1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Javelin
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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.
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 KinnunenKimmo 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 Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside... (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 Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside... (FIN) |
| Bronze |  Vladimir SasimovichVladimir Sasimovich Vladimir Nikolayevich Sasimovich is a retired javelin thrower who represented the USSR and later Belarus.His personal best was 87.40 metres, achieved in June 1995 in Kuortane. He was suspended by the IAAF from August 2004 to August 2006.-Achievements:... 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) |
Schedule
- All times are Japan Standard TimeJapan Standard TimeJapan Standard Time or JST is the standard timezone of Japan, and is 9 hours ahead of UTC. For example, when it is midnight in UTC, it is 09:00 in Japan Standard Time. There is no daylight saving time, though its introduction has been debated several times. Japan Standard Time is the same as...
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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 | ||||
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| 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.... |
96.96 m | June 2, 1991 | Punkalaidun Punkalaidun Punkalaidun is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .... , Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside... |
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| Event Record | 83.54 m | August 30, 1987 |  Rome, Italy |
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| Season Best | 89.16 m | March 1, 1991 |  Potchefstroom, South AfricaSouth Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans... |
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| Broken records during the 1991 World Athletics Championships | ||||
| Event Record | 90.82 m | August 26, 1991 |  Tokyo, Japan |
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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 | |||||
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