1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

None Men's javelin throw European Athletics Championships These are the official results of the Men's javelin throw event at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes. The final was held on 23 August 1998, two days after the qualification round where the mark was set at 82.00 metres. Title defender Steve Backley from Great Britain won the title for a third time in a row, setting a new championship record in the final round: 89.72 metres. Medalists GoldGBR Steve BackleyGreat Britain (GBR)SilverGBR Mick HillGreat Britain (GBR)BronzeGER Raymond HechtGermany (GER) Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B21.08.1998 – 10:00h21.08.1998 – 11:40hFinal Round23.08.1998 – 18:00h Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best Records Standing records prior to the 1998 European Athletics Championships World Record Jan Železný CZE 98.48 m May 25, 1996 GER Jena, Germany Event Record Steve Backley GBR 85.20 m August 8, 1994 FIN Helsinki, Finland Broken records during the 1998 European Athletics Championships Event Record Steve Backley GBR 89.72 m August 23, 1998 HUN Budapest, Hungary Competitors European list as of August 17, 1998, just before the start of the competition RankAthleteSeason BestPersonal Best 1 Aki Parviainen FIN 90.88 87.48 2 Steve Backley GBR 89.89 91.46 3 Boris Henry GER 89.21 90.44 4 Kostas Gatsioudis GRE 88.13 89.22 5 Raymond Hecht GER 88.08 92.60 6 Peter Blank GER 86.99 88.12 7 Juha Laukkanen FIN 86.96 88.22 8 Mark Roberson GBR 85.67 80.92 9 Sergey Makarov RUS 85.64 88.86 10 Harri Hakkarainen FIN 85.28 87.82 11 Patrik Bodén SWE 85.15 89.10 12 Pål Arne Fagernes NOR 84.46 85.06 13 Matti Närhi FIN 84.38 88.24 14 Kimmo Kinnunen FIN 84.23 85.32 15 Peter Esenwein GER 84.17 85.60 16 Mick Hill GBR 83.94 86.94 17 Sami Saksio FIN 83.37 84.26 18 Yuriy Rybin RUS 83.08 86.98 19 Carlo Sonego ITA 82.44 74.90 20 Gregor Högler AUT 81.89 83.00 21 Andreas Linden GER 81.89 85.42 22 Esko Mikkola FIN 81.86 76.08 23 Gaetan Siakinuu FRA 81.75 76.88 24 Johan Kloeck BEL 81.18 78.46 25 Ēriks Rags LAT 80.56 79.04 26 Gergely Horváth HUN 80.53 73.96 Qualification Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 3 Peter Blank GER 75.96 75.45 83.41 83.41 m 2 6 Sergey Makarov RUS 80.98 X — 80.98 m 3 8 Aki Parviainen FIN X 80.65 X 80.65 m 4 9 Gregor Högler AUT 80.28 80.47 77.54 80.47 m 5 11 Dariusz Trafas POL 79.86 78.42 77.16 79.86 m 6 12 Mark Roberson GBR 74.46 79.63 X 79.63 m 7 15 Carlo Sonego ITA 77.74 76.80 X 77.74 m 8 16 Pål Arne Fagernes NOR 77.54 X X 77.54 m 9 19 Gergely Horváth HUN 74.82 75.66 74.47 75.66 m 10 20 Voldemārs Lūsis LAT X X 75.14 75.14 m 11 24 Dejan Angelovski MKD 70.77 71.78 70.18 71.78 m 12 25 Gaetan Siakinuu FRA 69.95 X 65.53 69.95 m Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 1 Steve Backley GBR 87.45 — — 87.45 m 2 2 Juha Laukkanen FIN 83.71 — — 83.71 m 3 4 Raymond Hecht GER 76.21 83.32 — 83.32 m 4 5 Patrik Bodén SWE 79.02 81.01 — 81.01 m 5 7 Matti Närhi FIN 72.32 X 80.94 80.94 m 6 10 Mick Hill GBR X X 80.14 80.14 m 7 13 Vladimir Sasimovich BLR 79.14 79.06 76.66 79.14 m 8 14 Andreas Linden GER 78.98 X X 78.98 m 9 17 Dimitrios Polymerou GRE 77.49 X X 77.49 m 10 18 Arūnas Jurkšas LTU 1988 75.40 74.73 77.37 77.37 m 11 21 Ēriks Rags LAT 74.27 X X 74.27 m 12 22 Yuriy Rybin RUS 72.86 X X 72.86 m 13 23 Terry McHugh IRL 72.82 72.71 72.76 72.82 m Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 Steve Backley GBR 89.72 X 83.03 85.69 84.87 84.17 89.72 m CR Mick Hill GBR 83.80 79.07 83.41 85.77 86.92 85.72 86.92 m Raymond Hecht GER 85.68 83.51 86.63 — — — 86.63 m 4 Sergey Makarov RUS 86.45 80.47 80.86 — — 79.83 86.45 m 5 Juha Laukkanen FIN 84.78 X X X X 77.72 84.78 m 6 Mark Roberson GBR 80.41 79.38 83.64 84.15 77.42 X 84.15 m 7 Peter Blank GER 83.66 78.65 X 77.20 76.87 X 83.66 m 8 Matti Närhi FIN 82.59 X 79.33 80.77 X X 82.59 m 9 Aki Parviainen FIN X 82.30 81.84 82.30 m 10 Gregor Högler AUT 81.44 81.75 73.72 81.75 m 11 Dariusz Trafas POL 79.53 74.79 79.77 79.77 m 12 Patrik Bodén SWE 79.73 X — 79.73 m See also 1993 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart) 1995 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Gothenburg) 1996 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Atlanta) 1997 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Athens) 1999 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Seville) 2000 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Sydney) 2001 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Edmonton) References Results todor66 koti.welho Category:Javelin throw at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1998 European Athletics Championships