1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

Events at the 1995 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
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
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 37 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday 13 August 1995. The qualification mark was set at 82.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Jan Železný Czech Republic (CZE)
Silver	Steve Backley Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze	Boris Henry Germany (GER)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
11.08.1995 – 09:30h	11.08.1995 – 11:30h
Final Round
13.08.1995 – 16:00h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1995 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Jan Železný (CZE)	95.66 m	August 28, 1993	Sheffield, United Kingdom
Event Record	Jan Železný (CZE)	85.98 m	August 16, 1993	Stuttgart, Germany
Season Best	Raymond Hecht (GER)	92.60 m	July 21, 1995	Oslo, Norway
Broken records during the 1995 World Athletics Championships
Event Record	Boris Henry (GER)	87.60 m	August 13, 1995	Gothenburg, Sweden
	Jan Železný (CZE)	89.58 m

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	4	Mick Hill (GBR)	X	83.54	—	83.54 m
2	9	Andreas Linden (GER)	66.30	80.16	X	80.16 m
3	10	Raymond Hecht (GER)	79.82	X	78.32	79.82 m
4	11	Harri Hakkarainen (FIN)	79.66	78.70	79.04	79.66 m
5	13	Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR)	78.40	78.94	76.54	78.94 m
6	14	Vladimir Ovchinnikov (RUS)	77.48	78.28	X	78.28 m
7	15	Patrik Bodén (SWE)	75.10	X	77.62	77.62 m
8	16	Andrew Currey (AUS)	76.84	72.50	74.50	76.84 m
9	19	Tom Pukstys (USA)	75.08	76.12	75.06	76.12 m
10	20	Gavin Lovegrove (NZL)	74.98	X	X	74.98 m
11	22	Kenneth Petersen (DEN)	X	69.32	74.22	74.22 m
12	24	Phillip Spies (RSA)	X	X	74.06	74.06 m
13	27	Ivan Mustapić (CRO)	X	73.12	71.34	73.12 m
14	28	Edgar Baumann (PAR)	72.90	71.40	70.78	72.90 m
15	30	Viktor Zaitsev (UZB)	X	X	71.08	71.08 m
16	31	Aleksandr Fingert (ISR)	68.30	66.46	70.94	70.94 m
17	34	Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN)	X	68.66	X	68.66 m
18	35	Frans Mahuse (INA)	62.62	68.18	X	68.18 m
19	36	Fernando Palomo (ESA)	X	62.90	X	62.90 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Jan Železný (CZE)	78.98	90.12	—	90.12 m
2	2	Boris Henry (GER)	87.60	—	—	87.60 m
3	3	Andrey Moruyev (RUS)	85.60	—	—	85.60 m
4	5	Steve Backley (GBR)	83.20	—	—	83.20 m
5	6	Seppo Räty (FIN)	79.82	82.42	—	82.42 m
6	7	Yuriy Rybin (RUS)	X	X	82.14	82.14 m
7	8	Aki Parviainen (FIN)	72.74	80.98	—	80.98 m
8	12	Dag Wennlund (SWE)	74.02	77.42	79.00	79.00 m
9	17	Emeterio González (CUB)	X	X	76.54	76.54 m
10	18	Gregor Högler (AUT)	76.12	76.08	76.40	76.40 m
11	21	Terry McHugh (IRL)	74.58	73.90	71.64	74.58 m
12	23	Sigurður Einarsson (ISL)	74.10	73.74	71.18	74.10 m
13	25	Vladimir Parfyonov (UZB)	X	67.22	73.64	73.64 m
14	26	Fikret Özsoy (TUR)	73.50	X	X	73.50 m
15	29	Ed Kaminski (USA)	X	70.64	71.92	71.92 m
16	32	Kim Ki-Hoon (KOR)	67.46	70.20	66.62	70.20 m
17	33	Juan de la Garza (MEX)	X	X	70.20	70.20 m
—	37	Donald Sild (EST)	X	X	—	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Jan Železný (CZE)	80.52	83.02	82.92	88.92	89.06	89.58	89.58 m	CR
	Steve Backley (GBR)	81.10	X	78.30	X	84.92	86.30	86.30 m
	Boris Henry (GER)	83.10	85.16	84.30	80.36	84.06	86.08	86.08 m
4	Raymond Hecht (GER)	83.30	X	82.80	83.02	81.48	81.74	83.30 m
5	Dag Wennlund (SWE)	X	78.68	82.04	—	—	—	82.04 m
6	Mick Hill (GBR)	79.06	79.88	81.06	X	79.06	X	81.06 m
7	Yuriy Rybin (RUS)	X	75.76	81.00	X	79.54	X	81.00 m
8	Andreas Linden (GER)	X	80.76	X	79.72	—	78.16	80.76 m
9	Aki Parviainen (FIN)	79.58	X	X				79.58 m
10	Andrey Moruyev (RUS)	X	78.30	79.14				79.14 m
11	Seppo Räty (FIN)	78.66	78.76	74.94				78.76 m
12	Harri Hakkarainen (FIN)	74.74	76.00	78.16				78.16 m

See also

• 1991 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Tokyo)
• 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)

References

• Results
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