1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total of 31 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Saturday August 31, 1991.

Medalists

Gold	Tsvetanka Khristova Bulgaria (BUL)
Silver	Ilke Wyludda Germany (GER)
Bronze	Larisa Mikhalchenko Soviet Union (URS)

Schedule

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

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
29.08.1991 – 19:00h	29.08.1991 – 19:00h
Final Round
31.08.1991 – 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

Qualifying round

• Held on Thursday 1991-08-29

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
1.	Ilke Wyludda (GER)	67.72 m
2.	Daniela Costian (AUS)	62.74 m
3.	Maritza Martén (CUB)	60.88 m
4.	Iryna Yatchenko (URS)	60.38 m
5.	Zhao Yonghua (CHN)	59.80 m
6.	Franka Dietzsch (GER)	59.16 m
7.	Stefania Simova (BUL)	58.10 m
8.	Lacy Barnes-Mileham (USA)	56.84 m
9.	Agnese Maffeis (ITA)	56.36 m
10.	Mette Bergmann (NOR)	55.78 m
11.	Teresa Machado (POR)	53.64 m
12.	Alice Matejkova (TCH)	53.22 m
13.	Ikuko Kitamori (JPN)	48.52 m
14.	Maria Obando (NCA)	41.78 m
—	Hanane Khaled (EGY)	DNS

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.	Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL)	67.10 m
2.	Martina Opitz-Hellmann (GER)	65.26 m
3.	Larisa Mikhalchenko (URS)	64.68 m
4.	Ellina Zvereva (URS)	61.86 m
5.	Xiao Yanling (CHN)	61.68 m
6.	Bárbara Hechavarría (CUB)	60.86 m
7.	Min Chunfeng (CHN)	59.42 m
8.	Vladimíra Malátová (TCH)	58.38 m
9.	Marie-Paule Geldhof (BEL)	57.26 m
10.	Carla Garrett (USA)	56.62 m
11.	Jackie McKernan (GBR)	55.64 m
12.	Manuela Tirneci (ROM)	55.62 m
13.	Penny Neer (USA)	54.26 m
14.	Angeles Barreiro (ESP)	51.24 m
15.	Wilna Bredenhann (NAM)	43.60 m
16.	Hughette Robertson (GUY)	34.52 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL)							71.02 m
	Ilke Wyludda (GER)							69.12 m
	Larisa Mikhalchenko (URS)							68.26 m
4	Martina Opitz-Hellmann (GER)							67.14 m
5	Daniela Costian (AUS)							66.06 m
6	Min Chunfeng (CHN)							65.56 m
7	Iryna Yatchenko (URS)							64.92 m
8	Zhao Yonghua (CHN)							63.62 m
9	Ellina Zvereva (URS)							63.22 m
10	Maritza Martén (CUB)							62.40 m
11	Xiao Yanling (CHN)							61.20 m
12	Bárbara Hechavarría (CUB)							60.62 m

See also

• 1988 Women's Olympic Discus Throw (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships Discus Throw (Split)
• 1992 Women's Olympic Discus Throw (Barcelona)
• 1994 Women's European Championships Discus Throw (Helsinki)

References

• Results
• IAAF