1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday 5 August 1997. The qualification mark was set at 83.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold Marius Corbett
South Africa (RSA)
Silver Steve Backley
Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze Kostas Gatsioudis
Greece (GRE)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
03.08.1997 08:10h 03.08.1997 10:00h
Final Round
05.08.1997 18:40h

Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres
Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships
World Record Jan Železný (CZE)98.48 m May 25, 1996 Jena, Germany
Event Record Jan Železný (CZE)89.58 m August 13, 1995 Gothenburg, Sweden
Season Best Jan Železný (CZE)94.02 m March 26, 1997 Stellenbosch, South Africa

Qualification

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
12 Boris Henry (GER)81.8079.3483.4283.42 m
23 Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE)83.3283.32 m
34 Mick Hill (GBR)X82.2481.4482.24 m
45 Gregor Högler (AUT)79.5478.4481.5481.54 m
58 Emeterio González (CUB)XX80.8880.88 m
610 Marius Corbett (RSA)76.3280.7275.1080.72 m
711 Sergey Makarov (RUS)X80.6278.2680.62 m
813 Raymond Hecht (GER)78.8879.38X79.38 m
915 Tom Pukstys (USA)77.4678.6476.5878.64 m
1018 Sami Saksio (FIN)75.4276.20X76.20 m
1120 Pål Arne Fagernes (NOR)75.66XX75.66 m
1222 Ēriks Rags (LAT)71.6673.0675.0675.06 m
1324 Roald Bradstock (GBR)74.9271.8871.7074.92 m
1426 Nick Nieland (GBR)72.2674.5270.3474.52 m
1528 Firas Al-Mahameed (SYR)74.0470.90X74.04 m
1629 Edgar Baumann (PAR)X72.9663.8872.96 m
1733 Aleksandr Fingert (ISR)69.7469.2068.5669.74 m
1837 Robert Tersek (SLO)X69.0866.3669.08 m
1939 Vladimir Parfyonov (UZB)55.1862.48X62.48 m
2040 Ponsianus Gnemen (INA)X57.1256.3257.12 m

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
11 Jan Železný (CZE)83.6683.66 m
26 Steve Backley (GBR)81.40XX81.40 m
37 Patrik Bodén (SWE)80.8876.2677.4280.88 m
49 Aki Parviainen (FIN)X79.8280.7680.76 m
512 Andrey Moruyev (RUS)77.4675.7880.3080.30 m
614 Terry McHugh (IRL)72.8871.2277.9077.90 m
716 Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR)75.2476.2877.3877.38 m
817 Seppo Räty (FIN)77.2476.8275.8277.24 m
919 Andreas Linden (GER)75.6675.90X75.90 m
1021 Gavin Lovegrove (NZL)75.62XX75.62 m
1123 Rajmund Kółko (POL)74.7674.9872.1674.98 m
1225 Dimitrios Polymerou (GRE)74.94XX74.94 m
1327 Sergey Voynov (UZB)74.3270.1673.2874.32 m
1430 Juan de la Garza (MEX)71.98X66.8871.98 m
1531 Chu Ki-Young (KOR)70.8469.5870.4270.84 m
1632 Bouna Diop (SEN)X65.0669.6669.66 m
1734 Pius Bazighe (NGR)69.6465.1468.9269.64 m
1835 Ed Kaminski (USA)68.04X69.4269.42 m
1936 Adrian Hatcher (AUS)XX69.1869.18 m
2038 Rigoberto Calderón (NCA)67.92X66.4667.92 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3 4 5 6
 Marius Corbett (RSA)76.5888.4087.4083.8484.5482.4288.40 m
 Steve Backley (GBR)82.9484.74XX83.2086.8086.80 m
 Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE)81.7086.6483.98XXX86.64 m
4 Mick Hill (GBR)84.4886.54X83.64X83.0486.54 m
5 Sergey Makarov (RUS)84.5686.3284.7081.9483.1684.4886.32 m
6 Boris Henry (GER)84.5478.5082.9082.4883.4684.4284.54 m
7 Emeterio González (CUB)82.0882.2283.5679.20X79.7283.56 m
8 Aki Parviainen (FIN)75.1882.80XXXX82.80 m
9 Jan Železný (CZE)XX82.0482.04 m
10 Gregor Högler (AUT)81.0080.1881.5681.56 m
11 Andrey Moruyev (RUS)81.2681.3878.0081.38 m
12 Patrik Bodén (SWE)78.6876.1480.6680.66 m

See also

References

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