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.

Men

Records

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

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

1991 World Year Ranking

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