Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

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Men's javelin throw
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
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Venue Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
Date7 August (qualification)
8 August (final)
Competitors32 from 21 nations
Winning distance89.66
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Jan Železný
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
Silver medal icon.svg Seppo Räty
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Bronze medal icon.svg Steve Backley
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
  1988
1996  
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These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 32 participating athletes. The final was held on August 8, 1992, and the qualifying round on August 7, 1992, with the qualification mark set at 80.00 metres. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Jan Železný
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia
Silver Seppo Räty
Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Bronze Steve Backley
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group AGroup B
07.08.1992 09:25h07.08.1992 10:45h
Final Round
08.08.1992 18:55h

Abbreviations

Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
ORolympic record
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics
World Record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Backley  (GBR)91.46 m January 25, 1992 Flag of New Zealand.svg North Shore, New Zealand
Olympic Record Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (TCH)85.90 m September 24, 1988 Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul, South Korea
Broken records during the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (TCH)89.66 m August 8, 1992 Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona, Spain

Qualification

Group A

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance
123
11Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Jan Železný  (TCH)83.9683.96 m
22Flag of the United States.svg  Tom Pukstys  (USA)74.3081.1681.16 m
34Flag of New Zealand.svg  Gavin Lovegrove  (NZL)76.28X81.0481.04 m
49Flag of Finland.svg  Juha Laukkanen  (FIN)X77.1479.7879.78 m
510Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mick Hill  (GBR)76.3076.7679.6679.66 m
611Flag of Iceland.svg  Siggi Einarsson  (ISL)76.0677.0279.5079.50 m
713Olympic flag.svg  Viktor Zaitsev  (EUN)75.24X79.1279.12 m
816Flag of Sweden.svg  Patrik Bodén  (SWE)75.78X77.7077.70 m
917Flag of Croatia.svg  Ivan Mustapić  (CRO)75.6677.50X77.50 m
1020Flag of Spain.svg  Julián Sotelo  (ESP)X75.3472.9875.34 m
1121Flag of the United States.svg  Brian Crouser  (USA)71.4274.98X74.98 m
1225Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Lianbiao  (CHN)70.8473.8673.6873.86 m
1326Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Nigel Bevan  (GBR)X73.78X72.78 m
1427Flag of Ireland.svg  Terry McHugh  (IRL)70.7673.2671.6473.26 m
1529Flag of Canada.svg  Stephen Feraday  (CAN)70.94XX70.94 m
1631Flag of Bahrain (1972-2002).svg  Youssef Ali Nesaif Boukhamas  (BRN)55.2453.8052.3055.24 m

Group B

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance
123
13Flag of Germany.svg  Volker Hadwich  (GER)81.1081.10 m
25Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Backley  (GBR)79.3680.7680.76 m
36Flag of Finland.svg  Seppo Räty  (FIN)78.9680.2480.24 m
47Olympic flag.svg  Andrey Shevchuk  (EUN)80.2280.22 m
57Flag of Finland.svg  Kimmo Kinnunen  (FIN)80.2280.22 m
612Flag of the United States.svg  Michael Barnett  (USA)77.0879.1475.3479.14 m
714Flag of Iceland.svg  Einar Vilhjálmsson  (ISL)76.1876.8278.7078.70 m
815Flag of Sweden.svg  Dag Wennlund  (SWE)76.2877.7077.8877.88 m
918Olympic flag.svg  Dmitriy Polyunin  (EUN)X75.7076.4076.40 m
1019Flag of Latvia.svg  Mārcis Štrobinders  (LAT)73.76X76.3276.32 m
1122Flag of Sweden.svg  Peter Borglund  (SWE)71.3874.7272.7074.72 m
1223Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Masami Yoshida  (JPN)71.6673.6873.8873.88 m
1324Flag of Israel.svg  Vadim Bavikim  (ISR)73.88X73.2473.88 m
1428Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  Kim Ki-Hoon  (KOR)72.6869.3068.2672.68 m
1530Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Nery Kennedy  (PAR)65.0055.1059.3465.00 m
2Flag of Kuwait.svg  Ghanim Mabrouk  (KUW)XXXNM

Final

RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123456
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Jan Železný  (TCH)89.66XX88.1886.28X89.66 m OR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Finland.svg  Seppo Räty  (FIN)78.5086.6081.4483.22XX86.60 m
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Backley  (GBR)82.4482.0279.4683.3878.3279.8683.38 m
4Flag of Finland.svg  Kimmo Kinnunen  (FIN)X82.62XXXX82.62 m
5Flag of Iceland.svg  Sigurður Einarsson  (ISL)79.5275.0277.96XX80.3480.34 m
6Flag of Finland.svg  Juha Laukkanen  (FIN)77.44X74.5676.9279.2078.4679.20 m
7Flag of the United States.svg  Michael Barnett  (USA)78.6478.58X77.7074.12X78.64 m
8Olympic flag.svg  Andrey Shevchuk  (EUN)77.00X77.74XX73.4277.74 m
9Flag of New Zealand.svg  Gavin Lovegrove  (NZL)74.4677.0876.7877.08 m
10Flag of the United States.svg  Tom Pukstys  (USA)76.72X72.1276.72 m
11Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mick Hill  (GBR)75.50X72.0275.50 m
12Flag of Germany.svg  Volker Hadwich  (GER)75.2872.9870.1275.28 m

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