Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

Men's javelin throw
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates26–28 August
Competitors34 from 23 nations
Winning distance86.50
Medalists
   Norway
   Latvia
   Russia
Athletics at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
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
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
Wheelchair races

The men's javelin throw competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 25–27 August.[1]

Competition format

Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.[2]

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
Thursday, 26 August 2004 20:00Qualification
Saturday, 28 August 2004 20:40Final

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records 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

No new records were set during the competition.

Results

Qualifying round

Rule: Qualifying standard 81.00 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A Breaux Greer United States87.25 87.25 Q
2 A Sergey Makarov Russia86.08 86.08 Q
3 B Vadims Vasiļevskis Latvia84.43 84.43 Q, PB
4 A Esko Mikkola Finland83.64 83.64 Q
5 A Andrus Värnik Estonia83.25 83.25 Q
6 B Aleksandr Ivanov Russia82.18 82.18 Q
7 B Tero Pitkämäki Finland82.04 82.04 Q
8 B Andreas Thorkildsen Norway81.74 81.74 Q
9 B Jan Železný Czech Republic81.18 81.18 Q
10 A Matti Närhi Finland81.06 81.06 Q
11 B Ēriks Rags Latvia77.92 80.84 x 80.84 q
12 A Steve Backley Great Britain80.60 80.68 80.39 80.68 q
13 B Isbel Luaces Cuba80.07 77.53 79.07 80.07
14 A Gerhardus Pienaar South Africa79.95 74.69 79.56 79.95
15 B Li Rongxiang China79.73 x 79.94 79.94
16 A Christian Nicolay Germany79.77 x 78.50 79.77
17 A Voldemārs Lūsis Latvia79.27 x x 79.27
18 B Yukifumi Murakami Japan77.25 77.60 78.59 78.59
19 B Oliver Dziubak Australia77.21 78.53 75.57 78.53
20 B Peter Esenwein Germany75.18 73.76 78.41 78.41
21 A William Hamlyn-Harris Australia69.64 74.34 77.43 77.43
22 A Peter Zupanc Slovenia74.11 72.42 77.34 77.34
23 A Miroslav Guzdek Czech Republic76.45 75.36 75.75 76.45
24 B Sergey Voynov Uzbekistan74.68 74.08 72.71 74.68
25 B Stuart Farquhar New Zealand74.24 73.07 74.63 74.63
26 A Gergely Horváth Hungary73.45 73.95 72.05 73.95
27 A Ronny Nilsen Norway x 73.46 x 73.46
28 B Nick Nieland Great Britain68.86 71.31 72.79 72.79
29 B Park Jae-myong South Korea63.01 67.60 72.70 72.70
30 A Manuel Fuenmayor Venezuela72.26 68.72 72.14 72.26
31 A David Brisseault France68.70 71.86 69.58 71.86
32 A Marián Bokor Slovakia68.21 71.74 67.73 71.74
33 B Edi Ponoš Croatia66.73 x 71.43 71.43
34 B Boris Henry Germany DNS

Final

Rank Name Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 6 Result Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Andreas Thorkildsen Norway84.82 86.50 80.96 x 86.50 PB
2nd, silver medalist(s) Vadims Vasiļevskis Latvia84.95 83.95 x x 79.07 80.91 84.95 PB
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Sergey Makarov Russia84.84 x 77.59 78.00 82.51 84.32 84.84
4 Steve Backley Great Britain79.62 81.48 84.13 83.02 x 81.62 84.13 SB
5 Aleksandr Ivanov Russia83.31 82.76 81.36 80.28 78.07 79.99 83.31
6 Andrus Värnik Estonia83.25 82.72 x x 76.41 83.25
7 Ēriks Rags Latvia77.13 83.14 81.69 x x 78.63 83.14
8 Tero Pitkämäki Finland80.38 83.01 x x 81.19 x 83.01
9 Jan Železný Czech Republic76.77 79.98 80.59 80.59
10 Matti Närhi Finland x 80.28 78.73 80.28
11 Esko Mikkola Finland76.20 79.43 76.23 79.43
12 Breaux Greer United States74.36 x x 74.36

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