1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total of 36 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday August 27, 1991.

Medalists

Gold	Lars Riedel Germany (GER)
Silver	Erik de Bruin Netherlands (NED)
Bronze	Attila Horváth Hungary (HUN)

Schedule

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
26.08.1991 – 11:40h	26.08.1991 – 11:40h
Final Round
27.08.1991 – 19:00h

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

Qualification

• Held on Monday 1991-08-26

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
1.	Lars Riedel (GER)	65.30 m
2.	Attila Horváth (HUN)	64.54 m
3.	Mike Buncic (USA)	63.12 m
4.	Sergey Lyakhov (URS)	63.02 m
5.	Vasiliy Kaptyukh (URS)	62.88 m
6.	Jürgen Schult (GER)	62.56 m
7.	Nikolay Kolev (BUL)	62.40 m
8.	Roberto Moya (CUB)	62.32 m
9.	David Martínez (ESP)	61.14 m
10.	Svein Inge Valvik (NOR)	60.86 m
11.	Simon Williams (GBR)	60.68 m
12.	Vesteinn Hafsteinsson (ISL)	60.12 m
13.	Marcel Tirle (ROM)	59.80 m
14.	Luciano Zerbini (ITA)	58.34 m
15.	Anthony Washington (USA)	58.02 m
16.	Ray Lazdins (CAN)	56.58 m
17.	Tuck Yim Wong (SIN)	44.26 m
—	Christian Erb (SUI)	DNS

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.	Wolfgang Schmidt (GER)	65.18 m
2.	Dmitriy Shevchenko (URS)	63.70 m
3.	Erik de Bruin (NED)	63.34 m
4.	Adewale Olukoju (NGR)	62.36 m
5.	Imrich Bugár (TCH)	61.90 m
6.	Werner Reiterer (AUS)	60.40 m
7.	Marco Martino (ITA)	60.34 m
8.	Georgi Georgiev (BUL)	60.08 m
9.	Ramón Jiménez Gaona (PAR)	60.02 m
10.	Costel Grasu (ROM)	60.00 m
11.	József Ficsór (HUN)	59.98 m
11.	Juan Martínez (CUB)	59.98 m
13.	Mike Gravelle (USA)	58.28 m
14.	Kamen Dimitrov (BUL)	57.72 m
15.	Igor Avrunin (ISR)	56.74 m
16.	Mickaël Conjungo (CAF)	53.02 m
17.	Herberth Rodríguez (ESA)	46.62 m
—	Stefan Fernholm (SWE)	DNS

Final

RANK	FINAL	DISTANCE
	Lars Riedel (GER)	66.20 m
	Erik de Bruin (NED)	65.82 m
	Attila Horváth (HUN)	65.32 m
4.	Wolfgang Schmidt (GER)	64.76 m
5.	Mike Buncic (USA)	64.20 m
6.	Jürgen Schult (GER)	63.12 m
7.	Dmitriy Shevchenko (URS)	62.90 m
8.	Roberto Moya (CUB)	61.44 m
9.	Sergey Lyakhov (URS)	61.00 m
10.	Nikolay Kolev (BUL)	60.44 m
11.	Adewale Olukoju (NGR)	59.44 m
—	Vasiliy Kaptyukh (URS)	DNS

See also

• 1990 Men's European Championships Discus Throw
• 1992 Men's Olympic Discus Throw
• 1994 Men's European Championships Discus Throw

References

• Results