1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

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Men's javelin throw
at the European Athletics Championships

These are the official results of the Men's javelin throw event at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland, held at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 7 and 8 August 1994. [1] There were a total number of 26 participating athletes. The defending European Champion Steve Backley retained his title and set a championship record (85.20 metres) in the final round, using an enhanced javelin model.

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Medalists

Gold Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steve Backley
Great Britain (GBR)
Silver Flag of Finland.svg Seppo Räty
Finland (FIN)
Bronze Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Železný
Czech Republic (CZE)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group AGroup B
07.08.1994 18:50h07.08.1994 20:10h
Final Round
08.08.1994 18:50h

Abbreviations

Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1994 European Athletics Championships
World Record Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (CZE)95.66 mAugust 28, 1993 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sheffield, United Kingdom
Event Record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Backley  (GBR)87.30 mAugust 28, 1990 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Split, Yugoslavia
Broken records during the 1994 European Athletics Championships
Event Record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Backley  (GBR)85.20 mAugust 8, 1994 Flag of Finland.svg Helsinki, Finland

Qualification

Group A

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123
14Flag of Germany.svg  Raymond Hecht  (GER)77.9082.5482.54 m
26Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Backley  (GBR)81.5881.58 m
38Flag of Estonia.svg  Donald Sild  (EST)81.1281.12 m
49Flag of Sweden.svg  Patrik Bodén  (SWE)X79.6080.9480.94 m
512Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg  Uladzimir Sasimovich  (BLR)78.9875.94X78.98 m
613Flag of Finland.svg  Harri Hakkarainen  (FIN)76.8278.8275.8878.82 m
714Flag of Greece.svg  Konstadinos Gatsioudis  (GRE)75.8477.7278.5678.56 m
815Flag of Russia.svg  Andrey Shevchuk  (RUS)78.56X72.0078.56 m
916Flag of Iceland.svg  Sigurður Einarsson  (ISL)76.0672.3277.2277.22 m
1022Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Colin Mackenzie  (GBR)74.00XX74.00 m
1123Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Miloš Steigauf  (TCH)73.8273.10X73.82 m
1224Flag of Croatia.svg  Ivan Mustapić  (CRO)72.50X71.4872.50 m
1325Flag of Norway.svg  Håvard Johansen  (NOR)72.4466.40X72.44 m

Group B

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123
11Flag of Finland.svg  Seppo Räty  (FIN)84.7684.76 m
22Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mick Hill  (GBR)78.2484.4484.44 m
33Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (CZE)79.8683.8883.88 m
45Flag of Ireland.svg  Terry McHugh  (IRL)78.9882.1482.14 mPB
56Flag of Russia.svg  Andrey Moruyev  (RUS)81.5881.58 m
610Flag of Sweden.svg  Dag Wennlund  (SWE)79.4480.3080.30 m
711Flag of Germany.svg  Boris Henry  (GER)79.2277.2076.6479.22 m
817Flag of Russia.svg  Yuriy Rybin  (RUS)74.2676.38X76.38 m
918Flag of Finland.svg  Juha Laukkanen  (FIN)73.5473.8275.8675.86 m
1019Flag of Poland.svg  Mirosław Witek  (POL)72.5675.2674.5875.26 m
1120Flag of Germany.svg  Peter Blank  (GER)74.8872.14X74.88 m
1221Flag of Estonia.svg  Marek Kaleta  (EST)74.4672.3269.7474.46 m
1326Flag of Latvia.svg  Mārcis Štrobinders  (LAT)NM

Final

RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123456
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Backley  (GBR)81.0485.2081.74X79.7085.20 m CR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Finland.svg  Seppo Räty  (FIN)81.80X80.0682.1682.9080.7882.90 m
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (CZE)80.4082.5882.50XXX82.58 m
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Patrik Bodén  (SWE)79.5480.8080.7679.1481.3475.6681.34 m
5Flag of Germany.svg  Raymond Hecht  (GER)79.1278.0481.18X80.6081.0681.18 m
6Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mick Hill  (GBR)80.2480.3680.66XXX80.66 m
7Flag of Ireland.svg  Terry McHugh  (IRL)79.1278.3079.7875.5280.46X80.46 m
8Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg  Uladzimir Sasimovich  (BLR)78.88X77.3275.42X76.5278.88 m
9Flag of Russia.svg  Andrey Moruyev  (RUS)XX78.6678.66 m
10Flag of Sweden.svg  Dag Wennlund  (SWE)78.5277.6075.1678.52 m
11Flag of Germany.svg  Boris Henry  (GER)76.4074.1076.8876.88 m
12Flag of Estonia.svg  Donald Sild  (EST)75.3871.1674.8875.38 m

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

See also

References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 460–470, retrieved 13 August 2014