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第3回世界陸上競技選手権東京大会 << 1991年(平成3年) 8月23日 >> 2-5-74

3rd IAAF World Championships in Athletics
Issued on August 23, 1991 (Heisei 3)

3rd IAAF World Championships in Athletics
Issued on August 23, 1991 (Heisei 3)
The World Athletics Tournament was newly established in response to the boycott problem of the western countries of the 1980 Moscow Olympics (the influence of the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979), and held the first tournament in Helsinki in 1983. Initially, it was held every four years the year before the Summer Olympic Games, but since the 1991 Tokyo Games, it has been held every two years, the year before the Summer Olympic Games and the following year. The stamp was issued in commemoration of the 3rd tournament held in Tokyo in August 1991, and is designed with "high jump" and "shot put".