1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

Events at the 1997 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 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)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

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
			1	2	3
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 (GBR)	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 Al-Mahameed (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
			1	2	3
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
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	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

See also

• 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)
• 2000 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Sydney)

References

• Results
• koti.welho