1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

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

Gold	Kimmo Kinnunen Finland (FIN)
Silver	Seppo Räty Finland (FIN)
Bronze	Vladimir Sasimovich Soviet Union (URS)

Schedule

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

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
25.08.1991 – 09:00h	25.08.1991 – 10:30h
Final Round
26.08.1991 – 18:10h

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	Seppo Räty  (FIN)	96.96 m	June 2, 1991	Punkalaidun, Finland
Event Record	Seppo Räty  (FIN)	83.54 m	August 30, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best	Tom Petranoff  (USA)	89.16 m	March 1, 1991	Potchefstroom, South Africa
Broken records during the 1991 World Athletics Championships
Event Record	Kimmo Kinnunen  (FIN)	90.82 m	August 26, 1991	Tokyo, Japan

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Kimmo Kinnunen  (FIN)	80.68	88.48	—	88.48 m
2	6	Gavin Lovegrove  (NZL)	74.54	76.46	82.08	82.08 m
3	10	Einar Vilhjálmsson  (ISL)	80.10	79.64	78.56	80.10 m
4	14	Dmitriy Polyunin  (URS)	78.50	78.08	77.84	78.50 m
5	15	Steve Backley  (GBR)	75.34	78.24	73.96	78.24 m
6	16	Ramón González  (CUB)	77.00	77.72	72.54	77.72 m
7	17	Pascal Lefévre  (FRA)	X	77.26	76.84	77.26 m
8	18	Jan Železný  (TCH)	X	76.26	X	76.26 m
9	19	Ari Pakarinen  (FIN)	75.08	67.82	76.14	76.14 m
10	22	Masami Yoshida  (JPN)	X	X	75.96	75.96 m
11	24	Dave Stephens  (USA)	75.10	71.10	72.80	75.10 m
12	27	Peter Borglund  (SWE)	67.84	74.40	68.00	74.40 m
13	28	Sejad Krdžalić  (YUG)	67.92	X	73.84	73.84 m
14	31	Juan de la Garza  (MEX)	72.84	66.34	66.18	72.84 m
15	32	Viktor Zaitsev  (URS)	X	72.48	69.82	72.48 m
16	33	Klaus Tafelmeier  (GER)	X	X	72.42	72.42 m
17	34	Rodrigo Zelaya  (CHI)	68.76	70.70	62.38	70.70 m
18	36	Angel Mandzhukov  (BUL)	66.26	69.78	X	69.78 m
19	39	Julián Sotelo  (ESP)	X	X	65.74	65.74 m
20	40	Trevor Modeste  (GRN)	62.68	60.28	X	62.68 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	2	Seppo Räty  (FIN)	80.50	87.34	—	87.34 m
2	3	Peter Blank  (GER)	82.56	—	—	82.56 m
3	4	Dag Wennlund  (SWE)	82.46	—	—	82.46 m
4	5	Vladimir Sasimovich  (URS)	82.38	—	—	82.38 m
5	7	Raymond Hecht  (GER)	77.80	78.48	81.92	81.92 m
6	8	Vadim Bavikin  (ISR)	78.68	81.56	X	81.56 m
7	9	Sigurður Einarsson  (ISL)	78.02	78.84	80.60	80.60 m
8	11	Patrik Bodén  (SWE)	79.64	77.84	79.22	79.64 m
9	12	Mick Hill  (GBR)	79.54	X	X	79.54 m
10	13	Zhang Lianbiao  (CHN)	76.28	71.60	78.94	78.94 m
11	20	Radoman Šćekić  (YUG)	76.10	X	X	76.10 m
12	21	Sigurdur Matthiasson  (ISL)	76.02	73.64	71.40	76.02 m
13	23	Colin MacKenzie  (GBR)	75.12	X	74.74	75.12 m
14	25	Mike Barnett  (USA)	71.02	72.44	75.02	75.02 m
15	26	Tom Pukstys  (USA)	74.72	X	X	74.72 m
16	29	Kazuhiro Mizoguchi  (JPN)	73.78	X	73.42	73.78 m
17	30	Kim Ki-Hun  (KOR)	73.62	69.22	70.94	73.62 m
18	35	Luis Lucumi  (COL)	69.64	70.48	66.44	70.48 m
19	37	Frederick Morgan  (ASA)	66.98	X	65.52	66.98 m
20	38	Frans Mahuse  (INA)	66.20	63.56	—	66.20 m
21	41	Benjamin Cawicaan  (PHI)	59.56	58.54	61.38	61.38 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Kimmo Kinnunen  (FIN)	90.82	—	X	82.12	82.74	X	90.82 m
	Seppo Räty  (FIN)	81.04	81.22	84.14	X	X	88.12	88.12 m
	Vladimir Sasimovich  (URS)	X	87.08	X	X	X	X	87.08 m
4	Gavin Lovegrove  (NZL)	76.16	75.54	82.30	82.02	X	84.24	84.24 m
5	Mick Hill  (GBR)	84.12	X	X	X	76.44	79.94	84.12 m
6	Sigurður Einarsson  (ISL)	75.76	82.00	83.46	X	81.54	82.60	83.46 m
7	Dag Wennlund  (SWE)	X	74.26	81.14	75.56	78.02	X	81.14 m
8	Patrik Bodén  (SWE)	74.16	X	78.12	X	73.62	78.58	78.58 m
9	Einar Vilhjálmsson  (ISL)	77.28	X	X				77.28 m
10	Vadim Bavikin  (ISR)	77.18	X	68.98				77.18 m
11	Peter Blank  (GER)	68.04	72.62	66.92				72.62 m
12	Raymond Hecht  (GER)	66.46	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