title: Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade – Men's hammer throw
text: # Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade – Men's hammer throw
  
  The men's hammer throw event at the 1991 Summer Universiade was held at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield on 20 July 1991.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ken Flax United States | Valeriy Gubkin Soviet Union | Heinz Weis Germany |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualification
  
  Qualification distance: 65.00 metres
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Aleksandr Seleznyov | Soviet Union | 75.00 | Q |
  | 2 | Valeriy Gubkin | Soviet Union | 71.72 | Q |
  | 3 | Bi Zhong | China | 70.52 | Q |
  | 4 | Christophe Épalle | France | 69.58 | Q |
  | 5 | Heinz Weis | Germany | 69.30 | Q |
  | 6 | Jörn Hübner | Germany | 67.64 | Q |
  | 7 | Sean Carlin | Australia | 66.24 | Q |
  | 8 | Alex Marfull | Spain | 65.98 | Q |
  | 9 | Ken Flax | United States | 65.86 | Q |
  | 10 | Nicola Sundas | Italy | 65.66 | Q |
  | 11 | Juha Paasonen | Finland | 65.44 | Q |
  | 12 | Mika Laaksonen | Finland | 65.42 | Q |
  | 13 | Shane Peacock | Great Britain | 65.16 | Q |
  | 14 | Olivier Sack | Switzerland | 65.04 | Q |
  | 15 | Antón María Godall | Spain | 64.60 | |
  | 16 | Nicolas Rougetet | France | 64.58 | |
  | 17 | Zsolt Németh | Hungary | 63.96 | |
  | 18 | Michael Morales | United States | 62.72 | |
  | 19 | Anders Halvorsen | Norway | 60.38 | |
  | 20 | Chris Rowe | Great Britain | 59.96 | |
  | 21 | Nikos Anastasiades | Cyprus | 57.24 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ken Flax | United States | 70.82 | 74.04 | 75.94 | 73.86 | 75.20 | 76.46 | 76.46 |
  | | Valeriy Gubkin | Soviet Union | 74.46 | x | 74.68 | x | 76.28 | x | 76.28 |
  | | Heinz Weis | Germany | | | | | | | 75.62 |
  | 4 | Aleksandr Seleznyov | Soviet Union | | | | | | | 75.62 |
  | 5 | Christophe Épalle | France | | | | | | | 73.52 |
  | 6 | Bi Zhong | China | | | | | | | 73.14 |
  | 7 | Jörn Hübner | Germany | | | | | | | 70.72 |
  | 8 | Nicola Sundas | Italy | | | | | | | 69.40 |
  | 9 | Juha Paasonen | Finland | | | | | | | 66.92 |
  | 10 | Mika Laaksonen | Finland | | | | | | | 66.88 |
  | 11 | Sean Carlin | Australia | | | | | | | 66.54 |
  | 12 | Olivier Sack | Switzerland | | | | | | | 65.84 |
  | 13 | Alex Marfull | Spain | | | | | | | 65.44 |
  | 14 | Shane Peacock | Great Britain | 63.88 | x | x | | | | 63.88 |
  