# 1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 27 and 28 August 1990. The qualification mark was set at 80.00 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Steve Backley Great Britain (GBR) |
| Silver | Viktor Zaitsev Soviet Union (URS) |
| Bronze | Patrik Bodén Sweden (SWE) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 27.08.1990 – 17:30h | 27.08.1990 – 19:00h |
| Final Round ||
| 28.08.1990 – 18:10h ||

## 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 1990 European Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Steve Backley (GBR) | 90.98 m | July 20, 1990 | London, United Kingdom |
| Event Record | Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG) | 84.76 m | August 27, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 4 | Viktor Zaitsev (URS) | 81.00 | — | — | 81.00 m |
| 2 | 5 | Vladimir Ovchinnikov (URS) | 79.94 | — | X | 79.94 m |
| 3 | 7 | Seppo Räty (FIN) | 79.50 | 77.90 | 76.78 | 79.50 m |
| 4 | 9 | Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN) | 76.50 | 78.26 | 79.04 | 79.04 m |
| 5 | 11 | Raymond Hecht (GDR) | 78.24 | X | 68.82 | 78.24 m |
| 6 | 12 | Johan van Lieshout (NED) | 77.82 | X | X | 77.82 m |
| 7 | 13 | Jan Železný (TCH) | X | 77.64 | 76.38 | 77.64 m |
| 8 | 16 | Dag Wennlund (SWE) | 76.58 | 75.76 | 77.32 | 77.32 m |
| 9 | 17 | Sigurður Einarsson (ISL) | 75.20 | 75.86 | 77.32 | 77.32 m |
| 10 | 20 | Marko Hyytiäinen (FIN) | 74.66 | X | 75.88 | 75.88 m |
| 11 | 21 | Ivan Mustapić (YUG) | 71.44 | 73.62 | 75.04 | 75.04 m |
| 12 | 23 | Peter Schreiber (FRG) | 73.54 | X | 74.08 | 74.08 m |
| 13 | 25 | Peter Blank (FRG) | 73.30 | 70.32 | X | 73.30 m |
| 14 | 28 | Gary Jenson (GBR) | 64.46 | 64.82 | 71.60 | 71.60 m |
| 15 | 29 | Fikret Özsoy (TUR) | 61.96 | 67.20 | 68.86 | 68.86 m |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 1 | Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL) | 85.48 | — | — | 85.48 m |
| 2 | 2 | Steve Backley (GBR) | 82.24 | — | — | 82.24 m |
| 3 | 3 | Patrik Bodén (SWE) | 81.36 | — | — | 81.36 m |
| 4 | 6 | Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG) | 74.70 | 74.08 | 79.84 | 79.84 m |
| 5 | 8 | Mick Hill (GBR) | 77.94 | 79.16 | X | 79.16 m |
| 6 | 10 | Pascal Lefèvre (FRA) | 76.12 | 78.68 | 73.32 | 78.68 m |
| 7 | 14 | Marek Kaleta (URS) | 68.88 | 70.26 | 77.64 | 77.64 m |
| 8 | 15 | Peter Borglund (SWE) | 70.02 | 73.26 | 77.46 | 77.46 m |
| 9 | 18 | Sejad Krdžalić (YUG) | 77.28 | 75.22 | 70.88 | 77.28 m |
| 10 | 19 | Terry McHugh (IRL) | 76.14 | 74.52 | 71.50 | 76.14 m |
| 11 | 22 | Dumitru Negoiţă (ROM) | 73.82 | 74.36 | 71.68 | 74.36 m |
| 12 | 24 | Radoman Šćekić (YUG) | X | 72.48 | 73.34 | 73.34 m |
| 13 | 26 | Rudolf Steiner (SUI) | 61.06 | X | 73.12 | 73.12 m |
| 14 | 27 | Sigurður Matthíasson (ISL) | 71.14 | 71.66 | 72.52 | 72.52 m |
| 15 | 30 | Jeroen van der Meer (NED) | X | 65.60 | 67.76 | 67.76 m |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance |
| | Steve Backley (GBR) | 85.78 | 83.80 | X | 82.16 | X | 87.30 | 87.30 m |
| | Viktor Zaytsev (URS) | 83.30 | 79.24 | 79.36 | 74.62 | 82.54 | 76.50 | 83.30 m |
| | Patrik Bodén (SWE) | 77.46 | 80.36 | 82.66 | 81.84 | 81.96 | 81.78 | 82.66 m |
| 4 | Mick Hill (GBR) | 79.10 | 82.38 | 78.02 | 80.82 | 80.78 | X | 82.38 m |
| 5 | Seppo Räty (FIN) | 76.80 | 79.54 | X | 80.62 | 81.60 | 82.18 | 82.18 m |
| 6 | Vladimir Ovchinnikov (URS) | 78.32 | 81.78 | 78.36 | 76.56 | — | X | 81.78 m |
| 7 | Pascal Lefèvre (FRA) | 79.68 | 73.74 | 77.18 | 79.98 | 76.00 | X | 79.98 m |
| 8 | Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN) | 78.28 | 77.94 | 75.48 | X | X | 79.00 | 79.00 m |
| 9 | Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL) | 73.92 | 77.80 | 78.14 | | | | 78.14 m |
| 10 | Raymond Hecht (GDR) | 77.72 | 66.54 | 69.34 | | | | 77.72 m |
| 11 | Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG) | 77.24 | 70.44 | 77.26 | | | | 77.26 m |
| 12 | Johan van Lieshout (NED) | 75.52 | X | 74.68 | | | | 75.52 m |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* East Germany (1)
* Finland (3)
* France (1)
* Iceland (3)
* Ireland (1)
* Netherlands (2)
* Romania (1)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Sweden (3)
* Switzerland (1)
* Turkey (1)
* United Kingdom (3)
* West Germany (3)
* Yugoslavia (3)