2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 19 and 21 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Igor Janik   Poland
Silver	Vladislav Shkurlatov   Russia
Bronze	Jung Sang-Jin   South Korea

Results

Final

21 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Igor Janik	Poland	74.16	69.46	67.63	69.68	69.69	x	74.16
	Vladislav Shkurlatov	Russia	69.99	68.41	70.31	69.26	71.85	74.09	74.09
	Jung Sang-Jin	South Korea	73.99	x	67.04	73.13	72.98	x	73.99
4	Jarrod Bannister	Australia	70.55	70.22	71.04	73.31	71.59	71.22	73.31
5	Kalle Sillanpää	Finland	68.58	x	72.70	x	x	67.77	72.70
6	Qin Qiang	China	70.62	67.43	71.80	70.37	70.04	72.29	72.29
7	Teemu Wirkkala	Finland	70.06	68.00	65.75	70.98	x	69.98	70.98
8	Kazuki Yamamoto	Japan	70.90	66.88	65.27	67.26	x	70.29	70.90
9	Vítezslav Vesely	Czech Republic	x	64.44	68.76				68.76
10	Yudel Moreno	Cuba	68.47	66.55	x				68.47
11	Ludo van der Plaat	Netherlands	68.14	63.69	67.97				68.14
12	Vladimir Petrichenko	Ukraine	63.95	67.38	x				67.38

Qualifications

19 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Jung Sang-Jin	South Korea	73.31	-	-	73.31	Q
2	Kalle Sillanpää	Finland	68.63	70.63	-	70.63	Q
3	Vladislav Shkurlatov	Russia	69.18	66.38	70.62	70.62	Q
4	Qin Qiang	China	70.52	-	-	70.52	Q
5	Ludo van der Plaat	Netherlands	70.01	-	-	70.01	Q
6	Vladimir Petrichenko	Ukraine	66.64	x	68.41	68.41	q
7	Chou Yi-Chen	Chinese Taipei	65.02	67.68	66.77	67.68
8	Bart Debacker	Belgium	63.31	64.55	65.30	65.30
9	Sándor Nagy	Hungary	65.20	63.17	61.81	65.20
10	Joshua Robinson	Australia	63.97	x	x	63.97
11	Júlio de Oliveira	Brazil	62.71	x	63.72	63.72
12	Alex van der Merwe	United Kingdom	x	59.89	56.13	59.89
13	James Finneran	United States	x	58.05	59.09	59.09
14	Rinat Tarzumanov	Uzbekistan	57.05	52.16	54.36	57.05

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Igor Janik	Poland	73.84	-	-	73.84	Q
2	Jarrod Bannister	Australia	72.17	-	-	72.17	Q
3	Vítezslav Vesely	Czech Republic	71.59	-	-	71.59	Q
4	Teemu Wirkkala	Finland	68.26	68.01	71.50	71.50	Q
5	Yudel Moreno	Cuba	70.96	-	-	70.96	Q
6	Kazuki Yamamoto	Japan	69.85	x	65.84	69.85	q
7	Hamad Al-Khalifa	Qatar	68.22	67.77	66.24	68.22
8	Yeóryios Ayiassótis	Greece	64.44	63.52	66.88	66.88
9	Ciprian Morutan	Romania	62.37	62.40	65.33	65.33
10	Jarrad Matthews	United States	64.94	61.75	58.25	64.94
11	Magnus Arvidsson	Sweden	62.57	59.34	61.85	62.57
12	Dayron Márquez	Colombia	x	58.57	60.25	60.25
13	Csongor Olteán	Hungary	58.27	58.51	55.81	58.51
14	Cédric Guinfolleau	France	57.17	56.31	57.62	57.62
15	Fabian Morgan	Jamaica	50.56	49.29	54.85	54.85

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 25 countries participated in the event.

•   Australia (2)
•   Belgium (1)
•   Brazil (1)
•   China (1)
•   Chinese Taipei (1)
•   Colombia (1)
•   Cuba (1)
•   Czech Republic (1)
•   Finland (2)
•   France (1)
•   Greece (1)
•   Hungary (2)
•   Jamaica (1)
•   Japan (1)
•   Netherlands (1)
•   Poland (1)
•   Qatar (1)
•   Romania (1)
•   Russia (1)
•   South Korea (1)
•   Sweden (1)
•   Ukraine (1)
•   United Kingdom (1)
•   United States (2)
•   Uzbekistan (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2002 Kingston JAM Jul 16-21, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015