2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw explained

These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 12, 2001. The qualification mark was set at 84.00 metres.

Medalists

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

Schedule

• All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
10.08.2001  - 19:10h	10.08.2001  - 21:00h
Final Round
12.08.2001  - 14:40h

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 2001 World Athletics Championships
		98.48 m	May 25, 1996
		89.58 m	August 13, 1995
		92.41 m	June 24, 2001
Broken records during the 2001 World Athletics Championships
		91.31 m	August 12, 2001	Edmonton, Canada
		92.80 m
Season Best

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2		87.81	-	-	87.81 m
2	4		84.90	-	-	84.90 m
3	6		81.99	77.86	84.13	84.13 m
4	8		83.18	78.04	X	83.18 m
5	12		81.39	81.78	80.71	81.78 m	SB
6	14		81.50	80.63	81.40	81.50 m
7	15		X	79.61	81.43	81.43 m
8	16		79.06	81.38	81.07	81.38 m
9	17		80.96	79.11	X	80.96 m
10	18		74.38	79.71	72.96	79.71 m
11	20		78.10	X	72.88	78.10 m
12	22		77.91	X	71.59	77.91 m
13	23		76.77	X	X	76.77 m
-	-		X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1		90.76	-	-	90.76 m	CR
2	3		86.53	-	-	86.53 m	SB
3	5		84.88	-	-	84.88 m	SB
4	7		83.60	79.26	-	83.60 m
5	9		81.80	82.92	80.10	82.92 m
6	10		76.13	X	81.85	81.85 m
7	11		81.82	X	81.17	81.82 m
8	13		79.98	80.04	81.66	81.66 m	NR
9	19		78.28	X	X	78.28 m
10	21		78.02	71.61	X	78.02 m
11	24		71.99	75.49	73.12	75.49 m
12	25		71.89	X	X	71.89 m
13	26		66.42	X	68.41	68.41 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		81.76	92.80	89.45	X	87.28	X	92.80 m	CR
		91.31	X	X	X	X	X	91.31 m
		X	88.39	87.54	89.95	X	X	89.95 m
4		87.00	85.61	X	X	X	X	87.00 m	PB
5		80.61	80.24	86.46	X	81.59	X	86.46 m
6		80.70	85.52	84.52	X	85.51	85.33	85.52 m
7		83.64	78.59	X	X	-	-	83.64 m
8		77.83	79.56	82.82	X	79.66	X	82.82 m
9		79.98	81.80	81.70				81.80 m	SB
10		X	78.85	80.56				80.56 m
11		X	X	79.70				79.70 m
12		77.81	X	X				77.81 m

See also

• 1998 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Budapest)
• 2000 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Sydney)
• 2002 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Munich)
• 2004 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Athens)

References

• Results
• koti.welho
• IAAF