 3:36.37 |
| 5000 metres | Julius Korir (KEN) | 13:22.14 | Brahim Boutayeb (MAR) | 13:22.99 | Mathias Ntawulikura (RWA) | 13:26.40 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Abdelaziz Sahere (MAR) | 8:13.83 | Moses Kiptanui (KEN) | 8:13.92 | Patrick Sang (KEN) | 8:15.85 |
| 110 m hurdles | Tony Dees (USA) | 13.37 | Jack Pierce (USA) | 13.44 | Renaldo Nehemiah (USA) | 13.64 |
| Pole vault | Sergey Bubka (URS) | 5.85 m | Scott Huffman (USA) | 5.75 m | Kory Tarpenning (USA) | 5.75 m |
| Long jump | Llewellyn Starks (USA) | 8.19 m | Larry Myricks (USA) | 8.06 m | Jaime Jefferson (CUB) | 7.91 m |
| Discus throw | Lars Riedel (GER) | 64.20 m | Wolfgang Schmidt (GER) | 64.18 m | Romas Ubartas (URS) | 63.96 m |
| Javelin throw | Jan Železný (TCH) | 87.76 m | Vladimir Sasimovich (URS) | 84.76 m | Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN) | 82.98 m |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres | Merlene Ottey (JAM) | 10.87 | Gwen Torrence (USA) | 11.08 | Evelyn Ashford (USA) | 11.18 |
| 800 metres | Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) | 2:01.17 | Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) | 2:01.25 | Lyubov Gurina (URS) | 2:01.89 |
| One mile | Natalya Artyomova (URS) | 4:17.00 | Mary Slaney (USA) | 4:28.35 | Lyudmila Rogachova (URS) | 4:33.51 |
| 3000 metres | Tatyana Dorovskikh (URS) | 8:46.38 | Margareta Keszeg (ROM) | 8:46.76 | Susan Sirma (KEN) | 8:48.38 |
| 400 m hurdles | Sandra Farmer-Patrick (USA) | 53.74 | Janeene Vickers (USA) | 54.07 | Kim Batten (USA) | 54.20 |
| High jump | Heike Henkel (GER) | 2.02 m | Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) | 2.00 m | Angie Bradburn (USA) | 1.89 m |
| Shot put | Huang Zhihong (CHN) | 20.06 m | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 19.89 m | Astrid Kumbernuss (GER) | 19.43 m |

## Points leaders

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Overall | Sergey Bubka (URS) | 69 | Jan Železný (TCH) | 63 | Michael Johnson (USA) | 63 |
| 200 metres | Michael Johnson (USA) | 54 | Frankie Fredericks (NAM) | 51 | John Regis (GBR) | 43 |
| 400 metres | Roger Black (GBR) | 54 | Andrew Valmon (USA) | 48 | Danny Everett (USA) Steve Lewis (USA) Raymond Pierre (USA) | 39 |
| 1500 metres | Noureddine Morceli (ALG) | 63 | Saïd Aouita (MAR) Jens-Peter Herold (GDR) | 42 | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 5000 metres | Brahim Boutayeb (MAR) | 51 | Richard Chelimo (KEN) | 42 | Ibrahim Kinuthia (KEN) | 41 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Moses Kiptanui (KEN) | 57 | Patrick Sang (KEN) | 47 | Abdelaziz Sahere (MAR) | 45 |
| 110 m hurdles | Tony Dees (USA) | 61 | Renaldo Nehemiah (USA) | 57 | Jack Pierce (USA) | 48 |
| Pole vault | Sergey Bubka (URS) | 69 | Kory Tarpenning (USA) | 48 | Scott Huffman (USA) | 46 |
| Long jump | Llewellyn Starks (USA) | 59 | Larry Myricks (USA) | 53 | Mike Powell (USA) | 45 |
| Discus throw | Romas Ubartas (URS) | 55 | Lars Riedel (GER) | 45 | Attila Horváth (HUN) | 38 |
| Javelin throw | Jan Železný (TCH) | 63 | Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN) | 43 | Vladimir Sasimovich (URS) | 38 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Overall | Heike Henkel (GER) | 63 | Merlene Ottey (JAM) | 63 | Natalya Artyomova (URS) | 63 |
| 100 metres | Merlene Ottey (JAM) | 63 | Gwen Torrence (USA) | 57 | Mary Onyali (NGR) | 45 |
| 800 metres | Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) | 59 | Lyubov Gurina (URS) | 47 | Charmaine Crooks (CAN) | 42 |
| One mile | Natalya Artyomova (URS) | 63 | Doina Melinte (ROM) | 44 | Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) | 37 |
| 3000 metres | Susan Sirma (KEN) | 48 | Margareta Keszeg (ROM) | 47 | PattiSue Plumer (USA) | 45 |
| 400 m hurdles | Sandra Farmer-Patrick (USA) | 63 | Sally Gunnell (GBR) | 51 | Margarita Ponomaryova (URS) | 50 |
| High jump | Heike Henkel (GER) | 63 | Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) | 51 | Inga Babakova (URS) | 40 |
| Shot put | Huang Zhihong (CHN) | 61 | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 57 | Astrid Kumbernuss (GER) | 49 |
