1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

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

Gold	Xu Demei PR China (CHN)
Silver	Petra Felke-Meier Germany (GER)
Bronze	Silke Renk Germany (GER)

Schedule

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
31.08.1991 – 16:30h	31.08.1991 – 18:00h
Final Round
01.09.1991 – 16:00h

Abbreviations

• 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

Standing records prior to the 1991 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Petra Felke-Meier  (GDR)	80.00 m	September 9, 1988	Potsdam, East Germany
Event Record	Fatima Whitbread  (GBR)	76.64 m	September 6, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best	Trine Hattestad  (NOR)	71.44 m	August 3, 1991	Fana, Norway

Qualification

• Held on Saturday 1991-08-31

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
1.	Karen Forkel  (GER)	68.14 m
2.	Xu Demei  (CHN)	65.44 m
3.	Päivi Alafrantti  (FIN)	64.38 m
4.	Anna Verouli  (GRE)	63.02 m
5.	Natalya Shikolenko  (URS)	62.08 m
6.	Heli Rantanen  (FIN)	61.30 m
7.	Antoaneta Todorova  (BUL)	57.42 m
8.	Sharon Gibson  (GBR)	56.64 m
9.	Donna Mayhew  (USA)	56.34 m
10.	Katalin Hartai  (HUN)	55.68 m
11.	Laverne Eve  (BAH)	55.14 m
12.	Akiko Miyajima  (JPN)	52.86 m
13.	Matilda Kisava  (TAN)	52.60 m
14.	Sueli dos Santos  (BRA)	51.20 m
—	Nadine Schoellkopf-Auzeil  (FRA)	NM
—	Isel López  (CUB)	NM

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.	Petra Felke-Meier  (GER)	67.24 m
2.	Trine Solberg-Hattestad  (NOR)	66.92 m
3.	Silke Renk  (GER)	65.24 m
4.	Dulce García  (CUB)	62.18 m
5.	Louise McPaul  (AUS)	61.08 m
6.	Natalya Cherniyenko  (URS)	60.90 m
7.	Karin Smith  (USA)	60.34 m
8.	Genowefa Patla  (POL)	60.18 m
9.	Tiina Lillak  (FIN)	58.42 m
10.	Paula Berry  (USA)	57.94 m
11.	Irina Kostyuchenkova  (URS)	57.60 m
12.	Sun Fei  (CHN)	55.04 m
13.	Kirsten Smith  (NZL)	53.98 m
14.	Íris Grönfeldt  (ISL)	53.92 m
15.	Marieta Riera  (VEN)	50.62 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	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