1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw
# 1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total of 47 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday August 16, 1993. All results were made with rough surfaced javelin. The qualification mark was set at 81.00 metres.

## Doping disqualification

The original bronze medalist Dmitriy Polyunin (Uzbekistan) was disqualified for doping after his sample was found positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol, and the medal was instead awarded Mick Hill (Great Britain).

## Medalists

| Gold | Jan Železný Czech Republic (CZE) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Kimmo Kinnunen Finland (FIN) |
| Bronze | Mick Hill Great Britain (GBR) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round :

| Group A | Group B |
| - | - |
| 15.08.1993 – 10:00h | 15.08.1993 – 12:00h |
| Final Round ||
| 16.08.1993 – 19:30h ||

## 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 1993 World Athletics Championships :

| World Record | Jan Železný (CZE) | 95.54 m | April 6, 1993 | Pietersburg, South Africa |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Event Record | Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN) | 90.82 m | August 26, 1991 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Season Best | Raymond Hecht (GER) | 88.90 m | July 2, 1993 | Villeneuve d'Ascq, France |
| Broken records during the 1993 World Athletics Championships |||||
| Event Record | Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN) | 84.78 m | August 16, 1993 | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Event Record | Jan Železný (CZE) | 85.98 m | August 16, 1993 | Stuttgart, Germany |

