# 1991 in hammer throw

This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1991 in the hammer throw for both men and women. One of the main events during this season were the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where the final of the men's competition was held on Sunday August 25, 1991.

## Men
### Records

Standing records prior to the 1991 season in track and field :
| World Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |

### 1991 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 84.26 m | Igor Astapkovich (URS) | Reims, France | 03.07.1991 | PB |
| 2 | 82.80 m | Andrey Abduvaliyev (URS) | Kyiv, Soviet Union | 11.07.1991 | |
| 3 | 82.62 m | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | Pieksämäki, Finland | 03.07.1991 | |
| 4 | 82.40 m | Plamen Minev (BUL) | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 01.06.1991 | NR |
| 5 | 81.16 m | Sergey Alay (URS) | Stayki, Soviet Union | 05.05.1991 | |
| 6 | 81.14 m | Sergey Kirmasov (URS) | Samara, Soviet Union | 01.06.1991 | PB |
| 7 | 80.72 m | Tibor Gécsek (HUN) | Nyíregyháza, Hungary | 02.06.1991 | |
| 8 | 80.62 m | Aleksandr Seleznyov (URS) | Krasnodar, Soviet Union | 21.06.1991 | PB |
| 8 | 80.62 m | Igor Nikulin (URS) | Kyiv, Soviet Union | 11.07.1991 | |
| 10 | 80.56 m | Jüri Tamm (EST) | Odessa, Soviet Union | 26.07.1991 | |
| 11 | 80.44 m | Heinz Weis (GER) | Tokyo, Japan | 25.08.1991 | |
| 12 | 79.78 m | Vladimir Stepochkin (URS) | Odessa, Soviet Union | 26.07.1991 | PB |
| 13 | 79.76 m | Vasiliy Sidorenko (URS) | Rhede, Germany | 07.07.1991 | |
| 14 | 79.42 m | Sergey Litvinov (URS) | Leverkusen, Germany | 12.07.1991 | |
| 15 | 79.24 m | Ken Flax (USA) | Modesto, California, United States | 11.05.1991 | |
| 16 | 79.16 m | Vitaliy Alisevich (URS) | Odessa, Soviet Union | 26.07.1991 | |
| 17 | 78.62 m | Benjaminas Viluckis (LTU) | Vilnius, Lithuania | 01.08.1991 | |
| 18 | 78.44 m | Lance Deal (USA) | Eugene, Oregon, United States | 21.06.1991 | PB |
| 19 | 78.12 m | Iosif Shaverdashvili (GEO) | Tbilisi, Georgia | 29.09.1991 | NR |
| 20 | 78.10 m | Walter Ciofani (FRA) | Reims, France | 03.07.1991 | |
| 21 | 78.00 m | Nikolay Lysenko (URS) | Krasnodar, Soviet Union | 11.05.1991 | |
| 22 | 77.90 m | Jud Logan (USA) | State College, United States | 09.07.1991 | |
| 23 | 77.80 m | Ivan Tanev (BUL) | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 10.08.1991 | |
| 24 | 77.60 m | Donatas Plungė (LTU) | Vilnius, Lithuania | 01.08.1991 | |
| 25 | 77.44 m | Valeriy Gubkin (URS) | Stayki, Soviet Union | 26.06.1991 | |

## Women
### 1991 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 64.44 m | Alla Davydova (URS) | Adler, Soviet Union | 24.02.1991 | PB |
| 2 | 63.08 m | Larisa Shtyrogrizhnaya (URS) | Adler, Soviet Union | 24.02.1991 | PB |
| 3 | 61.80 m | Lyubov Vasilyeva (URS) | Moscow, Soviet Union | 18.06.1991 | PB |
| 4 | 61.66 m | Yuliya Stepanova (URS) | Kyiv, Soviet Union | 01.06.1991 | PB |
| 5 | 61.52 m | Olga Kuzenkova (URS) | Adler, Soviet Union | 26.05.1991 | PB |
| 6 | 58.60 m | Yelena Khrulyova (URS) | Adler, Soviet Union | 26.05.1991 | PB |
| 7 | 56.72 m | Tatyana Konstantinova (URS) | Sochi, Soviet Union | 25.05.1991 | |
| 8 | 56.48 m | Alice Meyer (FRA) | Antony, France | 03.07.1991 | PB |
| 9 | 55.22 m | Svetlana Sudak (URS) | Adler, Soviet Union | 24.02.1991 | PB |
| 10 | 52.10 m | Cécile Lignot-Maubert (FRA) | unknown | ??.??.0000 | PB |
| 11 | 47.14 m | Deborah Sosimenko (AUS) | unknown | ??.??.0000 | PB |