1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw explained

These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday 5 August 1997. The qualification mark was set at 83.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Marius Corbett South Africa (RSA)
Silver	Steve Backley Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze	Kostas Gatsioudis Greece (GRE)

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
03.08.1997  - 08:10h	03.08.1997  - 10:00h
Final Round
05.08.1997  - 18:40h

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 1997 World Athletics Championships
		98.48 m	May 25, 1996
		89.58 m	August 13, 1995
		94.02 m	March 26, 1997

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	2		81.80	79.34	83.42	83.42 m
2	3		83.32	-	-	83.32 m
3	4		X	82.24	81.44	82.24 m
4	5		79.54	78.44	81.54	81.54 m
5	8		X	X	80.88	80.88 m
6	10		76.32	80.72	75.10	80.72 m
7	11		X	80.62	78.26	80.62 m
8	13		78.88	79.38	X	79.38 m
9	15		77.46	78.64	76.58	78.64 m
10	18		75.42	76.20	X	76.20 m
11	20		75.66	X	X	75.66 m
12	22		71.66	73.06	75.06	75.06 m
13	24		74.92	71.88	71.70	74.92 m
14	26		72.26	74.52	70.34	74.52 m
15	28		74.04	70.90	X	74.04 m
16	29		X	72.96	63.88	72.96 m
17	33		69.74	69.20	68.56	69.74 m
18	37		X	69.08	66.36	69.08 m
19	39		55.18	62.48	X	62.48 m
20	40		X	57.12	56.32	57.12 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1		83.66	-	-	83.66 m
2	6		81.40	X	X	81.40 m
3	7		80.88	76.26	77.42	80.88 m
4	9		X	79.82	80.76	80.76 m
5	12		77.46	75.78	80.30	80.30 m
6	14		72.88	71.22	77.90	77.90 m
7	16		75.24	76.28	77.38	77.38 m
8	17		77.24	76.82	75.82	77.24 m
9	19		75.66	75.90	X	75.90 m
10	21		75.62	X	X	75.62 m
11	23		74.76	74.98	72.16	74.98 m
12	25		74.94	X	X	74.94 m
13	27		74.32	70.16	73.28	74.32 m
14	30		71.98	X	66.88	71.98 m
15	31		70.84	69.58	70.42	70.84 m
16	32		X	65.06	69.66	69.66 m
17	34		69.64	65.14	68.92	69.64 m
18	35		68.04	X	69.42	69.42 m
19	36		X	X	69.18	69.18 m
20	38		67.92	X	66.46	67.92 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		76.58	88.40	87.40	83.84	84.54	82.42	88.40 m
		82.94	84.74	X	X	83.20	86.80	86.80 m
		81.70	86.64	83.98	X	X	X	86.64 m
4		84.48	86.54	X	83.64	X	83.04	86.54 m
5		84.56	86.32	84.70	81.94	83.16	84.48	86.32 m
6		84.54	78.50	82.90	82.48	83.46	84.42	84.54 m
7		82.08	82.22	83.56	79.20	X	79.72	83.56 m
8		75.18	82.80	X	X	X	X	82.80 m
9		X	X	82.04				82.04 m
10		81.00	80.18	81.56				81.56 m
11		81.26	81.38	78.00				81.38 m
12		78.68	76.14	80.66				80.66 m

See also

• 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)
• 2000 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Sydney)

References

• Results
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