1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Road events
20 km	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's javelin throw event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 28 and 29 July.^[1][2]

Gold	Vladimir Ovchinnikov  Soviet Union
Silver	Steve Backley  United Kingdom
Bronze	Jens Reimann  East Germany

29 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Vladimir Ovchinnikov	Soviet Union	67.28	73.66	74.68	74.82	x	77.08	77.08
	Steve Backley	United Kingdom	64.82	71.50	75.40	72.48	73.56	72.14	75.40
	Jens Reimann	East Germany	68.22	71.26	71.64	67.54	66.14	x	71.64
4	Dmitriy Polyunin	Soviet Union	66.72	67.56	68.98	69.12	67.68	67.90	69.12
5	Kimmo Solehmainen	Finland	67.34	67.06	68.62	68.78	68.22	68.58	68.78
6	Johan van Lieshout	Netherlands	66.34	68.22	68.68	x	65.22	67.04	68.68
7	Angel Mandzhukov	Bulgaria	68.54	x	68.52	66.80	x	x	68.54
8	Art Skipper	United States	63.42	63.52	68.32	x	64.36	65.28	68.32
9	Park Yong-Young	South Korea	68.28	63.94	61.40				68.28
10	Juha Laukkanen	Finland	65.54	x	60.86				65.54
11	John Richardson	United States	61.32	64.00	65.20				65.20
12	Kimio Morisawa	Japan	63.70	63.94	x				63.94

28 Jul

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Vladimir Ovchinnikov	Soviet Union	72.32	-	-	72.32	Q
2	Kimmo Solehmainen	Finland	70.96	-	-	70.96	Q
3	Jens Reimann	East Germany	65.34	70.10	-	70.10	Q
4	Park Yong-Young	South Korea	69.88	-	-	69.88	Q
5	Steve Backley	United Kingdom	66.30	68.66	-	68.66	Q
6	Juha Laukkanen	Finland	68.26	-	-	68.26	Q
7	Art Skipper	United States	66.90	67.78	-	67.78	Q
8	Dmitriy Polyunin	Soviet Union	67.64	-	-	67.64	Q
9	Johan van Lieshout	Netherlands	65.16	66.34	67.38	67.38	Q
10	Angel Mandzhukov	Bulgaria	63.36	66.82	67.25	67.26	Q
11	Kimio Morisawa	Japan	62.88	64.18	67.24	67.24	Q
12	John Richardson	United States	66.96	66.30	67.16	67.16	Q
13	Koji Simada	Japan	66.66	62.72	x	66.66
14	Dag Inge Hansen	Norway	59.56	61.66	x	61.66
15	Arne Indrebo	Norway	61.54	59.44	x	61.54
16	Matt Hodgson	Australia	61.14	61.42	60.96	61.42
17	Hans-Günter Schmidt	West Germany	60.16	61.28	59.40	61.28

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.