These are the official results of the Men's javelin throw

Javelin throw

The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

event at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes. The final was held on 23 August 1998, two days after the qualification round where the mark was set at 82.00 metres. Title defender Steve Backley

Steve Backley

Stephen James Backley OBE is a retired British athlete who was formerly the world record holder for javelin throwing...

 from Great Britain

Great Britain

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 won the title for a third time in a row, setting a new championship record in the final round: 89.72 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Steve Backley Steve Backley Stephen James Backley OBE is a retired British athlete who was formerly the world record holder for javelin throwing... Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...  (GBR)
Silver	Mick Hill Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...  (GBR)
Bronze	Raymond Hecht Raymond Hecht Raymond Hecht is a retired German javelin thrower. He represented SC Magdeburg in former East Germany.... Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...  (GER)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time
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  Qualification Round
  Group A	Group B
  21.08.1998 – 10:00h	21.08.1998 – 11:40h
  Final Round
  23.08.1998 – 18:00h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

  Q	automatic qualification
  q	qualification by rank
  DNS	did not start
  NM	no mark
  WR	world record
  AR	area record
  NR	national record
  PB	personal best
  SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1998 European Athletics Championships
World Record Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...		98.48 m	May 25, 1996	Jena Jena Jena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. It has a population of approx. 103,000 and is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt.-History:Jena was first mentioned in an 1182 document... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Event Record		85.20 m	August 8, 1994	Helsinki, Finland
Broken records during the 1998 European Athletics Championships
Event Record		89.72 m	August 23, 1998	Budapest, Hungary

Competitors

• European list as of August 17, 1998, just before the start of the competition

  Rank	Athlete	Season Best	Personal Best
  1		90.88	87.48
  2		89.89	91.46
  3		89.21	90.44
  4		88.13	89.22
  5		88.08	92.60
  6		86.99	88.12
  7		86.96	88.22
  8		85.67	80.92
  9		85.64	88.86
  10		85.28	87.82
  11		85.15	89.10
  12		84.46	85.06
  13		84.38	88.24
  14		84.23	85.32
  15		84.17	85.60
  16		83.94	86.94
  17		83.37	84.26
  18		83.08	86.98
  19		82.44	74.90
  20		81.89	83.00
  21		81.89	85.42
  22		81.86	76.08
  23		81.75	76.88
  24		81.18	78.46
  25		80.56	79.04
  26		80.53	73.96

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	3		75.96	75.45	83.41	83.41 m
2	6		80.98	X	—	80.98 m
3	8		X	80.65	X	80.65 m
4	9		80.28	80.47	77.54	80.47 m
5	11		79.86	78.42	77.16	79.86 m
6	12		74.46	79.63	X	79.63 m
7	15		77.74	76.80	X	77.74 m
8	16		77.54	X	X	77.54 m
9	19		74.82	75.66	74.47	75.66 m
10	20		X	X	75.14	75.14 m
11	24		70.77	71.78	70.18	71.78 m
12	25		69.95	X	65.53	69.95 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1		87.45	—	—	87.45 m
2	2		83.71	—	—	83.71 m
3	4		76.21	83.32	—	83.32 m
4	5		79.02	81.01	—	81.01 m
5	7		72.32	X	80.94	80.94 m
6	10		X	X	80.14	80.14 m
7	13		79.14	79.06	76.66	79.14 m
8	14		78.98	X	X	78.98 m
9	17		77.49	X	X	77.49 m
10	18		75.40	74.73	77.37	77.37 m
11	21		74.27	X	X	74.27 m
12	22		72.86	X	X	72.86 m
13	23		72.82	72.71	72.76	72.82 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		89.72	X	83.03	85.69	84.87	84.17	89.72 m	CR
		83.80	79.07	83.41	85.77	86.92	85.72	86.92 m
		85.68	83.51	86.63	—	—	—	86.63 m
4		86.45	80.47	80.86	—	—	79.83	86.45 m
5		84.78	X	X	X	X	77.72	84.78 m
6		80.41	79.38	83.64	84.15	77.42	X	84.15 m
7		83.66	78.65	X	77.20	76.87	X	83.66 m
8		82.59	X	79.33	80.77	X	X	82.59 m
9		X	82.30	81.84				82.30 m
10		81.44	81.75	73.72				81.75 m
11		79.53	79.79	79.77				79.79 m
12		79.73	X	—				79.73 m

See also

• 1993 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)
• 1995 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Gothenburg)
• 1996 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Atlanta)
• 1997 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Athens)
• 1998 Javelin Throw Year Ranking
• 1999 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Seville)
• 2000 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Sydney)
• 2001 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Edmonton)