European Athletics Championships 1998 / men's javelin
17th European Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | Javelin throw | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 25 athletes from 17 countries | ||||||||
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Competition location | Népstadion | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 21 (qualifying) August 23 (final) |
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The men's javelin throw at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held on August 21 and 23, 1998 in the Népstadion in the Hungarian capital, Budapest .
In this competition the British javelin throwers achieved a double success. His third EM -Titel won the defending champion, Olympic silver medalist from 1996 and two-time runner-up ( 1995 / 1997 ) Steve Backley . Mick Hill took second place . Bronze went to the German Raymond Hecht .
Records
Existing records
World record | 98.48 m |
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Jena , Germany | May 25, 1996 |
European record | ||||
Championship record | 87.30 m |
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EM Split , Yugoslavia | August 28, 1990 |
Record improvement
European champion Steve Backley improved the existing European Championship record in the final on August 23 by 2.42 m to 89.72 m.
qualification
August 21, 1998
25 participants competed in two groups for the qualifying round. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final was 82.00 m. Four athletes exceeded this mark (highlighted in light blue). The final field was filled with the eight athletes placed next to twelve throwers (highlighted in light green). So finally 79.63 m had to be achieved to take part in the finals.
Group A
space | Surname | nation | Width (m) |
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1 | Peter Blank |
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87.48 |
2 | Sergei Makarov |
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80.98 |
3 | Aki Parviainen |
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80.65 |
4th | Gregor Högler |
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80.47 |
5 | Dariusz Trafas |
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79.86 |
6th | Mark Roberson |
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79.63 |
7th | Carlo Sonego |
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77.74 |
8th | Pål Arne Fagernes |
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77.54 |
9 | Gergely Horváth |
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75.66 |
10 | Voldemārs Lūsis |
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75.14 |
11 | Dejan Angelovski |
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71.78 |
12 | Gaëtan Siakinou-Schmidt |
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69.95 |
Group B
space | Surname | nation | Width (m) |
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1 | Steve Backley |
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87.45 |
2 | Juha Laukkanen |
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83.71 |
3 | Raymond Hecht |
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83.32 |
4th | Patrik Bodén |
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81.01 |
5 | Matti Narhi |
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80.94 |
6th | Mick Hill |
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80.14 |
7th | Uladzimir Sassimovich |
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79.14 |
8th | Andreas Linden |
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78.98 |
9 | Dimítrios Polimérou |
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77.49 |
10 | Arūnas Jurkšas |
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77.37 |
11 | Ēriks Rags |
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74.27 |
12 | Yuri Rybin |
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72.86 |
13 | Terry McHugh |
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72.82 |
Legend
Brief overview of the meaning of the symbols - also commonly used in other publications:
- | left out |
x | invalid |
final
August 23, 1998
space | Surname | nation | Result (noun) | 1st attempt (m) | 2. attempt (m) | 3rd attempt (m) | 4th attempt (m) | 5th attempt (m) | 6th attempt (m) |
1 | Steve Backley |
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89.72 CR | 89.72 | x | 83.03 | 85.69 | 84.87 | 84.17 |
2 | Mick Hill |
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86.92 | 83.80 | 79.07 | 83.41 | 85.77 | 86.92 | 85.72 |
3 | Raymond Hecht |
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86.63 | 85.68 | 83.51 | 86.63 | - | - | - |
4th | Sergei Makarov |
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86.45 | 86.45 | 80.47 | 80.86 | - | - | 79.83 |
5 | Juha Laukkanen |
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84.78 | x | x | x | x | x | 77.72 |
6th | Mark Roberson |
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84.15 | 80.41 | 79.38 | 83.64 | 84.15 | 77.42 | x |
7th | Peter Blank |
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83.66 | 83.66 | 78.65 | x | 77.20 | 76.87 | x |
8th | Matti Narhi |
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82.59 | 82.59 | x | 80.33 | 79.77 | x | x |
9 | Aki Parviainen |
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82.30 | x | 82.30 | 81.84 | not in the final of the eight best throwers |
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10 | Gregor Högler |
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81.75 | 81.44 | 81.75 | 73.72 | |||
11 | Dariusz Trafas |
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79.79 | 79.53 | 79.79 | 79.77 | |||
12 | Patrik Bodén |
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79.73 | 79.73 | x | - |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Budapest 1998 on european-athletics.org, accessed October 13, 2019
- European Championship 1998 Budapest, Men Javelin Throw on todor66.com, accessed October 13, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1998 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on October 13, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men Javelin Throw European Championship 1998 Budapest, p. 473f (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on October 13, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1998, javelin men on sportschau.de, accessed on October 13, 2019
- 17th European Athletics Championships 1998 in Budapest, Hungary from ifosta.de, accessed on October 13, 2019
Video
- Men's Javelin European Champs Budapest 1998 on youtube.com (English), accessed October 13, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. Javelin Men , accessed October 31, 2019