Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw explained

Event:	Men's javelin throw
Games:	1968 Summer
Venue:	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Dates:	October 15 (qualifications) October 16 (final)
Competitors:	29
Nations:	20
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Jānis Lūsis
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Jorma Kinnunen
Silvernoc:	FIN
Bronze:	Gergely Kulcsár
Bronzenoc:	HUN
Prev:	1964
Next:	1972

The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place on October 15–16 at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario.^[1] The qualifying standard was .^[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:^[3]

Results

Qualifying round

Rank	Series	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	A					84.74	84.74	Q
2	A			83.68			83.68	Q
3	A				74.16	83.16	83.16	Q
4	B			82.16			82.16	Q
5	A			81.88			81.88	Q
6	A			81.56			81.56	Q
7	A			74.14	81.14		81.14	Q
8	A			74.16	78.22	81.00	81.00	Q
9	A			76.58	80.66		80.66	Q
10	A			74.90	80.12		80.12	Q
11	B			80.10			80.10	Q
12	A			79.48		76.50	79.48	q
13	A			79.08	77.00	78.70	79.08
14	A				77.90		77.90
15	A			74.18	77.26	74.64	77.26
16	B			75.78	71.40	75.02	75.78
17	B			74.56	74.82	75.50	75.50
18	B			74.24	74.36	70.84	74.36
19	B			73.68			73.68
20	B			73.52	68.88	71.44	73.52
21	A			70.30		73.04	73.04
22	B			70.10	71.20	70.78	71.20
23	B				63.58	70.70	70.70
24	B			68.32	65.82	65.86	68.32
25	B				61.62	62.32	62.32
26	B			48.92		61.32	61.32
27	B			61.06			61.06
	B						DNS
	B						DNS

Finals

The eight highest-ranked competitors after three rounds qualified for the final three throws to decide the medals.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result
			81.74	86.34	82.66	84.40		90.10	90.10 OR
			86.30			79.00	85.82	88.58	88.58
			83.10		83.82	87.06	85.14	83.40	87.06
				85.70	82.24		82.32	80.44	85.70
				76.86	81.52	84.42		79.72	84.42
			83.48				76.74	79.76	83.48
			80.00	76.36	80.58	75.50	77.86	76.46	80.58
			80.56	77.06	77.22				80.56
			80.06	80.08					80.08
			75.64	77.40					77.40
				74.88					74.88
				71.64	73.50				73.50

Notes and References

1. Web site: Official report of the Games of the XIXth Olympiad - part 3. 17 July 2012.
2. Web site: Athletics at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Javelin Throw . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175044/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/ATH/mens-javelin-throw.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 18 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.
3. https://archive.today/20121220101808/http://athletix.org/?p=726 The Athletics Site: world record progression - javelin throw men