# 2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 21 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday 31 August 2003.

## Medalists

| Gold | Sergey Makarov Russia (RUS) |
| Silver | Andrus Värnik Estonia (EST) |
| Bronze | Boris Henry Germany (GER) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 29.08.2003 – 18:30h | 29.08.2003 – 20:25h |
| Final Round ||
| 31.08.2003 – 16:50h ||

## 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 2003 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Jan Železný (CZE) | 98.48 m | May 25, 1996 | Jena, Germany |
| Event Record | Jan Železný (CZE) | 92.80 m | August 12, 2001 | Edmonton, Canada |
| Season Best | Sergey Makarov (RUS) | 90.11 m | May 30, 2003 | Dessau, Germany |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Throws | Throws | Throws | Result | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Boris Henry (GER) | 83.43 | — | — | 83.43 m | |
| 2 | 3 | Sergey Makarov (RUS) | 82.22 | — | — | 82.22 m | |
| 3 | 4 | Li Rongxiang (CHN) | 79.76 | 79.01 | 81.76 | 81.76 m | SB |
| 4 | 5 | Andrus Värnik (EST) | 81.11 | — | — | 81.11 m | |
| 5 | 7 | Steve Backley (GBR) | 79.27 | 80.23 | X | 80.23 m | |
| 6 | 10 | Aki Parviainen (FIN) | X | 78.91 | X | 78.91 m | |
| 7 | 12 | Miroslav Guzdek (CZE) | 71.96 | 74.71 | 77.24 | 77.24 m | |
| 8 | 18 | Voldemārs Lūsis (LAT) | 71.72 | X | 75.15 | 75.15 m | |
| 9 | 19 | Gergely Horváth (HUN) | X | 74.76 | 72.03 | 74.76 m | |
| 10 | 20 | Isbel Luaces (CUB) | 74.07 | X | 72.67 | 74.07 m | |
| 11 | 21 | Nery Kennedy (PAR) | 67.62 | X | 68.83 | 68.83 m | |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Throws | Throws | Throws | Result | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Jan Železný (CZE) | 82.88 | — | — | 82.88 m | |
| 2 | 6 | Christian Nicolay (GER) | 80.54 | X | X | 80.54 m | |
| 3 | 8 | Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) | 75.75 | 76.67 | 79.44 | 79.44 m | |
| 4 | 9 | Alexandr Ivanov (RUS) | 79.26 | X | X | 79.26 m | |
| 5 | 11 | Peter Blank (GER) | 73.19 | 74.56 | 78.48 | 78.48 m | |
| 6 | 13 | Vadim Bavikin (ISR) | 71.77 | 77.06 | X | 77.06 m | |
| 7 | 14 | Breaux Greer (USA) | 76.82 | 74.21 | 74.50 | 76.82 m | |
| 8 | 15 | Sergey Voynov (UZB) | 76.66 | 72.78 | 76.31 | 76.66 m | |
| 9 | 16 | Emeterio González (CUB) | X | 76.18 | 72.40 | 76.18 m | |
| 10 | 17 | Ēriks Rags (LAT) | 70.19 | X | 75.72 | 75.72 m | |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Throws | Throws | Throws | Throws | Throws | Throws | Result | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Note |
| | Sergey Makarov (RUS) | 85.44 | X | X | 82.72 | 82.11 | 85.31 | 85.44 m | |
| | Andrus Värnik (EST) | 85.17 | X | X | 81.98 | X | 80.51 | 85.17 m | |
| | Boris Henry (GER) | 84.74 | 82.41 | 83.32 | X | 82.14 | 83.44 | 84.74 m | |
| 4. | Jan Železný (CZE) | 82.98 | X | 84.09 | X | X | 81.24 | 84.09 m | |
| 5. | Aki Parviainen (FIN) | 83.05 | 76.63 | 79.90 | 75.79 | X | 77.78 | 83.05 m | |
| 6. | Christian Nicolay (GER) | 80.85 | 81.77 | X | 80.60 | X | 81.26 | 81.77 m | |
| 7. | Miroslav Guzdek (CZE) | 77.99 | 81.40 | X | 75.67 | 77.32 | 78.54 | 81.40 m | |
| 8. | Peter Blank (GER) | 80.34 | X | 76.29 | X | 79.39 | 78.43 | 80.34 m | |
| 9. | Steve Backley (GBR) | 79.35 | 79.90 | 80.13 | | | | 80.13 m | |
| 10. | Li Rongxiang (CHN) | 78.24 | X | 77.02 | | | | 78.24 m | |
| 11. | Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) | 77.75 | X | X | | | | 77.75 m | |
| 12. | Alexandr Ivanov (RUS) | 77.32 | X | X | | | | 77.32 m | |