# 1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday 29 August 1999.

## Medalists

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

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 27.08.1999 – 18:45h | 27.08.1999 – 20:40h |
| Final Round ||
| 29.08.1999 – 18:55h ||

## 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 |

## Startlist

| Order | № | Athlete | Season Best | Personal Best |
| GROUP A |||||
| 1 | 432 | Harri Haatainen (FIN) | 83.02 | 83.02 |
| 2 | 1358 | Patrik Bodén (SWE) | 84.52 | 89.10 |
| 3 | 131 | Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR) | 81.64 | 87.40 |
| 4 | 1162 | Dariusz Trafas (POL) | 83.23 | 83.23 |
| 5 | 515 | Steve Backley (GBR) | 87.59 | 91.46 |
| 6 | 1499 | Tom Pukstys (USA) | 84.11 | 87.12 |
| 7 | 594 | Raymond Hecht (GER) | 88.67 | 92.60 |
| 8 | 1533 | Sergey Voynov (UZB) | 80.00 | 81.80 |
| 9 | 1205 | Marius Corbett (RSA) | 87.17 | 88.75 |
| 10 | 926 | Ēriks Rags (LAT) | 83.78 | 83.78 |
| 11 | 323 | Jan Železný (CZE) | 89.06 | 98.48 |
| 12 | 904 | Ali Saleh Al-Jadani (KSA) | 77.80 | 77.80 |
| 13 | 443 | Aki Parviainen (FIN) | 93.09 | 93.09 |
| 14 | 736 | Terry McHugh (IRL) | 76.85 | 82.14 |
| 15 | 52 | Andrew Currey (AUS) | 83.88 | 85.75 |
| GROUP B |||||
| 1 | 290 | Emeterio González (CUB) | 82.76 | 84.20 |
| 2 | 1243 | Sergey Makarov (RUS) | 89.93 | 89.93 |
| 3 | 644 | Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE) | 89.57 | 89.57 |
| 4 | 1099 | Pål Arne Fagernes (NOR) | 86.00 | 86.00 |
| 5 | 70 | Gregor Högler (AUT) | 84.03 | 84.03 |
| 6 | 893 | Yu Nam-Sung (KOR) | 75.44 | 79.84 |
| 7 | 572 | Peter Blank (GER) | 87.11 | 88.12 |
| 8 | 548 | Nick Nieland (GBR) | 83.68 | 83.68 |
| 9 | 237 | Li Rongxiang (CHN) | 82.72 | 82.72 |
| 10 | 1125 | Nery Kennedy (PAR) | 78.89 | 81.28 |
| 11 | 441 | Matti Närhi (FIN) | 87.88 | 88.24 |
| 12 | 596 | Boris Henry (GER) | 88.62 | 90.44 |
| 13 | 538 | Mick Hill (GBR) | 84.94 | 86.94 |
| 14 | 948 | Arūnas Jurkšas (LTU) | 79.29 | 79.29 |
| 15 | 98 | Johan Kloeck (BEL) | 83.65 | 83.65 |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 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) | 93.09 m | June 26, 1999 | Kuortane, Finland |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 3 | Jan Železný (CZE) | 84.31 | — | — | 84.31 m | |
| 2 | 4 | Raymond Hecht (GER) | 81.54 | 83.41 | — | 83.41 m | |
| 3 | 7 | Aki Parviainen (FIN) | 81.25 | 82.84 | X | 82.84 m | |
| 4 | 9 | Harri Haatainen (FIN) | 78.40 | 81.83 | 79.44 | 81.83 m | |
| 5 | 11 | Steve Backley (GBR) | X | 81.68 | X | 81.68 m | |
| 6 | 12 | Ēriks Rags (LAT) | 81.61 | X | 77.06 | 81.61 m | |