## Qualification

### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 1 | Jan Železný (CZE) | 83.22 | — | — | 83.22 m |
| 2 | 2 | Ari Pakarinen (FIN) | X | 83.06 | — | 83.06 m |
| 3 | 3 | Dmitriy Polyunin (UZB) | 81.04 | — | — | 81.04 m |
| 4 | 4 | Mick Hill (GBR) | 79.80 | 80.06 | 80.78 | 80.78 m |
| 5 | 7 | Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN) | X | 78.40 | 78.86 | 78.86 m |
| 6 | 9 | Patrik Bodén (SWE) | 77.04 | 78.34 | 75.80 | 78.34 m |
| 7 | 17 | Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE) | 76.70 | 75.88 | X | 76.70 m |
| 8 | 18 | Yuriy Rybin (RUS) | X | 74.94 | 76.58 | 76.58 m |
| 9 | 19 | Ed Kaminski (USA) | 69.60 | 74.36 | 75.70 | 75.70 m |
| 10 | 20 | Ivan Mustapić (CRO) | 74.92 | 75.64 | 74.98 | 75.64 m |
| 11 | 21 | Colin MacKenzie (GBR) | 74.10 | 75.34 | X | 75.34 m |
| 12 | 22 | Tom Petranoff (RSA) | 75.26 | X | X | 75.26 m |
| 13 | 24 | Marek Kaleta (EST) | X | 74.80 | X | 74.80 m |
| 14 | 26 | Sigurður Einarsson (ISL) | 73.20 | X | 74.40 | 74.40 m |
| 15 | 27 | Fabio de Gaspari (ITA) | 73.54 | 74.34 | 73.50 | 74.34 m |
| 16 | 29 | Peter Blank (GER) | 73.76 | X | 74.10 | 74.10 m |
| 17 | 31 | Rodrigo Zelaya (CHI) | 71.50 | 73.26 | X | 73.26 m |
| 18 | 33 | Dainis Kula (LAT) | 69.22 | 73.18 | X | 73.18 m |
| 19 | 34 | Lee Wook-Jong (KOR) | 72.04 | X | 72.02 | 72.04 m |
| 20 | 36 | Radoman Šćekić (IWP) | 71.50 | X | X | 71.50 m |
| 21 | 41 | Art Skipper (USA) | 67.14 | X | 68.72 | 68.72 m |
| 22 | 44 | Andrew Currey (AUS) | X | X | 66.72 | 66.72 m |
| 23 | 45 | Edgar Baumann (PAR) | X | X | 59.82 | 59.82 m |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 5 | Tom Pukstys (USA) | 78.76 | 76.64 | 79.84 | 79.84 m |
| 2 | 6 | Steve Backley (GBR) | 76.20 | 78.48 | 79.64 | 79.64 m |
| 3 | 8 | Dag Wennlund (SWE) | 78.48 | 77.02 | X | 78.48 m |
| 4 | 10 | Terry McHugh (IRL) | 75.26 | 78.28 | X | 78.28 m |
| 5 | 11 | Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR) | 78.24 | 77.28 | 77.10 | 78.24 m |
| 6 | 12 | Miloš Steigauf (CZE) | 78.10 | X | X | 78.10 m |
| 7 | 13 | Vladimir Ovchinnikov (RUS) | 77.98 | 75.66 | 75.16 | 77.98 m |
| 8 | 14 | Boris Henry (GER) | 76.58 | 73.14 | 77.42 | 77.42 m |
| 9 | 15 | Gavin Lovegrove (NZL) | 74.16 | 75.14 | 77.08 | 77.08 m |
| 10 | 16 | Vadim Bavikin (ISR) | 73.30 | X | 76.98 | 76.98 m |
| 11 | 23 | Raymond Hecht (GER) | 71.84 | X | 75.00 | 75.00 m |
| 12 | 25 | Peter Borglund (SWE) | 71.94 | 74.58 | X | 74.58 m |
| 13 | 28 | Seppo Räty (FIN) | 74.30 | 73.62 | 73.16 | 74.30 m |
| 14 | 30 | Pascal Lefèvre (FRA) | 73.34 | X | X | 73.34 m |
| 15 | 32 | Viktor Zaitsev (UZB) | 73.22 | 71.64 | 70.54 | 73.22 m |
| 16 | 35 | Kenneth Petersen (DEN) | 72.00 | X | X | 72.00 m |
| 17 | 37 | Viktor Yevsyukov (KAZ) | 71.12 | X | 67.70 | 71.12 m |
| 18 | 38 | Vladimir Parfyonov (UZB) | X | X | 70.88 | 70.88 m |
| 19 | 39 | Juan de la Garza (MEX) | 70.86 | X | X | 70.86 m |
| 20 | 40 | Ambrosi Matiashvili (GEO) | 69.54 | X | 64.74 | 69.54 m |
| 21 | 42 | Stephen Feraday (CAN) | 67.74 | 65.76 | 68.40 | 68.40 m |
| 22 | 43 | Mārcis Štrobinders (LAT) | X | 68.38 | X | 68.38 m |
| 23 | 46 | Ryan Haylock (CAY) | 56.76 | X | X | 56.76 m |
| — | — | Phillip Spies (RSA) | X | X | X | NM |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Jan Železný (CZE) | 81.86 | X | X | 83.82 | 85.98 | 84.62 | 85.98 m | CR |
| | Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN) | 77.46 | 77.68 | 84.78 | X | 81.72 | 82.46 | 84.78 m | |
| | Mick Hill (GBR) | 82.80 | 80.18 | 80.08 | X | 81.48 | 82.96 | 82.96 m | |
| 4 | Steve Backley (GBR) | 79.78 | 81.66 | 79.00 | 81.16 | 80.18 | 81.80 | 81.80 m | |
| 5 | Ari Pakarinen (FIN) | 81.08 | 76.52 | X | X | X | 80.44 | 81.08 m | |
| 6 | Dag Wennlund (SWE) | 80.52 | 75.10 | X | 77.34 | 75.90 | 75.82 | 80.52 m | |
| 7 | Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR) | 75.88 | 78.70 | X | 77.34 | 75.90 | 75.82 | 78.70 m | |
| 8 | Patrik Bodén (SWE) | 75.18 | 78.00 | 76.84 | | | | 78.00 m | |
| 9 | Tom Pukstys (USA) | 75.54 | 75.68 | 77.92 | | | | 77.92 m | |
| 10 | Terry McHugh (IRL) | 76.06 | 73.38 | 76.22 | | | | 76.22 m | |
| 11 | Miloš Steigauf (CZE) | X | X | 70.78 | | | | 70.78 m | |
| (3rd) | Dmitriy Polyunin (UZB) | 75.50 | 80.54 | 83.38 | X | X | 81.72 | DSQ | Doping |
