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

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
Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason 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
11 Andrey Abduvaliyev (URS) 80.36 m
23 Igor Astapkovich (URS) 79.06 m
34 Tibor Gécsek (HUN) 75.68 m
46 Raphaël Piolanti (FRA) 74.92 m
57 Sean Carlin (AUS) 74.90 m
610 Claus Dethloff (GER) 73.54 m
713 Lance Deal (USA) 72.90 m
815 Ivan Tanev (BUL) 72.52 m
916 Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA) 72.40 m
1020 Paul Head (GBR) 68.52 m
1123 Kjell Bystedt (SWE) 67.20 m
1224 Guillermo Guzmán (MEX) 66.80 m
1325 Andrés Charadia (ARG) 66.52 m

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
12 Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 77.96 m
25 Plamen Minev (BUL) 75.08 m
38 Walter Ciofani (FRA) 74.74 m
49 Heinz Weis (GER) 74.40 m
511 Ken Flax (USA) 73.26 m
612 Bi Zhong (CHN) 73.24 m
714 Johann Lindner (AUT) 72.90 m
817 Imre Szitás (HUN) 71.92 m
918 Savvas Saritzoglou (GRE) 70.60 m
1019 Jud Logan (USA) 70.04 m
1121 Angus Cooper (NZL) 68.48 m
1222 Ajet Toska (ALB) 67.26 m
1326 Cherif El-Hennawi (EGY) 57.26 m
1427 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

References

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