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 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

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 took place on 21 and 23 August at the Beijing National Stadium

Beijing National Stadium

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. The qualification mark was set at 82.50 metres.

The qualifying standards were 81.80 m (268.37 ft) (A standard) and 77.80 m (255.25 ft) (B standard).

Medalists

Gold
Silver
Bronze

Schedule

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  Qualification Round
  Group A	Group B
  21.08.2008 – 10:10h	21.08.2008 – 11:40h
  Final Round
  23.08.2008 – 19:10h

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics
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...		98.48 m	May 25, 1996	Jena Jena Jena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. It has a population of approx. 103,000 and is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt.-History:Jena was first mentioned in an 1182 document... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Olympic Record		90.17 m	September 23, 2000	Sydney, Australia
Broken records during the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record		90.57 m	August 23, 2008	Beijing Beijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's... , PR China

Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 82.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	B	Vadims Vasiļevskis Vadims Vasilevskis Vadims Vasiļevskis is a Latvian javelin thrower, a silver medalist of 2004 Summer Olympics. Vasiļevskis achieved his best result of 90.73m on July 22, 2007 in Tallinn, Estonia, becoming the tenth longest javelin thrower of all times.He has been coached by Valentīna Eiduka...		83.51			83.51	Q
2	B	Ilya Korotkov Ilya Korotkov Ilya Korotkov is a Russian javelin thrower.He represented Russia at the Olympics at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and finished seventh in the final...		79.13	83.33		83.33	Q
3	B	Tero Pitkämäki Tero Pitkämäki Tero Kristian Pitkämäki is a Finnish javelin thrower and the former World Champion. Pitkämäki is known for his rivalry with Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen. The two are very close friends, however...			82.61		82.61	Q
4	B	Tero Järvenpää Tero Järvenpää Tero Mikael Järvenpää is a Finnish javelin thrower. He represents Tampereen Pyrintö on club-level and his coach is his father Pentti Järvenpää.His personal best throw is 86.68 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Tampere....		77.76	82.34	-	82.34	q
5	B	Vitezslav Veselý Vítezslav Veselý Vítězslav Veselý is a Czech javelin thrower.He finished ninth at the 2002 World Junior Championships. He threw personal best throw of 81.20 metres during the qualifying round at the 2008 Olympic Games and finished twelfth in the final...			78.93	81.20	81.20	q, PB
6	A	Scott Russell Scott Russell (athletics) Scott Russell , is a male javelin thrower from Canada.He finished fifth at the 1998 World Junior Championships, tenth at the 2001 Summer Universiade, won a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, finished twelfth at the 2005 World Championships, eighth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and tenth...		80.42	-	-	80.42	q
7	A	Ainārs Kovals Ainars Kovals Ainārs Kovals is a male Latvian javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 86.64 metres, achieved at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished second. He has been coached by Valentīna Eiduka....				80.15	80.15	q
8	A	Uladzimir Kazlou Uladzimir Kazlou Uladzimir Kazlou is a Belarusian javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 82.06 metres, achieved in the final of the 2008 Olympic Games.-Achievements:-References:...		77.07	80.06	78.41	80.06	q
9	B	Andreas Thorkildsen Andreas Thorkildsen Andreas Thorkildsen is a Norwegian javelin thrower, born in Kristiansand. He is the first male javelin thrower in history to be European champion, World champion and Olympic champion...		79.85		-	79.85	q
10	A	Teemu Wirkkala Teemu Wirkkala Teemu Sakari Wirkkala is a Finnish javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 87.23 metres, achieved in July 2009 in Joensuu.-Achievements:-References:...		79.79	78.89	75.81	79.79	q
11	A	Jarrod Bannister Jarrod Bannister Jarrod Bannister is an Australian javelin thrower.His personal best throw is 89.02 metres, achieved at the 2008 Australian championships in February 2008 in Brisbane. This is the Australian record....		79.79		77.40	79.79	q
12	A	Magnus Arvidsson Magnus Arvidsson (athlete) Magnus Arvidsson is a male Swedish javelin thrower.He finished tenth at the 2006 European Championships, tenth at the 2007 World Championships, third at the 2007 World Athletics Final and eleventh at the 2008 Olympic Games....		79.70	75.35	76.07	79.70	q
13	A	Ēriks Rags Eriks Rags Ēriks Rags is a Latvian javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 86.47 metres, achieved in July 2001 in London.-Achievements:-External links:...		79.33		77.97	79.33
14	B	Alexandr Ivanov		75.73	73.89	79.27	79.27
15	A	Yukifumi Murakami Yukifumi Murakami is a Japanese javelin thrower. He was the first Japanese athlete to win a World Championship medal in the javelin, taking bronze at the 2009 edition with a throw of 82.97 metres....			78.21	76.29	78.21
16	A	Igor Janik Igor Janik Igor Janik is a male javelin thrower from Poland. His personal best throw is 84.76m achieved in 2008.-Achievements:-References:*...		71.43	67.59	77.63	77.63
17	A	Park Jae-Myong Park Jae-Myong Park Jae-Myong is a South Korean javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 83.99 metres, achieved in March 2004 in Wellington. This is the current South Korean record.-Achievements:-References:...		76.63	75.61	74.25	76.63
18	B	Leigh Smith Leigh Smith Leigh Smith is an American athlete who qualified for the 2008 Olympics in javelin throw. Although he finished 5th at the U.S. Olympic Trials, he was one of only two Americans to meet the Olympic A standard and so was chosen for the U.S. team. He threw a personal best 83.74 m at Athens, Georgia on...			74.18	76.55	76.55
19	A	John Robert Oosthuizen John Robert Oosthuizen Robert Oosthuizen is a South African javelin thrower. He is a second generation athlete following in his father [Johan Oosthuizen]'s footstep...			74.55	76.16	76.16
20	B	Stuart Farquhar Stuart Farquhar Stuart Farquhar is a male javelin thrower from New Zealand. He was the silver medallist in the men's javelin at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.Farquhar has been New Zealand Javelin Champion for the last eight years...		76.14	75.51	73.87	76.14
21	B	Mihkel Kukk Mihkel Kukk Mihkel Kukk is a male javelin thrower from Estonia. His personal best throw is 81.77 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Stockholm.-Achievements:-References:...		63.42	70.55	75.56	75.56
22	A	Breaux Greer Breaux Greer Breaux Greer is a male American javelin thrower. He is an eight time American Champion and American record holder for the javelin with a throw of 91.29 meters, achieved on June 21, 2007 during the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Indianapolis...		73.68	-	-	73.68	SB
23	B	Chen Qi Chen Qi (athlete) Chen Qi is a Chinese javelin thrower.He finished fourth at the 2006 IAAF World Cup and the 2006 Asian Games and won the 2007 Asian Championships. He won the gold medal at the 11th Chinese National Games in 2009....		73.50			73.50
24	A	Ignacio Guerra		71.07	71.35	73.03	73.03
25	B	Mike Hazle			72.75	71.69	72.75
26	A	Sergey Makarov Sergey Alexandrovich Makarov Sergey Makarov is a Russian javelin thrower.Born into a sporting family, Makarov's father, Aleksandr Makarov, won the silver medal in javelin throw at the 1980 Summer Olympics....				72.47	72.47
27	B	Ioannis-Georgios Smalios			71.87	67.39	71.87
28	A	Anier Boue		71.29	71.85		71.85
29	B	Roman Avramenko Roman Avramenko -Achievements:-References:...		71.64	70.68	71.10	71.64
30	A	Victor Fatecha		70.59	71.58	68.79	71.58
31	B	Matija Kranjc Matija Kranjc Matija Kranjc is a male javelin thrower from Slovenia. His personal best is 79.72 metres, achieved in June 2011 in Postojna.-Achievements:-References:*...		71.00			71.00
32	A	Stephan Steding			70.05		70.05
33	A	Bobur Shokirjonov		69.54	66.29	68.29	69.54
34	B	Pablo Pietrobelli		58.04	66.95	69.09	69.09
35	B	Alexander Vieweg		67.49	66.37	67.39	67.49
36	B	Kolyo Neshev		66.00			66.00
37	B	Melik Janoyan				64.47	64.47

