1991 World Championships in Athletics - Women's Javelin
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These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw
Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

 event at the 1991 World Championships
1991 World Championships in Athletics
The 3rd World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan between August 23 and September 1 and athletes from 167 countries participated in the event.The event is best-remembered for the...

 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

Gold   Xu Demei
Xu Demei
Xu Demei is a former track and field athlete from PR China, who competed for her native country in the women's javelin throw event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain....


PR China (CHN)
Silver   Petra Felke-Meier
Petra Felke
Petra Meier, nee Felke is a former German track and field athlete and Olympic champion who represented East Germany....


Germany
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 (GER)
Bronze   Silke Renk
Silke Renk
Silke Renk is a retired javelin thrower from Germany.She represented East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where she finished fifth, and at the 1990 European Championships where she finished fourth.She then experienced her career highlight as she won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics...


Germany
Germany
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 (GER)

Schedule

  • All times are Japan Standard Time
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     (UTC+9
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    )
    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
    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
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80.00 m September 9, 1988   Potsdam
Potsdam
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, East Germany
Event Record  76.64 m September 6, 1987   Rome, Italy
Season Best  71.44 m August 3, 1991   Fana
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, Norway
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Qualification

  • Held on Saturday 1991-08-31
    RANK GROUP A DISTANCE
    1. 68.14 m
    2. 65.44 m
    3. 64.38 m
    4. 63.02 m
    5. 62.08 m
    6. 61.30 m
    7. 57.42 m
    8. 56.64 m
    9. 56.34 m
    10. 55.68 m
    11. 55.14 m
    12. 52.86 m
    13. 52.60 m
    14. 51.20 m
    NM
    NM


RANK GROUP B DISTANCE
1. 67.24 m
2. 66.92 m
3. 65.24 m
4. 62.18 m
5. 61.08 m
6. 60.90 m
7. 60.34 m
8. 60.18 m
9. 58.42 m
10. 57.94 m
11. 57.60 m
12. 55.04 m
13. 53.98 m
14. 53.92 m
15. 50.62 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3 4 5 6
68.78 m
68.68 m
66.80 m
4 65.22 m
5 63.36 m
6 62.34 m
7 62.68 m
8 62.26 m
9 |60.96 m
10 59.12 m
11 58.82 m
12 57.90 m

See also

  • 1988 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Seoul)
    Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Women's javelin throw
    The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 29 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final took place on Monday September 26, 1988. The top 12 and all those reaching 63.00 metres advanced to the final...

  • 1990 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Split)
    1990 European Championships in Athletics - Women's Javelin
    These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia. The final was held on 30 August 1990...

  • 1991 Javelin Throw Year Ranking
  • 1992 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Barcelona)
    Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's javelin throw
    These are the official results of the women's javelin throw event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total of 25 participating athletes. The top 12 and ties, and all those reaching 62.50 metres advanced to the final...

  • 1994 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Helsinki)
    1994 European Championships in Athletics - Women's Javelin
    These are the official results of the Women’s javelin throw event at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 22 participating athletes. The final was held on 12 August 1994. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin...

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