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The men's javelin throw event at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 21 and 23 August at the Beijing National Stadium.[1] 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).[2]

Schedule

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Thursday, 21 August 2008 10:10 Qualifications[3]
Saturday, 23 August 2008 19:10 Finals[4]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading mark were as follows:

World record  Jan Železný (CZE) 98.48 m Jena, Germany 25 May 1996
Olympic record  Jan Železný (CZE) 90.17 m Sydney, Australia 23 September 2000
World Leading  Jarrod Bannister (AUS) 89.02 Brisbane, Australia 29 February 2008

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

Date Event Athlete Time Notes
23 August Final  Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) 90.57 OR

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: 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  Latvia 83.51 83.51 Q
2 B Ilya Korotkov  Russia 79.13 83.33 83.33 Q
3 B Tero Pitkämäki  Finland x 82.61 82.61 Q
4 B Tero Järvenpää  Finland 77.76 82.34 - 82.34 q
5 B Vítězslav Veselý  Czech Republic x 78.93 81.20 81.20 q, PB
6 A Scott Russell  Canada 80.42 - - 80.42 q
7 A Ainārs Kovals  Latvia x x 80.15 80.15 q
8 A Uladzimir Kazlou  Belarus 77.07 80.06 78.41 80.06 q
9 B Andreas Thorkildsen  Norway 79.85 x - 79.85 q
10 A Teemu Wirkkala  Finland 79.79 78.89 75.81 79.79 q
11 A Jarrod Bannister  Australia 79.79 x 77.40 79.79 q
12 A Magnus Arvidsson  Sweden 79.70 75.35 76.07 79.70 q
13 A Ēriks Rags  Latvia 79.33 x 77.97 79.33
14 B Alexandr Ivanov  Russia 75.73 73.89 79.27 79.27
15 A Yukifumi Murakami  Japan x 78.21 76.29 78.21
16 A Igor Janik  Poland 71.43 67.59 77.63 77.63
17 A Park Jae-Myong  South Korea 76.63 75.61 74.25 76.63
18 B Leigh Smith  United States x 74.18 76.55 76.55
19 A John Robert Oosthuizen  South Africa x 74.55 76.16 76.16
20 B Stuart Farquhar  New Zealand 76.14 75.51 73.87 76.14
21 B Mihkel Kukk  Estonia 63.42 70.55 75.56 75.56
22 A Breaux Greer  United States 73.68 - - 73.68 SB
23 B Chen Qi  China 73.50 x x 73.50
24 A Ignacio Guerra  Chile 71.07 71.35 73.03 73.03
25 B Mike Hazle  United States x 72.75 71.69 72.75
26 A Sergey Makarov  Russia x x 72.47 72.47
27 B Ioannis-Georgios Smalios  Greece x 71.87 67.39 71.87
28 A Anier Boue  Cuba 71.29 71.85 x 71.85
29 B Roman Avramenko  Ukraine 71.64 70.68 71.10 71.64
30 A Victor Fatecha  Paraguay 70.59 71.58 68.79 71.58
31 B Matija Kranjc  Slovenia 71.00 x x 71.00
32 A Stephan Steding  Germany x 70.05 x 70.05
33 A Bobur Shokirjonov  Uzbekistan 69.54 66.29 68.29 69.54
34 B Pablo Pietrobelli  Argentina 58.04 66.95 69.09 69.09
35 B Alexander Vieweg  Germany 67.49 66.37 67.39 67.49
36 B Kolyo Neshev  Bulgaria 66.00 x x 66.00
37 B Melik Janoyan  Armenia x x 64.47 64.47
A Csongor Olteán  Hungary x x x NM
AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Andreas Thorkildsen  Norway 84.72 85.91 87.93 85.13 90.57 x 90.57 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ainārs Kovals  Latvia 79.45 82.63 82.28 78.98 80.65 86.64 86.64 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tero Pitkämäki  Finland 83.75 x 80.69 85.83 x 86.16 86.16
4 Tero Järvenpää  Finland 83.95 x x x x 83.63 83.95
5 Teemu Wirkkala  Finland 73.90 83.46 x x 78.23 83.46
6 Jarrod Bannister  Australia 83.45 80.59 82.20 x x x 83.45
7 Ilya Korotkov  Russia 82.54 x 76.84 82.15 x 83.15 83.15
8 Uladzimir Kazlou  Belarus 82.06 77.57 74.09 x x 75.36 82.06 PB
9 Vadims Vasiļevskis  Latvia 76.75 x 81.32 81.32
10 Scott Russell  Canada 80.90 78.02 x 80.90
11 Magnus Arvidsson  Sweden 79.85 79.57 80.16 80.16
12 Vítězslav Veselý  Czech Republic x x 76.76 76.76

References

  1. ^ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  2. ^ "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  3. ^ "Men's Javelin Throw Qualifying Rounds". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Men's Javelin Throw Final". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
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