# 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 16 and 18 September.

## Medalists

| Gold | Aki Parviainen Finland |
| Silver | Boris Henry Germany |
| Bronze | Kóstas Gatsioúdis Greece |

## Results
### Final

The final took place on September 18, and the tournament table is below:
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| | Aki Parviainen | Finland | 76.18 | 76.34 | 72.22 | 74.86 | 71.24 | x | 76.34 | |
| | Boris Henry | Germany | 74.24 | 75.62 | 76.04 | 71.80 | 75.96 | 75.16 | 76.04 | |
| | Kóstas Gatsioúdis | Greece | 75.92 | - | - | - | - | - | 75.92 | |
| 4 | Tero Angeria | Finland | 70.28 | 69.28 | 70.34 | 68.78 | 71.82 | 72.92 | 72.92 | |
| 5 | Mathias Hold | Germany | 71.96 | 69.56 | 71.04 | 71.54 | 72.34 | 72.52 | 71.04 | |
| 6 | Emeterio González | Cuba | 70.60 | x | 57.82 | 70.52 | 65.32 | 62.86 | 70.60 | |
| 7 | Andrey Uglov | Commonwealth of Independent States | 68.66 | x | 69.40 | 65.00 | x | x | 69.40 | |
| 8 | Toru Ue | Japan | 69.06 | - | 64.52 | 61.64 | - | 64.38 | 69.06 | |
| 9 | Xia Zhenghua | China | 68.40 | 66.42 | 68.08 | | | | 68.40 | |
| 10 | Kim Tae-Seong | South Korea | 66.04 | x | 61.36 | | | | 66.04 | |
| 11 | Miha Tomc | Slovenia | 64.48 | 64.32 | 65.02 | | | | 65.02 | |
| 12 | Tadayuki Tsuchiya | Japan | 60.54 | 62.14 | 61.10 | | | | 62.14 | |

### Qualifications

16 Sep

#### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Aki Parviainen | Finland | 77.12 | - | - | 77.12 | Q |
| 2 | Mathias Hold | Germany | 68.50 | - | - | 68.50 | Q |
| 3 | Andrey Uglov | Commonwealth of Independent States | 65.74 | 67.72 | - | 67.72 | Q |
| 4 | Miha Tomc | Slovenia | 63.24 | x | 66.92 | 66.92 | q |
| 5 | Toru Ue | Japan | 66.06 | 59.64 | 63.94 | 66.06 | q |
| 6 | Xia Zhenghua | China | 63.50 | 65.92 | 65.70 | 65.92 | q |
| 7 | Ali Al-Jadani | Saudi Arabia | 55.46 | 63.90 | 58.12 | 63.90 | |
| 8 | Károly Szabó | Hungary | 62.40 | x | 56.86 | 62.40 | |
| 9 | Nery Kennedy | Paraguay | 60.84 | 62.24 | x | 62.24 | |
| 10 | Flavio de Souza | Brazil | 58.36 | 60.24 | 59.88 | 60.24 | |
| 11 | Onthusitse Ontletse | Botswana | 50.54 | - | - | 50.54 | |
| | Aitken Stower | New Zealand | x | x | x | NM | |

#### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Kóstas Gatsioúdis | Greece | 76.82 | - | - | 76.82 | Q |
| 2 | Boris Henry | Germany | 73.26 | - | - | 73.26 | Q |
| 3 | Tero Angeria | Finland | 68.66 | - | - | 68.66 | Q |
| 4 | Emeterio González | Cuba | 67.46 | 68.32 | - | 68.32 | Q |
| 5 | Tadayuki Tsuchiya | Japan | 66.88 | 62.10 | 62.28 | 66.88 | q |
| 6 | Kim Tae-Seong | South Korea | 60.00 | 61.68 | 65.32 | 65.32 | q |
| 7 | John Taylor | United States | 60.36 | 61.02 | 64.50 | 64.50 | |
| 8 | Scott Thomson | Australia | 64.42 | 61.42 | 62.64 | 64.42 | |
| 9 | Luka Pengov | Slovenia | 64.30 | 59.38 | 58.74 | 64.30 | |
| 10 | Andelko Trbusic | Croatia | 61.18 | 63.68 | 63.70 | 63.70 | |
| 11 | Juan Manuel López | Mexico | 58.44 | 59.92 | 62.30 | 62.30 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (1)
* Botswana (1)
* Brazil (1)
* China (1)
* Commonwealth of Independent States (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Cuba (1)
* Finland (2)
* Germany (2)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Japan (2)
* Mexico (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Paraguay (1)
* Saudi Arabia (1)
* Slovenia (2)
* South Korea (1)
* United States (1)