1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

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   Aki Parviainen
Finland (FIN)
Silver   Kostas Gatsioudis
Greece (GRE)
Bronze   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   Jena, Germany
Event Record   Jan Železný (CZE) 89.58 m August 13, 1995   Gothenburg, Sweden
Season Best   Aki Parviainen (FIN) 93.09 m June 26, 1999   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
    Aki Parviainen (FIN) 81.63 86.08 83.78 85.00 89.52 89.52 m
    Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE) 89.18 83.35 81.72 81.68 X 87.16 89.18 m
    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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