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1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

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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

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Gold Soviet Union Yuriy Sedykh
Soviet Union (URS)
Silver Soviet Union Igor Astapkovich
Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze Germany Heinz Weis
Germany (GER)

Schedule

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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
24.08.1991 – 12:00h 24.08.1991 – 12:00h
Final Round
25.08.1991 – 15:00h

Abbreviations

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  • 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

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Standing records prior to the 1991 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 m August 30, 1986 West Germany Stuttgart, West Germany
Event Record  Sergey Litvinov (URS) 83.06 m September 1, 1987 Italy Rome, Italy
Season Best  Igor Astapkovich (URS) 84.26 m July 3, 1991 France Reims, France

Qualification

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Group A

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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

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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

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Rank Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 81.38 81.70 81.06 80.26 79.28 79.94 81.70 m
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Igor Astapkovich (URS) 77.52 79.66 X 79.70 80.94 80.90 80.94 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

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References

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