Men Hammer Athletics III World Championship 1991 Tokyo (JPN) - Sunday 25.08 - Gold Medal: Yuriy Sedykh, Soviet Union
Final 15:00
Dist.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1. Yuriy Sedykh
URS
81.70m
81.38
81.70
81.06
80.26
79.28
79.94
2. Igor Astapkovich
URS
80.94m
77.52
79.66
X
79.70
80.94
80.90
3. Heinz Weis
GER
80.44m
78.02
77.70
76.80
79.14
79.60
80.44
4. Tibor Gecsek
HUN
78.98m
77.30
X
75.62
77.16
78.68
78.98
5. Andrey Abduvaliyev
URS
78.30m
77.86
77.04
78.28
X
78.30
77.86
6. Walter Ciofani
FRA
76.48m
X
74.46
76.48
75.68
75.68
X
7. Ken Flax
USA
75.98m
75.68
75.36
X
75.98
75.34
X
8. Raphael Piolanti
FRA
73.64m
72.78
72.24
73.64
X
72.08
73.44
9. Sean Carlin
AUS
73.24m
10.Claus Dethloff
GER
72.96m
11.Zhong Bi
CHN
69.50m
12.Plamen Minev
BUL
68.70m
At 36, Yuriy Sedykh won the only title to have eluded him. On this occasion the world record holder was not favourite. Igor Astapkovich was expected to add the World title to his European gold of 1990. The qualifying round was led by a third Soviet,Andrey Abduvaliyev (80.36m). In the final, Sedykh, throwing first, outclassed everyone with 81.38. He followed this with throws of 81.70, 81.06 and 80.26. No-one else got further than 80m until a determined Astapkovich managed 80.94 in the fifth. Weis, unlucky to miss a medal in 1987, confirmed his third place with 80.44 on the last throw of the contest. Abduvaliyev could not match his qualifying form, and the USSR lost its final chance for a World Championship medal sweep. The winner said hehad no plans to retire. “For the past 24 years, all my good memories are connected with this sport. As long as I have the ambition and desire, I’ll keep competing for the time being. This is such enjoyment. I was expecting a medal but not that kind of medal”.
Qualification - Saturday 24.08 12:00
Mark 75.50m - 4 with marks and 8 best Athletes advanced.
URS
GER
HUN
FRA
USA
AUS
CHN
BUL
ITA
GBR
SWE
MEX
ARG
AUT
GRE
NZL
ALB
EGY
SIN