# 1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday 5 August 1997. The qualification mark was set at 83.00 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Marius Corbett South Africa (RSA) |
| Silver | Steve Backley Great Britain (GBR) |
| Bronze | Kostas Gatsioudis Greece (GRE) |

## Schedule

* All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 03.08.1997 – 08:10h | 03.08.1997 – 10:00h |
| Final Round ||
| 05.08.1997 – 18:40h ||

## 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 1997 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 | Jan Železný (CZE) | 94.02 m | March 26, 1997 | Stellenbosch, South Africa |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 2 | Boris Henry (GER) | 81.80 | 79.34 | 83.42 | 83.42 m |
| 2 | 3 | Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE) | 83.32 | — | — | 83.32 m |
| 3 | 4 | Mick Hill (GBR) | X | 82.24 | 81.44 | 82.24 m |
| 4 | 5 | Gregor Högler (AUT) | 79.54 | 78.44 | 81.54 | 81.54 m |
| 5 | 8 | Emeterio González (CUB) | X | X | 80.88 | 80.88 m |
| 6 | 10 | Marius Corbett (RSA) | 76.32 | 80.72 | 75.10 | 80.72 m |
| 7 | 11 | Sergey Makarov (RUS) | X | 80.62 | 78.26 | 80.62 m |
| 8 | 13 | Raymond Hecht (GER) | 78.88 | 79.38 | X | 79.38 m |
| 9 | 15 | Tom Pukstys (USA) | 77.46 | 78.64 | 76.58 | 78.64 m |
| 10 | 18 | Sami Saksio (FIN) | 75.42 | 76.20 | X | 76.20 m |
| 11 | 20 | Pål Arne Fagernes (NOR) | 75.66 | X | X | 75.66 m |
| 12 | 22 | Ēriks Rags (LAT) | 71.66 | 73.06 | 75.06 | 75.06 m |
| 13 | 24 | Roald Bradstock (USA) | 74.92 | 71.88 | 71.70 | 74.92 m |
| 14 | 26 | Nick Nieland (GBR) | 72.26 | 74.52 | 70.34 | 74.52 m |
| 15 | 28 | Firas Zaal Al-Mohammed (SYR) | 74.04 | 70.90 | X | 74.04 m |
| 16 | 29 | Edgar Baumann (PAR) | X | 72.96 | 63.88 | 72.96 m |
| 17 | 33 | Aleksandr Fingert (ISR) | 69.74 | 69.20 | 68.56 | 69.74 m |
| 18 | 37 | Robert Tersek (SLO) | X | 69.08 | 66.36 | 69.08 m |
| 19 | 39 | Vladimir Parfyonov (UZB) | 55.18 | 62.48 | X | 62.48 m |
| 20 | 40 | Ponsianus Gnemen (INA) | X | 57.12 | 56.32 | 57.12 m |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 1 | Jan Železný (CZE) | 83.66 | — | — | 83.66 m |
| 2 | 6 | Steve Backley (GBR) | 81.40 | X | X | 81.40 m |
| 3 | 7 | Patrik Bodén (SWE) | 80.88 | 76.26 | 77.42 | 80.88 m |
| 4 | 9 | Aki Parviainen (FIN) | X | 79.82 | 80.76 | 80.76 m |
| 5 | 12 | Andrey Moruyev (RUS) | 77.46 | 75.78 | 80.30 | 80.30 m |
| 6 | 14 | Terry McHugh (IRL) | 72.88 | 71.22 | 77.90 | 77.90 m |
| 7 | 16 | Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR) | 75.24 | 76.28 | 77.38 | 77.38 m |
| 8 | 17 | Seppo Räty (FIN) | 77.24 | 76.82 | 75.82 | 77.24 m |
| 9 | 19 | Andreas Linden (GER) | 75.66 | 75.90 | X | 75.90 m |
| 10 | 21 | Gavin Lovegrove (NZL) | 75.62 | X | X | 75.62 m |
| 11 | 23 | Rajmund Kółko (POL) | 74.76 | 74.98 | 72.16 | 74.98 m |
| 12 | 25 | Dimitrios Polymerou (GRE) | 74.94 | X | X | 74.94 m |
| 13 | 27 | Sergey Voynov (UZB) | 74.32 | 70.16 | 73.28 | 74.32 m |
| 14 | 30 | Juan de la Garza (MEX) | 71.98 | X | 66.88 | 71.98 m |
| 15 | 31 | Chu Ki-Young (KOR) | 70.84 | 69.58 | 70.42 | 70.84 m |
| 16 | 32 | Bouna Diop (SEN) | X | 65.06 | 69.66 | 69.66 m |
| 17 | 34 | Pius Bazighe (NGR) | 69.64 | 65.14 | 68.92 | 69.64 m |
| 18 | 35 | Ed Kaminski (USA) | 68.04 | X | 69.42 | 69.42 m |
| 19 | 36 | Adrian Hatcher (AUS) | X | X | 69.18 | 69.18 m |
| 20 | 38 | Rigoberto Calderón (NCA) | 67.92 | X | 66.46 | 67.92 m |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance |
| | Marius Corbett (RSA) | 76.58 | 88.40 | 87.40 | 83.84 | 84.54 | 82.42 | 88.40 m |
| | Steve Backley (GBR) | 82.94 | 84.74 | X | X | 83.20 | 86.80 | 86.80 m |
| | Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE) | 81.70 | 86.64 | 83.98 | X | X | X | 86.64 m |
| 4 | Mick Hill (GBR) | 84.48 | 86.54 | X | 83.64 | X | 83.04 | 86.54 m |
| 5 | Sergey Makarov (RUS) | 84.56 | 86.32 | 84.70 | 81.94 | 83.16 | 84.48 | 86.32 m |
| 6 | Boris Henry (GER) | 84.54 | 78.50 | 82.90 | 82.48 | 83.46 | 84.42 | 84.54 m |
| 7 | Emeterio González (CUB) | 82.08 | 82.22 | 83.56 | 79.20 | X | 79.72 | 83.56 m |
| 8 | Aki Parviainen (FIN) | 75.18 | 82.80 | X | X | X | X | 82.80 m |
| 9 | Jan Železný (CZE) | X | X | 82.04 | | | | 82.04 m |
| 10 | Gregor Högler (AUT) | 81.00 | 80.18 | 81.56 | | | | 81.56 m |
| 11 | Andrey Moruyev (RUS) | 81.26 | 81.38 | 78.00 | | | | 81.38 m |
| 12 | Patrik Bodén (SWE) | 78.68 | 76.14 | 80.66 | | | | 80.66 m |