1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

Events at the 1990 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 road run		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

The men's javelin throw event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 9 and 10 August.

Medalists

Gold	Tommi Viskari Finland
Silver	Dariusz Trafas Poland
Bronze	Jarkko Heimonen Finland

Results

Final

10 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Tommi Viskari	Finland	x	69.52	73.88	68.90	x	x	73.88
	Dariusz Trafas	Poland	72.18	68.26	72.76	x	65.28	x	72.76
	Jarkko Heimonen	Finland	68.64	69.94	68.92	67.54	x	72.30	72.30
4	Marco Badura	East Germany	71.30	70.84	65.14	64.92	68.76	x	71.30
5	Christian Benninger	West Germany	68.20	70.32	70.80	-	x	x	70.80
6	Kóstas Gatsioúdis	Greece	69.90	x	69.46	63.66	67.50	69.70	69.90
7	Yasuo Nakamura	Japan	68.12	64.80	69.02	65.34	66.76	69.60	69.60
8	Johan Helge	Sweden	x	69.18	64.38	x	x	65.14	69.18
9	Teodor Pekarskiy	Soviet Union	x	67.60	64.06				67.60
10	Ambrosi Matiashvili	Soviet Union	67.56	x	64.80				67.56
11	Ireneusz Karasinski	Poland	x	x	62.00				62.00
12	Gregory Wiesner	Switzerland	x	59.10	61.00				61.00

Qualifications

9 Aug

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Jarkko Heimonen	Finland	67.44	73.42	-	73.42	Q
2	Tommi Viskari	Finland	67.00	71.32	-	71.32	Q
3	Yasuo Nakamura	Japan	65.12	65.84	70.62	70.62	Q
4	Ambrosi Matiashvili	Soviet Union	69.94	-	-	69.94	Q
5	Teodor Pekarskiy	Soviet Union	69.14	-	-	69.14	Q
6	Kóstas Gatsioúdis	Greece	64.28	68.52	-	68.52	Q
7	Ireneusz Karasinski	Poland	68.50	-	-	68.50	Q
8	Marco Badura	East Germany	68.38	-	-	68.38	Q
9	Gregory Wiesner	Switzerland	66.50	60.00	68.10	68.10	Q
10	Dariusz Trafas	Poland	x	67.46	62.68	67.46	q
11	Christian Benninger	West Germany	67.44	66.44	65.98	67.44	q
12	Johan Helge	Sweden	61.26	x	67.10	67.10	q
13	Joakim Nilsson	Sweden	66.94	x	62.04	66.94
14	Leonardo Vaal	Mexico	65.08	66.22	59.86	66.22
15	Andreas Pollandt	East Germany	64.74	64.60	65.96	65.96
16	József Szabó	Hungary	65.74	63.74	64.78	65.74
17	Satbir Singh Saran	India	57.46	61.50	63.98	63.98
18	Daniele Ferazzuto	Italy	63.78	63.08	60.78	63.78
19	Andrew Currey	Australia	61.58	63.66	62.54	63.66
20	Andrej Babić	Yugoslavia	60.60	61.02	63.60	63.60
21	Erik Smith	United States	x	63.56	61.68	63.56
22	Chad McKinney	United States	62.56	60.34	x	62.56
23	Martin Saunders	Australia	58.58	53.56	62.52	62.52
24	Asen Valev	Bulgaria	x	61.24	56.74	61.24
25	Pedro Claure	Chile	60.70	58.66	58.72	60.70

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

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