1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw explained

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
		96.96 m	June 2, 1991
		83.54 m	August 30, 1987
		89.16 m	March 1, 1991	Potchefstroom, South Africa
Broken records during the 1991 World Athletics Championships
		90.82 m	August 26, 1991

Qualification

Group A

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

Group B

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

• 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
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