# 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 | August 12, 2001 | Edmonton, Canada |
| Season Best | Jan Železný (CZE) | 92.80 m | August 12, 2001 | Edmonton, Canada |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 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 | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 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 | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | 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 | |