1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Javelin
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These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw
Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

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 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
Kimmo Kinnunen
Kimmo Kinnunen is a former Finnish javelin thrower. He won gold at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo and silver at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart....


Finland
Finland
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 (FIN)
Silver   Seppo Räty
Seppo Räty
Seppo Henrik Räty is a Finnish javelin thrower. His personal best throw was 96.96 m in 1991, which was a world record at the time, however this throw was made using a modified 'Nemeth' javelin which was banned by the IAAF later that year and all records made using this javelin were retrospectively...


Finland
Finland
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 (FIN)
Bronze   Vladimir Sasimovich
Vladimir Sasimovich
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Soviet Union
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 (URS)



Schedule

  • All times are Japan Standard Time
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    )
    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
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96.96 m June 2, 1991   Punkalaidun
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, Finland
Finland
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Event Record  83.54 m August 30, 1987   Rome, Italy
Season Best  89.16 m March 1, 1991   Potchefstroom, South Africa
South Africa
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Broken records during the 1991 World Athletics Championships
Event Record  90.82 m August 26, 1991   Tokyo, Japan



Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 1 align=left | 80.68 88.48 88.48 m
2 6 align=left | 74.54 76.46 82.08 82.08 m
3 10 align=left | 80.10 79.64 78.56 80.10 m
4 14 align=left | 78.50 78.08 77.84 78.50 m
5 15 align=left | 75.34 78.24 73.96 78.24 m
6 16 align=left | 77.00 77.72 72.54 77.72 m
7 17 X 77.26 76.84 77.26 m
8 18 X 76.26 X 76.26 m
9 19 align=left | 75.08 67.82 76.14 76.14 m
10 22 align=left | X X 75.96 75.96 m
11 24 align=left | 75.10 71.10 72.80 75.10 m
12 27 align=left | 67.84 74.40 68.00 74.40 m
13 28 align=left | 67.92 X 73.84 73.84 m
14 31 align=left | 72.84 66.34 66.18 72.84 m
15 32 align=left | X 72.48 69.82 72.48 m
16 33 align=left | X X 72.42 72.42 m
17 34 align=left | 68.76 70.70 62.38 70.70 m
18 36 align=left | 66.26 69.78 X 69.78 m
19 39 align=left | X X 65.74 65.74 m
20 40 align=left | 62.68 60.28 X 62.68 m



Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 2 align=left | 80.50 87.34 87.34 m
2 3 align=left | 82.56 82.56 m
3 4 align=left | 82.46 82.46 m
4 5 align=left | 82.38 82.38 m
5 7 align=left | 77.80 78.48 81.92 81.92 m
6 8 align=left | 78.68 81.56 X 81.56 m
7 9 align=left | 78.02 78.84 80.60 80.60 m
8 11 align=left | 79.64 77.84 79.22 79.64 m
9 12 align=left | 79.54 X X 79.54 m
10 13 align=left | 76.28 71.60 78.94 78.94 m
11 20 align=left | 76.10 X X 76.10 m
12 21 align=left | 76.02 73.64 71.40 76.02 m
13 23 align=left | 75.12 X 74.74 75.12 m
14 25 align=left | 71.02 72.44 75.02 75.02 m
15 26 align=left | 74.72 X X 74.72 m
16 29 align=left | 73.78 X 73.42 73.78 m
17 30 align=left | 73.62 69.22 70.94 73.62 m
18 35 align=left | 69.64 70.48 66.44 70.48 m
19 37 align=left | 66.98 X 65.52 66.98 m
20 38 align=left | 66.20 63.56 66.20 m
21 41 align=left | 59.56 58.54 61.38 61.38 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
90.82 X 82.12 82.74 X 90.82 m
81.04 81.22 84.14 X X 88.12 88.12 m
X 87.08 X X X X 87.08 m
4 76.16 75.54 82.30 82.02 X 84.24 84.24 m
5 84.12 X X X 76.44 79.94 84.12 m
6 75.76 82.00 83.46 X 81.54 82.60 83.46 m
7 X 74.26 81.14 75.56 78.02 X 81.14 m
8 74.16 X 78.12 X 73.62 78.58 78.58 m
9 77.28 X X 77.28 m
10 77.18 X 68.98 77.18 m
11 68.04 72.62 66.92 72.62 m
12 66.46 70.58 X 70.58 m

See also

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    Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's javelin throw
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  • 1990 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Split)
    1990 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Javelin
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  • 1992 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Barcelona)
    Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's javelin throw
    These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 32 participating athletes...

  • 1994 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Helsinki)
    1994 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Javelin
    These are the official results of the Men's javelin throw event at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes. The final was held on 8 August 1994...

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