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

All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

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

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

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
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	2	Boris Henry (GER)	81.80	79.34	83.42	83.42 m
2	3	Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE)	83.32	—	—	83.32 m
3	4	Mick Hill (GBR)	X	82.24	81.44	82.24 m
4	5	Gregor Högler (AUT)	79.54	78.44	81.54	81.54 m
5	8	Emeterio González (CUB)	X	X	80.88	80.88 m
6	10	Marius Corbett (RSA)	76.32	80.72	75.10	80.72 m
7	11	Sergey Makarov (RUS)	X	80.62	78.26	80.62 m
8	13	Raymond Hecht (GER)	78.88	79.38	X	79.38 m
9	15	Tom Pukstys (USA)	77.46	78.64	76.58	78.64 m
10	18	Sami Saksio (FIN)	75.42	76.20	X	76.20 m
11	20	Pål Arne Fagernes (NOR)	75.66	X	X	75.66 m
12	22	Ēriks Rags (LAT)	71.66	73.06	75.06	75.06 m
13	24	Roald Bradstock (USA)	74.92	71.88	71.70	74.92 m
14	26	Nick Nieland (GBR)	72.26	74.52	70.34	74.52 m
15	28	Firas Zaal Al-Mohammed (SYR)	74.04	70.90	X	74.04 m
16	29	Edgar Baumann (PAR)	X	72.96	63.88	72.96 m
17	33	Aleksandr Fingert (ISR)	69.74	69.20	68.56	69.74 m
18	37	Robert Tersek (SLO)	X	69.08	66.36	69.08 m
19	39	Vladimir Parfyonov (UZB)	55.18	62.48	X	62.48 m
20	40	Ponsianus Gnemen (INA)	X	57.12	56.32	57.12 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	1	Jan Železný (CZE)	83.66	—	—	83.66 m
2	6	Steve Backley (GBR)	81.40	X	X	81.40 m
3	7	Patrik Bodén (SWE)	80.88	76.26	77.42	80.88 m
4	9	Aki Parviainen (FIN)	X	79.82	80.76	80.76 m
5	12	Andrey Moruyev (RUS)	77.46	75.78	80.30	80.30 m
6	14	Terry McHugh (IRL)	72.88	71.22	77.90	77.90 m
7	16	Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR)	75.24	76.28	77.38	77.38 m
8	17	Seppo Räty (FIN)	77.24	76.82	75.82	77.24 m
9	19	Andreas Linden (GER)	75.66	75.90	X	75.90 m
10	21	Gavin Lovegrove (NZL)	75.62	X	X	75.62 m
11	23	Rajmund Kółko (POL)	74.76	74.98	72.16	74.98 m
12	25	Dimitrios Polymerou (GRE)	74.94	X	X	74.94 m
13	27	Sergey Voynov (UZB)	74.32	70.16	73.28	74.32 m
14	30	Juan de la Garza (MEX)	71.98	X	66.88	71.98 m
15	31	Chu Ki-Young (KOR)	70.84	69.58	70.42	70.84 m
16	32	Bouna Diop (SEN)	X	65.06	69.66	69.66 m
17	34	Pius Bazighe (NGR)	69.64	65.14	68.92	69.64 m
18	35	Ed Kaminski (USA)	68.04	X	69.42	69.42 m
19	36	Adrian Hatcher (AUS)	X	X	69.18	69.18 m
20	38	Rigoberto Calderón (NCA)	67.92	X	66.46	67.92 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance
	Marius Corbett (RSA)	76.58	88.40	87.40	83.84	84.54	82.42	88.40 m
	Steve Backley (GBR)	82.94	84.74	X	X	83.20	86.80	86.80 m
	Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE)	81.70	86.64	83.98	X	X	X	86.64 m
4	Mick Hill (GBR)	84.48	86.54	X	83.64	X	83.04	86.54 m
5	Sergey Makarov (RUS)	84.56	86.32	84.70	81.94	83.16	84.48	86.32 m
6	Boris Henry (GER)	84.54	78.50	82.90	82.48	83.46	84.42	84.54 m
7	Emeterio González (CUB)	82.08	82.22	83.56	79.20	X	79.72	83.56 m
8	Aki Parviainen (FIN)	75.18	82.80	X	X	X	X	82.80 m

9	Jan Železný (CZE)	X	X	82.04				82.04 m
10	Gregor Högler (AUT)	81.00	80.18	81.56				81.56 m
11	Andrey Moruyev (RUS)	81.26	81.38	78.00				81.38 m
12	Patrik Bodén (SWE)	78.68	76.14	80.66				80.66 m

References