1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

Events at the 1991 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 25, 1991. The qualification mark was set at 75.50 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Igor Astapkovich Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze	Heinz Weis Germany (GER)

Schedule

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
24.08.1991 – 12:00h	24.08.1991 – 12:00h
Final Round
25.08.1991 – 15:00h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1991 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany
Event Record	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	83.06 m	September 1, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best	Igor Astapkovich (URS)	84.26 m	July 3, 1991	Reims, France

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Andrey Abduvaliyev (URS)				80.36 m
2	3	Igor Astapkovich (URS)				79.06 m
3	4	Tibor Gécsek (HUN)				75.68 m
4	6	Raphaël Piolanti (FRA)				74.92 m
5	7	Sean Carlin (AUS)				74.90 m
6	10	Claus Dethloff (GER)				73.54 m
7	13	Lance Deal (USA)				72.90 m
8	15	Ivan Tanev (BUL)				72.52 m
9	16	Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA)				72.40 m
10	20	Paul Head (GBR)				68.52 m
11	23	Kjell Bystedt (SWE)				67.20 m
12	24	Guillermo Guzmán (MEX)				66.80 m
13	25	Andrés Charadia (ARG)				66.52 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	2	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)				77.96 m
2	5	Plamen Minev (BUL)				75.08 m
3	8	Walter Ciofani (FRA)				74.74 m
4	9	Heinz Weis (GER)				74.40 m
5	11	Ken Flax (USA)				73.26 m
6	12	Bi Zhong (CHN)				73.24 m
7	14	Johann Lindner (AUT)				72.90 m
8	17	Imre Szitás (HUN)				71.92 m
9	18	Savvas Saritzoglou (GRE)				70.60 m
10	19	Jud Logan (USA)				70.04 m
11	21	Angus Cooper (NZL)				68.48 m
12	22	Ajet Toska (ALB)				67.26 m
13	26	Cherif El-Hennawi (EGY)				57.26 m
14	27	Tuck Yim Wong (SIN)				46.04 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)							81.70 m
	Igor Astapkovich (URS)							80.94 m
	Heinz Weis (GER)							80.44 m
4	Tibor Gécsek (HUN)							78.98 m
5	Andrey Abduvaliyev (URS)							78.30 m
6	Walter Ciofani (FRA)							76.48 m
7	Ken Flax (USA)							75.98 m
8	Raphaël Piolanti (FRA)							73.64 m
9	Sean Carlin (AUS)							73.24 m
10	Claus Dethloff (GER)							72.96 m
11	Bi Zhong (CHN)							69.50 m
12	Plamen Minev (BUL)							68.70 m

See also

• 1988 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Seoul)
• 1990 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Split)
• 1991 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
• 1992 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Barcelona)

References

• Results
• hammerthrow.wz