1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

Events at the 1997 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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.

Medalists

Gold	Marius Corbett South Africa (RSA)
Silver	Steve Backley Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze	Kostas Gatsioudis Greece (GRE)

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
03.08.1997 – 08:10h	03.08.1997 – 10:00h
Final Round
05.08.1997 – 18:40h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Jan Železný (CZE)	98.48 m	May 25, 1996	Jena, Germany
Event Record	Jan Železný (CZE)	89.58 m	August 13, 1995	Gothenburg, Sweden
Season Best	Jan Železný (CZE)	94.02 m	March 26, 1997	Stellenbosch, South Africa

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	2	Boris Henry (GER)	81.80	79.34	83.42	83.42 m
2	3	Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE)	83.32	—	—	83.32 m
3	4	Mick Hill (GBR)	X	82.24	81.44	82.24 m
4	5	Gregor Högler (AUT)	79.54	78.44	81.54	81.54 m
5	8	Emeterio González (CUB)	X	X	80.88	80.88 m
6	10	Marius Corbett (RSA)	76.32	80.72	75.10	80.72 m
7	11	Sergey Makarov (RUS)	X	80.62	78.26	80.62 m
8	13	Raymond Hecht (GER)	78.88	79.38	X	79.38 m
9	15	Tom Pukstys (USA)	77.46	78.64	76.58	78.64 m
10	18	Sami Saksio (FIN)	75.42	76.20	X	76.20 m
11	20	Pål Arne Fagernes (NOR)	75.66	X	X	75.66 m
12	22	Ēriks Rags (LAT)	71.66	73.06	75.06	75.06 m
13	24	Roald Bradstock (GBR)	74.92	71.88	71.70	74.92 m
14	26	Nick Nieland (GBR)	72.26	74.52	70.34	74.52 m
15	28	Firas Al-Mahameed (SYR)	74.04	70.90	X	74.04 m
16	29	Edgar Baumann (PAR)	X	72.96	63.88	72.96 m
17	33	Aleksandr Fingert (ISR)	69.74	69.20	68.56	69.74 m
18	37	Robert Tersek (SLO)	X	69.08	66.36	69.08 m
19	39	Vladimir Parfyonov (UZB)	55.18	62.48	X	62.48 m
20	40	Ponsianus Gnemen (INA)	X	57.12	56.32	57.12 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Jan Železný (CZE)	83.66	—	—	83.66 m
2	6	Steve Backley (GBR)	81.40	X	X	81.40 m
3	7	Patrik Bodén (SWE)	80.88	76.26	77.42	80.88 m
4	9	Aki Parviainen (FIN)	X	79.82	80.76	80.76 m
5	12	Andrey Moruyev (RUS)	77.46	75.78	80.30	80.30 m
6	14	Terry McHugh (IRL)	72.88	71.22	77.90	77.90 m
7	16	Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR)	75.24	76.28	77.38	77.38 m
8	17	Seppo Räty (FIN)	77.24	76.82	75.82	77.24 m
9	19	Andreas Linden (GER)	75.66	75.90	X	75.90 m
10	21	Gavin Lovegrove (NZL)	75.62	X	X	75.62 m
11	23	Rajmund Kółko (POL)	74.76	74.98	72.16	74.98 m
12	25	Dimitrios Polymerou (GRE)	74.94	X	X	74.94 m
13	27	Sergey Voynov (UZB)	74.32	70.16	73.28	74.32 m
14	30	Juan de la Garza (MEX)	71.98	X	66.88	71.98 m
15	31	Chu Ki-Young (KOR)	70.84	69.58	70.42	70.84 m
16	32	Bouna Diop (SEN)	X	65.06	69.66	69.66 m
17	34	Pius Bazighe (NGR)	69.64	65.14	68.92	69.64 m
18	35	Ed Kaminski (USA)	68.04	X	69.42	69.42 m
19	36	Adrian Hatcher (AUS)	X	X	69.18	69.18 m
20	38	Rigoberto Calderao (NCA)	67.92	X	66.46	67.92 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Marius Corbett (RSA)	76.58	88.40	87.40	83.84	84.54	82.42	88.40 m
	Steve Backley (GBR)	82.94	84.74	X	X	83.20	86.80	86.80 m
	Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE)	81.70	86.64	83.98	X	X	X	86.64 m
4	Mick Hill (GBR)	84.48	86.54	X	83.64	X	83.04	86.54 m
5	Sergey Makarov (RUS)	84.56	86.32	84.70	81.94	83.16	84.48	86.32 m
6	Boris Henry (GER)	84.54	78.50	82.90	82.48	83.46	84.42	84.54 m
7	Emeterio González (CUB)	82.08	82.22	83.56	79.20	X	79.72	83.56 m
8	Aki Parviainen (FIN)	75.18	82.80	X	X	X	X	82.80 m
9	Jan Železný (CZE)	X	X	82.04				82.04 m
10	Gregor Högler (AUT)	81.00	80.18	81.56				81.56 m
11	Andrey Moruyev (RUS)	81.26	81.38	78.00				81.38 m
12	Patrik Bodén (SWE)	78.68	76.14	80.66				80.66 m

See also

• 1992 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Barcelona)
• 1994 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Helsinki)
• 1996 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Atlanta)
• 1997 Javelin Throw Year Ranking
• 1998 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Budapest)
• 2000 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Sydney)

References

• Results
• koti.welho