1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 23 and 25 August.

Medalists

Gold	Sergey Voynov Uzbekistan
Silver	Harri Haatainen Finland
Bronze	Steven Madeo Australia

Results

Final

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sergey Voynov	Uzbekistan	75.58	76.56	x	72.76	79.78	75.26	79.78
	Harri Haatainen	Finland	71.54	70.90	x	73.46	73.52	76.12	76.12
	Steven Madeo	Australia	73.88	66.76	70.82	-	x	70.60	73.88
4	Juha Aarnio	Finland	70.54	71.18	69.46	x	x	73.10	73.10
5	Johan Vosloo	South Africa	71.96	x	67.76	x	x	66.66	71.96
6	Ju Ki-Young	South Korea	71.60	x	70.40	70.38	-	x	71.60
7	Christian Fusenig	Germany	x	x	67.72	x	69.84	x	69.84
8	Ola Larsen Pramm	Norway	58.50	64.38	69.58	64.22	63.38	x	69.58
9	Troy Burkholder	United States	65.66	67.28	x				67.28
10	Igor Lisovskiy	Belarus	66.78	63.88	65.28				66.78
11	Andrew Hawthorne	Australia	64.28	x	65.20				65.20
12	Didier Richard	France	x	60.40	x				60.40

Qualifications

23 Aug

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Sergey Voynov	Uzbekistan	76.44	-	-	76.44	Q
2	Steven Madeo	Australia	75.74	-	-	75.74	Q
3	Ju Ki-Young	South Korea	x	71.10	-	71.10	Q
4	Harri Haatainen	Finland	70.92	-	-	70.92	Q
5	Johan Vosloo	South Africa	64.96	63.80	70.90	70.90	Q
6	Igor Lisovskiy	Belarus	67.30	66.44	69.30	69.30	q
7	Steffen Schwinn	Germany	67.66	x	66.50	67.66
8	Radek Pejrimovský	Czech Republic	67.28	63.66	x	67.28
9	David Parker	United Kingdom	64.08	x	63.18	64.08
10	Shen Wanggen	China	57.90	63.38	63.00	63.38
11	Arman Mikhtaryan	Armenia	57.68	56.20	59.02	59.02
12	John Hetzendorf	United States	57.06	55.40	x	57.06

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Christian Fusenig	Germany	74.08	-	-	74.08	Q
2	Juha Aarnio	Finland	71.84	-	-	71.84	Q
3	Troy Burkholder	United States	70.44	-	-	70.44	Q
4	Andrew Hawthorne	Australia	69.36	67.52	x	69.36	q
5	Ola Larsen Pramm	Norway	68.82	63.12	62.76	68.82	q
6	Didier Richard	France	65.58	x	68.78	68.78	q
7	Lim Sang-Sup	South Korea	65.06	63.72	64.32	65.06
8	László Majoros	Hungary	64.66	58.90	58.60	64.66
9	Francesco Pignata	Italy	61.74	x	x	61.74
10	Vedran Kadric	Bosnia and Herzegovina	57.76	55.60	56.10	57.76
11	Andrus Värnik	Estonia	x	x	56.94	56.94
12	Sidro Tebuteb	Northern Mariana Islands	42.98	44.80	46.96	46.96

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

• Armenia (1)
• Australia (2)
• Belarus (1)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
• China (1)
• Czech Republic (1)
• Estonia (1)
• Finland (2)
• France (1)
• Germany (2)
• Hungary (1)
• Italy (1)
• Northern Mariana Islands (1)
• Norway (1)
• South Africa (1)
• South Korea (2)
• United Kingdom (1)
• United States (2)
• Uzbekistan (1)