1999 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 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday 29 August 1999.

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Medalists

Gold Flag of Finland.svg Aki Parviainen
Finland (FIN)
Silver Flag of Greece.svg Kostas Gatsioudis
Greece (GRE)
Bronze Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Železný
Czech Republic (CZE)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group AGroup B
27.08.1999 18:45h27.08.1999 20:40h
Final Round
29.08.1999 18:55h

Abbreviations

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

Startlist

OrderAthlete Season Best Personal Best
GROUP A
1432Flag of Finland.svg  Harri Haatainen  (FIN)83.0283.02
21358Flag of Sweden.svg  Patrik Bodén  (SWE)84.5289.10
3131Flag of Belarus.svg  Vladimir Sasimovich  (BLR)81.6487.40
41162Flag of Poland.svg  Dariusz Trafas  (POL)83.2383.23
5515Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Backley  (GBR)87.5991.46
61499Flag of the United States.svg  Tom Pukstys  (USA)84.1187.12
7594Flag of Germany.svg  Raymond Hecht  (GER)88.6792.60
81533Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Sergey Voynov  (UZB)80.0081.80
91205Flag of South Africa.svg  Marius Corbett  (RSA)87.1788.75
10926Flag of Latvia.svg  Ēriks Rags  (LAT)83.7883.78
11323Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (CZE)89.0698.48
12904Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Ali Saleh Al-Jadani  (KSA)77.8077.80
13443Flag of Finland.svg  Aki Parviainen  (FIN)93.0993.09
14736Flag of Ireland.svg  Terry McHugh  (IRL)76.8582.14
1552Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Andrew Currey  (AUS)83.8885.75
GROUP B
1290Flag of Cuba.svg  Emeterio González  (CUB)82.7684.20
21243Flag of Russia.svg  Sergey Makarov  (RUS)89.9389.93
3644Flag of Greece.svg  Kostas Gatsioudis  (GRE)89.5789.57
41099Flag of Norway.svg  Pål Arne Fagernes  (NOR)86.0086.00
570Flag of Austria.svg  Gregor Högler  (AUT)84.0384.03
6893Flag of South Korea.svg  Yu Nam-Sung  (KOR)75.4479.84
7572Flag of Germany.svg  Peter Blank  (GER)87.1188.12
8548Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Nick Nieland  (GBR)83.6883.68
9237Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Rongxiang  (CHN)82.7282.72
101125Flag of Paraguay.svg  Nery Kennedy  (PAR)78.8981.28
11441Flag of Finland.svg  Matti Närhi  (FIN)87.8888.24
12596Flag of Germany.svg  Boris Henry  (GER)88.6290.44
13538Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mick Hill  (GBR)84.9486.94
14948Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Arūnas Jurkšas  (LTU)79.2979.29
1598Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Johan Kloeck  (BEL)83.6583.65

Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 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 Finland.svg  Aki Parviainen  (FIN)93.09 m June 26, 1999 Flag of Finland.svg Kuortane, Finland

Qualification

Group A

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123
13Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (CZE)84.3184.31 m
24Flag of Germany.svg  Raymond Hecht  (GER)81.5483.4183.41 m
37Flag of Finland.svg  Aki Parviainen  (FIN)81.2582.84X82.84 m
49Flag of Finland.svg  Harri Haatainen  (FIN)78.4081.8379.4481.83 m
511Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Backley  (GBR)X81.68X81.68 m
612Flag of Latvia.svg  Ēriks Rags  (LAT)81.61X77.0681.61 m
715Flag of Belarus.svg  Vladimir Sasimovich  (BLR)80.1879.4476.3480.18 m
818Flag of Poland.svg  Dariusz Trafas  (POL)78.4374.1976.0578.43 m
919Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Sergey Voynov  (UZB)X75.7977.3577.35 m
1020Flag of Ireland.svg  Terry McHugh  (IRL)X73.0977.2377.23 m SB
1121Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Andrew Currey  (AUS)70.9276.3475.3776.34 m
1222Flag of South Africa.svg  Marius Corbett  (RSA)X73.2876.3476.34 m
1324Flag of Sweden.svg  Patrik Bodén  (SWE)72.2673.6175.6675.66 m
1427Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Ali Saleh Al-Jadani  (KSA)X69.8672.1972.19 m
Flag of the United States.svg  Tom Pukstys  (USA)DNS

Group B

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123
11Flag of Greece.svg  Kostas Gatsioudis  (GRE)87.9787.97 m
22Flag of Finland.svg  Matti Närhi  (FIN)X78.7985.0585.05 m
35Flag of Germany.svg  Boris Henry  (GER)80.2780.8283.3583.35 m
46Flag of Cuba.svg  Emeterio González  (CUB)82.8681.4882.7482.86 m SB
58Flag of Russia.svg  Sergey Makarov  (RUS)78.7982.25X82.25 m
610Flag of Norway.svg  Pål Arne Fagernes  (NOR)X80.2381.7481.74 m
713Flag of Germany.svg  Peter Blank  (GER)80.89X74.3780.89 m
814Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mick Hill  (GBR)80.75X79.6180.75 m
916Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Arūnas Jurkšas  (LTU)79.5674.3570.8579.56 m NR
1017Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Rongxiang  (CHN)78.0979.2478.6379.24 m
1123Flag of Austria.svg  Gregor Högler  (AUT)75.9473.5574.3075.94 m
1225Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Johan Kloeck  (BEL)72.6074.8769.8374.87 m
1326Flag of South Korea.svg  Yu Nam-Sung  (KOR)72.87X65.4172.87 m
1428Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Nick Nieland  (GBR)72.12XX72.12 m
1529Flag of Paraguay.svg  Nery Kennedy  (PAR)70.8868.2571.7471.74 m

Final

RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123456
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Finland.svg  Aki Parviainen  (FIN)81.6386.0883.7885.0089.5289.52 m
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Greece.svg  Kostas Gatsioudis  (GRE)89.1883.3581.7281.68X87.1689.18 m
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (CZE)83.6087.67XXX87.67 m
4Flag of Norway.svg  Pål Arne Fagernes  (NOR)82.9986.2478.9881.74XX86.24 m NR
5Flag of Germany.svg  Raymond Hecht  (GER)85.9285.24X79.2379.0181.3885.92 m
6Flag of Germany.svg  Boris Henry  (GER)83.2883.3883.6782.9885.43X85.43 m
7Flag of Cuba.svg  Emeterio González  (CUB)76.4183.0084.3278.3781.9778.5584.32 m NR
8Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Backley  (GBR)83.8482.6081.20XXX83.84 m
9Flag of Russia.svg  Sergey Makarov  (RUS)77.2477.5083.2083.20 m
10Flag of Latvia.svg  Ēriks Rags  (LAT)X81.6477.0481.64 m
11Flag of Finland.svg  Harri Haatainen  (FIN)80.92X77.9780.92 m
12Flag of Finland.svg  Matti Närhi  (FIN)79.4776.98X79.47 m

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