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			Result	Note
			1	2	3
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			Result	Note
			1	2	3
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						Result	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	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

See also

• 1998 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Budapest)
• 2000 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Sydney)
• 2002 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Munich)
• 2004 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Athens)

References

• Results
• koti.welho