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

Events at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
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
5000 m walk				women
10,000 m walk		men
Road events
20 km road run		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Vladimir Ovchinnikov  Soviet Union
Silver	Steve Backley  United Kingdom
Bronze	Jens Reimann  East Germany

Results

Final

29 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Vladimir Ovchinnikov	Soviet Union	67.28	73.66	74.68	74.82	x	77.08	77.08
	Steve Backley	United Kingdom	64.82	71.50	75.40	72.48	73.56	72.14	75.40
	Jens Reimann	East Germany	68.22	71.26	71.64	67.54	66.14	x	71.64
4	Dmitriy Polyunin	Soviet Union	66.72	67.56	68.98	69.12	67.68	67.90	69.12
5	Kimmo Solehmainen	Finland	67.34	67.06	68.62	68.78	68.22	68.58	68.78
6	Johan van Lieshout	Netherlands	66.34	68.22	68.68	x	65.22	67.04	68.68
7	Angel Mandzhukov	Bulgaria	68.54	x	68.52	66.80	x	x	68.54
8	Art Skipper	United States	63.42	63.52	68.32	x	64.36	65.28	68.32
9	Park Yong-Young	South Korea	68.28	63.94	61.40				68.28
10	Juha Laukkanen	Finland	65.54	x	60.86				65.54
11	John Richardson	United States	61.32	64.00	65.20				65.20
12	Kimio Morisawa	Japan	63.70	63.94	x				63.94

Qualifications

28 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Vladimir Ovchinnikov	Soviet Union	72.32	-	-	72.32	Q
2	Kimmo Solehmainen	Finland	70.96	-	-	70.96	Q
3	Jens Reimann	East Germany	65.34	70.10	-	70.10	Q
4	Park Yong-Young	South Korea	69.88	-	-	69.88	Q
5	Steve Backley	United Kingdom	66.30	68.66	-	68.66	Q
6	Juha Laukkanen	Finland	68.26	-	-	68.26	Q
7	Art Skipper	United States	66.90	67.78	-	67.78	Q
8	Dmitriy Polyunin	Soviet Union	67.64	-	-	67.64	Q
9	Johan van Lieshout	Netherlands	65.16	66.34	67.38	67.38	Q
10	Angel Mandzhukov	Bulgaria	63.36	66.82	67.25	67.26	Q
11	Kimio Morisawa	Japan	62.88	64.18	67.24	67.24	Q
12	John Richardson	United States	66.96	66.30	67.16	67.16	Q
13	Koji Simada	Japan	66.66	62.72	x	66.66
14	Dag Inge Hansen	Norway	59.56	61.66	x	61.66
15	Arne Indrebo	Norway	61.54	59.44	x	61.54
16	Matt Hodgson	Australia	61.14	61.42	60.96	61.42
17	Hans-Günter Schmidt	West Germany	60.16	61.28	59.40	61.28

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (1)
•  Bulgaria (1)
•  East Germany (1)
•  Finland (2)
•  Japan (2)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  Norway (2)
•  South Korea (1)
•  Soviet Union (2)
•  United Kingdom (1)
•  United States (2)
•  West Germany (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1988 Sudbury CAN Jul 27-31, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 7 Apr 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015