Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw explained

Event:	Men's Javelin throw
Games:	2000 Summer
Dates:	22 September (qualification) 23 September (final)
Competitors:	36
Nations:	26
Win Value:	90.17
Win Label:	Winning distance
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Jan Železný
Goldnoc:	CZE
Silver:	Steve Backley
Silvernoc:	GBR
Bronze:	Sergey Makarov
Bronzenoc:	RUS
Prev:	1996
Next:	2004

The Men's Javelin Throw at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Friday, 22 September and Saturday, 23 September.^[1]

The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with up to six throws. The qualifying distance was 83.00 metres. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
22.09.2000 - 11:30h	22.09.2000 - 13:25h
Final Round
23.09.2000 - 20:30h

Abbreviations

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 2000 Summer Olympics
	98.48 m	25 May 1996
	89.66 m	8 August 1992	Barcelona, Spain
Broken records during the 2000 Summer Olympics
	90.17 m	23 September 2000

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	2		88.41	—	—	88.41 m
2	3		X	81.49	86.74	86.74 m	NR
3	4		85.60	—	—	85.60 m
4	6		81.12	81.93	84.00	84.00 m	SB
5	7		76.58	83.98	—	83.98 m	PB
6	10		78.70	82.64	77.72	82.64 m
7	13		72.32	82.12	X	82.12 m
8	15		67.76	74.16	81.34	81.34 m
9	16		78.65	X	81.31	81.31 m
10	17		80.89	76.57	80.05	80.89 m
11	18		80.08	X	X	80.08 m
12	19		79.93	X	78.46	79.93 m
13	20		79.90	77.33	79.40	79.90 m
14	21		77.58	79.23	X	79.23 m
15	30		70.86	69.77	X	70.86 m
16	31		68.85	70.48	67.98	70.48 m
17	34		X	X	68.70	68.70 m
—	—		—	—	—	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	1		89.39	—	—	89.39 m
2	5		84.58	—	—	84.58 m
3	8		83.74	—	—	83.74 m
4	9		80.61	76.83	83.73	83.73 m
5	11		82.63	80.32	77.61	82.63 m	PB
6	12		78.55	82.24	X	82.24 m
7	14		77.82	X	82.10	82.10 m
8	22		78.12	76.38	75.47	78.12 m
9	23		78.06	76.56	74.07	78.06 m
10	24		74.64	X	78.04	78.04 m
11	25		X	75.89	74.98	75.89 m
12	26		X	75.75	X	75.75 m
13	27		71.03	75.49	X	75.49 m
14	28		75.17	X	74.25	75.17 m
15	29		71.36	73.05	X	73.05 m
16	32		X	66.97	70.35	70.35 m
17	33		66.05	69.17	70.26	70.26 m
18	35		X	65.00	66.40	66.40 m

Final ranking

Rank	Distance	Group	Note
1	89.39 m	B
2	88.41 m	A
3	86.74 m	A	NR
4	85.60 m	A
5	84.58 m	B
6	84.00 m	A	SB
7	83.98 m	A	PB
8	83.74 m	B
9	83.73 m	B
10	82.64 m	A
11	82.63 m	B	PB
12	82.24 m	B
13	82.12 m	A
14	82.10 m	B
15	81.34 m	A
16	81.31 m	A
17	80.89 m	A
18	80.08 m	A
19	79.93 m	A
20	79.90 m	A
21	79.23 m	A
22	78.12 m	B
23	78.06 m	B
24	78.04 m	B
25	75.89 m	B
26	75.75 m	B
27	75.49 m	B
28	75.17 m	B
29	73.05 m	B
30	70.86 m	A
31	70.48 m	A
32	70.35 m	B
33	70.26 m	B
34	68.70 m	A
35	66.40 m	B
—	NM	A

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
		89.41	X	90.17	X	X	88.97	90.17 m	OR
		86.25	89.85	X	80.99	X	X	89.85 m	SB
		88.67	85.90	X	X	86.67	85.30	88.67 m
4		87.76	X	X	X	76.11	—	87.76 m	SB
5		86.62	82.49	84.01	X	X	78.42	86.62 m
6		85.06	X	83.73	83.53	86.53	83.32	86.53 m
7		82.94	80.78	83.45	X	85.78	83.31	85.78 m
8		76.13	78.55	83.33	X	X	77.19	83.33 m

9		80.06	83.04	72.01				83.04 m
10		75.11	82.30	82.01				82.30 m
11		81.00	80.92	X				81.00 m
12		74.16	X	79.91				79.91 m

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Javelin Throw . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175040/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/ATH/mens-javelin-throw.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 20 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.