1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
2000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Road events
20 km	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's javelin throw event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 17 and 18 July.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Vladimir Sasimovich  Soviet Union
Silver	Mark Roberson  United Kingdom
Bronze	Gavin Lovegrove  New Zealand

Results[]

Final[]

18 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Vladimir Sasimovich	Soviet Union	78.84
	Mark Roberson	United Kingdom	74.24
	Gavin Lovegrove	New Zealand	74.22
4		East Germany	73.68
5	Kimmo Kinnunen	Finland	70.96
6		Cuba	70.96
7		United Kingdom	69.96
8	Patrik Bodén	Sweden	69.62
9		Soviet Union	68.62
10		South Korea	67.34
11		Poland	65.24
12		France	64.94

Qualifications[]

17 Jul

Group A[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1		East Germany	71.50	Q
2	Kimmo Kinnunen	Finland	70.18	Q
3		United Kingdom	67.64	Q
4		Soviet Union	66.56	Q
5		Cuba	66.06
6		Yugoslavia	64.44
7		Romania	62.96
8		Sweden	62.46
9		United States	62.44
10		West Germany	61.26
11		France	60.94
12		Japan	60.18
13		Senegal	59.54
14		Cyprus	59.10
15		Canada	56.40
16		Argentina	55.94
17		India	54.02
18		Nicaragua	53.22
19		Netherlands	51.56

Group B[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Vladimir Sasimovich	Soviet Union	72.16	Q
2	Mark Roberson	United Kingdom	69.62	Q
3	Gavin Lovegrove	New Zealand	69.20	Q
4		Poland	68.60	Q
5		Cuba	67.76	Q
6		South Korea	67.60	Q
7		France	66.90	q
8	Patrik Bodén	Sweden	66.24	q
9		Dominican Republic	66.22
10		East Germany	66.08
11		Australia	65.74
12		Denmark	65.54
13		Italy	65.24
14	Juha Laukkanen	Finland	65.02
15		West Germany	65.00
16		United States	61.98
17	Abdul Azim Al-Aliwat	Saudi Arabia	60.98
18		Canada	60.40
19		Nicaragua	56.06
20		Barbados	50.10
21		United Arab Emirates	49.18
22		Sierra Leone	42.26

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 41 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.

References[]