1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

These are the official results of the Men's Shot Put event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 23 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday August 31, 1991. Werner Günthör of Switzerland won the competition with a throw of 21.67 metres.

Events at the
1991 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
10 km walkwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The original silver medallist, Georg Andersen of Norway, was disqualified and stripped of his medal after testing positive for anabolic steroids.[1] The original bronze medallist (Lars Arvid Nilsen) was elevated to the silver while the fourth-placed Soviet thrower Aleksandr Klimenko received the bronze instead.

Medalists
Gold Werner Günthör
Switzerland (SUI)
Silver Lars Arvid Nilsen
Norway (NOR)
Bronze Aleksandr Klimenko
Soviet Union (URS)

Schedule
Qualification Round
Group A Group B
30.08.1991 – 10:30h 30.08.1991 – 10:30h
Final Round
31.08.1991 – 18:30h

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 Randy Barnes (USA)23.12 mMay 20, 1990 Westwood, United States
Event Record Werner Günthör (SUI)22.23 mAugust 29, 1987 Rome, Italy

Qualification
RANK GROUP A DISTANCE
1.  Werner Günthör (SUI) 20.97 m
2.  Sergey Nikolayev (URS) 20.16 m
3.  Lars Arvid Nilsen (NOR) 19.79 m
4.  Gert Weil (CHI) 19.51 m
5.  Oliver-Sven Buder (GER) 19.44 m
6.  Paul Edwards (GBR) 19.28 m
7.  Dragan Perić (YUG) 19.21 m
8.  Gheorghe Guşet (ROM) 18.55 m
9.  Luc Viudes (FRA) 18.43 m
10.  C.J. Hunter (USA) 17.97 m
—  Sören Tallhem (SWE) NM


RANK GROUP B DISTANCE
1.  Georg Andersen (NOR) 20.41 m
2.  Aleksandr Klimenko (URS) 19.79 m
3.  Kent Larsson (SWE) 19.20 m
4.  Ron Backes (USA) 19.05 m
5.  Alessandro Andrei (ITA) 19.00 m
6.  Jan Sagedal (NOR) 18.90 m
7.  Pétur Guðmundsson (ISL) 18.51 m
8.  Karel Sula (TCH) 18.30 m
9.  Kalman Konya (GER) 18.26 m
10.  Khaled Al-Khalidi (KSA) 16.38 m
11.  Lim Chee-Wee (BRU) 13.49 m
—  Dimitrios Koutsoukis (GRE) NM

Final
RANK FINAL DISTANCE
 Werner Günthör (SUI) 21.67 m
 Lars Arvid Nilsen (NOR) 20.75 m
 Aleksandr Klimenko (URS) 20.34 m
4.  Oliver-Sven Buder (GER) 20.10 m
5.  Sergey Nikolayev (URS) 19.98 m
6.  Kent Larsson (SWE) 19.92 m
7.  Dragan Perić (YUG) 19.83 m
8.  Ron Backes (USA) 19.34 m
9.  Gert Weil (CHI) 19.30 m
10.  Paul Edwards (GBR) 18.91 m
11.  Alessandro Andrei (ITA) 18.73 m
—  Georg Andersen (NOR) DSQ

See also
  • 1990 Men's European Championships Shot Put (Split)
  • 1991 Shot Put Year Ranking
  • 1992 Men's Olympic Shot Put (Barcelona)

References
  1. Track and Field. LA Times (1991-09-13). Retrieved on 2011-06-22.
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