1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

None 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 GoldURS Yuriy SedykhSoviet Union (URS)SilverURS Igor AstapkovichSoviet Union (URS)BronzeGER 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 Yuriy Sedykh URS 86.74 m August 30, 1986 FRG Stuttgart, West Germany Event Record Sergey Litvinov URS 83.06 m September 1, 1987 ITA Rome, Italy Season Best Igor Astapkovich URS 84.26 m July 3, 1991 FRA Reims, France Qualification Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 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 RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 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 1946 67.26 m 13 26 Cherif El-Hennawi EGY 57.26 m 14 27 Tuck Yim Wong SIN 46.04 m Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistance123456 Yuriy Sedykh URS 81.38 81.70 81.06 80.26 79.28 79.9481.70 m Igor Astapkovich URS 77.52 79.66 X 79.70 80.94 80.9080.94 m Heinz Weis GER 78.02 77.70 76.80 79.14 79.60 80.4480.44 m4 Tibor Gécsek HUN 77.30 X 75.62 77.16 78.68 78.9878.98 m5 Andrey Abduvaliyev URS 77.86 77.04 78.28 X 78.30 77.8678.30 m6 Walter Ciofani FRA X 74.46 76.48 75.68 75.68 X76.48 m7 Ken Flax USA 75.68 75.36 X 75.98 75.34 X75.98 m8 Raphaël Piolanti FRA 72.78 72.24 73.64 X 72.08 73.4473.64 m9 Sean Carlin AUS 73.24 m10 Claus Dethloff GER 72.96 m11 Bi Zhong CHN 69.50 m12 Plamen Minev BUL 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 H Category:Hammer throw at the World Athletics Championships