1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

None These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total of 31 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday September 1, 1991. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin. The winning margin was 10 cm which as of 2024 remains the narrowest winning margin in the women's javelin throw at these championships. Medalists GoldCHN Xu DemeiPR China (CHN)SilverGER Petra Felke-MeierGermany (GER)BronzeGER Silke RenkGermany (GER) Schedule All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B31.08.1991 – 16:30h31.08.1991 – 18:00hFinal Round01.09.1991 – 16:00h 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 Petra Felke-Meier GDR 80.00 m September 9, 1988 GDR Potsdam, East Germany Event Record Fatima Whitbread GBR 76.64 m September 6, 1987 ITA Rome, Italy Season Best Trine Hattestad NOR 71.44 m August 3, 1991 NOR Fana, Norway Qualification Held on Saturday 1991-08-31 RANKGROUP ADISTANCE1.Karen Forkel GER68.14 m2.Xu Demei CHN65.44 m3.Päivi Alafrantti FIN64.38 m4.Anna Verouli GRE63.02 m5.Natalya Shikolenko URS62.08 m6.Heli Rantanen FIN61.30 m7.Antoaneta Todorova BUL57.42 m8.Sharon Gibson GBR56.64 m9.Donna Mayhew USA56.34 m10.Katalin Hartai HUN55.68 m11.Laverne Eve BAH55.14 m12.Akiko Miyajima JPN52.86 m13.Matilda Kisava TAN52.60 m14.Sueli dos Santos BRA 196851.20 m—Nadine Schoellkopf-Auzeil FRANM—Isel López CUBNM RANKGROUP BDISTANCE1.Petra Felke-Meier GER67.24 m2.Trine Solberg-Hattestad NOR66.92 m3.Silke Renk GER65.24 m4.Dulce García CUB62.18 m5.Louise McPaul AUS61.08 m6.Natalya Cherniyenko URS60.90 m7.Karin Smith USA60.34 m8.Genowefa Patla POL60.18 m9.Tiina Lillak FIN58.42 m10.Paula Berry USA57.94 m11.Irina Kostyuchenkova URS57.60 m12.Sun Fei CHN55.04 m13.Kirsten Smith NZL53.98 m14.Íris Grönfeldt ISL53.92 m15.Marieta Riera VEN 193050.62 m Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistance123456 Xu Demei CHN 68.78 m Petra Felke-Meier GER 68.68 m Silke Renk GER 66.80 m 4 Natalya Cherniyenko URS 65.22 m 5 Trine Solberg-Hattestad NOR 63.36 m 6 Louise McPaul AUS 62.34 m 7 Dulce García CUB 62.68 m 8 Päivi Alafrantti FIN 62.26 m 9 Heli Rantanen FIN 60.96 m 10 Anna Verouli GRE 59.12 m 11 Natalya Shikolenko URS 58.82 m 12 Karen Forkel GER 57.90 m See also 1988 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Seoul) 1990 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Split) 1992 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Barcelona) 1994 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Helsinki) References Results J Category:Javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships