# 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 17 and 18 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Vladimir Sasimovich Soviet Union |
| Silver | Mark Roberson United Kingdom |
| Bronze | Gavin Lovegrove New Zealand |

## Results
### Final

18 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Vladimir Sasimovich | Soviet Union | 78.84 |
| | Mark Roberson | United Kingdom | 74.24 |
| | Gavin Lovegrove | New Zealand | 74.22 |
| 4 | Uwe Ludwig | East Germany | 73.68 |
| 5 | Kimmo Kinnunen | Finland | 70.96 |
| 6 | Juan Oxamendi | Cuba | 70.96 |
| 7 | Gary Jenson | United Kingdom | 69.96 |
| 8 | Patrik Bodén | Sweden | 69.62 |
| 9 | Arnis Shimkus | Soviet Union | 68.62 |
| 10 | Kim Jae-Sang | South Korea | 67.34 |
| 11 | Mirosław Witek | Poland | 65.24 |
| 12 | Alain Storaci | France | 64.94 |

### Qualifications

17 Jul

#### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Uwe Ludwig | East Germany | 71.50 | Q |
| 2 | Kimmo Kinnunen | Finland | 70.18 | Q |
| 3 | Gary Jenson | United Kingdom | 67.64 | Q |
| 4 | Arnis Shimkus | Soviet Union | 66.56 | Q |
| 5 | José Luis Hernández | Cuba | 66.06 | |
| 6 | Milan Stjepovic | Yugoslavia | 64.44 | |
| 7 | Valentin Jula | Romania | 62.96 | |
| 8 | Stefan Petersson | Sweden | 62.46 | |
| 9 | Eric Schoenborn | United States | 62.44 | |
| 10 | Markus Galanski | West Germany | 61.26 | |
| 11 | Christophe Laudat | France | 60.94 | |
| 12 | Shingo Ogino | Japan | 60.18 | |
| 13 | Amadou Bangoura | Senegal | 59.54 | |
| 14 | Panagiotis Lambrianides | Cyprus | 59.10 | |
| 15 | Graham Morfitt | Canada | 56.40 | |
| 16 | Marcelo Knauss | Argentina | 55.94 | |
| 17 | Upadhyay Kumar | India | 54.02 | |
| 18 | Roberto Jiménez | Nicaragua | 53.22 | |
| 19 | Roelof Geertsema | Netherlands | 51.56 | |

#### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Vladimir Sasimovich | Soviet Union | 72.16 | Q |
| 2 | Mark Roberson | United Kingdom | 69.62 | Q |
| 3 | Gavin Lovegrove | New Zealand | 69.20 | Q |
| 4 | Mirosław Witek | Poland | 68.60 | Q |
| 5 | Juan Oxamendi | Cuba | 67.76 | Q |
| 6 | Kim Jae-Sang | South Korea | 67.60 | Q |
| 7 | Alain Storaci | France | 66.90 | q |
| 8 | Patrik Bodén | Sweden | 66.24 | q |
| 9 | José Gómez | Dominican Republic | 66.22 | |
| 10 | Steffen Thrän | East Germany | 66.08 | |
| 11 | John White | Australia | 65.74 | |
| 12 | Anders Höeffler | Denmark | 65.54 | |
| 13 | Giuseppe Soffiato | Italy | 65.24 | |
| 14 | Juha Laukkanen | Finland | 65.02 | |
| 15 | Ralph Willinski | West Germany | 65.00 | |
| 16 | Roy Seidmeyer | United States | 61.98 | |
| 17 | Abdul Azim Al-Aliwat | Saudi Arabia | 60.98 | |
| 18 | Tony Mucha | Canada | 60.40 | |
| 19 | Ivan Sibaja | Nicaragua | 56.06 | |
| 20 | Troy Patterson | Barbados | 50.10 | |
| 21 | Hussein Hassan Abdullah | United Arab Emirates | 49.18 | |
| 22 | Martin Rekab | Sierra Leone | 42.26 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 41 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.
* Argentina (1)
* Australia (1)
* Barbados (1)
* Canada (2)
* Cuba (2)
* Cyprus (1)
* Denmark (1)
* Dominican Republic (1)
* East Germany (2)
* Finland (2)
* France (2)
* India (1)
* Italy (1)
* Japan (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Nicaragua (2)
* Poland (1)
* Romania (1)
* Saudi Arabia (1)
* Senegal (1)
* Sierra Leone (1)
* South Korea (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Sweden (2)
* United Arab Emirates (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* West Germany (2)
* Yugoslavia (1)