1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin 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 Javelin Throw event at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total of 31 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday September 1, 1991. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin.

Medalists

Gold	Xu Demei PR China (CHN)
Silver	Petra Felke-Meier Germany (GER)
Bronze	Silke Renk Germany (GER)

Schedule

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

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
31.08.1991 – 16:30h	31.08.1991 – 18:00h
Final Round
01.09.1991 – 16:00h

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	Petra Felke-Meier (GDR)	80.00 m	September 9, 1988	Potsdam, East Germany
Event Record	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	76.64 m	September 6, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	71.44 m	August 3, 1991	Fana, Norway

Qualification

• Held on Saturday 1991-08-31

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
1.	Karen Forkel (GER)	68.14 m
2.	Xu Demei (CHN)	65.44 m
3.	Päivi Alafrantti (FIN)	64.38 m
4.	Anna Verouli (GRE)	63.02 m
5.	Natalya Shikolenko (URS)	62.08 m
6.	Heli Rantanen (FIN)	61.30 m
7.	Antoaneta Todorova (BUL)	57.42 m
8.	Sharon Gibson (GBR)	56.64 m
9.	Donna Mayhew (USA)	56.34 m
10.	Katalin Hartai (HUN)	55.68 m
11.	Laverne Eve (BAH)	55.14 m
12.	Akiko Miyajima (JPN)	52.86 m
13.	Matilda Kisava (TAN)	52.60 m
14.	Sueli dos Santos (BRA)	51.20 m
—	Nadine Schoellkopf-Auzeil (FRA)	NM
—	Isel López (CUB)	NM

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.	Petra Felke-Meier (GER)	67.24 m
2.	Trine Solberg-Hattestad (NOR)	66.92 m
3.	Silke Renk (GER)	65.24 m
4.	Dulce García (CUB)	62.18 m
5.	Louise McPaul (AUS)	61.08 m
6.	Natalya Cherniyenko (URS)	60.90 m
7.	Karin Smith (USA)	60.34 m
8.	Genowefa Patla (POL)	60.18 m
9.	Tiina Lillak (FIN)	58.42 m
10.	Paula Berry (USA)	57.94 m
11.	Irina Kostyuchenkova (URS)	57.60 m
12.	Sun Fei (CHN)	55.04 m
13.	Kirsten Smith (NZL)	53.98 m
14.	Íris Grönfeldt (ISL)	53.92 m
15.	Marieta Riera (VEN)	50.62 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Xu Demei (CHN)							68.78 m
	Petra Felke-Meier (GER)							68.68 m
	Silke Renk (GER)							66.80 m
4	Natalya Cherniyenko (URS)							65.22 m
5	Trine Solberg-Hattestad (NOR)							63.36 m
6	Louise McPaul (AUS)							62.34 m
7	Dulce García (CUB)							62.68 m
8	Päivi Alafrantti (FIN)							62.26 m
9	Heli Rantanen (FIN)							60.96 m
10	Anna Verouli (GRE)							59.12 m
11	Natalya Shikolenko (URS)							58.82 m
12	Karen Forkel (GER)							57.90 m

See also

• 1988 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Split)
• 1991 Javelin Throw Year Ranking
• 1992 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Barcelona)
• 1994 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Helsinki)

References

• Results