92.41m New World Javelin Lead by Parviainen
Chris Turner for the IAAF

25 June 2001 – Vaasa, Finland - Finland’s World javelin champion Aki Parviainen established a new 
world season’s best on Saturday with a first round throw of 92.41 metres here at the European Cup first 
league meeting in Vaasa and so helped to secure the Finnish men’s promotion to next year’s Super 
League Final in Annecy.

Parviainen’s massive throw had an unusually low flight, roared on by a crowd of between 5 - 6,000 
spectators who simultaneously witnessed Sweden’s Patrik Kristiansson at his first attempt clear a new 
Nordic record height of 5.83 metres in the men’s pole vault. Parviainen followed up with a second throw 
of 87.25 metres with fouls in the last two rounds, while Kristiansson ended the pole vault with three failed 
attempts at 5.91m.

“I was aware that Andreas Thorkildsen (world junior record holder; 2nd 82.15m ) was throwing very 
consistently in the 82 metre range in his recent competitions and so I knew that I had to make a long 
throw to be sure of winning” said an elated Parviainen. 

Trying to explain the length of the throw Parviainen continued “the runway here is very good because it 
has a new surface and the throwers also received excellent support particularly from the spectators who 
watched from the back straight”.

Parviainen originally planned to travel next to Rome for the Golden League meeting but has now decided 
to go back into training as he is still trying to perfect the recent technical changes he has been making 
under the guidance of his coach Leo Pusa. They are trying to get more rotation into his throwing 
following the example set by Jan Zelezny whose technique has revolutionised the event.

Parviainen will next throw in a week,s time at the famous javelin carnival event in Pihtipudas explaining 
that he is only breaking his training schedule for this meeting because of the carnival’s unique place in 
javelin history. 

Selected results follow -

FINAL POINTS 

Men’s match: 1)Finland 110, 2) Sweden 106, 3) Czech Republic 101, 4) Norway 94,5, 5) Switzerland 
87,5, 6) Portugal 82,5, 7) Belarus 77, 8) Ireland 60,5. 

Women’s match: 1) Poland 122, 2) Spain 106, 3) Greece 101, 4) Sweden 95, 5)
Portugal 76, 6) Finland 70, 7) Belgium 63, 8) Lithuania 51. 

