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

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Men's javelin throw
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Date21 August 2008 (qualification)
23 August 2008 (final)
Competitors38 from 29 nations
Winning distance90.57 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Andreas Thorkildsen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg Ainārs Kovals
Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia
Bronze medal icon.svg Tero Pitkämäki
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
  2004
2012  

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)

DateTimeRound
Thursday, 21 August 200810:10Qualifications [3]
Saturday, 23 August 200819:10Finals [4]

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, Germany 25 May 1996
Olympic recordFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (CZE)90.17 m Sydney, Australia 23 September 2000
World LeadingFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Jarrod Bannister  (AUS)89.02 Brisbane, Australia29 February 2008

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

DateEventAthleteTimeNotes
23 AugustFinalFlag of Norway.svg  Andreas Thorkildsen  (NOR)90.57 OR

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: 82.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

RankGroupAthleteNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1B Vadims Vasiļevskis Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 83.5183.51Q
2B Ilya Korotkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 79.1383.3383.33Q
3B Tero Pitkämäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland x82.6182.61Q
4B Tero Järvenpää Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 77.7682.34-82.34q
5B Vítězslav Veselý Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic x78.9381.2081.20q, PB
6A Scott Russell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 80.42-- 80.42q
7A Ainārs Kovals Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia xx80.1580.15q
8A Uladzimir Kazlou Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 77.0780.0678.4180.06q
9B Andreas Thorkildsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 79.85x-79.85q
10A Teemu Wirkkala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 79.7978.8975.81 79.79q
11A Jarrod Bannister Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 79.79x77.4079.79q
12A Magnus Arvidsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 79.7075.3576.0779.70q
13A Ēriks Rags Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 79.33x77.9779.33
14B Alexandr Ivanov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 75.7373.8979.2779.27
15A Yukifumi Murakami Flag of Japan.svg  Japan x78.2176.2978.21
16A Igor Janik Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 71.4367.5977.6377.63
17A Park Jae-Myong Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 76.6375.6174.2576.63
18B Leigh Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States x74.1876.5576.55
19A John Robert Oosthuizen Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa x74.5576.1676.16
20B Stuart Farquhar Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 76.1475.5173.8776.14
21B Mihkel Kukk Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 63.4270.5575.5675.56
22A Breaux Greer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 73.68--73.68SB
23B Chen Qi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 73.50xx73.50
24A Ignacio Guerra Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 71.0771.3573.0373.03
25B Mike Hazle Flag of the United States.svg  United States x72.7571.6972.75
26A Sergey Makarov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia xx72.4772.47
27B Ioannis-Georgios Smalios Flag of Greece.svg  Greece x71.8767.3971.87
28A Anier Boue Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 71.2971.85x71.85
29B Roman Avramenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 71.6470.6871.1071.64
30A Victor Fatecha Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay 70.5971.5868.7971.58
31B Matija Kranjc Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 71.00xx71.00
32A Stephan Steding Flag of Germany.svg  Germany x70.05x70.05
33A Bobur Shokirjonov Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 69.5466.2968.2969.54
34B Pablo Pietrobelli Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 58.0466.9569.0969.09
35B Alexander Vieweg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 67.4966.3767.3967.49
36B Kolyo Neshev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 66.00xx66.00
37B Melik Janoyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia xx64.4764.47
A Csongor Olteán Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary xxxNM
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

RankAthleteNationality123456ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Andreas Thorkildsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 84.7285.9187.9385.1390.57x90.57 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Ainārs Kovals Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 79.4582.6382.2878.9880.6586.6486.64PB
Bronze medal icon.svg Tero Pitkämäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 83.75x80.6985.83x86.1686.16
4 Tero Järvenpää Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 83.95xxxx83.6383.95
5 Teemu Wirkkala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 73.9083.46xx78.2383.46
6 Jarrod Bannister Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 83.4580.5982.20xxx83.45
7 Ilya Korotkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 82.54x76.8482.15x83.1583.15
8 Uladzimir Kazlou Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 82.0677.5774.09xx75.3682.06PB
9 Vadims Vasiļevskis Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 76.75x81.3281.32
10 Scott Russell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 80.9078.02x80.90
11 Magnus Arvidsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 79.8579.5780.1680.16
12 Vítězslav Veselý Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic xx76.7676.76

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