1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw explained

These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday 29 August 1999.

Medalists

Gold	Aki Parviainen Finland (FIN)
Silver	Kostas Gatsioudis Greece (GRE)
Bronze	Jan Železný Czech Republic (CZE)

Schedule

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

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
27.08.1999  - 18:45h	27.08.1999  - 20:40h
Final Round
29.08.1999  - 18:55h

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

Startlist

Order	№	Athlete	Season Best	Personal Best
GROUP A
1	432		83.02	83.02
2	1358		84.52	89.10
3	131		81.64	87.40
4	1162		83.23	83.23
5	515		87.59	91.46
6	1499		84.11	87.12
7	594		88.67	92.60
8	1533		80.00	81.80
9	1205		87.17	88.75
10	926		83.78	83.78
11	323		89.06	98.48
12	904		77.80	77.80
13	443		93.09	93.09
14	736		76.85	82.14
15	52		83.88	85.75
GROUP B
1	290		82.76	84.20
2	1243		89.93	89.93
3	644		89.57	89.57
4	1099		86.00	86.00
5	70		84.03	84.03
6	893		75.44	79.84
7	572		87.11	88.12
8	548		83.68	83.68
9	237		82.72	82.72
10	1125		78.89	81.28
11	441		87.88	88.24
12	596		88.62	90.44
13	538		84.94	86.94
14	948		79.29	79.29
15	98		83.65	83.65

Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 World Athletics Championships
		98.48 m	May 25, 1996
		89.58 m	August 13, 1995
		93.09 m	June 26, 1999

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	3		84.31	-	-	84.31 m
2	4		81.54	83.41	-	83.41 m
3	7		81.25	82.84	X	82.84 m
4	9		78.40	81.83	79.44	81.83 m
5	11		X	81.68	X	81.68 m
6	12		81.61	X	77.06	81.61 m
7	15		80.18	79.44	76.34	80.18 m
8	18		78.43	74.19	76.05	78.43 m
9	19		X	75.79	77.35	77.35 m
10	20		X	73.09	77.23	77.23 m	SB
11	21		70.92	76.34	75.37	76.34 m
12	22		X	73.28	76.34	76.34 m
13	24		72.26	73.61	75.66	75.66 m
14	27		X	69.86	72.19	72.19 m
-	-		-	-	-	DNS

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1		87.97	-	-	87.97 m
2	2		X	78.79	85.05	85.05 m
3	5		80.27	80.82	83.35	83.35 m
4	6		82.86	81.48	82.74	82.86 m	SB
5	8		78.79	82.25	X	82.25 m
6	10		X	80.23	81.74	81.74 m
7	13		80.89	X	74.37	80.89 m
8	14		80.75	X	79.61	80.75 m
9	16		79.56	74.35	70.85	79.56 m	NR
10	17		78.09	79.24	78.63	79.24 m
11	23		75.94	73.55	74.30	75.94 m
12	25		72.60	74.87	69.83	74.87 m
13	26		72.87	X	65.41	72.87 m
14	28		72.12	X	X	72.12 m
15	29		70.88	68.25	71.74	71.74 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		81.63	86.08	83.78	85.00	89.52	-	89.52 m
		89.18	83.35	81.72	81.68	X	87.16	89.18 m
		83.60	87.67	X	X	X	-	87.67 m
4		82.99	86.24	78.98	81.74	X	X	86.24 m	NR
5		85.92	85.24	X	79.23	79.01	81.38	85.92 m
6		83.28	83.38	83.67	82.98	85.43	X	85.43 m
7		76.41	83.00	84.32	78.37	81.97	78.55	84.32 m	NR
8		83.84	82.60	81.20	X	X	X	83.84 m
9		77.24	77.50	83.20				83.20 m
10		X	81.64	77.04				81.64 m
11		80.92	X	77.97				80.92 m
12		79.47	76.98	X				79.47 m

See also

• 1996 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Atlanta)
• 1998 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Budapest)
• 2000 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Sydney)
• 2002 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Munich)

References

• Results
• IAAF results
• koti.welho
• trackandfieldnews