1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw explained

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.

Doping disqualification

The original bronze medalist Dmitriy Polyunin (Uzbekistan) was disqualified for doping after his sample was found positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol, and the medal was instead awarded Mick Hill (Great Britain).^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

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
	95.54 m	April 6, 1993
	90.82 m ^[4]	August 26, 1991
	88.90 m	July 2, 1993	Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
Broken records during the 1993 World Athletics Championships
	84.78 m ^[5]	August 16, 1993
	85.98 m	August 16, 1993

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	1		83.22	-	-	83.22 m
2	2		X	83.06	-	83.06 m
3	3		81.04	-	-	81.04 m
4	4		79.80	80.06	80.78	80.78 m
5	7		X	78.40	78.86	78.86 m
6	9		77.04	78.34	75.80	78.34 m
7	17		76.70	75.88	X	76.70 m
8	18		X	74.94	76.58	76.58 m
9	19		69.60	74.36	75.70	75.70 m
10	20		74.92	75.64	74.98	75.64 m
11	21		74.10	75.34	X	75.34 m
12	22		75.26	X	X	75.26 m
13	24		X	74.80	X	74.80 m
14	26		73.20	X	74.40	74.40 m
15	27		73.54	74.34	73.50	74.34 m
16	29		73.76	X	74.10	74.10 m
17	31		71.50	73.26	X	73.26 m
18	33		69.22	73.18	X	73.18 m
19	34		72.04	X	72.02	72.04 m
20	36		71.50	X	X	71.50 m
21	41		67.14	X	68.72	68.72 m
22	44		X	X	66.72	66.72 m
23	45		X	X	59.82	59.82 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	5		78.76	76.64	79.84	79.84 m
2	6		76.20	78.48	79.64	79.64 m
3	8		78.48	77.02	X	78.48 m
4	10		75.26	78.28	X	78.28 m
5	11		78.24	77.28	77.10	78.24 m
6	12		78.10	X	X	78.10 m
7	13		77.98	75.66	75.16	77.98 m
8	14		76.58	73.14	77.42	77.42 m
9	15		74.16	75.14	77.08	77.08 m
10	16		73.30	X	76.98	76.98 m
11	23		71.84	X	75.00	75.00 m
12	25		71.94	74.58	X	74.58 m
13	28		74.30	73.62	73.16	74.30 m
14	30		73.34	X	X	73.34 m
15	32		73.22	71.64	70.54	73.22 m
16	35		72.00	X	X	72.00 m
17	37		71.12	X	67.70	71.12 m
18	38		X	X	70.88	70.88 m
19	39		70.86	X	X	70.86 m
20	40		69.54	X	64.74	69.54 m
21	42		67.74	65.76	68.40	68.40 m
22	43		X	68.38	X	68.38 m
23	46		56.76	X	X	56.76 m
-	-		X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
		81.86	X	X	83.82	85.98	84.62	85.98 m	CR
		77.46	77.68	84.78	X	81.72	82.46	84.78 m
		82.80	80.18	80.08	X	81.48	82.96	82.96 m
4		79.78	81.66	79.00	81.16	80.18	81.80	81.80 m
5		81.08	76.52	X	X	X	80.44	81.08 m
6		80.52	75.10	X	77.34	75.90	75.82	80.52 m
7		75.88	78.70	X	77.34	75.90	75.82	78.70 m

8		75.18	78.00	76.84				78.00 m
9		75.54	75.68	77.92				77.92 m
10		76.06	73.38	76.22				76.22 m
11		X	X	70.78				70.78 m
(3rd)		75.50	80.54	83.38	X	X	81.72	DSQ	Doping

References

Notes and References

Phil Hersh: Dopers, Ex-dopers And `Hmmm' Take Spotlight, Chicago Tribune, 22 August 1993
Mike Rowbottom: World Athletics Championships: Jackson adheres to golden rule for Britain: British hurdlers hit the heights as Regis claims silver and drugs test gives Hill a bronze, The Independent, 21 August 1993
Book: Butler, Mark . 2015 . IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 Statistics Handbook . Monaco . IAAF . Doping violations at IAAF World Championships. 75–78.
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