2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 12, 2001. The qualification mark was set at 84.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Jan Železný Czech Republic (CZE)
Silver	Aki Parviainen Finland (FIN)
Bronze	Kostas Gatsioudis Greece (GRE)

Schedule

• All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
10.08.2001 – 19:10h	10.08.2001 – 21:00h
Final Round
12.08.2001 – 14:40h

Abbreviations

• 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

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Jan Železný (CZE)	98.48 m	May 25, 1996	Jena, Germany
Event Record	Jan Železný (CZE)	89.58 m	August 13, 1995	Gothenburg, Sweden
Season Best	Aki Parviainen (FIN)	92.41 m	June 24, 2001	Vaasa, Finland
Broken records during the 2001 World Athletics Championships
Event Record	Aki Parviainen (FIN)	91.31 m	August 12, 2001	Edmonton, Canada
Event Record	Jan Železný (CZE)	92.80 m
Season Best

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Konstadinos Gatsioudis (GRE)	87.81	—	—	87.81 m
2	4	Raymond Hecht (GER)	84.90	—	—	84.90 m
3	6	Ēriks Rags (LAT)	81.99	77.86	84.13	84.13 m
4	8	Alexandr Ivanov (RUS)	83.18	78.04	X	83.18 m
5	12	Li Rongxiang (CHN)	81.39	81.78	80.71	81.78 m	SB
6	14	Steve Backley (GBR)	81.50	80.63	81.40	81.50 m
7	15	Harri Haatainen (FIN)	X	79.61	81.43	81.43 m
8	16	Dariusz Trafas (POL)	79.06	81.38	81.07	81.38 m
9	17	Peter Blank (GER)	80.96	79.11	X	80.96 m
10	18	Emeterio González (CUB)	74.38	79.71	72.96	79.71 m
11	20	Tom Pukstys (USA)	78.10	X	72.88	78.10 m
12	22	Vadim Bavikin (ISR)	77.91	X	71.59	77.91 m
13	23	Sergey Voynov (UZB)	76.77	X	X	76.77 m
—	—	Matti Närhi (FIN)	X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Jan Železný (CZE)	90.76	—	—	90.76 m	CR
2	3	Boris Henry (GER)	86.53	—	—	86.53 m	SB
3	5	Mick Hill (GBR)	84.88	—	—	84.88 m	SB
4	7	Breaux Greer (USA)	83.60	79.26	—	83.60 m
5	9	Sergey Makarov (RUS)	81.80	82.92	80.10	82.92 m
6	10	Voldemārs Lūsis (LAT)	76.13	X	81.85	81.85 m
7	11	Aki Parviainen (FIN)	81.82	X	81.17	81.82 m
8	13	Scott Russell (CAN)	79.98	80.04	81.66	81.66 m	NR
9	19	Juha Laukkanen (FIN)	78.28	X	X	78.28 m
10	21	Nick Nieland (GBR)	78.02	71.61	X	78.02 m
11	24	Terry McHugh (IRL)	71.99	75.49	73.12	75.49 m
12	25	Marc Van Mensel (BEL)	71.89	X	X	71.89 m
13	26	Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)	66.42	X	68.41	68.41 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Jan Železný (CZE)	81.76	92.80	89.45	X	87.28	X	92.80 m	CR
	Aki Parviainen (FIN)	91.31	X	X	X	X	X	91.31 m
	Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE)	X	88.39	87.54	89.95	X	X	89.95 m
4	Breaux Greer (USA)	87.00	85.61	X	X	X	X	87.00 m	PB
5	Raymond Hecht (GER)	80.61	80.24	86.46	X	81.59	X	86.46 m
6	Boris Henry (GER)	80.70	85.52	84.52	X	85.51	85.33	85.52 m
7	Sergey Makarov (RUS)	83.64	78.59	X	X	—	—	83.64 m
8	Ēriks Rags (LAT)	77.83	79.56	82.82	X	79.66	X	82.82 m
9	Li Rongxiang (CHN)	79.98	81.80	81.70				81.80 m	SB
10	Alexandr Ivanov (RUS)	X	78.85	80.56				80.56 m
11	Voldemārs Lūsis (LAT)	X	X	79.70				79.70 m
12	Mick Hill (GBR)	77.81	X	X				77.81 m

See also

• 1998 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Budapest)
• 2000 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Sydney)
• 2002 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Munich)
• 2004 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Athens)

References

• Results
• koti.welho
• IAAF