This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1991 in the hammer throw for both men and women. One of the main events during this season were the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where the final of the men's competition was held on Sunday August 25, 1991.

Records

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Standing records prior to the 1991 season in track and field
World Record   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 m August 30, 1986   Stuttgart, West Germany

1991 World Year Ranking

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Rank Mark Athlete Venue Date Note
1 84.26 m   Igor Astapkovich (URS) Reims, France 03.07.1991 PB
2 82.80 m   Andrey Abduvaliyev (URS) Kyiv, Soviet Union 11.07.1991
3 82.62 m   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) Pieksämäki, Finland 03.07.1991
4 82.40 m   Plamen Minev (BUL) Plovdiv, Bulgaria 01.06.1991 NR
5 81.16 m   Sergey Alay (URS) Stayki, Soviet Union 05.05.1991
6 81.14 m   Sergey Kirmasov (URS) Samara, Soviet Union 01.06.1991 PB
7 80.72 m   Tibor Gécsek (HUN) Nyíregyháza, Hungary 02.06.1991
8 80.62 m   Aleksandr Seleznyov (URS) Krasnodar, Soviet Union 21.06.1991 PB
80.62 m   Igor Nikulin (URS) Kyiv, Soviet Union 11.07.1991
10 80.56 m   Jüri Tamm (EST) Odessa, Soviet Union 26.07.1991
11 80.44 m   Heinz Weis (GER) Tokyo, Japan 25.08.1991
12 79.78 m   Vladimir Stepochkin (URS) Odessa, Soviet Union 26.07.1991 PB
13 79.76 m   Vasiliy Sidorenko (URS) Rhede, Germany 07.07.1991
14 79.42 m   Sergey Litvinov (URS) Leverkusen, Germany 12.07.1991
15 79.24 m   Ken Flax (USA) Modesto, California, United States 11.05.1991
16 79.16 m   Vitaliy Alisevich (URS) Odessa, Soviet Union 26.07.1991
17 78.62 m   Benjaminas Viluckis (LTU) Vilnius, Lithuania 01.08.1991
18 78.44 m   Lance Deal (USA) Eugene, Oregon, United States 21.06.1991 PB
19 78.12 m   Iosif Shaverdashvili (GEO) Tbilisi, Georgia 29.09.1991 NR
20 78.10 m   Walter Ciofani (FRA) Reims, France 03.07.1991
21 78.00 m   Nikolay Lysenko (URS) Krasnodar, Soviet Union 11.05.1991
22 77.90 m   Jud Logan (USA) State College, United States 09.07.1991
23 77.80 m   Ivan Tanev (BUL) Plovdiv, Bulgaria 10.08.1991
24 77.60 m   Donatas Plungė (LTU) Vilnius, Lithuania 01.08.1991
25 77.44 m   Valeriy Gubkin (URS) Stayki, Soviet Union 26.06.1991

Women

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1991 World Year Ranking

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Rank Mark Athlete Venue Date Note
1 64.44 m   Alla Davydova (URS) Adler, Soviet Union 24.02.1991 PB
2 63.08 m   Larisa Shtyrogrizhnaya (URS) Adler, Soviet Union 24.02.1991 PB
3 61.80 m   Lyubov Vasilyeva (URS) Moscow, Soviet Union 18.06.1991 PB
4 61.66 m   Yuliya Stepanova (URS) Kyiv, Soviet Union 01.06.1991 PB
5 61.52 m   Olga Kuzenkova (URS) Adler, Soviet Union 26.05.1991 PB
6 58.60 m   Yelena Khrulyova (URS) Adler, Soviet Union 26.05.1991 PB
7 56.72 m   Tatyana Konstantinova (URS) Sochi, Soviet Union 25.05.1991
8 56.48 m   Alice Meyer (FRA) Antony, France 03.07.1991 PB
9 55.22 m   Svetlana Sudak (URS) Adler, Soviet Union 24.02.1991 PB
10 52.10 m   Cécile Lignot-Maubert (FRA) unknown ??.??.0000 PB
11 47.14 m   Deborah Sosimenko (AUS) unknown ??.??.0000 PB

References

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