1994 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 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland, held at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 7 and 8 August 1994. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf 460–470 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 There were a total number of 26 participating athletes. The defending European Champion Steve Backley retained his title and set a championship record (85.20 metres) in the final round, using an enhanced javelin model. Medalists GoldGBR Steve BackleyGreat Britain (GBR)SilverFIN Seppo RätyFinland (FIN)BronzeCZE Jan ŽeleznýCzech Republic (CZE) Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B07.08.1994 – 18:50h07.08.1994 – 20:10hFinal Round08.08.1994 – 18:50h 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 1994 European Athletics Championships World Record Jan Železný CZE 95.66 m August 28, 1993 GBR Sheffield, United Kingdom Event Record Steve Backley GBR 87.30 m August 28, 1990 YUG Split, Yugoslavia Broken records during the 1994 European Athletics Championships Event Record Steve Backley GBR 85.20 m August 8, 1994 FIN Helsinki, Finland Qualification Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 4 Raymond Hecht GER77.90 82.54 — 82.54 m 2 6 Steve Backley GBR81.58 — — 81.58 m 3 8 Donald Sild EST81.12 — — 81.12 m 4 9 Patrik Bodén SWEX 79.60 80.94 80.94 m 5 12 Uladzimir Sasimovich BLR 199178.98 75.94 X 78.98 m 6 13 Harri Hakkarainen FIN76.82 78.82 75.88 78.82 m 7 14 Konstadinos Gatsioudis GRE75.84 77.72 78.56 78.56 m 8 15 Andrey Shevchuk RUS78.56 X 72.00 78.56 m 9 16 Sigurður Einarsson ISL76.06 72.32 77.22 77.22 m 10 22 Colin Mackenzie GBR74.00 X X 74.00 m 11 23 Miloš Steigauf TCH73.82 73.10 X 73.82 m 12 24 Ivan Mustapić CRO72.50 X 71.48 72.50 m 13 25 Håvard Johansen NOR72.44 66.40 X 72.44 m Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 1 Seppo Räty FIN84.76 — — 84.76 m 2 2 Mick Hill GBR78.24 84.44 — 84.44 m 3 3 Jan Železný CZE79.86 83.88 — 83.88 m 4 5 Terry McHugh IRL78.98 82.14 — 82.14 m PB 5 6 Andrey Moruyev RUS81.58 — — 81.58 m 6 10 Dag Wennlund SWE79.44 80.30 — 80.30 m 7 11 Boris Henry GER79.22 77.20 76.64 79.22 m 8 17 Yuriy Rybin RUS74.26 76.38 X 76.38 m 9 18 Juha Laukkanen FIN73.54 73.82 75.86 75.86 m 10 19 Mirosław Witek POL72.56 75.26 74.58 75.26 m 11 20 Peter Blank GER74.88 72.14 X 74.88 m 12 21 Marek Kaleta EST74.46 72.32 69.74 74.46 m 13 26 Mārcis Štrobinders LAT — — — NM Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 Steve Backley GBR 81.04 85.20 81.74 X — 79.7085.20 m CR Seppo Räty FIN 81.80 X 80.06 82.16 82.90 80.78 82.90 m Jan Železný CZE 80.40 82.58 82.50 X X X82.58 m 4 Patrik Bodén SWE79.54 80.80 80.76 79.14 81.34 75.6681.34 m 5 Raymond Hecht GER79.12 78.04 81.18 X 80.60 81.06 81.18 m 6 Mick Hill GBR80.24 80.36 80.66 X X X 80.66 m 7 Terry McHugh IRL79.12 78.30 79.78 75.52 80.46 X80.46 m 8 Uladzimir Sasimovich BLR 199178.88 X 77.32 75.42 X 76.52 78.88 m 9 Andrey Moruyev RUSX X 78.66 78.66 m 10 Dag Wennlund SWE78.52 77.60 75.16 78.52 m 11 Boris Henry GER76.40 74.10 76.88 76.88 m 12 Donald Sild EST75.38 71.16 74.88 75.38 m Participation According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event. 22em BLR 1991 (1) CRO (1) CZE (2) EST (2) FIN (3) GER (3) GRE (1) ISL (1) IRL (1) LAT (1) NOR (1) POL (1) RUS (3) SWE (2) UK (3) See also 1991 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Tokyo) 1992 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Barcelona) 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) References Results trackfield.brinkster Category:Javelin throw at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1994 European Athletics Championships