1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total of 36 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday August 27, 1991.

Medalists

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Gold   Lars Riedel
Germany (GER)
Silver   Erik de Bruin
Netherlands (NED)
Bronze   Attila Horváth
Hungary (HUN)

Schedule

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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
26.08.1991 – 11:40h 26.08.1991 – 11:40h
Final Round
27.08.1991 – 19:00h

Abbreviations

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  • 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

Qualification

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  • Held on Monday 1991-08-26
RANK GROUP A DISTANCE
1.   Lars Riedel (GER) 65.30 m
2.   Attila Horváth (HUN) 64.54 m
3.   Mike Buncic (USA) 63.12 m
4.   Sergey Lyakhov (URS) 63.02 m
5.   Vasiliy Kaptyukh (URS) 62.88 m
6.   Jürgen Schult (GER) 62.56 m
7.   Nikolay Kolev (BUL) 62.40 m
8.   Roberto Moya (CUB) 62.32 m
9.   David Martínez (ESP) 61.14 m
10.   Svein Inge Valvik (NOR) 60.86 m
11.   Simon Williams (GBR) 60.68 m
12.   Vesteinn Hafsteinsson (ISL) 60.12 m
13.   Marcel Tirle (ROM) 59.80 m
14.   Luciano Zerbini (ITA) 58.34 m
15.   Anthony Washington (USA) 58.02 m
16.   Ray Lazdins (CAN) 56.58 m
17.   Tuck Yim Wong (SIN) 44.26 m
  Christian Erb (SUI) DNS


RANK GROUP B DISTANCE
1.   Wolfgang Schmidt (GER) 65.18 m
2.   Dmitriy Shevchenko (URS) 63.70 m
3.   Erik de Bruin (NED) 63.34 m
4.   Adewale Olukoju (NGR) 62.36 m
5.   Imrich Bugár (TCH) 61.90 m
6.   Werner Reiterer (AUS) 60.40 m
7.   Marco Martino (ITA) 60.34 m
8.   Georgi Georgiev (BUL) 60.08 m
9.   Ramón Jiménez Gaona (PAR) 60.02 m
10.   Costel Grasu (ROM) 60.00 m
11.   József Ficsór (HUN) 59.98 m
11.   Juan Martínez (CUB) 59.98 m
13.   Mike Gravelle (USA) 58.28 m
14.   Kamen Dimitrov (BUL) 57.72 m
15.   Igor Avrunin (ISR) 56.74 m
16.   Mickaël Conjungo (CAF) 53.02 m
17.   Herberth Rodríguez (ESA) 46.62 m
  Stefan Fernholm (SWE) DNS

Final

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RANK FINAL DISTANCE
    Lars Riedel (GER) 66.20 m
    Erik de Bruin (NED) 65.82 m
    Attila Horváth (HUN) 65.32 m
4.   Wolfgang Schmidt (GER) 64.76 m
5.   Mike Buncic (USA) 64.20 m
6.   Jürgen Schult (GER) 63.12 m
7.   Dmitriy Shevchenko (URS) 62.90 m
8.   Roberto Moya (CUB) 61.44 m
9.   Sergey Lyakhov (URS) 61.00 m
10.   Nikolay Kolev (BUL) 60.44 m
11.   Adewale Olukoju (NGR) 59.44 m
  Vasiliy Kaptyukh (URS) DNS

See also

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References

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