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1990 European Athletics Championships
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These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 27 and 28 August 1990. The qualification mark was set at 80.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Steve Backley Great Britain (GBR)
Silver	Viktor Zaitsev Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze	Patrik Bodén Sweden (SWE)

Schedule

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

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Records

Standing records prior to the 1990 European Athletics Championships
World Record	Steve Backley (GBR)	90.98 m	July 20, 1990	London, United Kingdom
Event Record	Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG)	84.76 m	August 27, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	4	Viktor Zaitsev (URS)	81.00	—	—	81.00 m
2	5	Vladimir Ovchinnikov (URS)	79.94	—	X	79.94 m
3	7	Seppo Räty (FIN)	79.50	77.90	76.78	79.50 m
4	9	Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN)	76.50	78.26	79.04	79.04 m
5	11	Raymond Hecht (GDR)	78.24	X	68.82	78.24 m
6	12	Johan van Lieshout (NED)	77.82	X	X	77.82 m
7	13	Jan Železný (TCH)	X	77.64	76.38	77.64 m
8	16	Dag Wennlund (SWE)	76.58	75.76	77.32	77.32 m
9	17	Sigurður Einarsson (ISL)	75.20	75.86	77.32	77.32 m
10	20	Marko Hyytiäinen (FIN)	74.66	X	75.88	75.88 m
11	21	Ivan Mustapić (YUG)	71.44	73.62	75.04	75.04 m
12	23	Peter Schreiber (FRG)	73.54	X	74.08	74.08 m
13	25	Peter Blank (FRG)	73.30	70.32	X	73.30 m
14	28	Gary Jenson (GBR)	64.46	64.82	71.60	71.60 m
15	29	Fikret Özsoy (TUR)	61.96	67.20	68.86	68.86 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL)	85.48	—	—	85.48 m
2	2	Steve Backley (GBR)	82.24	—	—	82.24 m
3	3	Patrik Bodén (SWE)	81.36	—	—	81.36 m
4	6	Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG)	74.70	74.08	79.84	79.84 m
5	8	Mick Hill (GBR)	77.94	79.16	X	79.16 m
6	10	Pascal Lefèvre (FRA)	76.12	78.68	73.32	78.68 m
7	14	Marek Kaleta (URS)	68.88	70.26	77.64	77.64 m
8	15	Peter Borglund (SWE)	70.02	73.26	77.46	77.46 m
9	18	Sejad Krdžalić (YUG)	77.28	75.22	70.88	77.28 m
10	19	Terry McHugh (IRL)	76.14	74.52	71.50	76.14 m
11	22	Dumitru Negoiţă (ROM)	73.82	74.36	71.68	74.36 m
12	24	Radoman Šćekić (YUG)	X	72.48	73.34	73.34 m
13	26	Rudolf Steiner (SUI)	61.06	X	73.12	73.12 m
14	27	Sigurður Matthíasson (ISL)	71.14	71.66	72.52	72.52 m
15	30	Jeroen van der Meer (NED)	X	65.60	67.76	67.76 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Steve Backley (GBR)	85.78	83.80	X	82.16	X	87.30	87.30 m
	Viktor Zaytsev (URS)	83.30	79.24	79.36	74.62	82.54	76.50	83.30 m
	Patrik Bodén (SWE)	77.46	80.36	82.66	81.84	81.96	81.78	82.66 m
4	Mick Hill (GBR)	79.10	82.38	78.02	80.82	80.78	X	82.38 m
5	Seppo Räty (FIN)	76.80	79.54	X	80.62	81.60	82.18	82.18 m
6	Vladimir Ovchinnikov (URS)	78.32	81.78	78.36	76.56	—	X	81.78 m
7	Pascal Lefèvre (FRA)	79.68	73.74	77.18	79.98	76.00	X	79.98 m
8	Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN)	78.28	77.94	75.48	X	X	79.00	79.00 m
9	Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL)	73.92	77.80	78.14				78.14 m
10	Raymond Hecht (GDR)	77.72	66.54	69.34				77.72 m
11	Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG)	77.24	70.44	77.26				77.26 m
12	Johan van Lieshout (NED)	75.52	X	74.68				75.52 m

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

•  Czechoslovakia (1)
•  East Germany (1)
•  Finland (3)
•  France (1)
•  Iceland (3)
•  Ireland (1)
•  Netherlands (2)
•  Romania (1)
•  Soviet Union (3)
•  Sweden (3)
•   Switzerland (1)
•  Turkey (1)
•  United Kingdom (3)
•  West Germany (3)
•  Yugoslavia (3)

See also

• 1988 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Seoul)
• 1991 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Tokyo)
• 1992 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Barcelona)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 451–460, retrieved 13 August 2014

• Results
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• Events at the 1990 European Athletics Championships
• Javelin throw at the European Athletics Championships