Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's javelin throw F53–54

Men's Javelin F53/54
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Stadium
Dates12 September
Competitors11 from 9 nations
Winning distance29.33
Medalists
   Finland
   Iran
   Mexico
Athletics at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
F51
Discus throw   men women
Club throw   men
T52/F52
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men
800 m men
Marathon men
Shot put   men women
Discus throw   men women
Javelin throw   men women
T53/F53
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
T54/F54
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1,500 m men women
5,000 m men women
Marathon men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
F55/F56
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
F57/F58
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Relay event
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men

The men's javelin F53/54 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Stadium at 09:10 on 12 September. There was a single round of competition; after the first three throws, only the top seven had 3 further throws (there is no indication on the official result as to why this was not the normal eight). The competition was won by Markku Niinimaki, representing Finland.

Results

Rank Athlete Nationality Cl.123456 Best Pts. Notes
1st Markku Niinimaki Finland F54 27.33 x 28.17 28.09 x 29.33 29.33 1112 WR
2nd Abdolreza Jokar Iran F53 22.07 20.73 21.45 21.02 22.01 22.08 22.08 1108 WR
3rd Felix Zepeda Mexico F54 26.31 27.13 27.33 25.38 28.67 27.98 28.67 1087 SB
4 Draženko Mitrović Serbia F54 x 25.98 x 24.66 25.87 27.42 27.42 1040 SB
5 Mauro Maximo Mexico F53 20.39 17.35 20.25 x 19.57 19.26 20.39 1023
6 Alexey Kuznetsov Russia F54 25.27 26.78 25.81 25.86 25.15 24.63 26.78 1015 SB
7 Fan Liang China F54 x 25.79 26.06 22.96 25.21 24.76 26.06 988
8 Adrian Paz Mexico F53 18.44 19.42 19.55 - - - 19.55 981 SB
9 Germano Bernardi Italy F54 23.04 22.58 23.23 - - - 23.23 881 SB
10 Andreas Gratt Austria F54 18.48 17.34 18.02 - - - 18.48 701
11 Alphanso Cunningham Jamaica F53 x x 13.86 - - - 13.86 695

WR = World Record. SB = Seasonal Best.

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, August 20, 2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.