1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total of 31 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday September 1, 1991. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin.

Medalists

GoldChina Xu Demei
PR China (CHN)
SilverGermany Petra Felke-Meier
Germany (GER)
BronzeGermany Silke Renk
Germany (GER)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
31.08.1991 – 16:30h 31.08.1991 – 18:00h
Final Round
01.09.1991 – 16:00h

Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres
Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1991 World Athletics Championships
World Record Petra Felke-Meier (GDR)80.00 m September 9, 1988East Germany Potsdam, East Germany
Event Record Fatima Whitbread (GBR)76.64 m September 6, 1987Italy Rome, Italy
Season Best Trine Hattestad (NOR)71.44 m August 3, 1991Norway Fana, Norway

Qualification

  • Held on Saturday 1991-08-31
RANK GROUP A DISTANCE
1.  Karen Forkel (GER) 68.14 m
2.  Xu Demei (CHN) 65.44 m
3.  Päivi Alafrantti (FIN) 64.38 m
4.  Anna Verouli (GRE) 63.02 m
5.  Natalya Shikolenko (URS) 62.08 m
6.  Heli Rantanen (FIN) 61.30 m
7.  Antoaneta Todorova (BUL) 57.42 m
8.  Sharon Gibson (GBR) 56.64 m
9.  Donna Mayhew (USA) 56.34 m
10.  Katalin Hartai (HUN) 55.68 m
11.  Laverne Eve (BAH) 55.14 m
12.  Akiko Miyajima (JPN) 52.86 m
13.  Matilda Kisava (TAN) 52.60 m
14.  Sueli dos Santos (BRA) 51.20 m
—  Nadine Schoellkopf-Auzeil (FRA) NM
—  Isel López (CUB) NM


RANK GROUP B DISTANCE
1.  Petra Felke-Meier (GER) 67.24 m
2.  Trine Solberg-Hattestad (NOR) 66.92 m
3.  Silke Renk (GER) 65.24 m
4.  Dulce García (CUB) 62.18 m
5.  Louise McPaul (AUS) 61.08 m
6.  Natalya Cherniyenko (URS) 60.90 m
7.  Karin Smith (USA) 60.34 m
8.  Genowefa Patla (POL) 60.18 m
9.  Tiina Lillak (FIN) 58.42 m
10.  Paula Berry (USA) 57.94 m
11.  Irina Kostyuchenkova (URS) 57.60 m
12.  Sun Fei (CHN) 55.04 m
13.  Kirsten Smith (NZL) 53.98 m
14.  Íris Grönfeldt (ISL) 53.92 m
15.  Marieta Riera (VEN) 50.62 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st, gold medalist(s) Xu Demei (CHN)68.78 m
2nd, silver medalist(s) Petra Felke-Meier (GER)68.68 m
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Silke Renk (GER)66.80 m
4 Natalya Cherniyenko (URS)65.22 m
5 Trine Solberg-Hattestad (NOR)63.36 m
6 Louise McPaul (AUS)62.34 m
7 Dulce García (CUB)62.68 m
8 Päivi Alafrantti (FIN)62.26 m
9 Heli Rantanen (FIN)60.96 m
10 Anna Verouli (GRE)59.12 m
11 Natalya Shikolenko (URS)58.82 m
12 Karen Forkel (GER)57.90 m

See also

References

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