Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

Men's javelin throw

at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad

Venue

Beijing National Stadium

Date

21 August 2008 (qualification)
23 August 2008 (final)

Competitors

38 from 29 nations

Winning distance

90.57 OR

Medalists

	Andreas Thorkildsen	Norway
	Ainārs Kovals	Latvia
	Tero Pitkämäki	Finland

Athletics at the 2008 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	women
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

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 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

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	00.00 !x	82.61		82.61	Q
4	B	Tero Järvenpää	Finland	77.76	82.34	-	82.34	q
5	B	Vitezslav Veselý	Czech Republic	00.00 !x	78.93	81.20	81.20	q, PB
6	A	Scott Russell	Canada	80.42	-	-	80.42	q
7	A	Ainārs Kovals	Latvia	00.00 !x	00.00 !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	00.00 !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	00.00 !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	00.00 !x	77.97	79.33
14	B	Alexandr Ivanov	Russia	75.73	73.89	79.27	79.27
15	A	Yukifumi Murakami	Japan	00.00 !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	00.00 !x	74.18	76.55	76.55
19	A	John Robert Oosthuizen	South Africa	00.00 !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	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	73.50
24	A	Ignacio Guerra	Chile	71.07	71.35	73.03	73.03
25	B	Mike Hazle	United States	00.00 !x	72.75	71.69	72.75
26	A	Sergey Makarov	Russia	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	72.47	72.47
27	B	Ioannis-Georgios Smalios	Greece	00.00 !x	71.87	67.39	71.87
28	A	Anier Boue	Cuba	71.29	71.85	00.00 !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	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	71.00
32	A	Stephan Steding	Germany	00.00 !x	70.05	00.00 !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	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	66.00
37	B	Melik Janoyan	Armenia	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	64.47	64.47
99 !	A	Csongor Olteán	Hungary	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	00.00 !NM

WR world record \| 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)
DNF = did not finish \| 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
01 !	Andreas Thorkildsen	Norway	84.72	85.91	87.93	85.13	90.57	00.00 !x	90.57	OR
02 !	Ainārs Kovals	Latvia	79.45	82.63	82.28	78.98	80.65	86.64	86.64	PB
03 !	Tero Pitkämäki	Finland	83.75	00.00 !x	80.69	85.83	00.00 !x	86.16	86.16
4	Tero Järvenpää	Finland	83.95	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	83.63	83.95
5	Teemu Wirkkala	Finland	–	73.90	83.46	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	78.23	83.46
6	Jarrod Bannister	Australia	83.45	80.59	82.20	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	83.45
7	Ilya Korotkov	Russia	82.54	00.00 !x	76.84	82.15	00.00 !x	83.15	83.15
8	Uladzimir Kazlou	Belarus	82.06	77.57	74.09	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	75.36	82.06	PB

9	Vadims Vasiļevskis	Latvia	76.75	00.00 !x	81.32				81.32
10	Scott Russell	Canada	80.90	78.02	00.00 !x				80.90
11	Magnus Arvidsson	Sweden	79.85	79.57	80.16				80.16
12	Vitezslav Veselý	Czech Republic	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	76.76				76.76

References

↑ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
↑ "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.
↑ "Men's Javelin Throw Qualifying Rounds". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
↑ "Men's Javelin Throw Final". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 31 January 2013.

Javelin throw at the Olympic Games

Summary

Men	1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Women	1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

See also: 1908 Men's freestyle javelin throw • 1912 Men's two handed javelin throw

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