1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

None These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total of 41 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday August 26, 1991. All results were made with rough surfaced javelin. The qualification mark was set at 82.00 metres. Medalists GoldFIN Kimmo KinnunenFinland (FIN)SilverFIN Seppo RätyFinland (FIN)BronzeURS Vladimir SasimovichSoviet Union (URS) Schedule All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B25.08.1991 – 09:00h25.08.1991 – 10:30hFinal Round26.08.1991 – 18:10h 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 Seppo Räty FIN 96.96 m June 2, 1991 FIN Punkalaidun, Finland Event Record Seppo Räty FIN 83.54 m August 30, 1987 ITA Rome, Italy Season Best Tom Petranoff USA 89.16 m March 1, 1991 RSA Potchefstroom, South AfricaBroken records during the 1991 World Athletics Championships Event Record Kimmo Kinnunen FIN 90.82 m August 26, 1991 JPN Tokyo, Japan Qualification Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance1231 1 Kimmo Kinnunen FIN 80.68 88.48 — 88.48 m2 6 Gavin Lovegrove NZL 74.54 76.46 82.08 82.08 m3 10 Einar Vilhjálmsson ISL 80.10 79.64 78.56 80.10 m4 14 Dmitriy Polyunin URS 78.50 78.08 77.84 78.50 m5 15 Steve Backley GBR 75.34 78.24 73.96 78.24 m6 16 Ramón González CUB 77.00 77.72 72.54 77.72 m7 17 Pascal Lefévre FRA X 77.26 76.84 77.26 m8 18 Jan Železný TCH X 76.26 X 76.26 m9 19 Ari Pakarinen FIN 75.08 67.82 76.14 76.14 m10 22 Masami Yoshida JPN X X 75.96 75.96 m11 24 Dave Stephens USA 75.10 71.10 72.80 75.10 m12 27 Peter Borglund SWE 67.84 74.40 68.00 74.40 m13 28 Sejad Krdžalić YUG 67.92 X 73.84 73.84 m14 31 Juan de la Garza MEX 72.84 66.34 66.18 72.84 m15 32 Viktor Zaitsev URS X 72.48 69.82 72.48 m16 33 Klaus Tafelmeier GER X X 72.4272.42 m17 34 Rodrigo Zelaya CHI 68.76 70.70 62.38 70.70 m18 36 Angel Mandzhukov BUL 66.26 69.78 X69.78 m19 39 Julián Sotelo ESP X X 65.74 65.74 m20 40 Trevor Modeste GRN 62.68 60.28 X62.68 m Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance1231 2 Seppo Räty FIN 80.50 87.34 —87.34 m2 3 Peter Blank GER 82.56 — —82.56 m3 4 Dag Wennlund SWE 82.46 — —82.46 m4 5 Vladimir Sasimovich URS 82.38 — —82.38 m5 7 Raymond Hecht GER 77.80 78.48 81.92 81.92 m6 8 Vadim Bavikin ISR 78.68 81.56 X81.56 m7 9 Sigurður Einarsson ISL 78.02 78.84 80.60 80.60 m8 11 Patrik Bodén SWE 79.64 77.84 79.22 79.64 m9 12 Mick Hill GBR 79.54 X X79.54 m10 13 Zhang Lianbiao CHN 76.28 71.60 78.9478.94 m11 20 Radoman Šćekić YUG 76.10 X X76.10 m12 21 Sigurdur Matthiasson ISL 76.02 73.64 71.4076.02 m13 23 Colin MacKenzie GBR 75.12 X 74.7475.12 m14 25 Mike Barnett USA 71.02 72.44 75.02 75.02 m15 26 Tom Pukstys USA 74.72 X X 74.72 m16 29 Kazuhiro Mizoguchi JPN 73.78 X 73.4273.78 m17 30 Kim Ki-Hun KOR 73.62 69.22 70.9473.62 m18 35 Luis Lucumi COL 69.64 70.48 66.4470.48 m19 37 Frederick Morgan ASA 66.98 X 65.52 66.98 m20 38 Frans Mahuse INA 66.20 63.56 — 66.20 m21 41 Benjamin Cawicaan PHI 59.56 58.54 61.38 61.38 m Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 Kimmo Kinnunen FIN90.82 —X 82.12 82.74 X90.82 m Seppo Räty FIN81.04 81.22 84.14 X X 88.12 88.12 m Vladimir Sasimovich URSX 87.08 X X X X87.08 m 4 Gavin Lovegrove NZL76.16 75.54 82.30 82.02 X 84.24 84.24 m 5 Mick Hill GBR84.12 X X X 76.44 79.94 84.12 m 6 Sigurður Einarsson ISL75.76 82.00 83.46 X 81.54 82.60 83.46 m 7 Dag Wennlund SWEX 74.26 81.14 75.56 78.02 X81.14 m 8 Patrik Bodén SWE74.16 X 78.12 X 73.62 78.58 78.58 m 9 Einar Vilhjálmsson ISL77.28 XX 77.28 m 10 Vadim Bavikin ISR77.18 X 68.98 77.18 m 11 Peter Blank GER68.04 72.62 66.92 72.62 m 12 Raymond Hecht GER66.46 70.58 X 70.58 m See also 1988 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Seoul) 1990 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Split) 1992 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Barcelona) 1994 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Helsinki) References Results koti.welho J Category:Javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships