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

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Men's javelin throw
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Olympic Athletics.png
Olympic Athletics
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates26–28 August
Competitors34 from 23 nations
Winning distance86.50
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Andreas Thorkildsen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg Vadims Vasiļevskis
Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia
Bronze medal icon.svg Sergey Makarov
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
  2000
2008  

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

In the qualifying round, each athlete receives three throws. 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)

DateTimeRound
Thursday, 26 August 200420:00Qualification
Saturday, 28 August 200420:40Final

Records

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

World recordFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (CZE)98.48 m Jena, Germany25 May 1996
Olympic recordFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (CZE)90.17 m Sydney, Australia23 September 2000
World LeadingFlag of Russia.svg  Aleksandr Ivanov  (RUS)87.73 m Ostrava, Czech Republic8 June 2004

No new records were set during the competition.

Results

Qualifying round

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

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1A Breaux Greer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 87.25 87.25 Q
2A Sergey Makarov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 86.08 86.08 Q
3B Vadims Vasiļevskis Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 84.4384.43 Q, PB
4A Esko Mikkola Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 83.64 83.64 Q
5A Andrus Värnik Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 83.25 83.25 Q
6B Aleksandr Ivanov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 82.1882.18 Q
7B Tero Pitkämäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 82.0482.04 Q
8B Andreas Thorkildsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 81.7481.74 Q
9B Jan Železný Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 81.1881.18 Q
10A Matti Närhi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 81.06 81.06 Q
11B Ēriks Rags Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 77.9280.84 x80.84 q
12A Steve Backley Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 80.6080.68 80.3980.68 q
13B Isbel Luaces Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 80.07 77.5379.0780.07
14A Gerhardus Pienaar Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 79.95 74.6979.5679.95
15B Li Rongxiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 79.73x79.94 79.94
16A Christian Nicolay Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 79.77 x78.5079.77
17A Voldemārs Lūsis Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 79.27 xx79.27
18B Yukifumi Murakami Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 77.2577.6078.59 78.59
19B Oliver Dziubak Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 77.2178.53 75.5778.53
20B Peter Esenwein Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 75.1873.7678.41 78.41
21A William Hamlyn-Harris Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 69.6474.3477.43 77.43
22A Peter Zupanc Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 74.1172.4277.34 77.34
23A Miroslav Guzdek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 76.45 75.3675.7576.45
24B Sergey Voynov Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 74.68 74.0872.7174.68
25B Stuart Farquhar Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 74.2473.0774.63 74.63
26A Gergely Horváth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 73.4573.95 72.0573.95
27A Ronny Nilsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway x73.46 x73.46
28B Nick Nieland Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 68.8671.3172.79 72.79
29B Park Jae-myong Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 63.0167.6072.70 72.70
30A Manuel Fuenmayor Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela 72.26 68.7272.1472.26
31A David Brisseault Flag of France.svg  France 68.7071.86 69.5871.86
32A Marián Bokor Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 68.2171.74 67.7371.74
33A Mokrani Nassim Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 68.3970.2569.10

Final

RankNameNationality123456ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Andreas Thorkildsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 84.8286.50 80.96x86.50 PB
Silver medal icon.svg Vadims Vasiļevskis Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 84.9583.95xx79.0780.9184.95 PB
Bronze medal icon.svg Sergey Makarov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 84.84 x77.5978.0082.5184.3284.84
4 Steve Backley Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 79.6281.4884.13 83.02x81.6284.13 SB
5 Aleksandr Ivanov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 83.31 82.7681.3680.2878.0779.9983.31
6 Andrus Värnik Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 83.25 82.72xx76.4183.25
7 Ēriks Rags Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 77.1383.14 81.69xx78.6383.14
8 Tero Pitkämäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 80.3883.01 xx81.19x83.01
9 Jan Železný Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 76.7779.9880.59 80.59
10 Matti Närhi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland x80.28 78.7380.28
11 Esko Mikkola Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 76.2079.43 76.2379.43
12 Breaux Greer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 74.36 xx74.36

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