1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

None 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 GoldRSA Marius CorbettSouth Africa (RSA)SilverGBR Steve BackleyGreat Britain (GBR)BronzeGRE Kostas GatsioudisGreece (GRE) Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B03.08.1997 – 08:10h03.08.1997 – 10:00hFinal Round05.08.1997 – 18:40h 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 1997 World Athletics Championships World Record Jan Železný CZE 98.48 m May 25, 1996 GER Jena, Germany Event Record Jan Železný CZE 89.58 m August 13, 1995 SWE Gothenburg, Sweden Season Best Jan Železný CZE 94.02 m March 26, 1997 RSA Stellenbosch, South Africa Qualification Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance1231 2 Boris Henry GER81.80 79.34 83.42 83.42 m 2 3 Kostas Gatsioudis GRE83.32 — — 83.32 m 3 4 Mick Hill GBRX 82.24 81.44 82.24 m 4 5 Gregor Högler AUT79.54 78.44 81.54 81.54 m 5 8 Emeterio González CUBX X 80.88 80.88 m 6 10 Marius Corbett RSA76.32 80.72 75.10 80.72 m 7 11 Sergey Makarov RUSX 80.62 78.26 80.62 m 8 13 Raymond Hecht GER78.88 79.38 X 79.38 m 9 15 Tom Pukstys USA77.46 78.64 76.58 78.64 m 10 18 Sami Saksio FIN75.42 76.20 X 76.20 m 11 20 Pål Arne Fagernes NOR75.66 X X 75.66 m 12 22 Ēriks Rags LAT71.66 73.06 75.06 75.06 m 13 24 Roald Bradstock USA74.92 71.88 71.70 74.92 m 14 26 Nick Nieland GBR72.26 74.52 70.34 74.52 m 15 28 Firas Zaal Al-Mohammed SYR 198074.04 70.90 X 74.04 m 16 29 Edgar Baumann PARX 72.96 63.88 72.96 m 17 33 Aleksandr Fingert ISR69.74 69.20 68.56 69.74 m 18 37 Robert Tersek SLOX 69.08 66.36 69.08 m 19 39 Vladimir Parfyonov UZB55.18 62.48 X 62.48 m 20 40 Ponsianus Gnemen INAX 57.12 56.32 57.12 m Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance1231 1 Jan Železný CZE83.66 — —83.66 m2 6 Steve Backley GBR81.40 X X81.40 m 3 7 Patrik Bodén SWE80.88 76.26 77.4280.88 m 4 9 Aki Parviainen FINX 79.82 80.7680.76 m5 12 Andrey Moruyev RUS77.46 75.78 80.3080.30 m6 14 Terry McHugh IRL 72.88 71.22 77.90 77.90 m7 16 Vladimir Sasimovich BLR 75.24 76.28 77.38 77.38 m8 17 Seppo Räty FIN 77.24 76.82 75.82 77.24 m9 19 Andreas Linden GER 75.66 75.90 X 75.90 m10 21 Gavin Lovegrove NZL 75.62 X X 75.62 m 11 23 Rajmund Kółko POL 74.76 74.98 72.16 74.98 m12 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 66.8871.98 m 15 31 Chu Ki-Young KOR 70.84 69.58 70.4270.84 m16 32 Bouna Diop SEN X 65.06 69.6669.66 m17 34 Pius Bazighe NGR 69.64 65.14 68.9269.64 m18 35 Ed Kaminski USA 68.04 X 69.4269.42 m19 36 Adrian Hatcher AUS X X 69.1869.18 m20 38 Rigoberto Calderón NCA 67.92 X 66.4667.92 m Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistance123456 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) 1998 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Budapest) 2000 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Sydney) References Results koti.welho J Category:Javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships