1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 37 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday 13 August 1995. The qualification mark was set at 82.00 metres.

Medalists edit

Gold	Jan Železný Czech Republic (CZE)
Silver	Steve Backley Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze	Boris Henry Germany (GER)

Schedule edit

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
11.08.1995 – 09:30h	11.08.1995 – 11:30h
Final Round
13.08.1995 – 16:00h

Abbreviations edit

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 edit

Standing records prior to the 1995 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Jan Železný (CZE)	95.66 m	August 28, 1993	Sheffield, United Kingdom
Event Record	Jan Železný (CZE)	85.98 m	August 16, 1993	Stuttgart, Germany
Season Best	Raymond Hecht (GER)	92.60 m	July 21, 1995	Oslo, Norway
Broken records during the 1995 World Athletics Championships
Event Record	Boris Henry (GER)	87.60 m	August 13, 1995	Gothenburg, Sweden
Event Record	Jan Železný (CZE)	89.58 m	August 13, 1995	Gothenburg, Sweden

Qualification edit

Group A edit

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	4	Mick Hill (GBR)	X	83.54	—	83.54 m
2	9	Andreas Linden (GER)	66.30	80.16	X	80.16 m
3	10	Raymond Hecht (GER)	79.82	X	78.32	79.82 m
4	11	Harri Hakkarainen (FIN)	79.66	78.70	79.04	79.66 m
5	13	Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR)	78.40	78.94	76.54	78.94 m
6	14	Vladimir Ovchinnikov (RUS)	77.48	78.28	X	78.28 m
7	15	Patrik Bodén (SWE)	75.10	X	77.62	77.62 m
8	16	Andrew Currey (AUS)	76.84	72.50	74.50	76.84 m
9	19	Tom Pukstys (USA)	75.08	76.12	75.06	76.12 m
10	20	Gavin Lovegrove (NZL)	74.98	X	X	74.98 m
11	22	Kenneth Petersen (DEN)	X	69.32	74.22	74.22 m
12	24	Phillip Spies (RSA)	X	X	74.06	74.06 m
13	27	Ivan Mustapić (CRO)	X	73.12	71.34	73.12 m
14	28	Edgar Baumann (PAR)	72.90	71.40	70.78	72.90 m
15	30	Viktor Zaitsev (UZB)	X	X	71.08	71.08 m
16	31	Aleksandr Fingert (ISR)	68.30	66.46	70.94	70.94 m
17	34	Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN)	X	68.66	X	68.66 m
18	35	Frans Mahuse (INA)	62.62	68.18	X	68.18 m
19	36	Fernando Palomo (ESA)	X	62.90	X	62.90 m

Group B edit

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	1	Jan Železný (CZE)	78.98	90.12	—	90.12 m
2	2	Boris Henry (GER)	87.60	—	—	87.60 m
3	3	Andrey Moruyev (RUS)	85.60	—	—	85.60 m
4	5	Steve Backley (GBR)	83.20	—	—	83.20 m
5	6	Seppo Räty (FIN)	79.82	82.42	—	82.42 m
6	7	Yuriy Rybin (RUS)	X	X	82.14	82.14 m
7	8	Aki Parviainen (FIN)	72.74	80.98	—	80.98 m
8	12	Dag Wennlund (SWE)	74.02	77.42	79.00	79.00 m
9	17	Emeterio González (CUB)	X	X	76.54	76.54 m
10	18	Gregor Högler (AUT)	76.12	76.08	76.40	76.40 m
11	21	Terry McHugh (IRL)	74.58	73.90	71.64	74.58 m
12	23	Sigurður Einarsson (ISL)	74.10	73.74	71.18	74.10 m
13	25	Vladimir Parfyonov (UZB)	X	67.22	73.64	73.64 m
14	26	Fikret Özsoy (TUR)	73.50	X	X	73.50 m
15	29	Ed Kaminski (USA)	X	70.64	71.92	71.92 m
16	32	Kim Ki-Hun (KOR)	67.46	70.20	66.62	70.20 m
17	33	Juan de la Garza (MEX)	X	X	70.20	70.20 m
—	37	Donald Sild (EST)	X	X	—	NM

Final edit

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
	Jan Železný (CZE)	80.52	83.02	82.92	88.92	89.06	89.58	89.58 m	CR
	Steve Backley (GBR)	81.10	X	78.30	X	84.92	86.30	86.30 m
	Boris Henry (GER)	83.10	85.16	84.30	80.36	84.06	86.08	86.08 m
4	Raymond Hecht (GER)	83.30	X	82.80	83.02	81.48	81.74	83.30 m
5	Dag Wennlund (SWE)	X	78.68	82.04	—	—	—	82.04 m
6	Mick Hill (GBR)	79.06	79.88	81.06	X	79.06	X	81.06 m
7	Yuriy Rybin (RUS)	X	75.76	81.00	X	79.54	X	81.00 m
8	Andreas Linden (GER)	X	80.76	X	79.72	—	78.16	80.76 m

9	Aki Parviainen (FIN)	79.58	X	X				79.58 m
10	Andrey Moruyev (RUS)	X	78.30	79.14				79.14 m
11	Seppo Räty (FIN)	78.66	78.76	74.94				78.76 m
12	Harri Hakkarainen (FIN)	74.74	76.00	78.16				78.16 m