Aki Paviainen throwing the javelin in defence of his title at the
World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. As the results below show he failed, but won the silver
medal with a throw of 91.31m. All three medallists bettered his 1999 winning throw.
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| Men's Javelin Final. World Athletics Championships 2001 |
| . |
| 1. Jan ZELEZNY |
|
CZE |
|
92.80 |
| 2. Aki PARVIAINEN |
|
FIN |
|
91.31 |
| 3. Konstadinos GATSIOUDIS |
|
GRE |
|
89.95 |
| 4. Breaux GREER |
|
USA |
|
87.00 |
| 5. Raymond HECHT |
|
GER |
|
86.46 |
| 6. Boris HENRY |
|
GER |
|
85.52 |
| 7. Sergey MAKAROV |
|
RUS |
|
83.64 |
| 8. Eriks RAGS |
|
LAT |
|
82.82 |
Aki Paviainen prepares to throw the javelin at the 1999 World Athletics Championships
in Seville. He won the Gold Medal with a throw of 89.52m.
Photo George Herringshaw. ©
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| Men's Javelin Final. World Athletics Championships 1999 |
| . |
| 1. Aki PARVIAINEN |
|
FIN |
|
89.52m |
| 2. Kostas GATSIOUDIS |
|
GRE |
|
89.18m |
| 3. Jan ZELEZNY |
|
CZE |
|
87.67m |
| 4. Pål Arne FAGERNES |
|
NOR |
|
86.24m |
| 5. Raymond HECHT |
|
GER |
|
85.92m |
| 6. Boris HENRY |
|
GER |
|
85.43m |
| 7. Emeterio GONZALEZ |
|
CUB |
|
84.32m |
| 8. Steve BACKLEY |
|
GBR |
|
83.84m |
.
Annual progress.
1990 - 63.50m
1991 - 79.96m
1992 - 80.94m
1993 - 69.94m
1994 - 78.76m
1995 - 85.60m
1996 - 84.96m
1997 - 87.48m
1998 - 90.88m
1999 - 93.09m Personal best
2000 - 90.97m
2001 - 92.41m
2002 - 82.48m
2003 - 83.30m
2004 - 79.32
2005 - 83.79