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Javelin Throw, Men

Date21 – 23 August 2008
StatusOlympic
LocationBeijing Guojia Tiyuchang, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing
Participants38 from 29 countries

The favorite was Norway’s Andreas Thorkildsen, the defending Olympic and European Champion. In the technically difficult event he had been consistent over the past few years, winning silver at 2005 and 2007 World Championships. Thorkildsen led after round one with 84.72 (277-11), and produced the longest throw in each of the first three rounds, improving to 85.91 (281-10) and then 87.93 (286-10). The third-round mark would be enough to secure the gold medal, although he improved again in round five with the best mark of the competition, 90.57 (297-1). The battle for the other medals came down to two Finns, Tero Pitämäki and Tero Järvenpää and Latvian Ainārs Kovals. Järvenpää and Pitämäki were 2-3 thru the first three rounds, but Pitämäki moved ahead with a fourth-round throw of 85.83 (281-7). In the final round, Kovals threw a personal best of 86.64 (284-3) to take the silver medal and knock Järvenpää off the podium.

PosNrAthleteNOCQualifyingFinal
12533Andreas ThorkildsenNOR79.85 (9)90.57 (1)Gold
22332Ainārs KovalsLAT80.15 (7)86.64 (2)Silver
31689Tero PitkämäkiFIN82.61 (3)86.16 (3)Bronze
41697Tero JärvenpääFIN82.34 (4)83.95 (4)
51708Teemu WirkkalaFIN79.79 (10)83.46 (5)
61063Jarrod BannisterAUS79.79 (11)83.45 (6)
72810Ilya KorotkovRUS83.33 (2)83.15 (7)
81193Uladzimir KazlouBLR80.06 (8)82.06 (8)
92341Vadims VasiļevskisLAT83.51 (1)81.32 (9)
101296Scott RussellCAN80.42 (6)80.90 (10)
112958Magnus ArvidssonSWE79.70 (12)80.16 (11)
121529Vítězslav VeselýCZE81.20 (5)76.76 (12)
13 r1/22338Ēriks RagsLAT79.33 (13)
14 r1/22852Aleksandr IvanovRUS79.27 (14)
15 r1/22216Yukifumi MurakamiJPN78.21 (15)
16 r1/22584Igor JanikPOL77.63 (16)
17 r1/22298Park Jae-MyeongKOR76.63 (17)
18 r1/23233Leigh SmithUSA76.55 (18)
19 r1/22728John Robert OosthuizenRSA76.16 (19)
20 r1/22541Stuart FarquharNZL76.14 (20)
21 r1/21640Mihkel KukkEST75.56 (21)
22 r1/23172Breaux GreerUSA73.68 (22)
23 r1/21358Chen QiCHN73.50 (23)
24 r1/21328Ignacio GuerraCHI73.03 (24)
25 r1/23180Mike HazleUSA72.75 (25)
26 r1/22794Sergey MakarovRUS72.47 (26)
27 r1/21962Giannis SmaliosGRE71.87 (27)
28 r1/21493Anier BouéCUB71.85 (28)
29 r1/23080Roman AvramenkoUKR71.64 (29)
30 r1/22555Víctor FatechaPAR71.58 (30)
31 r1/22878Matija KranjcSLO71.00 (31)
32 r1/21883Stephan StedingGER70.05 (32)
33 r1/23300Babur ShakirdzhanovUZB69.54 (33)
34 r1/21035Pablo PietrobelliARG69.09 (34)
35 r1/21919Alexander ViewegGER67.49 (35)
36 r1/21270Kolyo NeshevBUL66.00 (36)
37 r1/21038Melik JanoyanARM64.47 (37)
AC r1/21999Csongor OlteánHUN– (NM)

Qualifying Round (21 August 2008)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 82.50 metres advanced to the final.

