Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

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Men's javelin throw
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue Stade de France, Paris, France
Date
  • 6 August 2024 (qualification)
    8 August 2024 (final)
Winning distance92.97 m OR AR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Arshad Nadeem Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Silver medal icon.svg Neeraj Chopra Flag of India.svg  India
Bronze medal icon.svg Anderson Peters Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada
  2020
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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.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows. [1] [2]

World recordFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (CZE)98.48 Jena, Germany25 May 1996
Olympic recordFlag of Norway.svg  Andreas Thorkildsen  (NOR)90.57 Beijing, China23 August 2008
World LeadingFlag of Germany.svg  Max Dehning  (GER)90.20 Halle, Germany25 February 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics [3]
Area RecordAthlete (Nation)Distance (m)
Africa ( records )Flag of Kenya.svg  Julius Yego  (KEN)92.72
Asia ( records )Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Cheng Chao-tsun  (TPE)91.36
Europe ( records )Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (CZE)98.48 WR
North, Central America
and Caribbean
( records )
Flag of Grenada.svg  Anderson Peters  (GRN)93.07
Oceania ( records )Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Jarrod Bannister  (AUS)89.02
South America ( records )Flag of Brazil.svg  Luiz Maurício da Silva  (BRA)85.57

The following new Olympic and area records were set during this competition:

DateEventAthleteDistance (m)Notes
8 AugustFinalFlag of Pakistan.svg  Arshad Nadeem  (PAK)92.97 OR , AR
6 AugustQualificationFlag of Brazil.svg  Luiz Maurício da Silva  (BRA)85.91 AR

Schedule

All times are UTC+2

The men's javelin throw took place over two separate days. [4]

DateTimeRound
Tuesday, 6 August 202410:10Qualifying
Thursday, 8 August 202420:30Final

Qualification

For the men's javelin throw event, 32 athletes were eligible to qualify for the event with a maximum of three athletes per nation. The qualification could be secured either by achieving the entry standard of 85.50 m in the qualification period (between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024) or by the World Athletics Ranking for the event. [5] A total of 11 athletes qualified by achieving the qualification standard and a further 21 athletes were granted entries based on their individual rankings. [6]

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Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw podium

The top two from the previous Olympics qualified for the event. Neeraj Chopra was the reigning Olympic and World champion, having won gold at the previous Olympics and 2023 World Championships. The silver medalist from Tokyo 2020 and reigning European champion Jakub Vadlejch also qualified for the event. The bronze medalist from three years earlier, Vítězslav Veselý had retired. Julius Yego, who was the 2016 Olympics silver medalist and 2015 World champion, and 2012 Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott also made the cut for the event. Other notable athletes who qualified included 2022 World champion and current NCAC record holder Anderson Peters, reigning Commonwealth Games champion and 2023 World championships silver medalist Arshad Nadeem, 2024 World leader Max Dehning, former European champion Julian Weber and South American record holder Luiz Maurício da Silva. [6]

Results

Qualification

The qualification was held on 6 August, starting at 10:10 (UTC+2) for Group A and 11:35 (UTC+2) for Group B with 32 athletes participating. [4] [6] As per the qualification rules, athletes achieving the qualifying standard of 84 m (Q) directly qualified for the final with other spots being filled by the best performers (q) for a field of 12 athletes. [7]

In the qualifying rounds, nine athletes including Chopra, Nadeem, Peters, Silva Vadlejch and Weber qualified for the final directly after achieving the qualification standard. Dehning did not make it out of the qualifying round. Silva improved on his own South American record in qualifying. [7] [8]

