1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Men's javelin throw event at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes. The final was held on 23 August 1998, two days after the qualification round where the mark was set at 82.00 metres. Title defender Steve Backley from Great Britain won the title for a third time in a row, setting a new championship record in the final round: 89.72 metres.

Medalists

Gold Steve Backley
Great Britain (GBR)
Silver Mick Hill
Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze Raymond Hecht
Germany (GER)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
21.08.1998 10:00h 21.08.1998 11:40h
Final Round
23.08.1998 18:00h

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 1998 European Athletics Championships
World Record Jan Železný (CZE)98.48 m May 25, 1996 Jena, Germany
Event Record Steve Backley (GBR)85.20 m August 8, 1994 Helsinki, Finland
Broken records during the 1998 European Athletics Championships
Event Record Steve Backley (GBR)89.72 m August 23, 1998 Budapest, Hungary

Competitors

  • European list as of August 17, 1998, just before the start of the competition
Rank Athlete Season Best Personal Best
1 Aki Parviainen (FIN)90.8887.48
2 Steve Backley (GBR)89.8991.46
3 Boris Henry (GER)89.2190.44
4 Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE)88.1389.22
5 Raymond Hecht (GER)88.0892.60
6 Peter Blank (GER)86.9988.12
7 Juha Laukkanen (FIN)86.9688.22
8 Mark Roberson (GBR)85.6780.92
9 Sergey Makarov (RUS)85.6488.86
10 Harri Hakkarainen (FIN)85.2887.82
11 Patrik Bodén (SWE)85.1589.10
12 Pål Arne Fagernes (NOR)84.4685.06
13 Matti Närhi (FIN)84.3888.24
14 Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN)84.2385.32
15 Peter Esenwein (GER)84.1785.60
16 Mick Hill (GBR)83.9486.94
17 Sami Saksio (FIN)83.3784.26
18 Yuriy Rybin (RUS)83.0886.98
19 Carlo Sonego (ITA)82.4474.90
20 Gregor Högler (AUT)81.8983.00
21 Andreas Linden (GER)81.8985.42
22 Esko Mikkola (FIN)81.8676.08
23 Gaetan Siakinuu (FRA)81.7576.88
24 Johan Kloeck (BEL)81.1878.46
25 Ēriks Rags (LAT)80.5679.04
26 Gergely Horváth (HUN)80.5373.96

Qualification

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
13 Peter Blank (GER)75.9675.4583.4183.41 m
26 Sergey Makarov (RUS)80.98X80.98 m
38 Aki Parviainen (FIN)X80.65X80.65 m
49 Gregor Högler (AUT)80.2880.4777.5480.47 m
511 Dariusz Trafas (POL)79.8678.4277.1679.86 m
612 Mark Roberson (GBR)74.4679.63X79.63 m
715 Carlo Sonego (ITA)77.7476.80X77.74 m
816 Pål Arne Fagernes (NOR)77.54XX77.54 m
919 Gergely Horváth (HUN)74.8275.6674.4775.66 m
1020 Voldemārs Lūsis (LAT)XX75.1475.14 m
1124 Dejan Angelovski (MKD)70.7771.7870.1871.78 m
1225 Gaetan Siakinuu (FRA)69.95X65.5369.95 m

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
11 Steve Backley (GBR)87.4587.45 m
22 Juha Laukkanen (FIN)83.7183.71 m
34 Raymond Hecht (GER)76.2183.3283.32 m
45 Patrik Bodén (SWE)79.0281.0181.01 m
57 Matti Närhi (FIN)72.32X80.9480.94 m
610 Mick Hill (GBR)XX80.1480.14 m
713 Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR)79.1479.0676.6679.14 m
814 Andreas Linden (GER)78.98XX78.98 m
917 Dimitrios Polymerou (GRE)77.49XX77.49 m
1018 Arūnas Jurkšas (LTU)75.4074.7377.3777.37 m
1121 Ēriks Rags (LAT)74.27XX74.27 m
1222 Yuriy Rybin (RUS)72.86XX72.86 m
1323 Terry McHugh (IRL)72.8272.7172.7672.82 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
 Steve Backley (GBR)89.72X83.0385.6984.8784.1789.72 m CR
 Mick Hill (GBR)83.8079.0783.4185.7786.9285.7286.92 m
 Raymond Hecht (GER)85.6883.5186.6386.63 m
4 Sergey Makarov (RUS)86.4580.4780.8679.8386.45 m
5 Juha Laukkanen (FIN)84.78XXXX77.7284.78 m
6 Mark Roberson (GBR)80.4179.3883.6484.1577.42X84.15 m
7 Peter Blank (GER)83.6678.65X77.2076.87X83.66 m
8 Matti Närhi (FIN)82.59X79.3380.77XX82.59 m
9 Aki Parviainen (FIN)X82.3081.8482.30 m
10 Gregor Högler (AUT)81.4481.7573.7281.75 m
11 Dariusz Trafas (POL)79.5379.7979.7779.79 m
12 Patrik Bodén (SWE)79.73X79.73 m

See also

References



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