1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

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These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday 29 August 1999.

Medalists

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Gold Finland Aki Parviainen
Finland (FIN)
Silver Greece Kostas Gatsioudis
Greece (GRE)
Bronze Czech Republic Jan Železný
Czech Republic (CZE)

Schedule

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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
27.08.1999 – 18:45h 27.08.1999 – 20:40h
Final Round
29.08.1999 – 18:55h

Abbreviations

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  • All results shown are in metres
Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Startlist

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Order Athlete Season Best Personal Best
GROUP A
1 432  Harri Haatainen (FIN) 83.02 83.02
2 1358  Patrik Bodén (SWE) 84.52 89.10
3 131  Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR) 81.64 87.40
4 1162  Dariusz Trafas (POL) 83.23 83.23
5 515  Steve Backley (GBR) 87.59 91.46
6 1499  Tom Pukstys (USA) 84.11 87.12
7 594  Raymond Hecht (GER) 88.67 92.60
8 1533  Sergey Voynov (UZB) 80.00 81.80
9 1205  Marius Corbett (RSA) 87.17 88.75
10 926  Ēriks Rags (LAT) 83.78 83.78
11 323  Jan Železný (CZE) 89.06 98.48
12 904  Ali Saleh Al-Jadani (KSA) 77.80 77.80
13 443  Aki Parviainen (FIN) 93.09 93.09
14 736  Terry McHugh (IRL) 76.85 82.14
15 52  Andrew Currey (AUS) 83.88 85.75
GROUP B
1 290  Emeterio González (CUB) 82.76 84.20
2 1243  Sergey Makarov (RUS) 89.93 89.93
3 644  Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE) 89.57 89.57
4 1099  Pål Arne Fagernes (NOR) 86.00 86.00
5 70  Gregor Högler (AUT) 84.03 84.03
6 893  Yu Nam-Sung (KOR) 75.44 79.84
7 572  Peter Blank (GER) 87.11 88.12
8 548  Nick Nieland (GBR) 83.68 83.68
9 237  Li Rongxiang (CHN) 82.72 82.72
10 1125  Nery Kennedy (PAR) 78.89 81.28
11 441  Matti Närhi (FIN) 87.88 88.24
12 596  Boris Henry (GER) 88.62 90.44
13 538  Mick Hill (GBR) 84.94 86.94
14 948  Arūnas Jurkšas (LTU) 79.29 79.29
15 98  Johan Kloeck (BEL) 83.65 83.65

Records

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Standing records prior to the 1999 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Jan Železný (CZE) 98.48 m May 25, 1996 Germany Jena, Germany
Event Record  Jan Železný (CZE) 89.58 m August 13, 1995 Sweden Gothenburg, Sweden
Season Best  Aki Parviainen (FIN) 93.09 m June 26, 1999 Finland Kuortane, Finland

Qualification

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Group A

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Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 3  Jan Železný (CZE) 84.31 84.31 m
2 4  Raymond Hecht (GER) 81.54 83.41 83.41 m
3 7  Aki Parviainen (FIN) 81.25 82.84 X 82.84 m
4 9  Harri Haatainen (FIN) 78.40 81.83 79.44 81.83 m
5 11  Steve Backley (GBR) X 81.68 X 81.68 m
6 12  Ēriks Rags (LAT) 81.61 X 77.06 81.61 m
7 15  Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR) 80.18 79.44 76.34 80.18 m
8 18  Dariusz Trafas (POL) 78.43 74.19 76.05 78.43 m
9 19  Sergey Voynov (UZB) X 75.79 77.35 77.35 m
10 20  Terry McHugh (IRL) X 73.09 77.23 77.23 m SB
11 21  Andrew Currey (AUS) 70.92 76.34 75.37 76.34 m
12 22  Marius Corbett (RSA) X 73.28 76.34 76.34 m
13 24  Patrik Bodén (SWE) 72.26 73.61 75.66 75.66 m
14 27  Ali Saleh Al-Jadani (KSA) X 69.86 72.19 72.19 m
 Tom Pukstys (USA) DNS

Group B

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Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 1  Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE) 87.97 87.97 m
2 2  Matti Närhi (FIN) X 78.79 85.05 85.05 m
3 5  Boris Henry (GER) 80.27 80.82 83.35 83.35 m
4 6  Emeterio González (CUB) 82.86 81.48 82.74 82.86 m SB
5 8  Sergey Makarov (RUS) 78.79 82.25 X 82.25 m
6 10  Pål Arne Fagernes (NOR) X 80.23 81.74 81.74 m
7 13  Peter Blank (GER) 80.89 X 74.37 80.89 m
8 14  Mick Hill (GBR) 80.75 X 79.61 80.75 m
9 16  Arūnas Jurkšas (LTU) 79.56 74.35 70.85 79.56 m NR
10 17  Li Rongxiang (CHN) 78.09 79.24 78.63 79.24 m
11 23  Gregor Högler (AUT) 75.94 73.55 74.30 75.94 m
12 25  Johan Kloeck (BEL) 72.60 74.87 69.83 74.87 m
13 26  Yu Nam-Sung (KOR) 72.87 X 65.41 72.87 m
14 28  Nick Nieland (GBR) 72.12 X X 72.12 m
15 29  Nery Kennedy (PAR) 70.88 68.25 71.74 71.74 m

Final

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Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Aki Parviainen (FIN) 81.63 86.08 83.78 85.00 89.52 89.52 m
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE) 89.18 83.35 81.72 81.68 X 87.16 89.18 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Jan Železný (CZE) 83.60 87.67 X X X 87.67 m
4  Pål Arne Fagernes (NOR) 82.99 86.24 78.98 81.74 X X 86.24 m NR
5  Raymond Hecht (GER) 85.92 85.24 X 79.23 79.01 81.38 85.92 m
6  Boris Henry (GER) 83.28 83.38 83.67 82.98 85.43 X 85.43 m
7  Emeterio González (CUB) 76.41 83.00 84.32 78.37 81.97 78.55 84.32 m NR
8  Steve Backley (GBR) 83.84 82.60 81.20 X X X 83.84 m
9  Sergey Makarov (RUS) 77.24 77.50 83.20 83.20 m
10  Ēriks Rags (LAT) X 81.64 77.04 81.64 m
11  Harri Haatainen (FIN) 80.92 X 77.97 80.92 m
12  Matti Närhi (FIN) 79.47 76.98 X 79.47 m

See also

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References

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