RankGroupAthleteNationalityDistance (m)Notes
#1#2#3Final
1B Neeraj Chopra Flag of India.svg  India 89.3489.34 Q, SB
2B Anderson Peters Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 88.6388.63 Q, SB
3A Julian Weber Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 87.7687.76 Q
4B Arshad Nadeem Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 86.5986.59 Q, SB
5A Julius Yego Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 78.8480.7685.9785.97 Q, SB
6B Luiz Maurício da Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 81.6283.2185.9185.91 Q, AR
7A Jakub Vadlejch Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 85.6385.63 Q
8A Toni Keränen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 79.04x85.2785.27 Q, PB
9B Andrian Mardare Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova x76.7684.1384.13 Q, SB
10A Oliver Helander Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 83.8183.81 q
11A Keshorn Walcott Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 74.8983.0282.5783.02 q
12B Lassi Etelätalo Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 82.91x78.4282.91 q
13A Genki Dean Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 82.48x77.4082.48 SB
14B Marcin Krukowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 81.37x82.3482.34
15B Artur Felfner Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine x81.8474.5481.84
16B Cameron McEntyre Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 76.33x81.1881.18
17A Alexandru Novac Flag of Romania.svg  Romania x77.3581.0881.08
18A Kishore Jena Flag of India.svg  India 80.73x80.2180.73
19A Pedro Henrique Rodrigues Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 76.2379.4675.6979.46
20B Timothy Herman Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 79.4278.82x79.42
21B Edis Matusevičius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania xx79.4079.40
22B Max Dehning Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 74.5875.1079.2479.24
23B Cyprian Mrzyglód Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 78.50x77.1678.50
24B Chinecherem Nnamdi Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 77.53x76.4577.53
25A Patriks Gailums Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia x77.26x77.26
26A Dawid Wegner Flag of Poland.svg  Poland x75.5376.8976.89
27A Curtis Thompson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 76.79x74.2476.79
28A Leandro Ramos Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 75.73xx75.73
29B Moustafa Mahmoud Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 74.87xx74.87
30A Ihab Abdelrahman Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 72.98xx72.98
B Gatis Cakšs Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia xxx NM
A Teuraiterai Tupaia Flag of France.svg  France xxx NM
Source: [7]

Final

The final was held on 8 August, starting at 20:30 (UTC+2) in the evening. [4] In the finals, Peters registered the first throw of above 84 metres with a 84.7 m effort, which was bettered only by Walcott with a 86.16 m attempt. In the second round of attempts, Vadlejch threw 84.52 m and rose to third in the classification, before Peters took the lead with a 87.87 m throw. Nadeem registered a huge 92.97 m throw in his second attempt to set a new Olympic Record and moved into first place. [9] Weber threw 87.33 m and moved into third place, which was soon taken over by Yego with an improved throw of 87.72 m. [10]

Two more throws later, Chopra registered a 89.45 m throw on his first valid attempt and moved into the silver medal position in the overall classification. [11] [12] Vadlejch started the third series of attempts with a 88.50 m throw, which moved him into third place again. But Peters took it off him later with a 88.54 m throw in his fourth attempt. Chopra fouled out on his remaining throws and no one else registered a legal throw beyond 89 m. Though Nadeem's gold was confirmed after Chopra's last fouled attempt, he registered another long throw of 91.79 m in his final attempt to close the proceedings. [13] [10]

RankAthleteNationalityDistance (m)Notes
#1#2#3#4#5#6Final
Gold medal icon.svg Arshad Nadeem Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan X92.9788.7279.4084.8791.7992.97 AR , OR , WL
Silver medal icon.svg Neeraj Chopra Flag of India.svg  India X89.45XXXX89.45 SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Anderson Peters Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 84.7087.87X88.5487.3881.8388.54
4 Jakub Vadlejch Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 80.1584.5288.50X84.9883.2788.50
5 Julius Yego Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 80.2987.72X84.9083.2081.5887.72 SB
6 Julian Weber Flag of Germany.svg  Germany X87.33X86.8587.4084.0987.40
7 Keshorn Walcott Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 86.16X82.8978.9676.86-86.16 SB
8 Lassi Etelätalo Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 78.8177.6084.5882.02X81.6984.58
9 Oliver Helander Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 81.2482.68Xdid not advance82.68
10 Toni Keränen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 80.9275.3378.90did not advance80.92
11 Luiz da Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 80.6778.67Xdid not advance80.67
12 Andrian Mardare Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova 79.1480.1077.77did not advance80.10
Source: [10]

References

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