2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw explained

These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 21 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday 31 August 2003.

Medalists

Gold	Sergey Makarov Russia (RUS)
Silver	Andrus Värnik Estonia (EST)
Bronze	Boris Henry Germany (GER)

Schedule

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

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
29.08.2003  - 18:30h	29.08.2003  - 20:25h
Final Round
31.08.2003  - 16:50h

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 2003 World Athletics Championships
		98.48 m	May 25, 1996
		92.80 m	August 12, 2001
		90.11 m	May 30, 2003

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Throws			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	1		83.43	-	-	83.43 m
2	3		82.22	-	-	82.22 m
3	4		79.76	79.01	81.76	81.76 m
4	5		81.11	-	-	81.11 m
5	7		79.27	80.23	X	80.23 m
6	10		X	78.91	X	78.91 m
7	12		71.96	74.71	77.24	77.24 m
8	18		71.72	X	75.15	75.15 m
9	19		X	74.76	72.03	74.76 m
10	20		74.07	X	72.67	74.07 m
11	21		67.62	X	68.83	68.83 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Throws			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	2		82.88	-	-	82.88 m
2	6		80.54	X	X	80.54 m
3	8		75.75	76.67	79.44	79.44 m
4	9		79.26	X	X	79.26 m
5	11		73.19	74.56	78.48	78.48 m
6	13		71.77	77.06	X	77.06 m
7	14		76.82	74.21	74.50	76.82 m
8	15		76.66	72.78	76.31	76.66 m
9	16		X	76.18	72.40	76.18 m
10	17		70.19	X	75.72	75.72 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Throws						Result	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		85.44	X	X	82.72	82.11	85.31	85.44 m
		85.17	X	X	81.98	X	80.51	85.17 m
		84.74	82.41	83.32	X	82.14	83.44	84.74 m
4.		82.98	X	84.09	X	X	81.24	84.09 m
5.		83.05	76.63	79.90	75.79	X	77.78	83.05 m
6.		80.85	81.77	X	80.60	X	81.26	81.77 m
7.		77.99	81.40	X	75.67	77.32	78.54	81.40 m
8.		80.34	X	76.29	X	79.39	78.43	80.34 m
9.		79.35	79.90	80.13				80.13 m
10.		78.24	X	77.02				78.24 m
11.		77.75	X	X				77.75 m
12.		77.32	X	X				77.32 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