PosAthleteNOCDistance2nd Best
1Vadims VasiļevskisLAT83.51Q
2Ilya KorotkovRUS83.33Q
3Tero PitkämäkiFIN82.61Q
4Tero JärvenpääFIN82.34q
5Vítězslav VeselýCZE81.20q
6Scott RussellCAN80.42q
7Ainārs KovalsLAT80.15q
8Uladzimir KazlouBLR80.06q
9Andreas ThorkildsenNOR79.85q
10Teemu WirkkalaFIN79.7978.89q
11Jarrod BannisterAUS79.7977.40q
12Magnus ArvidssonSWE79.70q
13Ēriks RagsLAT79.33
14Aleksandr IvanovRUS79.27
15Yukifumi MurakamiJPN78.21
16Igor JanikPOL77.63
17Park Jae-MyeongKOR76.63
18Leigh SmithUSA76.55
19John Robert OosthuizenRSA76.16
20Stuart FarquharNZL76.14
21Mihkel KukkEST75.56
22Breaux GreerUSA73.68
23Chen QiCHN73.50
24Ignacio GuerraCHI73.03
25Mike HazleUSA72.75
26Sergey MakarovRUS72.47
27Giannis SmaliosGRE71.87
28Anier BouéCUB71.85
29Roman AvramenkoUKR71.64
30Víctor FatechaPAR71.58
31Matija KranjcSLO71.00
32Stephan StedingGER70.05
33Babur ShakirdzhanovUZB69.54
34Pablo PietrobelliARG69.09
35Alexander ViewegGER67.49
36Kolyo NeshevBUL66.00
37Melik JanoyanARM64.47
NMCsongor OlteánHUN

Qualifying Round, Group A (21 August 2008 — 10:10)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceGroup A Round OneGroup A Round TwoGroup A Round Three
119Scott RussellCAN80.4280.42-
213Ainārs KovalsLAT80.15××80.15
32Uladzimir KazlouBLR80.0677.0780.0678.41
46Teemu WirkkalaFIN79.7979.7978.8975.81
54Jarrod BannisterAUS79.7979.79×77.40
61Magnus ArvidssonSWE79.7079.7075.3576.07
714Ēriks RagsLAT79.3379.33×77.97
817Yukifumi MurakamiJPN78.21×78.2176.29
95Igor JanikPOL77.6371.4367.5977.63
107Park Jae-MyeongKOR76.6376.6375.6174.25
119John Robert OosthuizenRSA76.16×74.5576.16
128Breaux GreerUSA73.6873.68-
1312Ignacio GuerraCHI73.0371.0771.3573.03
1411Sergey MakarovRUS72.47××72.47
1515Anier BouéCUB71.8571.2971.85×
1610Víctor FatechaPAR71.5870.5971.5868.79
1716Stephan StedingGER70.05×70.05×
183Babur ShakirdzhanovUZB69.5469.5466.2968.29
NM18Csongor OlteánHUN×××

Qualifying Round, Group B (21 August 2008 — 11:40)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceGroup B Round OneGroup B Round TwoGroup B Round Three
114Vadims VasiļevskisLAT83.5183.51
212Ilya KorotkovRUS83.3379.1383.33
37Tero PitkämäkiFIN82.61×82.61
417Tero JärvenpääFIN82.3477.7682.34
518Vítězslav VeselýCZE81.20×78.9381.20
616Andreas ThorkildsenNOR79.8579.85×
74Aleksandr IvanovRUS79.2775.7373.8979.27
82Leigh SmithUSA76.55×74.1876.55
93Stuart FarquharNZL76.1476.1475.5173.87
106Mihkel KukkEST75.5663.4270.5575.56
119Chen QiCHN73.5073.50××
1219Mike HazleUSA72.75×72.7571.69
1313Giannis SmaliosGRE71.87×71.8767.39
1411Roman AvramenkoUKR71.6471.6470.6871.10
158Matija KranjcSLO71.0071.00××
1610Pablo PietrobelliARG69.0958.0466.9569.09
1715Alexander ViewegGER67.4967.4966.3767.39
185Kolyo NeshevBUL66.0066.00××
191Melik JanoyanARM64.47××64.47

Final Round (23 August 2008 — 19:10)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3R4R5R6
110/8/8Andreas ThorkildsenNOR90.5784.7285.9187.9385.1390.57OR
22/3/3Ainārs KovalsLAT86.6479.4582.6382.2878.9880.6586.64
34/6/7Tero PitkämäkiFIN86.1683.75×80.6985.83×86.16
48/7/6Tero JärvenpääFIN83.9583.95××××83.63
57/5/5Teemu WirkkalaFIN83.46×73.9083.46×-78.23
612/4/4Jarrod BannisterAUS83.4583.4580.5982.20--
75/2/2Ilya KorotkovRUS83.1582.54×76.8482.15×83.15
89/1/1Uladzimir KazlouBLR82.0682.0677.5774.09××75.36
93Vadims VasiļevskisLAT81.3276.75×81.32
106Scott RussellCAN80.9080.9078.02×
1111Magnus ArvidssonSWE80.1679.8579.5780.16
121Vítězslav VeselýCZE76.76××76.76