1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

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

Qualification Round
Group AGroup B
15.08.1993 – 10:00h15.08.1993 – 12:00h
Final Round
16.08.1993 – 19:30h

Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres
Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1993 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Jan Železný (CZE)95.54 mApril 6, 1993 Pietersburg, South Africa
Event Record  Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN)90.82 m [4]August 26, 1991 Tokyo, Japan
Season Best  Raymond Hecht (GER)88.90 mJuly 2, 1993 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
Broken records during the 1993 World Athletics Championships
Event Record  Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN)84.78 m [5]August 16, 1993 Stuttgart, Germany
 Jan Železný (CZE)85.98 m [5]

Qualification

Group A

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance
123
11  Jan Železný (CZE)83.2283.22 m
22  Ari Pakarinen (FIN)X83.0683.06 m
33  Dmitriy Polyunin (UZB)81.0481.04 m
44  Mick Hill (GBR)79.8080.0680.7880.78 m
57  Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN)X78.4078.8678.86 m
69  Patrik Bodén (SWE)77.0478.3475.8078.34 m
717  Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE)76.7075.88X76.70 m
818  Yuriy Rybin (RUS)X74.9476.5876.58 m
919  Ed Kaminski (USA)69.6074.3675.7075.70 m
1020  Ivan Mustapić (CRO)74.9275.6474.9875.64 m
1121  Colin MacKenzie (GBR)74.1075.34X75.34 m
1222  Tom Petranoff (RSA)75.26XX75.26 m
1324  Marek Kaleta (EST)X74.80X74.80 m
1426  Sigurður Einarsson (ISL)73.20X74.4074.40 m
1527  Fabio de Gaspari (ITA)73.5474.3473.5074.34 m
1629  Peter Blank (GER)73.76X74.1074.10 m
1731  Rodrigo Zelaya (CHI)71.5073.26X73.26 m
1833  Dainis Kula (LAT)69.2273.18X73.18 m
1934  Lee Wook-Jong (KOR)72.04X72.0272.04 m
2036  Radoman Šćekić (IWP)71.50XX71.50 m
2141  Art Skipper (USA)67.14X68.7268.72 m
2244  Andrew Currey (AUS)XX66.7266.72 m
2345  Edgar Baumann (PAR)XX59.8259.82 m

Group B

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance
123
15  Tom Pukstys (USA)78.7676.6479.8479.84 m
26  Steve Backley (GBR)76.2078.4879.6479.64 m
38  Dag Wennlund (SWE)78.4877.02X78.48 m
410  Terry McHugh (IRL)75.2678.28X78.28 m
511  Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR)78.2477.2877.1078.24 m
612  Miloš Steigauf (CZE)78.10XX78.10 m
713  Vladimir Ovchinnikov (RUS)77.9875.6675.1677.98 m
814  Boris Henry (GER)76.5873.1477.4277.42 m
915  Gavin Lovegrove (NZL)74.1675.1477.0877.08 m
1016  Vadim Bavikin (ISR)73.30X76.9876.98 m
1123  Raymond Hecht (GER)71.84X75.0075.00 m
1225  Peter Borglund (SWE)71.9474.58X74.58 m
1328  Seppo Räty (FIN)74.3073.6273.1674.30 m
1430  Pascal Lefèvre (FRA)73.34XX73.34 m
1532  Viktor Zaitsev (UZB)73.2271.6470.5473.22 m
1635  Kenneth Petersen (DEN)72.00XX72.00 m
1737  Viktor Yevsyukov (KAZ)71.12X67.7071.12 m
1838  Vladimir Parfyonov (UZB)XX70.8870.88 m
1939  Juan de la Garza (MEX)70.86XX70.86 m
2040  Ambrosi Matiashvili (GEO)69.54X64.7469.54 m
2142  Stephen Feraday (CAN)67.7465.7668.4068.40 m
2243  Mārcis Štrobinders (LAT)X68.38X68.38 m
2346  Ryan Haylock (CAY)56.76XX56.76 m
 Phillip Spies (RSA)XXXNM

Final

RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123456
 Jan Železný (CZE)81.86XX83.8285.9884.6285.98 mCR
 Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN)77.4677.6884.78X81.7282.4684.78 m
 Mick Hill (GBR)82.8080.1880.08X81.4882.9682.96 m
4  Steve Backley (GBR)79.7881.6679.0081.1680.1881.8081.80 m
5  Ari Pakarinen (FIN)81.0876.52XXX80.4481.08 m
6  Dag Wennlund (SWE)80.5275.10X77.3475.9075.8280.52 m
7  Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR)75.8878.70X77.3475.9075.8278.70 m
8  Patrik Bodén (SWE)75.1878.0076.8478.00 m
9  Tom Pukstys (USA)75.5475.6877.9277.92 m
10  Terry McHugh (IRL)76.0673.3876.2276.22 m
11  Miloš Steigauf (CZE)XX70.7870.78 m
(3rd)  Dmitriy Polyunin (UZB)75.5080.5483.38XX81.72DSQDoping

See also

References