1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw
# 1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 37 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday 13 August 1995. The qualification mark was set at 82.00 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Jan Železný Czech Republic (CZE) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Steve Backley Great Britain (GBR) |
| Bronze | Boris Henry Germany (GER) |

## Schedule

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

Qualification Round :

| Group A | Group B |
| - | - |
| 11.08.1995 – 09:30h | 11.08.1995 – 11:30h |
| Final Round ||
| 13.08.1995 – 16:00h ||

## 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 1995 World Athletics Championships :

| World Record | Jan Železný (CZE) | 95.66 m | August 28, 1993 | Sheffield, United Kingdom |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Event Record | Jan Železný (CZE) | 85.98 m | August 16, 1993 | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Season Best | Raymond Hecht (GER) | 92.60 m | July 21, 1995 | Oslo, Norway |
| Broken records during the 1995 World Athletics Championships |||||
| Event Record | Boris Henry (GER) | 87.60 m | August 13, 1995 | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Event Record | Jan Železný (CZE) | 89.58 m | August 13, 1995 | Gothenburg, Sweden |

## Qualification

### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 4 | Mick Hill (GBR) | X | 83.54 | — | 83.54 m |
| 2 | 9 | Andreas Linden (GER) | 66.30 | 80.16 | X | 80.16 m |
| 3 | 10 | Raymond Hecht (GER) | 79.82 | X | 78.32 | 79.82 m |
| 4 | 11 | Harri Hakkarainen (FIN) | 79.66 | 78.70 | 79.04 | 79.66 m |
| 5 | 13 | Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR) | 78.40 | 78.94 | 76.54 | 78.94 m |
| 6 | 14 | Vladimir Ovchinnikov (RUS) | 77.48 | 78.28 | X | 78.28 m |
| 7 | 15 | Patrik Bodén (SWE) | 75.10 | X | 77.62 | 77.62 m |
| 8 | 16 | Andrew Currey (AUS) | 76.84 | 72.50 | 74.50 | 76.84 m |
| 9 | 19 | Tom Pukstys (USA) | 75.08 | 76.12 | 75.06 | 76.12 m |
| 10 | 20 | Gavin Lovegrove (NZL) | 74.98 | X | X | 74.98 m |
| 11 | 22 | Kenneth Petersen (DEN) | X | 69.32 | 74.22 | 74.22 m |
| 12 | 24 | Phillip Spies (RSA) | X | X | 74.06 | 74.06 m |
| 13 | 27 | Ivan Mustapić (CRO) | X | 73.12 | 71.34 | 73.12 m |
| 14 | 28 | Edgar Baumann (PAR) | 72.90 | 71.40 | 70.78 | 72.90 m |
| 15 | 30 | Viktor Zaitsev (UZB) | X | X | 71.08 | 71.08 m |
| 16 | 31 | Aleksandr Fingert (ISR) | 68.30 | 66.46 | 70.94 | 70.94 m |
| 17 | 34 | Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN) | X | 68.66 | X | 68.66 m |
| 18 | 35 | Frans Mahuse (INA) | 62.62 | 68.18 | X | 68.18 m |
| 19 | 36 | Fernando Palomo (ESA) | X | 62.90 | X | 62.90 m |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 1 | Jan Železný (CZE) | 78.98 | 90.12 | — | 90.12 m |
| 2 | 2 | Boris Henry (GER) | 87.60 | — | — | 87.60 m |
| 3 | 3 | Andrey Moruyev (RUS) | 85.60 | — | — | 85.60 m |
| 4 | 5 | Steve Backley (GBR) | 83.20 | — | — | 83.20 m |
| 5 | 6 | Seppo Räty (FIN) | 79.82 | 82.42 | — | 82.42 m |
| 6 | 7 | Yuriy Rybin (RUS) | X | X | 82.14 | 82.14 m |
| 7 | 8 | Aki Parviainen (FIN) | 72.74 | 80.98 | — | 80.98 m |
| 8 | 12 | Dag Wennlund (SWE) | 74.02 | 77.42 | 79.00 | 79.00 m |
| 9 | 17 | Emeterio González (CUB) | X | X | 76.54 | 76.54 m |
| 10 | 18 | Gregor Högler (AUT) | 76.12 | 76.08 | 76.40 | 76.40 m |
| 11 | 21 | Terry McHugh (IRL) | 74.58 | 73.90 | 71.64 | 74.58 m |
| 12 | 23 | Sigurður Einarsson (ISL) | 74.10 | 73.74 | 71.18 | 74.10 m |
| 13 | 25 | Vladimir Parfyonov (UZB) | X | 67.22 | 73.64 | 73.64 m |
| 14 | 26 | Fikret Özsoy (TUR) | 73.50 | X | X | 73.50 m |
| 15 | 29 | Ed Kaminski (USA) | X | 70.64 | 71.92 | 71.92 m |
| 16 | 32 | Kim Ki-Hun (KOR) | 67.46 | 70.20 | 66.62 | 70.20 m |
| 17 | 33 | Juan de la Garza (MEX) | X | X | 70.20 | 70.20 m |
| — | 37 | Donald Sild (EST) | 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) | 80.52 | 83.02 | 82.92 | 88.92 | 89.06 | 89.58 | 89.58 m | CR |
| | Steve Backley (GBR) | 81.10 | X | 78.30 | X | 84.92 | 86.30 | 86.30 m | |
| | Boris Henry (GER) | 83.10 | 85.16 | 84.30 | 80.36 | 84.06 | 86.08 | 86.08 m | |
| 4 | Raymond Hecht (GER) | 83.30 | X | 82.80 | 83.02 | 81.48 | 81.74 | 83.30 m | |
| 5 | Dag Wennlund (SWE) | X | 78.68 | 82.04 | — | — | — | 82.04 m | |
| 6 | Mick Hill (GBR) | 79.06 | 79.88 | 81.06 | X | 79.06 | X | 81.06 m | |
| 7 | Yuriy Rybin (RUS) | X | 75.76 | 81.00 | X | 79.54 | X | 81.00 m | |
| 8 | Andreas Linden (GER) | X | 80.76 | X | 79.72 | — | 78.16 | 80.76 m | |
| 9 | Aki Parviainen (FIN) | 79.58 | X | X | | | | 79.58 m | |
| 10 | Andrey Moruyev (RUS) | X | 78.30 | 79.14 | | | | 79.14 m | |
| 11 | Seppo Räty (FIN) | 78.66 | 78.76 | 74.94 | | | | 78.76 m | |
| 12 | Harri Hakkarainen (FIN) | 74.74 | 76.00 | 78.16 | | | | 78.16 m | |
