Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

Last updated

Contents

Men's javelin throw
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
JT victory ceremony London 2012.JPG
Men's javelin throw victory ceremony
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date8–11 August
Competitors44 from 31 nations
Winning distance84.58
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Keshorn Walcott
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
Silver medal icon.svg Antti Ruuskanen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Bronze medal icon.svg Vítězslav Veselý
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
  2008
2016  
Official Video Highlight TV-icon-2.svg
Official Video Highlight

The Men's javelin throw competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 8–11 August. [1]

Competition format

Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If fewer 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]

Summary

Seven athletes hit the automatic qualifying mark, two on their first attempt. 80.39 was the last qualifier. Julius Yego set a new national record for Kenya. With his one throw, Vítězslav Veselý improved his 2012 world lead to 88.34.

In the first round of the final, 19-year-old world junior champion Keshorn Walcott, only the 10th place qualifier, took the lead with an 83.51 national record for Trinidad and Tobago. Spiridon Lebesis was the only other competitor over 80 m in that round. In the second round Walcott improved his record out to 84.58 metres (277 feet 6 inches). 2007 World Champion Tero Pitkämäki moved into second place and two-time defending champion Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) moved into third, but that was to be his best throw. In the third round Oleksandr Pyatnytsya threw 84.51, just 7 cm out of Walcott's lead. Nobody made a move in the fourth round. In the fifth round Antti Ruuskanen threw 84.12 to move into third place. In the final round Vesely put out his best throw of the competition, but his 83.34 was only good enough for 4th place, exactly 5 meters behind his lone throw in the qualifying round the day before. Walcott's mark of 84.58 was the shortest winning throw since the 1988 Seoul Olympics - the first with the [then] new, re-balanced javelin - when Tapio Korjus (Finland) won with 84.28m. [3]

On August 9, 2016, Ukrainian Oleksandr Pyatnytsya was disqualified after his anti-doping test sample was reanalyzed and found positive (dehydrochlormethyltestosterone). On February 24, 2017 Antti Ruuskanen received the silver medal in Finland. [4] Vítězslav Veselý received the bronze medal during Golden Spike Ostrava on 28 June 2017. [5] [6]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Wednesday, 8 August 201219:05Qualifications
Saturday, 11 August 201219:20Finals

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 Norway.svg  Andreas Thorkildsen  (NOR)90.57 m Beijing, China 23 August 2008
2012 World leadingFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Vítězslav Veselý  (CZE)88.11 m Oslo, Norway 7 June 2012

The Following new National records were set during this competition

Kenya national record Flag of Kenya.svg  Julius Yego  (KEN)81.81 m
Trinidad and Tobago national record Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Keshorn Walcott  (TRI)84.58 m

Results

Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 82.00m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

RankGroupAthleteNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1B Vítězslav Veselý Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 88.3488.34Q, WL, PB
2A Andreas Thorkildsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 76.2084.4784.47Q
3B Tero Pitkämäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 76.53x83.0183.01Q
4B Oleksandr Pyatnytsya Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 77.0782.7282.72Q, DQ
5A Spiridon Lebesis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 81.8082.4082.40Q
6A Stuart Farquhar Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 82.3282.32Q
7B Roderick Genki Dean Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 71.5882.0782.07Q
8A Ari Mannio Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 81.99x76.2581.99q
9B Julius Yego Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 79.1079.3381.8181.81q, NR
10B Keshorn Walcott Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 78.9176.4481.7581.75q
11B Antti Ruuskanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 77.8381.74x81.74q
12A Tino Häber Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 78.1969.5480.3980.39q
13A Leslie Copeland Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 77.0080.1972.5280.19SB
14A Roman Avramenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 79.1577.0380.0680.06
15A Uladzimir Kazlou Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus x79.1080.0680.06
16A Guillermo Martinez Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 75.3980.0677.2280.06
17A Ainārs Kovals Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 77.4276.4579.1979.19
18B Kim Amb Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden x71.8578.9478.94
19A Igor Janik Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 76.0178.90x78.90
20B Fatih Avan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 78.7478.2078.8778.87
21A Risto Mätas Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 70.3478.5676.3078.56
22A Curtis Moss Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 74.2178.1378.2278.22
23B Craig Kinsley Flag of the United States.svg  United States 72.8071.4778.1878.18
24A Yukifumi Murakami Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 76.3777.8077.7777.80
25B Jakub Vadlejch Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic x77.61x77.61
26B Dayron Marquez Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 75.1577.5976.5077.59
27B Jarrod Bannister Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 77.3876.23x77.38
28A Paweł Rakoczy Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 77.3673.2273.4477.36
29A Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 72.9377.3575.1977.35
30B Braian Toledo Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 76.87x73.3076.87
31B Jung Sangjin Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 76.3774.77x76.37
32A Cyrus Hostetler Flag of the United States.svg  United States 70.6275.7675.0075.76
33A Ilya Korotkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 75.68xx75.68
34A Petr Frydrych Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 69.5470.4475.4675.46
35B Mervyn Luckwell Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 74.09xx74.09
36A Ivan Zaytsev Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 73.0773.9471.3973.94
37B Sean Furey Flag of the United States.svg  United States x72.8171.8672.81
38A Vadims Vasilevskis Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia x72.81x72.81
39B Melik Janoyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 72.6470.8168.7272.64
40B Matija Kranjc Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 72.6369.7071.1772.63
41A Qin Qiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 72.2968.7665.2872.29
42B Bartosz Osewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland xx71.1971.19
B Matthias De Zordo Flag of Germany.svg  Germany xxxNM
B Zigismunds Sirmais Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia xxxNM

