The men's javelin throw event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 17 and 18 July.
Medalists Gold Vladimir Sasimovich Silver Mark Roberson Bronze Gavin Lovegrove
Results Final 18 July Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Vladimir Sasimovich 78.84 Mark Roberson 74.24 Gavin Lovegrove 74.22 4 Uwe Ludwig 73.68 5 Kimmo Kinnunen 70.96 6 Juan Oxamendi 70.96 7 Gary Jenson 69.96 8 Patrik Bodén 69.62 9 Arnis Shimkus 68.62 10 Kim Jae-Sang 67.34 11 Mirosław Witek 65.24 12 Alain Storaci 64.94
Qualifications 17 Jul
Group A
Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Uwe Ludwig 71.50 Q 2 Kimmo Kinnunen 70.18 Q 3 Gary Jenson 67.64 Q 4 Arnis Shimkus 66.56 Q 5 José Luis Hernández 66.06 6 Milan Stjepovic 64.44 7 Valentin Jula 62.96 8 Stefan Petersson 62.46 9 Eric Schoenborn 62.44 10 Markus Galanski 61.26 11 Christophe Laudat 60.94 12 Shingo Ogino 60.18 13 Amadou Bangoura 59.54 14 Panagiotis Lambrianides 59.10 15 Graham Morfitt 56.40 16 Marcelo Knauss 55.94 17 Upadhyay Kumar 54.02 18 Roberto Jiménez 53.22 19 Roelof Geertsema 51.56
Group B
Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Vladimir Sasimovich 72.16 Q 2 Mark Roberson 69.62 Q 3 Gavin Lovegrove 69.20 Q 4 Mirosław Witek 68.60 Q 5 Juan Oxamendi 67.76 Q 6 Kim Jae-Sang 67.60 Q 7 Alain Storaci 66.90 q 8 Patrik Bodén 66.24 q 9 José Gómez 66.22 10 Steffen Thrän 66.08 11 John White 65.74 12 Anders Höeffler 65.54 13 Giuseppe Soffiato 65.24 14 Juha Laukkanen 65.02 15 Ralph Willinski 65.00 16 Roy Seidmeyer 61.98 17 Abdul Azim Al-Aliwat 60.98 18 Tony Mucha 60.40 19 Ivan Sibaja 56.06 20 Troy Patterson 50.10 21 Hussein Hassan Abdullah 49.18 22 Martin Rekab 42.26
Participation According to an unofficial count, 41 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.
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