1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

Women's marathon at the 1991 World Championships
Venue	National Stadium, Tokyo
Date	25 August 1991
Competitors	39 from 25 nations
Winning time	2:29:53
Medalists
gold medal  Wanda Panfil   Poland silver medal  Sachiko Yamashita   Japan bronze medal  Katrin Dörre   Germany

The women's marathon was one of the road events at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo, Japan. It took place on 25 August 1991; the course started and finished at the National Stadium. The race was won by Poland's Wanda Panfil in 2:29:53, ahead of Sachiko Yamashita of Japan in second and Germany's Katrin Dörre in third.

Final ranking

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Wanda Panfil	File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland (POL)	2:29:53
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Sachiko Yamashita	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan (JPN)	2:29:57
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Katrin Dörre	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (GER)	2:30:10
4	Yuko Arimori	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan (JPN)	2:31:08
5	Maria Rebelo	File:Flag of France.svg France (FRA)	2:32:05
6	Kamila Gradus	File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland (POL)	2:32:09
7	Manuela Machado	File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal (POR)	2:32:33
8	Ramilya Burangulova	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (URS)	2:33:00
9	Iris Biba	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (GER)	2:33:48
10	Sally Ellis	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	2:35:09
11	Sally Eastall	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	2:36:16
12	Kumi Araki	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan (JPN)	2:38:27
13	Joy Smith	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (USA)	2:39:16
14	María Trujillo	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (USA)	2:39:28
15	Fabiola Rueda	File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia (COL)	2:41:51
16	Sissel Grottenberg	File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway (NOR)	2:43:11
17	Franziska Moser	File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland (SUI)	2:44:07
18	Pascaline Wangui	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya (KEN)	2:45:22
19	Ena Guevara	File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru (PER)	2:48:53
20	Françoise Bonnet	File:Flag of France.svg France (FRA)	2:48:57
21	Cornelia Melis	File:Flag of Aruba.svg Aruba (ARU)	2:58:18
22	Yi-Lo Man	File:Flag of Hong Kong (1955–1959).svg Hong Kong (HKG)	2:59:39
23	Gina Coello	File:Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg Honduras (HON)	2:59:54	NR
24	Graciela Caizabanda	File:Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Ecuador (ECU)	3:00:03
–	Chen Qingmei	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (CHN)	DNF
	Aurora Cunha	File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal (POR)
	Joke Kleijweg	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (NED)
	Veronique Marot	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
	Ludmila Melicherová	File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia (TCH)
	Rosa Mota	File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal (POR)
	Márcia Narloch	File:Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg Brazil (BRA)
	Dorthe Rasmussen	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (DEN)
	Anna Villani	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (ITA)
	Tatyana Zuyeva	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (URS)
	Laura Fogli	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (ITA)
	Valentina Yegorova	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (URS)
	Gordon Bloch	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (USA)
	Isabel Canto	File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala (GUA)
	Sandra Natal	File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic (DOM)

See also

• 1988 Women's Olympic Marathon (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships Marathon (Split)
• 1992 Women's Olympic Marathon (Barcelona)
• 1994 Women's European Championships Marathon (Helsinki)