1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw explained

These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 37 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday 13 August 1995. The qualification mark was set at 82.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Jan Železný Czech Republic (CZE)
Silver	Steve Backley Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze	Boris Henry Germany (GER)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
11.08.1995  - 09:30h	11.08.1995  - 11:30h
Final Round
13.08.1995  - 16:00h

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 1995 World Athletics Championships
		95.66 m	August 28, 1993
		85.98 m	August 16, 1993
		92.60 m	July 21, 1995
Broken records during the 1995 World Athletics Championships
		87.60 m	August 13, 1995	Gothenburg, Sweden
		89.58 m

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	4		X	83.54	-	83.54 m
2	9		66.30	80.16	X	80.16 m
3	10		79.82	X	78.32	79.82 m
4	11		79.66	78.70	79.04	79.66 m
5	13		78.40	78.94	76.54	78.94 m
6	14		77.48	78.28	X	78.28 m
7	15		75.10	X	77.62	77.62 m
8	16		76.84	72.50	74.50	76.84 m
9	19		75.08	76.12	75.06	76.12 m
10	20		74.98	X	X	74.98 m
11	22		X	69.32	74.22	74.22 m
12	24		X	X	74.06	74.06 m
13	27		X	73.12	71.34	73.12 m
14	28		72.90	71.40	70.78	72.90 m
15	30		X	X	71.08	71.08 m
16	31		68.30	66.46	70.94	70.94 m
17	34		X	68.66	X	68.66 m
18	35		62.62	68.18	X	68.18 m
19	36		X	62.90	X	62.90 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1		78.98	90.12	-	90.12 m
2	2		87.60	-	-	87.60 m
3	3		85.60	-	-	85.60 m
4	5		83.20	-	-	83.20 m
5	6		79.82	82.42	-	82.42 m
6	7		X	X	82.14	82.14 m
7	8		72.74	80.98	-	80.98 m
8	12		74.02	77.42	79.00	79.00 m
9	17		X	X	76.54	76.54 m
10	18		76.12	76.08	76.40	76.40 m
11	21		74.58	73.90	71.64	74.58 m
12	23		74.10	73.74	71.18	74.10 m
13	25		X	67.22	73.64	73.64 m
14	26		73.50	X	X	73.50 m
15	29		X	70.64	71.92	71.92 m
16	32		67.46	70.20	66.62	70.20 m
17	33		X	X	70.20	70.20 m
-	37		X	X	-	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		80.52	83.02	82.92	88.92	89.06	89.58	89.58 m	CR
		81.10	X	78.30	X	84.92	86.30	86.30 m
		83.10	85.16	84.30	80.36	84.06	86.08	86.08 m
4		83.30	X	82.80	83.02	81.48	81.74	83.30 m
5		X	78.68	82.04	-	-	-	82.04 m
6		79.06	79.88	81.06	X	79.06	X	81.06 m
7		X	75.76	81.00	X	79.54	X	81.00 m
8		X	80.76	X	79.72	-	78.16	80.76 m
9		79.58	X	X				79.58 m
10		X	78.30	79.14				79.14 m
11		78.66	78.76	74.94				78.76 m
12		74.74	76.00	78.16				78.16 m

See also

• 1991 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Tokyo)
• 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)

References

• Results
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