1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

Events at the 1993 World Championships
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
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 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total of 47 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday August 16, 1993. All results were made with rough surfaced javelin. The qualification mark was set at 81.00 metres.

1 Medalists
2 Schedule
3 Abbreviations
4 Records
5 Qualification
- 5.1 Group A
- 5.2 Group B
6 Final
7 See also
8 References

Medalists

Gold	Jan Železný Czech Republic (CZE)
Silver	Kimmo Kinnunen Finland (FIN)
Bronze	Mick Hill Great Britain (GBR)

Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
15.08.1993 – 10:00h	15.08.1993 – 12:00h
Final Round
16.08.1993 – 19:30h

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 1993 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Jan Železný (CZE)	95.54 m	April 6, 1993	Pietersburg, South Africa
Event Record	Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN)	90.82 m ^[1]	August 26, 1991	Tokyo, Japan
Season Best	Raymond Hecht (GER)	88.90 m	July 2, 1993	Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
Broken records during the 1993 World Athletics Championships
Event Record	Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN)	84.78 m ^[2]	August 16, 1993	Stuttgart, Germany
Event Record	Jan Železný (CZE)	85.98 m ^[3]	August 16, 1993	Stuttgart, Germany

^ Old javelin type
^ New javelin type
^ New javelin type

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	1	Jan Železný (CZE)	83.22	—	—	83.22 m
2	2	Ari Pakarinen (FIN)	X	83.06	—	83.06 m
3	3	Dmitriy Polyunin (UZB)	81.04	—	—	81.04 m
4	4	Mick Hill (GBR)	79.80	80.06	80.78	80.78 m
5	7	Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN)	X	78.40	78.86	78.86 m
6	9	Patrik Bodén (SWE)	77.04	78.34	75.80	78.34 m
7	17	Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE)	76.70	75.88	X	76.70 m
8	18	Yuriy Rybin (RUS)	X	74.94	76.58	76.58 m
9	19	Ed Kaminski (USA)	69.60	74.36	75.70	75.70 m
10	20	Ivan Mustapić (CRO)	74.92	75.64	74.98	75.64 m
11	21	Colin MacKenzie (GBR)	74.10	75.34	X	75.34 m
12	22	Tom Petranoff (RSA)	75.26	X	X	75.26 m
13	24	Marek Kaleta (EST)	X	74.80	X	74.80 m
14	26	Sigurdur Einarsson (ISL)	73.20	X	74.40	74.40 m
15	27	Fabio de Gaspari (ITA)	73.54	74.34	73.50	74.34 m
16	29	Peter Blank (GER)	73.76	X	74.10	74.10 m
17	31	Rodrigo Zelaya (CHI)	71.50	73.26	X	73.26 m
18	33	Dainis Kula (LAT)	69.22	73.18	X	73.18 m
19	34	Lee Wook-Jong (KOR)	72.04	X	72.02	72.04 m
20	36	Radoman Šćekić (YUG)	71.50	X	X	71.50 m
21	41	Art Skipper (USA)	67.14	X	68.72	68.72 m
22	44	Andrew Currey (AUS)	X	X	66.72	66.72 m
23	45	Edgar Baumann (PAR)	X	X	59.82	59.82 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	5	Tom Pukstys (USA)	78.76	76.64	79.84	79.84 m
2	6	Steve Backley (GBR)	76.20	78.48	79.64	79.64 m
3	8	Dag Wennlund (SWE)	78.48	77.02	X	78.48 m
4	10	Terry McHugh (IRL)	75.26	78.28	X	78.28 m
5	11	Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR)	78.24	77.28	77.10	78.24 m
6	12	Miloš Steigauf (CZE)	78.10	X	X	78.10 m
7	13	Vladimir Ovchinnikov (RUS)	77.98	75.66	75.16	77.98 m
8	14	Boris Henry (GER)	76.58	73.14	77.42	77.42 m
9	15	Gavin Lovegrove (NZL)	74.16	75.14	77.08	77.08 m
10	16	Vadim Bavikin (ISR)	73.30	X	76.98	76.98 m
11	23	Raymond Hecht (GER)	71.84	X	75.00	75.00 m
12	25	Peter Borglund (SWE)	71.94	74.58	X	74.58 m
13	28	Seppo Räty (FIN)	74.30	73.62	73.16	74.30 m
14	30	Pascal Lefèvre (FRA)	73.34	X	X	73.34 m
15	32	Viktor Zaitsev (UZB)	73.22	71.64	70.54	73.22 m
16	35	Kenneth Petersen (DEN)	72.00	X	X	72.00 m
17	37	Viktor Yevsyukov (KAZ)	71.12	X	67.70	71.12 m
18	38	Vladimir Parfyonov (UZB)	X	X	70.88	70.88 m
19	39	Juan de la Garza (MEX)	70.86	X	X	70.86 m
20	40	Ambrosi Matiashvili (GEO)	69.54	X	64.74	69.54 m
21	42	Stephen Feraday (CAN)	67.74	65.76	68.40	68.40 m
22	43	Mārcis Štrobinders (LAT)	X	68.38	X	68.38 m
23	46	Ryan Haylock (CAY)	56.76	X	X	56.76 m
—	—	Phillip Spies (RSA)	X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
1 !	Jan Železný (CZE)	81.86	X	X	83.82	85.98	84.62	85.98 m	CR
2 !	Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN)	77.46	77.68	84.78	X	81.72	82.46	84.78 m
3 !	Mick Hill (GBR)	82.80	80.18	80.08	X	81.48	82.96	82.96 m
4	Steve Backley (GBR)	79.78	81.66	79.00	81.16	80.18	81.80	81.80 m
5	Ari Pakarinen (FIN)	81.08	76.52	X	X	X	80.44	81.08 m
6	Dag Wennlund (SWE)	80.52	75.10	X	77.34	75.90	75.82	80.52 m
7	Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR)	75.88	78.70	X	77.34	75.90	75.82	78.70 m

8	Patrik Bodén (SWE)	75.18	78.00	76.84				78.00 m
9	Tom Pukstys (USA)	75.54	75.68	77.92				77.92 m
10	Terry McHugh (IRL)	76.06	73.38	76.22				76.22 m
11	Miloš Steigauf (CZE)	X	X	70.78				70.78 m
—	~~Dmitriy Polyunin (UZB)~~	~~75.50~~	~~80.54~~	~~83.38~~	X	X	~~81.72~~	DSQ

References

Javelin throw at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics

Men's	1983 • 1987 • 1991 • 1993 • 1995 • 1997 • 1999 • 2001 • 2003 • 2005 • 2007 • 2009 • 2011

Women's	1983 • 1987 • 1991 • 1993 • 1995 • 1997 • 1999 • 2001 • 2003 • 2005 • 2007 • 2009 • 2011