Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy, on 27 and 28 August.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Marius Corbett  South Africa	Emeterio González  Cuba	Gregor Högler  Austria

Results

Qualification

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	?	Emeterio González	Cuba	81.78	[2]
2	?	Gregor Högler	Austria	76.44
3	?	Alberto Desiderio	Italy	73.62
4	?	Toru Ue	Japan	73.40
5	?	Marius Corbett	South Africa	73.36
6	?	Johannes van Eck	South Africa	72.62
7	?	Chu Ki-young	South Korea	72.40
8	?	Nick Nieland	Great Britain	71.72
9	?	Tommi Viskari	Finland	71.62
10	?	Luiz Fernando da Silva	Brazil	71.40
11	?	Ēriks Rags	Latvia	71.08
12	?	Dominique Pausé	France	70.22
13	?	Mark Fletcher	United States	69.32
14	?	Breaux Greer	United States	69.20
15	?	Robi Teršek	Slovenia	69.14
16	?	Richard Brockett	Australia	68.78	[3]
17	?	Diego Moraga	Chile	68.06
18	?	Heiko Väät	Estonia	67.36
19	?	Goran Bošnjak	Yugoslavia	66.24
20	?	Laurent Dorique	France	65.90
21	?	Jorge Quiñones	Peru	64.94
22	A	Raimundo Fernández	Spain	62.90	[4]
23	?	Dejan Angelovski	Macedonia	62.68
24	?	Lin Yung-ching	Chinese Taipei	59.64

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Marius Corbett	South Africa	86.50
	Emeterio González	Cuba	83.48
	Gregor Högler	Austria	81.12
4	Alberto Desiderio	Italy	77.42
5	Nick Nieland	Great Britain	76.06
6	Ēriks Rags	Latvia	74.84
7	Toru Ue	Japan	74.32
8	Chu Ki-young	South Korea	72.34
9	Johannes van Eck	South Africa	72.18
10	Luiz Fernando da Silva	Brazil	72.06
11	Tommi Viskari	Finland	71.06
12	Dominique Pausé	France	70.22

References

1. Results at Tilastopaja
2. 1997 World List
3. "Australian 1997 Almanac" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
4. Spanish results (p304)
5. "Results". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2014-10-12.