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 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes. The final was held on 8 August 1994. The defending European Champion Steve Backley

Steve Backley

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

 retained his title and set a championship record (85.20 metres) in the final round, using an enhanced javelin model.

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	Seppo Räty Seppo Räty Seppo Henrik Räty is a Finnish javelin thrower. His personal best throw was 96.96 m in 1991, which was a world record at the time, however this throw was made using a modified 'Nemeth' javelin which was banned by the IAAF later that year and all records made using this javelin were retrospectively... Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...  (FIN)
Bronze	Jan Železný Jan Železný Jan Železný is a Czech javelin thrower, world and Olympic champion and world record holder in javelin throw... Czech Republic Czech Republic The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....  (CZE)

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time
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  Qualification Round
  Group A	Group B
  07.08.1994 – 18:50h	07.08.1994 – 20:10h
  Final Round
  08.08.1994 – 18:50h

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 1994 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...		95.66 m	August 28, 1993	Sheffield Sheffield Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely... , United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
Event Record		87.30 m	August 28, 1990	Split Split (city) Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and... , Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
Broken records during the 1994 European Athletics Championships
Event Record		85.20 m	August 8, 1994	Helsinki, Finland

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	4		77.90	82.54	—	82.54 m
2	6		81.58	—	—	81.58 m
3	8		81.12	—	—	81.12 m
4	9		X	79.60	80.94	80.94 m
5	12		78.98	75.94	X	78.98 m
6	13		76.82	78.82	75.88	78.82 m
7	14		75.84	77.72	78.56	78.56 m
8	15		78.56	X	72.00	78.56 m
9	16		76.06	72.32	77.22	77.22 m
10	22		74.00	X	X	74.00 m
11	23		73.82	73.10	X	73.82 m
12	24		72.50	X	71.48	72.50 m
13	25		72.44	66.40	X	72.44 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1		84.76	—	—	84.76 m
2	2		78.24	84.44	—	84.44 m
3	3		79.86	83.88	—	83.88 m
4	5		78.98	82.14	—	82.14 m	PB
5	6		81.58	—	—	81.58 m
6	10		79.44	80.30	—	80.30 m
7	11		79.22	77.20	76.64	79.22 m
8	17		74.26	76.38	X	76.38 m
9	18		73.54	73.82	75.86	75.86 m
10	19		72.56	75.26	74.58	75.26 m
11	20		74.88	72.14	X	74.88 m
12	21		74.46	72.32	69.74	74.46 m
13	26		—	—	—	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		81.04	85.20	81.74	X	—	79.70	85.20 m	CR
		81.80	X	80.06	82.16	82.90	80.78	82.90 m
		80.40	82.58	82.50	X	X	X	82.58 m
4		79.54	80.80	80.76	79.14	81.34	75.66	81.34 m
5		79.12	78.04	81.18	X	80.60	81.06	81.18 m
6		80.24	80.36	80.66	X	X	X	80.66 m
7		79.12	78.30	79.78	75.52	80.46	X	80.46 m
8		78.88	X	77.32	75.42	X	76.52	78.88 m
9		X	X	78.66				78.66 m
10		78.52	77.60	75.16				78.52 m
11		76.40	74.10	76.88				76.88 m
12		75.38	71.16	74.88				75.38 m

See also

• 1991 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Tokyo)
• 1992 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Barcelona)
• 1993 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Javelin Throw Year Ranking
• 1995 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Gothenburg)
• 1996 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Atlanta)
• 1997 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Athens)