1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday 5 August 1997. The qualification mark was set at 83.00 metres.

Medalists Gold Marius CorbettSouth Africa (RSA)Silver Steve BackleyGreat Britain (GBR)Bronze Kostas GatsioudisGreece (GRE)

Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B03.08.1997 – 08:10h03.08.1997 – 10:00hFinal Round05.08.1997 – 18:40h

Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Records Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships World Record 98.48 m May 25, 1996 Jena, Germany Event Record 89.58 m August 13, 1995 Gothenburg, Sweden Season Best 94.02 m March 26, 1997 Stellenbosch, South Africa

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance1231 2 81.80 79.34 83.42 83.42 m 2 3 83.32 — — 83.32 m 3 4 X 82.24 81.44 82.24 m 4 5 79.54 78.44 81.54 81.54 m 5 8 X X 80.88 80.88 m 6 10 76.32 80.72 75.10 80.72 m 7 11 X 80.62 78.26 80.62 m 8 13 78.88 79.38 X 79.38 m 9 15 77.46 78.64 76.58 78.64 m 10 18 75.42 76.20 X 76.20 m 11 20 75.66 X X 75.66 m 12 22 71.66 73.06 75.06 75.06 m 13 24 74.92 71.88 71.70 74.92 m 14 26 72.26 74.52 70.34 74.52 m 15 28 74.04 70.90 X 74.04 m 16 29 X 72.96 63.88 72.96 m 17 33 69.74 69.20 68.56 69.74 m 18 37 X 69.08 66.36 69.08 m 19 39 55.18 62.48 X 62.48 m 20 40 X 57.12 56.32 57.12 m

Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance1231 1 83.66 — —83.66 m2 6 81.40 X X81.40 m 3 7 80.88 76.26 77.4280.88 m 4 9 X 79.82 80.7680.76 m5 12 77.46 75.78 80.3080.30 m6 14 72.88 71.22 77.90 77.90 m7 16 75.24 76.28 77.38 77.38 m8 17 77.24 76.82 75.82 77.24 m9 19 75.66 75.90 X 75.90 m10 21 75.62 X X 75.62 m 11 23 74.76 74.98 72.16 74.98 m12 25 74.94 X X 74.94 m 13 27 74.32 70.16 73.28 74.32 m 14 30 71.98 X 66.8871.98 m 15 31 70.84 69.58 70.4270.84 m16 32 X 65.06 69.6669.66 m17 34 69.64 65.14 68.9269.64 m18 35 68.04 X 69.4269.42 m19 36 X X 69.1869.18 m20 38 67.92 X 66.4667.92 m

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistance123456 76.58 88.40 87.40 83.84 84.54 82.42 88.40 m 82.94 84.74 X X 83.20 86.80 86.80 m 81.70 86.64 83.98 X X X 86.64 m 4 84.48 86.54 X 83.64 X 83.04 86.54 m 5 84.56 86.32 84.70 81.94 83.16 84.48 86.32 m 6 84.54 78.50 82.90 82.48 83.46 84.42 84.54 m 7 82.08 82.22 83.56 79.20 X 79.72 83.56 m 8 75.18 82.80 X X X X 82.80 m 9 X X 82.04 82.04 m 10 81.00 80.18 81.56 81.56 m 11 81.26 81.38 78.00 81.38 m 12 78.68 76.14 80.66 80.66 m

See also 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) 2000 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Sydney)

References Results koti.welho