1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

1988 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
3000 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 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 28 and 29 July.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Vladimir Ovchinnikov  Soviet Union
Silver	Steve Backley  United Kingdom
Bronze	East Germany

Results[]

Final[]

29 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Vladimir Ovchinnikov	Soviet Union	67.28	73.66	74.68	74.82	x	77.08	77.08
	Steve Backley	United Kingdom	64.82	71.50	75.40	72.48	73.56	72.14	75.40
		East Germany	68.22	71.26	71.64	67.54	66.14	x	71.64
4	Dmitriy Polyunin	Soviet Union	66.72	67.56	68.98	69.12	67.68	67.90	69.12
5		Finland	67.34	67.06	68.62	68.78	68.22	68.58	68.78
6		Netherlands	66.34	68.22	68.68	x	65.22	67.04	68.68
7		Bulgaria	68.54	x	68.52	66.80	x	x	68.54
8		United States	63.42	63.52	68.32	x	64.36	65.28	68.32
9		South Korea	68.28	63.94	61.40				68.28
10	Juha Laukkanen	Finland	65.54	x	60.86				65.54
11		United States	61.32	64.00	65.20				65.20
12		Japan	63.70	63.94	x				63.94

Qualifications[]

28 Jul

Group A[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Vladimir Ovchinnikov	Soviet Union	72.32	-	-	72.32	Q
2		Finland	70.96	-	-	70.96	Q
3		East Germany	65.34	70.10	-	70.10	Q
4		South Korea	69.88	-	-	69.88	Q
5	Steve Backley	United Kingdom	66.30	68.66	-	68.66	Q
6	Juha Laukkanen	Finland	68.26	-	-	68.26	Q
7		United States	66.90	67.78	-	67.78	Q
8	Dmitriy Polyunin	Soviet Union	67.64	-	-	67.64	Q
9		Netherlands	65.16	66.34	67.38	67.38	Q
10		Bulgaria	63.36	66.82	67.25	67.26	Q
11		Japan	62.88	64.18	67.24	67.24	Q
12		United States	66.96	66.30	67.16	67.16	Q
13		Japan	66.66	62.72	x	66.66
14		Norway	59.56	61.66	x	61.66
15		Norway	61.54	59.44	x	61.54
16		Australia	61.14	61.42	60.96	61.42
17		West Germany	60.16	61.28	59.40	61.28

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References[]