Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw explained

Event:	Men's javelin throw
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Dates:	2 August (qualification) 3 August (final)
Competitors:	34
Nations:	21
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	88.16
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Jan Železný
Goldnoc:	CZE
Silver:	Steve Backley
Silvernoc:	GBR
Bronze:	Seppo Räty
Bronzenoc:	FIN
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were 34 competitors, of which 12 qualified for the final. The qualification mark was set at 83.00 metres.^[1]

Schedule

• All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-5)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
02.08.1996  - 09:30h	02.08.1996  - 11:00h
Final Round
03.08.1996  - 18:55h

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 1996 Summer Olympics
		98.48 m	May 25, 1996
		89.66 m	August 8, 1992
		98.48 m	May 25, 1996

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1		87.12	-	-	87.12 m
2	3		85.88	-	-	85.88 m
3	6		83.66	-	-	83.66 m
4	7		83.24	-	-	83.24 m
5	9		82.68	X	-	82.68 m
6	10		78.82	X	80.98	80.98 m
7	11		77.12	X	80.48	80.48 m
8	13		78.38	X	79.78	79.78 m
9	15		77.98	79.18	79.18	79.18 m
10	18		X	77.94	74.42	77.94 m
11	20		X	75.90	77.74	77.74 m
12	23		X	77.12	X	77.12 m
13	24		75.58	76.30	68.50	76.30 m
14	26		75.24	X	X	75.24 m
15	29		69.72	X	72.84	72.84 m
16	31		X	70.30	71.42	71.42 m
17	33		68.02	X	64.12	68.02 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	2		86.52	-	-	86.52 m
2	4		80.70	81.34	84.70	84.70 m
3	5		84.14	-	-	84.14 m
4	8		83.22	-	-	83.22 m
5	12		76.24	76.76	79.88	79.88 m
6	14		77.96	79.34	X	79.34 m
7	16		74.88	76.12	78.20	78.20 m
8	17		X	76.68	78.02	78.02 m
9	19		76.98	X	77.82	77.82 m
10	21		71.34	76.58	77.28	77.28 m
11	22		X	76.96	77.20	77.20 m
12	25		69.54	X	75.74	75.74 m
13	27		68.54	73.96	73.28	73.96 m
14	28		73.84	73.20	X	73.84 m
15	30		72.54	X	68.28	72.54 m
16	32		68.02	70.78	65.70	70.78 m
-	-		X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		X	88.16	82.68	83.86	86.02	86.12	88.16 m
		87.44	85.66	X	80.74	80.88	85.64	87.44 m
		83.44	86.66	76.52	84.52	81.70	86.98	86.98 m
4		83.88	86.88	X	83.10	X	85.10	86.88 m
5		81.24	85.68	X	82.58	83.94	84.08	85.68 m
6		82.72	85.30	81.12	X	82.28	83.78	85.30 m
7		82.72	80.26	X	84.02	81.98	X	84.02 m
8		78.48	80.90	83.58	81.28	82.18	81.68	83.58 m
9		76.66	81.82	X				81.82 m
10		X	79.08	81.46				81.46 m
11		80.28	78.86	80.96				80.96 m
12		78.58	X	X				78.58 m

See also

• 1993 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)
• 1995 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Gothenburg)
• 1996 Javelin Throw Year Ranking
• 1997 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Athens)
• 1998 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Budapest)
• 1999 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Seville)

External links

• Official Report
• Results
• koti.welho

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Javelin Throw . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175056/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/ATH/mens-javelin-throw.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 20 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.