2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

Events at the 2003 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
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 21 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday 31 August 2003.

Medalists

Gold	Sergey Makarov Russia (RUS)
Silver	Andrus Värnik Estonia (EST)
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 2003 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Jan Železný (CZE)	98.48 m	May 25, 1996	Jena, Germany
Event Record	Jan Železný (CZE)	92.80 m	August 12, 2001	Edmonton, Canada
Season Best	Sergey Makarov (RUS)	90.11 m	May 30, 2003	Dessau, Germany

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Throws			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Boris Henry (GER)	83.43	—	—	83.43 m
2	3	Sergey Makarov (RUS)	82.22	—	—	82.22 m
3	4	Li Rongxiang (CHN)	79.76	79.01	81.76	81.76 m	SB
4	5	Andrus Värnik (EST)	81.11	—	—	81.11 m
5	7	Steve Backley (GBR)	79.27	80.23	X	80.23 m
6	10	Aki Parviainen (FIN)	X	78.91	X	78.91 m
7	12	Miroslav Guzdek (CZE)	71.96	74.71	77.24	77.24 m
8	18	Voldemārs Lūsis (LAT)	71.72	X	75.15	75.15 m
9	19	Gergely Horváth (HUN)	X	74.76	72.03	74.76 m
10	20	Isbel Luaces (CUB)	74.07	X	72.67	74.07 m
11	21	Nery Kennedy (PAR)	67.62	X	68.83	68.83 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Throws			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Jan Železný (CZE)	82.88	—	—	82.88 m
2	6	Christian Nicolay (GER)	80.54	X	X	80.54 m
3	8	Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)	75.75	76.67	79.44	79.44 m
4	9	Alexandr Ivanov (RUS)	79.26	X	X	79.26 m
5	11	Peter Blank (GER)	73.19	74.56	78.48	78.48 m
6	13	Vadim Bavikin (ISR)	71.77	77.06	X	77.06 m
7	14	Breaux Greer (USA)	76.82	74.21	74.50	76.82 m
8	15	Sergey Voynov (UZB)	76.66	72.78	76.31	76.66 m
9	16	Emeterio González (CUB)	X	76.18	72.40	76.18 m
10	17	Ēriks Rags (LAT)	70.19	X	75.72	75.72 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Throws						Result	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sergey Makarov (RUS)	85.44	X	X	82.72	82.11	85.31	85.44 m
	Andrus Värnik (EST)	85.17	X	X	81.98	X	80.51	85.17 m
	Boris Henry (GER)	84.74	82.41	83.32	X	82.14	83.44	84.74 m
4.	Jan Železný (CZE)	82.98	X	84.09	X	X	81.24	84.09 m
5.	Aki Parviainen (FIN)	83.05	76.63	79.90	75.79	X	77.78	83.05 m
6.	Christian Nicolay (GER)	80.85	81.77	X	80.60	X	81.26	81.77 m
7.	Miroslav Guzdek (CZE)	77.99	81.40	X	75.67	77.32	78.54	81.40 m
8.	Peter Blank (GER)	80.34	X	76.29	X	79.39	78.43	80.34 m
9.	Steve Backley (GBR)	79.35	79.90	80.13				80.13 m
10.	Li Rongxiang (CHN)	78.24	X	77.02				78.24 m
11.	Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)	77.75	X	X				77.75 m
12.	Alexandr Ivanov (RUS)	77.32	X	X				77.32 m

See also

• 1998 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Budapest)
• 2000 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Sydney)
• 2002 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Munich)
• 2004 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Athens)

References

• Results
• koti.welho