Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw explained

Event:	Men's javelin throw
Games:	1992 Summer
Venues:	Seoul Olympic Stadium
Dates:	September 24 (qualifications) September 25 (final)
Competitors:	38
Nations:	22
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	84.28
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Tapio Korjus
Goldnoc:	FIN
Silver:	Jan Železný
Silvernoc:	TCH
Bronze:	Seppo Räty
Bronzenoc:	FIN
Prev:	1984
Next:	1992

The men's javelin throw event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 38 competitors, with two qualifying groups (38 throwers) before the final (12) took place on Sunday September 25, 1988. This was the first time that the competitors had to use the new javelin. The qualification mark was set at 79.00 metres.^[1]

Schedule

• All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+9)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
24.09.1988  - 09:40h	24.09.1988  - 11:00h
Final Round
25.09.1988  - 12:00h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics
		87.66 m	May 31, 1987
		94.58 m ^[2]	July 25, 1976
Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics
		76.76 m	September 24, 1988	Seoul, South Korea
		77.44 m	September 24, 1988	Seoul, South Korea
		78.66 m	September 24, 1988	Seoul, South Korea
		85.90 m	September 24, 1988	Seoul, South Korea

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1		85.90	-	-	85.90 m
2	2		76.76	77.70	81.62	81.62 m
3	6		X	77.68	80.26	80.26 m
4	7		77.22	80.24	-	80.24 m
5	8		78.20	74.80	80.22	80.22 m
6	9		78.66	73.76	80.16	80.16 m
7	10		72.40	78.06	79.90	79.90 m
8	13		78.46	75.64	78.92	78.92 m
9	18		71.42	75.04	77.48	77.48 m
10	19		77.44	X	77.46	77.46 m
11	24		76.02	67.56	X	76.02 m
12	25		75.96	73.66	72.60	75.96 m
13	29		72.66	72.64	72.72	72.72 m
14	30		70.84	70.58	70.48	70.84 m
15	31		X	69.44	67.32	69.44 m
16	32		63.66	X	69.40	69.40 m
17	34		X	67.14	67.56	67.56 m
18	35		62.88	63.50	65.84	65.84 m
19	37		X	62.34	61.78	62.34 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	3		76.42	78.26	81.42	81.42 m
2	4		80.98	-	-	80.98 m
3	5		77.98	75.08	80.52	80.52 m
4	11		X	79.66	-	79.66 m
5	12		71.18	79.26	-	79.26 m
6	14		78.42	76.80	70.86	78.42 m
7	15		75.88	75.78	78.22	78.22 m
8	16		X	67.96	78.10	78.10 m
9	17		73.54	77.68	77.70	77.70 m
10	20		77.20	74.98	72.98	77.20 m
11	21		74.76	71.38	76.90	76.90 m
12	22		76.46	73.34	69.18	76.46 m
13	23		76.42	74.56	72.90	76.42 m
14	26		75.56	69.78	75.34	75.56 m
15	27		69.18	72.90	75.52	75.52 m
16	28		68.78	66.22	73.32	73.32 m
17	33		67.54	69.10	67.68	69.10 m
18	36		63.34	63.34	63.30	63.34 m
19	38		56.32	53.32	49.48	56.32 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		82.74	76.26	-	-	X	84.28	84.28 m
		X	82.32	81.60	83.46	77.88	84.12	84.12 m
		80.00	76.26	83.26	78.74	80.66	80.44	83.26 m
4		80.14	78.72	78.28	X	77.76	82.72	82.72 m
5		81.42	82.32	X	80.38	81.42	79.52	82.32 m
6		80.66	81.30	79.94	77.26	77.80	78.28	81.30 m
7		76.48	76.58	79.12	X	77.32	74.64	79.12 m
8		76.88	75.62	78.30	X	76.60	X	78.30 m
9		78.16	78.22	74.76				78.22 m
10		75.62	77.78	78.04				78.04 m
11		74.52	75.70	76.96				76.96 m
12		72.12	73.28	X				73.28 m

See also

• 1984 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Los Angeles)
• 1987 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Rome)
• 1988 Javelin Throw Year Ranking
• 1990 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Split)
• 1991 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Tokyo)
• 1992 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Barcelona)

External links

• Official Report
• koti.welho

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Javelin Throw . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175048/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/mens-javelin-throw.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 19 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.
2. Németh set his Olympic record with the old javelin