# 1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 25, 1991. The qualification mark was set at 75.50 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union (URS) |
| Silver | Igor Astapkovich Soviet Union (URS) |
| Bronze | Heinz Weis Germany (GER) |

## Schedule

* All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 24.08.1991 – 12:00h | 24.08.1991 – 12:00h |
| Final Round ||
| 25.08.1991 – 15:00h ||

## 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 | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |
| Event Record | Sergey Litvinov (URS) | 83.06 m | September 1, 1987 | Rome, Italy |
| Season Best | Igor Astapkovich (URS) | 84.26 m | July 3, 1991 | Reims, France |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 1 | Andrey Abduvaliyev (URS) | | | | 80.36 m |
| 2 | 3 | Igor Astapkovich (URS) | | | | 79.06 m |
| 3 | 4 | Tibor Gécsek (HUN) | | | | 75.68 m |
| 4 | 6 | Raphaël Piolanti (FRA) | | | | 74.92 m |
| 5 | 7 | Sean Carlin (AUS) | | | | 74.90 m |
| 6 | 10 | Claus Dethloff (GER) | | | | 73.54 m |
| 7 | 13 | Lance Deal (USA) | | | | 72.90 m |
| 8 | 15 | Ivan Tanev (BUL) | | | | 72.52 m |
| 9 | 16 | Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA) | | | | 72.40 m |
| 10 | 20 | Paul Head (GBR) | | | | 68.52 m |
| 11 | 23 | Kjell Bystedt (SWE) | | | | 67.20 m |
| 12 | 24 | Guillermo Guzmán (MEX) | | | | 66.80 m |
| 13 | 25 | Andrés Charadia (ARG) | | | | 66.52 m |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 2 | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | | | | 77.96 m |
| 2 | 5 | Plamen Minev (BUL) | | | | 75.08 m |
| 3 | 8 | Walter Ciofani (FRA) | | | | 74.74 m |
| 4 | 9 | Heinz Weis (GER) | | | | 74.40 m |
| 5 | 11 | Ken Flax (USA) | | | | 73.26 m |
| 6 | 12 | Bi Zhong (CHN) | | | | 73.24 m |
| 7 | 14 | Johann Lindner (AUT) | | | | 72.90 m |
| 8 | 17 | Imre Szitás (HUN) | | | | 71.92 m |
| 9 | 18 | Savvas Saritzoglou (GRE) | | | | 70.60 m |
| 10 | 19 | Jud Logan (USA) | | | | 70.04 m |
| 11 | 21 | Angus Cooper (NZL) | | | | 68.48 m |
| 12 | 22 | Ajet Toska (ALB) | | | | 67.26 m |
| 13 | 26 | Cherif El-Hennawi (EGY) | | | | 57.26 m |
| 14 | 27 | Tuck Yim Wong (SIN) | | | | 46.04 m |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance |
| | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 81.38 | 81.70 | 81.06 | 80.26 | 79.28 | 79.94 | 81.70 m |
| | Igor Astapkovich (URS) | 77.52 | 79.66 | X | 79.70 | 80.94 | 80.90 | 80.94 m |
| | Heinz Weis (GER) | 78.02 | 77.70 | 76.80 | 79.14 | 79.60 | 80.44 | 80.44 m |
| 4 | Tibor Gécsek (HUN) | 77.30 | X | 75.62 | 77.16 | 78.68 | 78.98 | 78.98 m |
| 5 | Andrey Abduvaliyev (URS) | 77.86 | 77.04 | 78.28 | X | 78.30 | 77.86 | 78.30 m |
| 6 | Walter Ciofani (FRA) | X | 74.46 | 76.48 | 75.68 | 75.68 | X | 76.48 m |
| 7 | Ken Flax (USA) | 75.68 | 75.36 | X | 75.98 | 75.34 | X | 75.98 m |
| 8 | Raphaël Piolanti (FRA) | 72.78 | 72.24 | 73.64 | X | 72.08 | 73.44 | 73.64 m |
| 9 | Sean Carlin (AUS) | | | | | | | 73.24 m |
| 10 | Claus Dethloff (GER) | | | | | | | 72.96 m |
| 11 | Bi Zhong (CHN) | | | | | | | 69.50 m |
| 12 | Plamen Minev (BUL) | | | | | | | 68.70 m |