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 SedykhSoviet Union (URS)Silver Igor AstapkovichSoviet Union (URS)Bronze Heinz WeisGermany (GER)
Schedule All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B24.08.1991 – 12:00h24.08.1991 – 12:00hFinal Round25.08.1991 – 15:00h
Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best
Records Standing records prior to the 1991 World Athletics Championships World Record 86.74 m August 30, 1986 Stuttgart, West Germany Event Record 83.06 m September 1, 1987 Rome, Italy Season Best 84.26 m July 3, 1991 Reims, France
Qualification
Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 1 80.36 m 2 3 79.06 m 3 4 75.68 m 4 6 74.92 m 5 7 74.90 m 6 10 73.54 m 7 13 72.90 m 8 15 72.52 m 9 16 72.40 m 10 20 68.52 m 11 23 67.20 m 12 24 66.80 m 13 25 66.52 m
Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 2 77.96 m 2 5 75.08 m 3 8 74.74 m 4 9 74.40 m 5 11 73.26 m 6 12 73.24 m 7 14 72.90 m 8 17 71.92 m 9 18 70.60 m 10 19 70.04 m 11 21 68.48 m 12 22 67.26 m 13 26 57.26 m 14 27 46.04 m
Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistance123456 81.38 81.70 81.06 80.26 79.28 79.9481.70 m 77.52 79.66 X 79.70 80.94 80.9080.94 m 78.02 77.70 76.80 79.14 79.60 80.4480.44 m4 77.30 X 75.62 77.16 78.68 78.9878.98 m5 77.86 77.04 78.28 X 78.30 77.8678.30 m6 X 74.46 76.48 75.68 75.68 X76.48 m7 75.68 75.36 X 75.98 75.34 X75.98 m8 72.78 72.24 73.64 X 72.08 73.4473.64 m9 73.24 m10 72.96 m11 69.50 m12 68.70 m
See also 1988 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Seoul) 1990 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Split) 1992 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Barcelona)
References Results hammerthrow.wz