The men's javelin throw event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 17 and 18 July.[1][2]
Medalists edit
| Gold | Vladimir Sasimovich Soviet Union
|
| Silver | Mark Roberson United Kingdom
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| Bronze | Gavin Lovegrove New Zealand
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Results edit
Final edit
18 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Vladimir Sasimovich | Soviet Union |
78.84 | |
 |
Mark Roberson | United Kingdom |
74.24 | |
 |
Gavin Lovegrove | New Zealand |
74.22 | |
| 4 | Uwe Ludwig |  East Germany |
73.68 | |
| 5 | Kimmo Kinnunen |  Finland |
70.96 | |
| 6 | Juan Oxamendi |  Cuba |
70.96 | |
| 7 | Gary Jenson | United Kingdom |
69.96 | |
| 8 | Patrik Bodén |  Sweden |
69.62 | |
| 9 | Arnis Shimkus | Soviet Union |
68.62 | |
| 10 | Kim Jae-Sang |  South Korea |
67.34 | |
| 11 | Mirosław Witek |  Poland |
65.24 | |
| 12 | Alain Storaci |  France |
64.94 |
Qualifications edit
17 Jul
Group A edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uwe Ludwig | East Germany |
71.50 | Q |
| 2 | Kimmo Kinnunen | Finland |
70.18 | Q |
| 3 | Gary Jenson | United Kingdom |
67.64 | Q |
| 4 | Arnis Shimkus | Soviet Union |
66.56 | Q |
| 5 | José Luis Hernández | Cuba |
66.06 | |
| 6 | Milan Stjepovic |  Yugoslavia |
64.44 | |
| 7 | Valentin Jula |  Romania |
62.96 | |
| 8 | Stefan Petersson | Sweden |
62.46 | |
| 9 | Eric Schoenborn |  United States |
62.44 | |
| 10 | Markus Galanski |  West Germany |
61.26 | |
| 11 | Christophe Laudat | France |
60.94 | |
| 12 | Shingo Ogino |  Japan |
60.18 | |
| 13 | Amadou Bangoura |  Senegal |
59.54 | |
| 14 | Panagiotis Lambrianides |  Cyprus |
59.10 | |
| 15 | Graham Morfitt |  Canada |
56.40 | |
| 16 | Marcelo Knauss |  Argentina |
55.94 | |
| 17 | Upadhyay Kumar |  India |
54.02 | |
| 18 | Roberto Jiménez |  Nicaragua |
53.22 | |
| 19 | Roelof Geertsema |  Netherlands |
51.56 |
Group B edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimir Sasimovich | Soviet Union |
72.16 | Q |
| 2 | Mark Roberson | United Kingdom |
69.62 | Q |
| 3 | Gavin Lovegrove | New Zealand |
69.20 | Q |
| 4 | Mirosław Witek | Poland |
68.60 | Q |
| 5 | Juan Oxamendi | Cuba |
67.76 | Q |
| 6 | Kim Jae-Sang | South Korea |
67.60 | Q |
| 7 | Alain Storaci | France |
66.90 | q |
| 8 | Patrik Bodén | Sweden |
66.24 | q |
| 9 | José Gómez |  Dominican Republic |
66.22 | |
| 10 | Steffen Thrän | East Germany |
66.08 | |
| 11 | John White |  Australia |
65.74 | |
| 12 | Anders Höeffler |  Denmark |
65.54 | |
| 13 | Giuseppe Soffiato |  Italy |
65.24 | |
| 14 | Juha Laukkanen | Finland |
65.02 | |
| 15 | Ralph Willinski | West Germany |
65.00 | |
| 16 | Roy Seidmeyer | United States |
61.98 | |
| 17 | Abdul Azim Al-Aliwat |  Saudi Arabia |
60.98 | |
| 18 | Tony Mucha | Canada |
60.40 | |
| 19 | Ivan Sibaja | Nicaragua |
56.06 | |
| 20 | Troy Patterson |  Barbados |
50.10 | |
| 21 | Hussein Hassan Abdullah |  United Arab Emirates |
49.18 | |
| 22 | Martin Rekab |  Sierra Leone |
42.26 |
Participation edit
According to an unofficial count, 41 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.
Argentina (1)
Australia (1)
Barbados (1)
Canada (2)
Cuba (2)
Cyprus (1)
Denmark (1)
Dominican Republic (1)
East Germany (2)
Finland (2)
France (2)
India (1)
Italy (1)
Japan (1)
Netherlands (1)
New Zealand (1)
Nicaragua (2)
Poland (1)
Romania (1)
Saudi Arabia (1)
Senegal (1)
Sierra Leone (1)
South Korea (1)
Soviet Union (2)
Sweden (2)
United Arab Emirates (1)
United Kingdom (2)
United States (2)
West Germany (2)
Yugoslavia (1)
References edit
- ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1986 Athens GRE Jul 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 26 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015