1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

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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.

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Medalists

Gold Flag of South Africa.svg Marius Corbett
South Africa (RSA)
Silver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steve Backley
Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze Flag of Greece.svg Kostas Gatsioudis
Greece (GRE)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group AGroup B
03.08.1997 08:10h03.08.1997 10:00h
Final Round
05.08.1997 18:40h

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 1997 World Athletics Championships
World Record Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (CZE)98.48 m May 25, 1996 Flag of Germany.svg Jena, Germany
Event Record Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (CZE)89.58 m August 13, 1995 Flag of Sweden.svg Gothenburg, Sweden
Season Best Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (CZE)94.02 m March 26, 1997 Flag of South Africa.svg Stellenbosch, South Africa

Qualification

Group A

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance
123
12Flag of Germany.svg  Boris Henry  (GER)81.8079.3483.4283.42 m
23Flag of Greece.svg  Kostas Gatsioudis  (GRE)83.3283.32 m
34Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mick Hill  (GBR)X82.2481.4482.24 m
45Flag of Austria.svg  Gregor Högler  (AUT)79.5478.4481.5481.54 m
58Flag of Cuba.svg  Emeterio González  (CUB)XX80.8880.88 m
610Flag of South Africa.svg  Marius Corbett  (RSA)76.3280.7275.1080.72 m
711Flag of Russia.svg  Sergey Makarov  (RUS)X80.6278.2680.62 m
813Flag of Germany.svg  Raymond Hecht  (GER)78.8879.38X79.38 m
915Flag of the United States.svg  Tom Pukstys  (USA)77.4678.6476.5878.64 m
1018Flag of Finland.svg  Sami Saksio  (FIN)75.4276.20X76.20 m
1120Flag of Norway.svg  Pål Arne Fagernes  (NOR)75.66XX75.66 m
1222Flag of Latvia.svg  Ēriks Rags  (LAT)71.6673.0675.0675.06 m
1324Flag of the United States.svg  Roald Bradstock  (USA)74.9271.8871.7074.92 m
1426Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Nick Nieland  (GBR)72.2674.5270.3474.52 m
1528Flag of Syria.svg  Firas Zaal Al-Mohammed  (SYR)74.0470.90X74.04 m
1629Flag of Paraguay.svg  Edgar Baumann  (PAR)X72.9663.8872.96 m
1733Flag of Israel.svg  Aleksandr Fingert  (ISR)69.7469.2068.5669.74 m
1837Flag of Slovenia.svg  Robert Tersek  (SLO)X69.0866.3669.08 m
1939Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Vladimir Parfyonov  (UZB)55.1862.48X62.48 m
2040Flag of Indonesia.svg  Ponsianus Gnemen  (INA)X57.1256.3257.12 m

Group B

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance
123
11Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (CZE)83.6683.66 m
26Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Backley  (GBR)81.40XX81.40 m
37Flag of Sweden.svg  Patrik Bodén  (SWE)80.8876.2677.4280.88 m
49Flag of Finland.svg  Aki Parviainen  (FIN)X79.8280.7680.76 m
512Flag of Russia.svg  Andrey Moruyev  (RUS)77.4675.7880.3080.30 m
614Flag of Ireland.svg  Terry McHugh  (IRL)72.8871.2277.9077.90 m
716Flag of Belarus.svg  Vladimir Sasimovich  (BLR)75.2476.2877.3877.38 m
817Flag of Finland.svg  Seppo Räty  (FIN)77.2476.8275.8277.24 m
919Flag of Germany.svg  Andreas Linden  (GER)75.6675.90X75.90 m
1021Flag of New Zealand.svg  Gavin Lovegrove  (NZL)75.62XX75.62 m
1123Flag of Poland.svg  Rajmund Kółko  (POL)74.7674.9872.1674.98 m
1225Flag of Greece.svg  Dimitrios Polymerou  (GRE)74.94XX74.94 m
1327Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Sergey Voynov  (UZB)74.3270.1673.2874.32 m
1430Flag of Mexico.svg  Juan de la Garza  (MEX)71.98X66.8871.98 m
1531Flag of South Korea.svg  Chu Ki-Young  (KOR)70.8469.5870.4270.84 m
1632Flag of Senegal.svg  Bouna Diop  (SEN)X65.0669.6669.66 m
1734Flag of Nigeria.svg  Pius Bazighe  (NGR)69.6465.1468.9269.64 m
1835Flag of the United States.svg  Ed Kaminski  (USA)68.04X69.4269.42 m
1936Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Adrian Hatcher  (AUS)XX69.1869.18 m
2038Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Rigoberto Calderón  (NCA)67.92X66.4667.92 m

Final

RankAthleteAttemptsDistance
123456
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of South Africa.svg  Marius Corbett  (RSA)76.5888.4087.4083.8484.5482.4288.40 m
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Backley  (GBR)82.9484.74XX83.2086.8086.80 m
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Greece.svg  Kostas Gatsioudis  (GRE)81.7086.6483.98XXX86.64 m
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mick Hill  (GBR)84.4886.54X83.64X83.0486.54 m
5Flag of Russia.svg  Sergey Makarov  (RUS)84.5686.3284.7081.9483.1684.4886.32 m
6Flag of Germany.svg  Boris Henry  (GER)84.5478.5082.9082.4883.4684.4284.54 m
7Flag of Cuba.svg  Emeterio González  (CUB)82.0882.2283.5679.20X79.7283.56 m
8Flag of Finland.svg  Aki Parviainen  (FIN)75.1882.80XXXX82.80 m
9Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (CZE)XX82.0482.04 m
10Flag of Austria.svg  Gregor Högler  (AUT)81.0080.1881.5681.56 m
11Flag of Russia.svg  Andrey Moruyev  (RUS)81.2681.3878.0081.38 m
12Flag of Sweden.svg  Patrik Bodén  (SWE)78.6876.1480.6680.66 m

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