Final

RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Keshorn Walcott Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 83.5184.58x80.64x84.58 NR
Silver medal icon.svg Antti Ruuskanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 79.6081.0981.6081.9784.1279.8884.12
Bronze medal icon.svg Vítězslav Veselý Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic x81.6981.80x80.3283.3483.34
4 Tero Pitkämäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 77.3382.6880.6780.4682.8082.5382.80
5 Andreas Thorkildsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway x82.63x81.70xx82.63
6 Spiridon Lebesis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 81.2181.9181.2780.36x79.4581.91
7 Tino Haber Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 76.9974.3381.2179.9576.3675.8581.21
8 Stuart Farquhar Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 76.8076.6480.2280.22
9 Roderick Genki Dean Flag of Japan.svg  Japan x79.95x79.95
10 Ari Mannio Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 78.6077.71x78.60
11 Julius Yego Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 72.5977.1574.0877.15
DSQ [6] Oleksandr Pyatnytsya Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 77.47 81.61 84.5181.53 81.01 83.53 84.51DQ

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andreas Thorkildsen</span> Norwegian javelin thrower

Andreas Thorkildsen is a retired Norwegian track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He was the Olympic Champion in 2004 and 2008, European Champion in 2006 and 2010, and World Champion in 2009. He is the first male javelin thrower in history to simultaneously be European, World and Olympic Champion. He was also a three-time silver medalist at the World Championships, placing second in 2005, 2007 and 2011. His personal best of 91.59 m, set in 2006, is the Norwegian record.

The women's javelin throw at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 19–21 August at the Beijing National Stadium.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vítězslav Veselý</span> Czech javelin thrower

Vítězslav Veselý is a Czech javelin thrower. He won two bronze medals at the Olympic games, in 2012 and 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Antti Ruuskanen</span> Finnish javelin thrower (born 1984)

Antti Hermanni Ruuskanen is a retired Finnish track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He is a European Champion, having won gold in 2014. His personal best is 88.98 metres, which he set in 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oleksandr Pyatnytsya</span> Ukrainian javelin thrower (born 1985)

Oleksandr Sergiyovich Pyatnytsya is a male javelin thrower from Ukraine. His personal best is 86.12 metres, achieved in May 2012 in Kyiv, which was a new national record.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ari Mannio</span> Finnish javelin thrower

Ari Pekka Mannio is a retired Finnish javelin thrower.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Finland at the 2012 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Finland competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The nation has competed at every Summer Olympic Games since its official debut in 1908. The Finnish Olympic Committee sent a total of 56 athletes to the Games, 29 men and 27 women, to compete in 14 sports. There was only a single competitor in artistic gymnastics, taekwondo, weightlifting and tennis.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics</span>

The athletics competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were held during the last 10 days of the Games, on 3–12 August. Track and field events took place at the Olympic Stadium in east London. The road events, however, started and finished on The Mall in central London.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Julius Yego</span> Kenyan javelin thrower (born 1989)

Julius Yego is a Kenyan track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. Nicknamed "Mr. YouTube" because he learned how to throw by watching YouTube videos of javelin athletes, Yego is the African record holder for the event with a personal best of 92.72 m.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Keshorn Walcott</span> Trinidadian javelin thrower

Keshorn "Keshie" Walcott, ORTT is a Trinbagonian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He is an Olympic champion, having won gold in 2012. He is the first Caribbean male athlete, as well as the first of African descent, to win the gold medal in a throwing event in the history of the Olympics. He is also the holder of the North, Central American and Caribbean junior record.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jakub Vadlejch</span> Czech javelin thrower

Jakub Vadlejch is a Czech track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He is a three-time Olympian for the Czech Republic, having competed in 2012, 2016 and 2020, winning a silver medal in 2020. He also has represented his country six times at the World Championships in Athletics, winning the bronze medal in 2022 and 2023 and silver medal in 2017, and six times a competitor at the European Athletics Championships, winning the silver medal in 2022 and the gold medal in 2024. He also won the 2016 IAAF Diamond League title.

The men's javelin throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 15–17 August.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thomas Röhler</span> German javelin thrower

Thomas Röhler is a German track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He is the 2016 Olympic Champion and 2018 European Champion. His personal best of 93.90 m for the event ranks him third on the overall list.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Finland at the 2016 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Finland competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Finnish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games since the nation's official debut in 1908.

The men's javelin throw competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium between August 17–20.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw</span>

The men's javelin throw at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 24 and 26 August.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Johannes Vetter</span> German javelin thrower

Johannes Vetter is a German athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He won gold at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. His personal best of 97.76 m is the German record, and ranks him second on the overall list behind Jan Železný. Vetter currently trains under Boris Obergföll and is a member of LG Offenburg's track and field squad. He was previously with SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken and Dresdner SC.

The men's javelin throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics is being held at the Olympic Stadium on 10 and 12 August.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw</span> Olympic athletics event

The men's javelin throw event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 4 and 7 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. Approximately 35 athletes competed; the exact number depended on how many nations use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 32 qualifying through distance or ranking.

The men's javelin throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 6 and 8 August 2024. This is the 27th time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics since its introduction in 1908.

References

  1. "Athletics - Summer Olympic Sport". 22 June 2017. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  2. "Men's Javelin throw competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  3. "Javelin Throw Men - The XXX Olympic Games". IAAF . Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  4. "Antti Ruuskanen saa olympiahopeansa Lahden MM-kisojen yhteydessä" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2019-08-19. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  5. "Veselý se dočkal olympijské medaile. Asi skončí u babičky, usmál se" (in Czech). iDnes. 28 June 2017.
  6. 1 2 "IOC sanctions four athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012". 24 January 2017.

˜˜˜˜