1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

Events at the 1999 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
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday 29 August 1999.

Medalists

Gold	Aki Parviainen Finland (FIN)
Silver	Kostas Gatsioudis Greece (GRE)
Bronze	Jan Železný Czech Republic (CZE)

Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
27.08.1999 – 18:45h	27.08.1999 – 20:40h
Final Round
29.08.1999 – 18:55h

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

Startlist

Order	№	Athlete	Season Best	Personal Best
GROUP A
1	432	Harri Haatainen (FIN)	83.02	83.02
2	1358	Patrik Bodén (SWE)	84.52	89.10
3	131	Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR)	81.64	87.40
4	1162	Dariusz Trafas (POL)	83.23	83.23
5	515	Steve Backley (GBR)	87.59	91.46
6	1499	Tom Pukstys (USA)	84.11	87.12
7	594	Raymond Hecht (GER)	88.67	92.60
8	1533	Sergey Voynov (UZB)	80.00	81.80
9	1205	Marius Corbett (RSA)	87.17	88.75
10	926	Ēriks Rags (LAT)	83.78	83.78
11	323	Jan Železný (CZE)	89.06	98.48
12	904	Ali Saleh Al-Jadani (KSA)	77.80	77.80
13	443	Aki Parviainen (FIN)	93.09	93.09
14	736	Terry McHugh (IRL)	76.85	82.14
15	52	Andrew Currey (AUS)	83.88	85.75
GROUP B
1	290	Emeterio González (CUB)	82.76	84.20
2	1243	Sergey Makarov (RUS)	89.93	89.93
3	644	Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE)	89.57	89.57
4	1099	Pål Arne Fagernes (NOR)	86.00	86.00
5	70	Gregor Högler (AUT)	84.03	84.03
6	893	Yu Nam-Sung (KOR)	75.44	79.84
7	572	Peter Blank (GER)	87.11	88.12
8	548	Nick Nieland (GBR)	83.68	83.68
9	237	Li Rongxiang (CHN)	82.72	82.72
10	1125	Nery Kennedy (PAR)	78.89	81.28
11	441	Matti Närhi (FIN)	87.88	88.24
12	596	Boris Henry (GER)	88.62	90.44
13	538	Mick Hill (GBR)	84.94	86.94
14	948	Arūnas Jurkšas (LTU)	79.29	79.29
15	98	Johan Kloeck (BEL)	83.65	83.65

Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Jan Železný (CZE)	98.48 m	May 25, 1996	Jena, Germany
Event Record	Jan Železný (CZE)	89.58 m	August 13, 1995	Gothenburg, Sweden
Season Best	Aki Parviainen (FIN)	93.09 m	June 26, 1999	Kuortane, Finland

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	3	Jan Železný (CZE)	84.31	—	—	84.31 m
2	4	Raymond Hecht (GER)	81.54	83.41	—	83.41 m
3	7	Aki Parviainen (FIN)	81.25	82.84	X	82.84 m
4	9	Harri Haatainen (FIN)	78.40	81.83	79.44	81.83 m
5	11	Steve Backley (GBR)	X	81.68	X	81.68 m
6	12	Ēriks Rags (LAT)	81.61	X	77.06	81.61 m
7	15	Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR)	80.18	79.44	76.34	80.18 m
8	18	Dariusz Trafas (POL)	78.43	74.19	76.05	78.43 m
9	19	Sergey Voynov (UZB)	X	75.79	77.35	77.35 m
10	20	Terry McHugh (IRL)	X	73.09	77.23	77.23 m	SB
11	21	Andrew Currey (AUS)	70.92	76.34	75.37	76.34 m
12	22	Marius Corbett (RSA)	X	73.28	76.34	76.34 m
13	24	Patrik Bodén (SWE)	72.26	73.61	75.66	75.66 m
14	27	Ali Saleh Al-Jadani (KSA)	X	69.86	72.19	72.19 m
—	—	Tom Pukstys (USA)	—	—	—	DNS

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	1	Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE)	87.97	—	—	87.97 m
2	2	Matti Närhi (FIN)	X	78.79	85.05	85.05 m
3	5	Boris Henry (GER)	80.27	80.82	83.35	83.35 m
4	6	Emeterio González (CUB)	82.86	81.48	82.74	82.86 m	SB
5	8	Sergey Makarov (RUS)	78.79	82.25	X	82.25 m
6	10	Pål Arne Fagernes (NOR)	X	80.23	81.74	81.74 m
7	13	Peter Blank (GER)	80.89	X	74.37	80.89 m
8	14	Mick Hill (GBR)	80.75	X	79.61	80.75 m
9	16	Arūnas Jurkšas (LTU)	79.56	74.35	70.85	79.56 m	NR
10	17	Li Rongxiang (CHN)	78.09	79.24	78.63	79.24 m
11	23	Gregor Högler (AUT)	75.94	73.55	74.30	75.94 m
12	25	Johan Kloeck (BEL)	72.60	74.87	69.83	74.87 m
13	26	Yu Nam-Sung (KOR)	72.87	X	65.41	72.87 m
14	28	Nick Nieland (GBR)	72.12	X	X	72.12 m
15	29	Nery Kennedy (PAR)	70.88	68.25	71.74	71.74 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
01 !	Aki Parviainen (FIN)	81.63	86.08	83.78	85.00	89.52	—	89.52 m
02 !	Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE)	89.18	83.35	81.72	81.68	X	87.16	89.18 m
03 !	Jan Železný (CZE)	83.60	87.67	X	X	X	—	87.67 m
4	Pål Arne Fagernes (NOR)	82.99	86.24	78.98	81.74	X	X	86.24 m	NR
5	Raymond Hecht (GER)	85.92	85.24	X	79.23	79.01	81.38	85.92 m
6	Boris Henry (GER)	83.28	83.38	83.67	82.98	85.43	X	85.43 m
7	Emeterio González (CUB)	76.41	83.00	84.32	78.37	81.97	78.55	84.32 m	NR
8	Steve Backley (GBR)	83.84	82.60	81.20	X	X	X	83.84 m

9	Sergey Makarov (RUS)	77.24	77.50	83.20				83.20 m
10	Ēriks Rags (LAT)	X	81.64	77.04				81.64 m
11	Harri Haatainen (FIN)	80.92	X	77.97				80.92 m
12	Matti Närhi (FIN)	79.47	76.98	X				79.47 m

References

Javelin throw at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics

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