1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

None The men's javelin throw event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 28 and 29 July. Peters Lionel Magnusson Tomas WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1988 Sudbury CAN Jul 27-31 http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1988.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140407090758/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1988.html 7 April 2014 dead WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH") 13 June 2015 IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES https://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/1b820a45-e3d7-40f4-9d5d-7a3abea7f433.pdf IAAF 13 June 2015 Medalists Gold Vladimir Ovchinnikov URSSilver Steve Backley UKBronze Jens Reimann GDR Results Final 29 July Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123456 Vladimir Ovchinnikov URS 67.28 73.66 74.68 74.82 x 77.08 77.08 Steve Backley UK 64.82 71.50 75.40 72.48 73.56 72.14 75.40 Jens Reimann GDR 68.22 71.26 71.64 67.54 66.14 x 71.64 4 Dmitriy Polyunin URS 66.72 67.56 68.98 69.12 67.68 67.90 69.12 5 Kimmo Solehmainen FIN 67.34 67.06 68.62 68.78 68.22 68.58 68.78 6 Johan van Lieshout NED 66.34 68.22 68.68 x 65.22 67.04 68.68 7 Angel Mandzhukov BUL 1971 68.54 x 68.52 66.80 x x 68.54 8 Art Skipper USA 63.42 63.52 68.32 x 64.36 65.28 68.32 9 Park Yong-Young KOR 1949 68.28 63.94 61.40 68.28 10 Juha Laukkanen FIN 65.54 x 60.86 65.54 11 John Richardson USA 61.32 64.00 65.20 65.20 12 Kimio Morisawa JPN 63.70 63.94 x 63.94 Qualifications 28 Jul Group A Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123 1 Vladimir Ovchinnikov URS 72.32 - - 72.32 Q 2 Kimmo Solehmainen FIN 70.96 - - 70.96 Q 3 Jens Reimann GDR 65.34 70.10 - 70.10 Q 4 Park Yong-Young KOR 1949 69.88 - - 69.88 Q 5 Steve Backley UK 66.30 68.66 - 68.66 Q 6 Juha Laukkanen FIN 68.26 - - 68.26 Q 7 Art Skipper USA 66.90 67.78 - 67.78 Q 8 Dmitriy Polyunin URS 67.64 - - 67.64 Q 9 Johan van Lieshout NED 65.16 66.34 67.38 67.38 Q 10 Angel Mandzhukov BUL 1971 63.36 66.82 67.25 67.26 Q 11 Kimio Morisawa JPN 62.88 64.18 67.24 67.24 Q 12 John Richardson USA 66.96 66.30 67.16 67.16 Q 13 Koji Simada JPN 66.66 62.72 x 66.66 14 Dag Inge Hansen NOR 59.56 61.66 x 61.66 15 Arne Indrebo NOR 61.54 59.44 x 61.54 16 Matt Hodgson AUS 61.14 61.42 60.96 61.42 17 Hans-Günter Schmidt FRG 60.16 61.28 59.40 61.28 Participation According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event. 22em AUS (1) BUL 1971 (1) GDR (1) FIN (2) JPN (2) NED (1) NOR (2) KOR 1949 (1) URS (2) UK (1) USA (2) FRG (1) References Category:Javelin throw at the World Athletics U20 Championships Category:Men's events at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics