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1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

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These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total of 31 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday September 1, 1991. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin.

Medalists

Gold China Xu Demei
PR China (CHN)
Silver Germany Petra Felke-Meier
Germany (GER)
Bronze Germany Silke Renk
Germany (GER)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
31.08.1991 – 16:30h 31.08.1991 – 18:00h
Final Round
01.09.1991 – 16:00h

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1991 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Petra Felke-Meier (GDR) 80.00 m September 9, 1988 East Germany Potsdam, East Germany
Event Record  Fatima Whitbread (GBR) 76.64 m September 6, 1987 Italy Rome, Italy
Season Best  Trine Hattestad (NOR) 71.44 m August 3, 1991 Norway Fana, Norway

Qualification

  • Held on Saturday 1991-08-31
RANK GROUP A DISTANCE
1.  Karen Forkel (GER) 68.14 m
2.  Xu Demei (CHN) 65.44 m
3.  Päivi Alafrantti (FIN) 64.38 m
4.  Anna Verouli (GRE) 63.02 m
5.  Natalya Shikolenko (URS) 62.08 m
6.  Heli Rantanen (FIN) 61.30 m
7.  Antoaneta Todorova (BUL) 57.42 m
8.  Sharon Gibson (GBR) 56.64 m
9.  Donna Mayhew (USA) 56.34 m
10.  Katalin Hartai (HUN) 55.68 m
11.  Laverne Eve (BAH) 55.14 m
12.  Akiko Miyajima (JPN) 52.86 m
13.  Matilda Kisava (TAN) 52.60 m
14.  Sueli dos Santos (BRA) 51.20 m
 Nadine Schoellkopf-Auzeil (FRA) NM
 Isel López (CUB) NM


RANK GROUP B DISTANCE
1.  Petra Felke-Meier (GER) 67.24 m
2.  Trine Solberg-Hattestad (NOR) 66.92 m
3.  Silke Renk (GER) 65.24 m
4.  Dulce García (CUB) 62.18 m
5.  Louise McPaul (AUS) 61.08 m
6.  Natalya Cherniyenko (URS) 60.90 m
7.  Karin Smith (USA) 60.34 m
8.  Genowefa Patla (POL) 60.18 m
9.  Tiina Lillak (FIN) 58.42 m
10.  Paula Berry (USA) 57.94 m
11.  Irina Kostyuchenkova (URS) 57.60 m
12.  Sun Fei (CHN) 55.04 m
13.  Kirsten Smith (NZL) 53.98 m
14.  Íris Grönfeldt (ISL) 53.92 m
15.  Marieta Riera (VEN) 50.62 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Xu Demei (CHN) 68.78 m
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Petra Felke-Meier (GER) 68.68 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Silke Renk (GER) 66.80 m
4  Natalya Cherniyenko (URS) 65.22 m
5  Trine Solberg-Hattestad (NOR) 63.36 m
6  Louise McPaul (AUS) 62.34 m
7  Dulce García (CUB) 62.68 m
8  Päivi Alafrantti (FIN) 62.26 m
9  Heli Rantanen (FIN) 60.96 m
10  Anna Verouli (GRE) 59.12 m
11  Natalya Shikolenko (URS) 58.82 m
12  Karen Forkel (GER) 57.90 m

See also

References