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2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

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These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 21 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday 31 August 2003.

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Standing records prior to the 2003 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Jan Železný (CZE)	98.48 m	May 25, 1996	Jena, Germany
Event Record	Jan Železný (CZE)	92.80 m	August 12, 2001	Edmonton, Canada
Season Best	Sergey Makarov (RUS)	90.11 m	May 30, 2003	Dessau, Germany

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Throws			Result	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Result	Note
1	1	Boris Henry (GER)	83.43	—	—	83.43 m
2	3	Sergey Makarov (RUS)	82.22	—	—	82.22 m
3	4	Li Rongxiang (CHN)	79.76	79.01	81.76	81.76 m	SB
4	5	Andrus Värnik (EST)	81.11	—	—	81.11 m
5	7	Steve Backley (GBR)	79.27	80.23	X	80.23 m
6	10	Aki Parviainen (FIN)	X	78.91	X	78.91 m
7	12	Miroslav Guzdek (CZE)	71.96	74.71	77.24	77.24 m
8	18	Voldemārs Lūsis (LAT)	71.72	X	75.15	75.15 m
9	19	Gergely Horváth (HUN)	X	74.76	72.03	74.76 m
10	20	Isbel Luaces (CUB)	74.07	X	72.67	74.07 m
11	21	Nery Kennedy (PAR)	67.62	X	68.83	68.83 m

2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Throws			Result	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Result	Note
1	2	Jan Železný (CZE)	82.88	—	—	82.88 m
2	6	Christian Nicolay (GER)	80.54	X	X	80.54 m
3	8	Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)	75.75	76.67	79.44	79.44 m
4	9	Alexandr Ivanov (RUS)	79.26	X	X	79.26 m
5	11	Peter Blank (GER)	73.19	74.56	78.48	78.48 m
6	13	Vadim Bavikin (ISR)	71.77	77.06	X	77.06 m
7	14	Breaux Greer (USA)	76.82	74.21	74.50	76.82 m
8	15	Sergey Voynov (UZB)	76.66	72.78	76.31	76.66 m
9	16	Emeterio González (CUB)	X	76.18	72.40	76.18 m
10	17	Ēriks Rags (LAT)	70.19	X	75.72	75.72 m

Rank	Athlete	Throws						Result	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Note
	Sergey Makarov (RUS)	85.44	X	X	82.72	82.11	85.31	85.44 m
	Andrus Värnik (EST)	85.17	X	X	81.98	X	80.51	85.17 m
	Boris Henry (GER)	84.74	82.41	83.32	X	82.14	83.44	84.74 m
4.	Jan Železný (CZE)	82.98	X	84.09	X	X	81.24	84.09 m
5.	Aki Parviainen (FIN)	83.05	76.63	79.90	75.79	X	77.78	83.05 m
6.	Christian Nicolay (GER)	80.85	81.77	X	80.60	X	81.26	81.77 m
7.	Miroslav Guzdek (CZE)	77.99	81.40	X	75.67	77.32	78.54	81.40 m
8.	Peter Blank (GER)	80.34	X	76.29	X	79.39	78.43	80.34 m

9.	Steve Backley (GBR)	79.35	79.90	80.13				80.13 m
10.	Li Rongxiang (CHN)	78.24	X	77.02				78.24 m
11.	Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)	77.75	X	X				77.75 m
12.	Alexandr Ivanov (RUS)	77.32	X	X				77.32 m