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Final

21 August 2008 - 19:20

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Andreas Thorkildsen Andreas Thorkildsen Andreas Thorkildsen is a Norwegian javelin thrower, born in Kristiansand. He is the first male javelin thrower in history to be European champion, World champion and Olympic champion...		84.72	85.91	87.93	85.13	90.57		90.57
	Ainārs Kovals Ainars Kovals Ainārs Kovals is a male Latvian javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 86.64 metres, achieved at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished second. He has been coached by Valentīna Eiduka....		79.45	82.63	82.28	78.98	80.65	86.64	86.64	PB
	Tero Pitkämäki Tero Pitkämäki Tero Kristian Pitkämäki is a Finnish javelin thrower and the former World Champion. Pitkämäki is known for his rivalry with Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen. The two are very close friends, however...		83.75		80.69	85.83		86.16	86.16
4	Tero Järvenpää Tero Järvenpää Tero Mikael Järvenpää is a Finnish javelin thrower. He represents Tampereen Pyrintö on club-level and his coach is his father Pentti Järvenpää.His personal best throw is 86.68 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Tampere....		83.95					83.63	83.95
5	Teemu Wirkkala Teemu Wirkkala Teemu Sakari Wirkkala is a Finnish javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 87.23 metres, achieved in July 2009 in Joensuu.-Achievements:-References:...		–	73.90	83.46			78.23	83.46
6	Jarrod Bannister Jarrod Bannister Jarrod Bannister is an Australian javelin thrower.His personal best throw is 89.02 metres, achieved at the 2008 Australian championships in February 2008 in Brisbane. This is the Australian record....		83.45	80.59	82.20				83.45
7	Ilya Korotkov Ilya Korotkov Ilya Korotkov is a Russian javelin thrower.He represented Russia at the Olympics at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and finished seventh in the final...		82.54		76.84	82.15		83.15	83.15
8	Uladzimir Kazlou Uladzimir Kazlou Uladzimir Kazlou is a Belarusian javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 82.06 metres, achieved in the final of the 2008 Olympic Games.-Achievements:-References:...		82.06	77.57	74.09			75.36	82.06	PB
9	Vadims Vasiļevskis Vadims Vasilevskis Vadims Vasiļevskis is a Latvian javelin thrower, a silver medalist of 2004 Summer Olympics. Vasiļevskis achieved his best result of 90.73m on July 22, 2007 in Tallinn, Estonia, becoming the tenth longest javelin thrower of all times.He has been coached by Valentīna Eiduka...		76.75		81.32				81.32
10	Scott Russell Scott Russell (athletics) Scott Russell , is a male javelin thrower from Canada.He finished fifth at the 1998 World Junior Championships, tenth at the 2001 Summer Universiade, won a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, finished twelfth at the 2005 World Championships, eighth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and tenth...		80.90	78.02					80.90
11	Magnus Arvidsson Magnus Arvidsson (athlete) Magnus Arvidsson is a male Swedish javelin thrower.He finished tenth at the 2006 European Championships, tenth at the 2007 World Championships, third at the 2007 World Athletics Final and eleventh at the 2008 Olympic Games....		79.85	79.57	80.16				80.16
12	Vitezslav Veselý Vítezslav Veselý Vítězslav Veselý is a Czech javelin thrower.He finished ninth at the 2002 World Junior Championships. He threw personal best throw of 81.20 metres during the qualifying round at the 2008 Olympic Games and finished twelfth in the final...				76.76				76.76