1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

none These are the official results of the Men's Shot Put event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 23 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday August 31, 1991. Werner Günthör of Switzerland won the competition with a throw of 21.67 metres. The original silver medallist, Georg Andersen of Norway, was disqualified and stripped of his medal after testing positive for anabolic steroids.Track and Field. LA Times (1991-09-13). Retrieved on 2011-06-22. The original bronze medallist (Lars Arvid Nilsen) was elevated to the silver while the fourth-placed Soviet thrower Aleksandr Klimenko received the bronze instead. Medalists GoldSUI Werner GünthörSwitzerland (SUI)SilverNOR Lars Arvid NilsenNorway (NOR)BronzeURS Aleksandr KlimenkoSoviet Union (URS) Schedule All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B30.08.1991 – 10:30h30.08.1991 – 10:30hFinal Round31.08.1991 – 18:30h 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 Randy Barnes USA 23.12 m May 20, 1990 USA Westwood, United States Event Record Werner Günthör SUI 22.23 m August 29, 1987 ITA Rome, Italy Qualification RANKGROUP ADISTANCE1.Werner Günthör SUI20.97 m2.Sergey Nikolayev URS20.16 m3.Lars Arvid Nilsen NOR19.79 m4.Gert Weil CHI19.51 m5.Oliver-Sven Buder GER19.44 m6.Paul Edwards GBR19.28 m7.Dragan Perić YUG19.21 m8.Gheorghe Guşet ROM18.55 m9.Luc Viudes FRA18.43 m10.C.J. Hunter USA17.97 m—Sören Tallhem SWENM RANKGROUP BDISTANCE1.Georg Andersen NOR20.41 m2.Aleksandr Klimenko URS19.79 m3.Kent Larsson SWE19.20 m4.Ron Backes USA19.05 m5.Alessandro Andrei ITA19.00 m6.Jan Sagedal NOR18.90 m7.Pétur Guðmundsson ISL18.51 m8.Karel Sula TCH18.30 m9.Kalman Konya GER18.26 m10.Khaled Al-Khalidi KSA16.38 m11.Lim Chee-Wee BRU13.49 m—Dimitrios Koutsoukis GRENM Final RANKFINALDISTANCEImage:Med 1.pngWerner Günthör SUI21.67 mImage:Med 2.pngLars Arvid Nilsen NOR20.75 mImage:Med 3.pngAleksandr Klimenko URS20.34 m4.Oliver-Sven Buder GER20.10 m5.Sergey Nikolayev URS19.98 m6.Kent Larsson SWE19.92 m7.Dragan Perić YUG19.83 m8.Ron Backes USA19.34 m9.Gert Weil CHI19.30 m10.Paul Edwards GBR18.91 m11.Alessandro Andrei ITA18.73 m—Georg Andersen NORDSQ See also 1990 Men's European Championships Shot Put (Split) 1991 Shot Put Year Ranking 1992 Men's Olympic Shot Put (Barcelona) References Results s Category:Shot put at the World Athletics Championships