1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 28 and 29 July.

Medalists

Gold	Vladimir Ovchinnikov Soviet Union
Silver	Steve Backley United Kingdom
Bronze	Jens Reimann East Germany

Results

Final

29 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Vladimir Ovchinnikov	Soviet Union	67.28	73.66	74.68	74.82	x	77.08	77.08
	Steve Backley	United Kingdom	64.82	71.50	75.40	72.48	73.56	72.14	75.40
	Jens Reimann	East Germany	68.22	71.26	71.64	67.54	66.14	x	71.64
4	Dmitriy Polyunin	Soviet Union	66.72	67.56	68.98	69.12	67.68	67.90	69.12
5	Kimmo Solehmainen	Finland	67.34	67.06	68.62	68.78	68.22	68.58	68.78
6	Johan van Lieshout	Netherlands	66.34	68.22	68.68	x	65.22	67.04	68.68
7	Angel Mandzhukov	Bulgaria	68.54	x	68.52	66.80	x	x	68.54
8	Art Skipper	United States	63.42	63.52	68.32	x	64.36	65.28	68.32
9	Park Yong-Young	South Korea	68.28	63.94	61.40				68.28
10	Juha Laukkanen	Finland	65.54	x	60.86				65.54
11	John Richardson	United States	61.32	64.00	65.20				65.20
12	Kimio Morisawa	Japan	63.70	63.94	x				63.94

Qualifications

28 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Vladimir Ovchinnikov	Soviet Union	72.32	-	-	72.32	Q
2	Kimmo Solehmainen	Finland	70.96	-	-	70.96	Q
3	Jens Reimann	East Germany	65.34	70.10	-	70.10	Q
4	Park Yong-Young	South Korea	69.88	-	-	69.88	Q
5	Steve Backley	United Kingdom	66.30	68.66	-	68.66	Q
6	Juha Laukkanen	Finland	68.26	-	-	68.26	Q
7	Art Skipper	United States	66.90	67.78	-	67.78	Q
8	Dmitriy Polyunin	Soviet Union	67.64	-	-	67.64	Q
9	Johan van Lieshout	Netherlands	65.16	66.34	67.38	67.38	Q
10	Angel Mandzhukov	Bulgaria	63.36	66.82	67.25	67.26	Q
11	Kimio Morisawa	Japan	62.88	64.18	67.24	67.24	Q
12	John Richardson	United States	66.96	66.30	67.16	67.16	Q
13	Koji Simada	Japan	66.66	62.72	x	66.66
14	Dag Inge Hansen	Norway	59.56	61.66	x	61.66
15	Arne Indrebo	Norway	61.54	59.44	x	61.54
16	Matt Hodgson	Australia	61.14	61.42	60.96	61.42
17	Hans-Günter Schmidt	West Germany	60.16	61.28	59.40	61.28

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

• Australia (1)
• Bulgaria (1)
• East Germany (1)
• Finland (2)
• Japan (2)
• Netherlands (1)
• Norway (2)
• South Korea (1)
• Soviet Union (2)
• United Kingdom (1)
• United States (2)
• West Germany (1)