| 7 | 15 | Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR) | 80.18 | 79.44 | 76.34 | 80.18 m | |
| 8 | 18 | Dariusz Trafas (POL) | 78.43 | 74.19 | 76.05 | 78.43 m | |
| 9 | 19 | Sergey Voynov (UZB) | X | 75.79 | 77.35 | 77.35 m | |
| 10 | 20 | Terry McHugh (IRL) | X | 73.09 | 77.23 | 77.23 m | SB |
| 11 | 21 | Andrew Currey (AUS) | 70.92 | 76.34 | 75.37 | 76.34 m | |
| 12 | 22 | Marius Corbett (RSA) | X | 73.28 | 76.34 | 76.34 m | |
| 13 | 24 | Patrik Bodén (SWE) | 72.26 | 73.61 | 75.66 | 75.66 m | |
| 14 | 27 | Ali Saleh Al-Jadani (KSA) | X | 69.86 | 72.19 | 72.19 m | |
| — | — | Tom Pukstys (USA) | — | — | — | DNS | |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE) | 87.97 | — | — | 87.97 m | |
| 2 | 2 | Matti Närhi (FIN) | X | 78.79 | 85.05 | 85.05 m | |
| 3 | 5 | Boris Henry (GER) | 80.27 | 80.82 | 83.35 | 83.35 m | |
| 4 | 6 | Emeterio González (CUB) | 82.86 | 81.48 | 82.74 | 82.86 m | SB |
| 5 | 8 | Sergey Makarov (RUS) | 78.79 | 82.25 | X | 82.25 m | |
| 6 | 10 | Pål Arne Fagernes (NOR) | X | 80.23 | 81.74 | 81.74 m | |
| 7 | 13 | Peter Blank (GER) | 80.89 | X | 74.37 | 80.89 m | |
| 8 | 14 | Mick Hill (GBR) | 80.75 | X | 79.61 | 80.75 m | |
| 9 | 16 | Arūnas Jurkšas (LTU) | 79.56 | 74.35 | 70.85 | 79.56 m | NR |
| 10 | 17 | Li Rongxiang (CHN) | 78.09 | 79.24 | 78.63 | 79.24 m | |
| 11 | 23 | Gregor Högler (AUT) | 75.94 | 73.55 | 74.30 | 75.94 m | |
| 12 | 25 | Johan Kloeck (BEL) | 72.60 | 74.87 | 69.83 | 74.87 m | |
| 13 | 26 | Yu Nam-Sung (KOR) | 72.87 | X | 65.41 | 72.87 m | |
| 14 | 28 | Nick Nieland (GBR) | 72.12 | X | X | 72.12 m | |
| 15 | 29 | Nery Kennedy (PAR) | 70.88 | 68.25 | 71.74 | 71.74 m | |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Aki Parviainen (FIN) | 81.63 | 86.08 | 83.78 | 85.00 | 89.52 | — | 89.52 m | |
| | Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE) | 89.18 | 83.35 | 81.72 | 81.68 | X | 87.16 | 89.18 m | |
| | Jan Železný (CZE) | 83.60 | 87.67 | X | X | X | — | 87.67 m | |
| 4 | Pål Arne Fagernes (NOR) | 82.99 | 86.24 | 78.98 | 81.74 | X | X | 86.24 m | NR |
| 5 | Raymond Hecht (GER) | 85.92 | 85.24 | X | 79.23 | 79.01 | 81.38 | 85.92 m | |
| 6 | Boris Henry (GER) | 83.28 | 83.38 | 83.67 | 82.98 | 85.43 | X | 85.43 m | |
| 7 | Emeterio González (CUB) | 76.41 | 83.00 | 84.32 | 78.37 | 81.97 | 78.55 | 84.32 m | NR |
| 8 | Steve Backley (GBR) | 83.84 | 82.60 | 81.20 | X | X | X | 83.84 m | |
| 9 | Sergey Makarov (RUS) | 77.24 | 77.50 | 83.20 | | | | 83.20 m | |
| 10 | Ēriks Rags (LAT) | X | 81.64 | 77.04 | | | | 81.64 m | |
| 11 | Harri Haatainen (FIN) | 80.92 | X | 77.97 | | | | 80.92 m | |
| 12 | Matti Närhi (FIN) | 79.47 | 76.98 | X | | | | 79.47 m | |