1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

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)	81.38	81.70	81.06	80.26	79.28	79.94	81.70 m
	Igor Astapkovich (URS)	77.52	79.66	X	79.70	80.94	80.90	80.94 m
	Heinz Weis (GER)	78.02	77.70	76.80	79.14	79.60	80.44	80.44 m
4	Tibor Gécsek (HUN)	77.30	X	75.62	77.16	78.68	78.98	78.98 m
5	Andrey Abduvaliyev (URS)	77.86	77.04	78.28	X	78.30	77.86	78.30 m
6	Walter Ciofani (FRA)	X	74.46	76.48	75.68	75.68	X	76.48 m
7	Ken Flax (USA)	75.68	75.36	X	75.98	75.34	X	75.98 m
8	Raphaël Piolanti (FRA)	72.78	72.24	73.64	X	72.08	73.44	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