Day TWO 24/06
MEN
200 m (0,0):
1) Tommi Hartonen FIN 20.94
800 m:
1) André Bucher SUI 1:46,
3000 m: 
1) Rui Silva POR 7:55.52, 2) Christian Belz SUI 7:56.54,
3000 m steeple: 
1) Jim Svenöy NOR 8:35.55.
110 m hurs (+0,4): 
1) Robert Kronberg SWE 13.40, 2) Peter Coghlan IRL 13.54, 3) Ivan Bitzi SUI 13.74, 4) Kenneth 
Halhjem NOR 13.90.
Pole Vault:
1) Patrik Kristiansson SWE 5.83 (Nordic record) (5.25-o, 5.50-o, 5.60-0, 5.70-o, 5.83-o, 5.91-xxx), 2) 
Stepan Janácek CZE 5.60, 3) Vesa Rantanen FIN 5.60
Triple Jump: 
1) Christian Olsson SWE 17.00 (16.97, x, 17.00/+0.4, 16.90), 2) Aliaksandr Glavatski BLR 16.97 (16.59, 
16.76, x, 16.97/-0.2), 3) Johan Meriluoto FIN
16.53 (x, 15.68, 16.53/+1.1, 14.62), 4) Ketill Hanstveit NOR 16.20 (-0,2).
Discus: 
1) Libor Malina CZE 63,34 (63,34, 62,19, 62,25, 62,22), 2) Timo Tompuri FIN 62,44 (59,41, 62,44, x, 
61,94), 3) Aliaksandr Malashevitsh BLR 62,33. Javelin: 
1) Aki Parviainen FIN 92.41 (season’s world leading mark), (92.41, 87.25, x, x), 2)Andreas Thorkildsen 
NOR 82.15. 
4x400 m: 
1) CZE 3:04.66.
WOMEN:
200 m (+0.1): 
1) Kim Gevaert BEL 23.10, 2) Jenny Kallur SWE 23.41, 3) Johanna Manninen FIN 23.46.
100 m hurdles (+0.2): 
1) Susanna Kallur SWE 12.92, 2) Aneta Sosnowska POL 13.20, 3) Flora Redoumi GRE 13.26.
High jump: 
1) Kajsa Bergqvist SWE 1.92 (1.82-o, 1.88-o, 1.92-o, 1.97-xxx), 2) Ruth Beitia ESP 1.88, 3) Anna Ksok 
POL 1.88.
Long jump: 
1) Niurka Montalvo ESP 6.59 (-0.1), 2) Liliana Zagacka POL 6.34 (+1.8), 3) Stella Pilatou GRE 6.27 
(+0.3).
Shot: 
1) Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska POL 18.76 (18.07, 18.24, 18.55, 18.76), 2) Kalliopi Ouzouni GRE 
17.62.
Hammer: 
1) Kamila Skolimowska POL 64.47 (60.79, 64.47, x, 59.01), 2) Evdokia Tsamoglou GRE 61.93
4x400 m: 
1) Poland 3:32.66 
DAY ONE 23/06
MEN
100 m (-0,5): 
1) Tommi Hartonen FIN 10.21 (Finnish record) 2)John Ertzgaard NOR 10.26. 
400 m: 
1) Jimisola Laursen SWE 45.82, 2) Karel Blaha CZE 46.12, 3) Quincy Douglas NOR 46.21.
1500 m: 
1) Rui Silva POR 3:43.25 
5000 m: 
1) José Ramos POR 14:02.71 
400 m hurdles: 
1) Jirí Muzík CZE 49:39, 2) Alain Rohr SUI 50:28, 3) Mikael Jacobsson SWE 50:36.
High jump: 
1) Stefan Holm SWE 2.28 (2.18-o, 2.24-o, 2.28-xo, 2.32-xxx), 2) Oskari Frösén
FIN 2.28 3) Ján Jankú CZE 2.24
Long jump: 
1) Peter Häggström SWE 7.75 (-0,5), 2) Simon Sundstén FIN 7.68 (3) André Plattner SUI 7.66 (-0,5)
Shot: 
1) Dmitri Gontsharuk BLR 20.12 (19.48, x, 19.70, 20.12), 2) Arsi Harju FIN 19.98, 3) Jimmy Nordin SWE 
19.13.
Hammer: 
1) Olli-Pekka Karjalainen FIN 75.94 (75.54, 75.94, x, 75.21), 2) Pavel Sedlácek CZE 73.95, 3) 
Konstantin Astapkovitsh BLR 73.31.
4x100 m: 
1) Norway 39.93, 2) Switzerland 39.96. 
WOMEN
100m (no wind reading)
1) Ekateríni Thánou GRE 11.29
400 m: 
1) Aneta Lemiesz POL 52.96.
800 m: 
1) Maite Martínez Espanja 2:03.61, 2) Nedia Semedo POR 2:03.96. 
3000 m: 
1) Lidia Chojecka POL 9:02.45
400 m hurdles: 
1) Malgorzata Pskit POL 57.09, 2) Carmo Tavares POR 58.06, 3) Ann Mercken BEL 58.40.
Pole vault:
1) Monika Pyrek POL 4.50 (Polish rec, 4.00-o, 4.10-o, 4.20-o, 4.50-xxo), 2) Kirsten Belin SWE 4.20 3) 
Georgia Tsiliggíri GRE 4.15, 4) Dana Cervantes ESP 4.10
Triple jump:
1) Heli Koivula FIN 14.13 (13.89, 13.92 14.06, 14.13/-0,4)
Discus: 
1) Joanna Wisniewska POL 63.20, 2) Ekateríni Voggoli GRE 63.08.
Javelin:
1) Miréla Tzelíli GRE 65.05 (65.05, 64.71, 63.07, x), 2) Paula Huhtaniemi FIN 59.35 3) Monika 
Kolodziejska-Mrowk POL 58.26.
4x100 m: 
1) Greece 43.42, 2) Sweden 44.15, 3) Begium 44.25.