Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade – Men's javelin throw

Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's javelin throw event at the 1991 Summer Universiade was held at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield on 25 July 1991.^[1][2]

The winning margin was an enormous 6.82 metres which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's javelin has been won by more than 6.5 metres at these games.

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6		Notes
	Steve Backley	Great Britain	87.42	83.22	–	81.62	–	x	87.42	UR
	Vladimir Ovchinnikov	Soviet Union							80.60
	Knut Hempel	Germany							77.90
4	Nigel Bevan	Great Britain	76.38	x	77.80	x	69.40	63.82	77.80
5	Tommi Huotilainen	Finland							76.62
6	Fabio De Gaspari	Italy							76.16
7	John Richardson	United States							75.12
8	Andrey Maznichenko	Soviet Union							74.26
9	Ed Kaminski	United States							72.16
10	Jouni Koukkari	Finland							71.94
11	Håvard Johansen	Norway							69.96
12	Nick Batty	Australia							65.86	[4]
13	Geng Shengli	China							65.86
14	Per Jensen	Denmark							62.82
	Naeima Khadjavi	Iran							NM