1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus 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 Women's Discus Throw event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total of 31 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Saturday August 31, 1991.

Medalists

Gold	Tsvetanka Khristova Bulgaria (BUL)
Silver	Ilke Wyludda Germany (GER)
Bronze	Larisa Mikhalchenko Soviet Union (URS)

Schedule

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

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
29.08.1991 – 19:00h	29.08.1991 – 19:00h
Final Round
31.08.1991 – 18:10h

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

Qualifying round

• Held on Thursday 1991-08-29

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
1.	Ilke Wyludda (GER)	67.72 m
2.	Daniela Costian (AUS)	62.74 m
3.	Maritza Martén (CUB)	60.88 m
4.	Iryna Yatchenko (URS)	60.38 m
5.	Zhao Yonghua (CHN)	59.80 m
6.	Franka Dietzsch (GER)	59.16 m
7.	Stefania Simova (BUL)	58.10 m
8.	Lacy Barnes-Mileham (USA)	56.84 m
9.	Agnese Maffeis (ITA)	56.36 m
10.	Mette Bergmann (NOR)	55.78 m
11.	Teresa Machado (POR)	53.64 m
12.	Alice Matejkova (TCH)	53.22 m
13.	Ikuko Kitamori (JPN)	48.52 m
14.	Maria Obando (NCA)	41.78 m
—	Hanane Khaled (EGY)	DNS

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.	Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL)	67.10 m
2.	Martina Opitz-Hellmann (GER)	65.26 m
3.	Larisa Mikhalchenko (URS)	64.68 m
4.	Ellina Zvereva (URS)	61.86 m
5.	Xiao Yanling (CHN)	61.68 m
6.	Bárbara Hechavarría (CUB)	60.86 m
7.	Min Chunfeng (CHN)	59.42 m
8.	Vladimíra Malátová (TCH)	58.38 m
9.	Marie-Paule Geldhof (BEL)	57.26 m
10.	Carla Garrett (USA)	56.62 m
11.	Jackie McKernan (GBR)	55.64 m
12.	Manuela Tirneci (ROM)	55.62 m
13.	Penny Neer (USA)	54.26 m
14.	Angeles Barreiro (ESP)	51.24 m
15.	Wilna Bredenhann (NAM)	43.60 m
16.	Hughette Robertson (GUY)	34.52 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL)							71.02 m
	Ilke Wyludda (GER)							69.12 m
	Larisa Mikhalchenko (URS)							68.26 m
4	Martina Opitz-Hellmann (GER)							67.14 m
5	Daniela Costian (AUS)							66.06 m
6	Min Chunfeng (CHN)							65.56 m
7	Iryna Yatchenko (URS)							64.92 m
8	Zhao Yonghua (CHN)							63.62 m
9	Ellina Zvereva (URS)							63.22 m
10	Maritza Martén (CUB)							62.40 m
11	Xiao Yanling (CHN)							61.20 m
12	Bárbara Hechavarría (CUB)							60.62 m

See also

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

References

• Results
• IAAF