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

These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total of 41 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday August 26, 1991. All results were made with rough surfaced javelin. The qualification mark was set at 82.00 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Kimmo Kinnunen Finland (FIN) |
| Silver | Seppo Räty Finland (FIN) |
| Bronze | Vladimir Sasimovich Soviet Union (URS) |

## Schedule

* All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 25.08.1991 – 09:00h | 25.08.1991 – 10:30h |
| Final Round ||
| 26.08.1991 – 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 |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1991 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Seppo Räty (FIN) | 96.96 m | June 2, 1991 | Punkalaidun, Finland |
| Event Record | Seppo Räty (FIN) | 83.54 m | August 30, 1987 | Rome, Italy |
| Season Best | Tom Petranoff (USA) | 89.16 m | March 1, 1991 | Potchefstroom, South Africa |
| Broken records during the 1991 World Athletics Championships |||||
| Event Record | Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN) | 90.82 m | August 26, 1991 | Tokyo, Japan |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 1 | Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN) | 80.68 | 88.48 | — | 88.48 m |
| 2 | 6 | Gavin Lovegrove (NZL) | 74.54 | 76.46 | 82.08 | 82.08 m |
| 3 | 10 | Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL) | 80.10 | 79.64 | 78.56 | 80.10 m |
| 4 | 14 | Dmitriy Polyunin (URS) | 78.50 | 78.08 | 77.84 | 78.50 m |
| 5 | 15 | Steve Backley (GBR) | 75.34 | 78.24 | 73.96 | 78.24 m |
| 6 | 16 | Ramón González (CUB) | 77.00 | 77.72 | 72.54 | 77.72 m |
| 7 | 17 | Pascal Lefévre (FRA) | X | 77.26 | 76.84 | 77.26 m |
| 8 | 18 | Jan Železný (TCH) | X | 76.26 | X | 76.26 m |
| 9 | 19 | Ari Pakarinen (FIN) | 75.08 | 67.82 | 76.14 | 76.14 m |
| 10 | 22 | Masami Yoshida (JPN) | X | X | 75.96 | 75.96 m |
| 11 | 24 | Dave Stephens (USA) | 75.10 | 71.10 | 72.80 | 75.10 m |
| 12 | 27 | Peter Borglund (SWE) | 67.84 | 74.40 | 68.00 | 74.40 m |
| 13 | 28 | Sejad Krdžalić (YUG) | 67.92 | X | 73.84 | 73.84 m |
| 14 | 31 | Juan de la Garza (MEX) | 72.84 | 66.34 | 66.18 | 72.84 m |
| 15 | 32 | Viktor Zaitsev (URS) | X | 72.48 | 69.82 | 72.48 m |
| 16 | 33 | Klaus Tafelmeier (GER) | X | X | 72.42 | 72.42 m |
| 17 | 34 | Rodrigo Zelaya (CHI) | 68.76 | 70.70 | 62.38 | 70.70 m |
| 18 | 36 | Angel Mandzhukov (BUL) | 66.26 | 69.78 | X | 69.78 m |
| 19 | 39 | Julián Sotelo (ESP) | X | X | 65.74 | 65.74 m |
| 20 | 40 | Trevor Modeste (GRN) | 62.68 | 60.28 | X | 62.68 m |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 2 | Seppo Räty (FIN) | 80.50 | 87.34 | — | 87.34 m |
| 2 | 3 | Peter Blank (GER) | 82.56 | — | — | 82.56 m |
| 3 | 4 | Dag Wennlund (SWE) | 82.46 | — | — | 82.46 m |
| 4 | 5 | Vladimir Sasimovich (URS) | 82.38 | — | — | 82.38 m |
| 5 | 7 | Raymond Hecht (GER) | 77.80 | 78.48 | 81.92 | 81.92 m |
| 6 | 8 | Vadim Bavikin (ISR) | 78.68 | 81.56 | X | 81.56 m |
| 7 | 9 | Sigurður Einarsson (ISL) | 78.02 | 78.84 | 80.60 | 80.60 m |
| 8 | 11 | Patrik Bodén (SWE) | 79.64 | 77.84 | 79.22 | 79.64 m |
| 9 | 12 | Mick Hill (GBR) | 79.54 | X | X | 79.54 m |
| 10 | 13 | Zhang Lianbiao (CHN) | 76.28 | 71.60 | 78.94 | 78.94 m |
| 11 | 20 | Radoman Šćekić (YUG) | 76.10 | X | X | 76.10 m |
| 12 | 21 | Sigurdur Matthiasson (ISL) | 76.02 | 73.64 | 71.40 | 76.02 m |
| 13 | 23 | Colin MacKenzie (GBR) | 75.12 | X | 74.74 | 75.12 m |
| 14 | 25 | Mike Barnett (USA) | 71.02 | 72.44 | 75.02 | 75.02 m |
| 15 | 26 | Tom Pukstys (USA) | 74.72 | X | X | 74.72 m |
| 16 | 29 | Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN) | 73.78 | X | 73.42 | 73.78 m |
| 17 | 30 | Kim Ki-Hun (KOR) | 73.62 | 69.22 | 70.94 | 73.62 m |
| 18 | 35 | Luis Lucumi (COL) | 69.64 | 70.48 | 66.44 | 70.48 m |
| 19 | 37 | Frederick Morgan (ASA) | 66.98 | X | 65.52 | 66.98 m |
| 20 | 38 | Frans Mahuse (INA) | 66.20 | 63.56 | — | 66.20 m |
| 21 | 41 | Benjamin Cawicaan (PHI) | 59.56 | 58.54 | 61.38 | 61.38 m |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN) | 90.82 | — | X | 82.12 | 82.74 | X | 90.82 m | |
| | Seppo Räty (FIN) | 81.04 | 81.22 | 84.14 | X | X | 88.12 | 88.12 m | |
| | Vladimir Sasimovich (URS) | X | 87.08 | X | X | X | X | 87.08 m | |
| 4 | Gavin Lovegrove (NZL) | 76.16 | 75.54 | 82.30 | 82.02 | X | 84.24 | 84.24 m | |
| 5 | Mick Hill (GBR) | 84.12 | X | X | X | 76.44 | 79.94 | 84.12 m | |
| 6 | Sigurður Einarsson (ISL) | 75.76 | 82.00 | 83.46 | X | 81.54 | 82.60 | 83.46 m | |
| 7 | Dag Wennlund (SWE) | X | 74.26 | 81.14 | 75.56 | 78.02 | X | 81.14 m | |
| 8 | Patrik Bodén (SWE) | 74.16 | X | 78.12 | X | 73.62 | 78.58 | 78.58 m | |
| 9 | Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL) | 77.28 | X | X | | | | 77.28 m | |
| 10 | Vadim Bavikin (ISR) | 77.18 | X | 68.98 | | | | 77.18 m | |
| 11 | Peter Blank (GER) | 68.04 | 72.62 | 66.92 | | | | 72.62 m | |
| 12 | Raymond Hecht (GER) | 66.46 | 70.58 | X | | | | 70.58 m | |