1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

Events at the 1995 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 37 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday 13 August 1995. The qualification mark was set at 82.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Jan Železný Czech Republic (CZE)
Silver	Steve Backley Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze	Boris Henry Germany (GER)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Records

Standing records prior to the 1995 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Jan Železný (CZE)	95.66 m	August 28, 1993	Sheffield, United Kingdom
Event Record	Jan Železný (CZE)	85.98 m	August 16, 1993	Stuttgart, Germany
Season Best	Raymond Hecht (GER)	92.60 m	July 21, 1995	Oslo, Norway
Broken records during the 1995 World Athletics Championships
Event Record	Boris Henry (GER)	87.60 m	August 13, 1995	Gothenburg, Sweden
	Jan Železný (CZE)	89.58 m

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	4	Mick Hill (GBR)	X	83.54	—	83.54 m
2	9	Andreas Linden (GER)	66.30	80.16	X	80.16 m
3	10	Raymond Hecht (GER)	79.82	X	78.32	79.82 m
4	11	Harri Hakkarainen (FIN)	79.66	78.70	79.04	79.66 m
5	13	Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR)	78.40	78.94	76.54	78.94 m
6	14	Vladimir Ovchinnikov (RUS)	77.48	78.28	X	78.28 m
7	15	Patrik Bodén (SWE)	75.10	X	77.62	77.62 m
8	16	Andrew Currey (AUS)	76.84	72.50	74.50	76.84 m
9	19	Tom Pukstys (USA)	75.08	76.12	75.06	76.12 m
10	20	Gavin Lovegrove (NZL)	74.98	X	X	74.98 m
11	22	Kenneth Petersen (DEN)	X	69.32	74.22	74.22 m
12	24	Phillip Spies (RSA)	X	X	74.06	74.06 m
13	27	Ivan Mustapić (CRO)	X	73.12	71.34	73.12 m
14	28	Edgar Baumann (PAR)	72.90	71.40	70.78	72.90 m
15	30	Viktor Zaitsev (UZB)	X	X	71.08	71.08 m
16	31	Aleksandr Fingert (ISR)	68.30	66.46	70.94	70.94 m
17	34	Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN)	X	68.66	X	68.66 m
18	35	Frans Mahuse (INA)	62.62	68.18	X	68.18 m
19	36	Fernando Palomo (ESA)	X	62.90	X	62.90 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Jan Železný (CZE)	78.98	90.12	—	90.12 m
2	2	Boris Henry (GER)	87.60	—	—	87.60 m
3	3	Andrey Moruyev (RUS)	85.60	—	—	85.60 m
4	5	Steve Backley (GBR)	83.20	—	—	83.20 m
5	6	Seppo Räty (FIN)	79.82	82.42	—	82.42 m
6	7	Yuriy Rybin (RUS)	X	X	82.14	82.14 m
7	8	Aki Parviainen (FIN)	72.74	80.98	—	80.98 m
8	12	Dag Wennlund (SWE)	74.02	77.42	79.00	79.00 m
9	17	Emeterio González (CUB)	X	X	76.54	76.54 m
10	18	Gregor Högler (AUT)	76.12	76.08	76.40	76.40 m
11	21	Terry McHugh (IRL)	74.58	73.90	71.64	74.58 m
12	23	Sigurður Einarsson (ISL)	74.10	73.74	71.18	74.10 m
13	25	Vladimir Parfyonov (UZB)	X	67.22	73.64	73.64 m
14	26	Fikret Özsoy (TUR)	73.50	X	X	73.50 m
15	29	Ed Kaminski (USA)	X	70.64	71.92	71.92 m
16	32	Kim Ki-Hun (KOR)	67.46	70.20	66.62	70.20 m
17	33	Juan de la Garza (MEX)	X	X	70.20	70.20 m
—	37	Donald Sild (EST)	X	X	—	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Jan Železný (CZE)	80.52	83.02	82.92	88.92	89.06	89.58	89.58 m	CR
	Steve Backley (GBR)	81.10	X	78.30	X	84.92	86.30	86.30 m
	Boris Henry (GER)	83.10	85.16	84.30	80.36	84.06	86.08	86.08 m
4	Raymond Hecht (GER)	83.30	X	82.80	83.02	81.48	81.74	83.30 m
5	Dag Wennlund (SWE)	X	78.68	82.04	—	—	—	82.04 m
6	Mick Hill (GBR)	79.06	79.88	81.06	X	79.06	X	81.06 m
7	Yuriy Rybin (RUS)	X	75.76	81.00	X	79.54	X	81.00 m
8	Andreas Linden (GER)	X	80.76	X	79.72	—	78.16	80.76 m
9	Aki Parviainen (FIN)	79.58	X	X				79.58 m
10	Andrey Moruyev (RUS)	X	78.30	79.14				79.14 m
11	Seppo Räty (FIN)	78.66	78.76	74.94				78.76 m
12	Harri Hakkarainen (FIN)	74.74	76.00	78.16				78.16 m

See also

• 1991 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Tokyo)
• 1992 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Barcelona)
• 1994 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Helsinki)
• 1996 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Atlanta)
• 1998 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Budapest)

References

• Results
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