1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Hammer

These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw

Hammer throw

The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...

event at the 1991 World Championships

1991 World Championships in Athletics

The 3rd World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan between August 23 and September 1 and athletes from 167 countries participated in the event.The event is best-remembered for the...

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

Gold	Yuriy Sedykh Yuriy Sedykh Yuriy Georgiyevich Sedykh is a retired Soviet/Ukrainian athlete who represented the USSR, specialising in the hammer throw.... Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... (URS)
Silver	Igor Astapkovich Igor Astapkovich Ihar Astapkovich , born in Minsk, is a hammer thrower who won two Olympic medals, first representing the Soviet Union and later his home country of Belarus.-Biography:... Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... (URS)
Bronze	Heinz Weis Heinz Weis Heinz Weis is a male former hammer thrower from Germany. He competed for West Germany until 1990.... Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... (GER)

Schedule

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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
24.08.1991 – 12:00h 24.08.1991 – 12:00h
Final Round
25.08.1991 – 15:00h

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
24.08.1991 – 12:00h	24.08.1991 – 12:00h
Final Round
25.08.1991 – 15:00h

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

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 World records in athletics World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking....	86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... , West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
Event Record	83.06 m	September 1, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best 1991 Hammer Throw Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1991 in the hammer throw for both men and women. One of the main events during this season were the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where the final of the men's competition was held on on Sunday August 25, 1991.-Records:-1991 World...	84.26 m	July 3, 1991	Reims, France

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	1					80.36 m
2	3					79.06 m
3	4					75.68 m
4	6					74.92 m
5	7					74.90 m
6	10					73.54 m
7	13					72.90 m
8	15					72.52 m
9	16					72.40 m
10	20					68.52 m
11	23					67.20 m
12	24					66.80 m
13	25					66.52 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	2					77.96 m
2	5					75.08 m
3	8					74.74 m
4	9					74.40 m
5	11					73.26 m
6	12					73.24 m
7	14					72.90 m
8	17					71.92 m
9	18					70.60 m
10	19					70.04 m
11	21					68.48 m
12	22					67.26 m
13	26					57.26 m
14	27					46.04 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance
								81.70 m
								80.94 m
								80.44 m
4								78.98 m
5								78.30 m
6								76.48 m
7								75.98 m
8								73.64 m

9								73.24 m
10								72.96 m
11								69.50 m
—								68.70 m