1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's javelin throw

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

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)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

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
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