Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's javelin throw F53–54

Men's Javelin F53/54 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	12 September
Competitors	11 from 9 nations
Winning distance	29.33
Medalists
Markku Niinimaki  Finland Abdolreza Jokar  Iran Luis Alberto Zepeda Félix  Mexico

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
F51
Discus throw		men		women
Club throw		men
T52/F52
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
Marathon		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
T53/F53
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
T54/F54
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1,500 m		men		women
5,000 m		men		women
Marathon		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
F55/F56
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
F57/F58
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Relay event
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men

The men's javelin F53/54 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Stadium at 09:10 on 12 September. There was a single round of competition; after the first three throws, only the top seven had 3 further throws (there is no indication on the official result as to why this was not the normal eight). The competition was won by Markku Niinimaki, representing  Finland.

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Cl.	1	2	3	4	5	6	Best	Pts.	Notes
	Markku Niinimaki	Finland	F54	27.33	x	28.17	28.09	x	29.33	29.33	1112	WR
	Abdolreza Jokar	Iran	F53	22.07	20.73	21.45	21.02	22.01	22.08	22.08	1108	WR
	Luis Alberto Zepeda Félix	Mexico	F54	26.31	27.13	27.33	25.38	28.67	27.98	28.67	1087	SB
4	Draženko Mitrović	Serbia	F54	x	25.98	x	24.66	25.87	27.42	27.42	1040	SB
5	Mauro Maximo	Mexico	F53	20.39	17.35	20.25	x	19.57	19.26	20.39	1023
6	Alexey Kuznetsov	Russia	F54	25.27	26.78	25.81	25.86	25.15	24.63	26.78	1015	SB
7	Fan Liang	China	F54	x	25.79	26.06	22.96	25.21	24.76	26.06	988
8	Adrian Paz	Mexico	F53	18.44	19.42	19.55	-	-	-	19.55	981	SB
9	Germano Bernardi	Italy	F54	23.04	22.58	23.23	-	-	-	23.23	881	SB
10	Andreas Gratt	Austria	F54	18.48	17.34	18.02	-	-	-	18.48	701
11	Alphanso Cunningham	Jamaica	F53	x	x	13.86	-	-	-	13.86	695

WR = World Record. SB = Seasonal Best.

References

• "Men's Javelin - F53/54 Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2012.