Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw explained

Event:	Men's javelin throw
Games:	2008 Summer
Venue:	Beijing National Stadium
Date:	21 August 2008 (qualification) 23 August 2008 (final)
Competitors:	38
Nations:	29
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Andreas Thorkildsen
Goldnoc:	NOR
Silver:	Ainārs Kovals
Silvernoc:	LAT
Bronze:	Tero Pitkämäki
Bronzenoc:	FIN
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	90.57
Prev:	2004
Next:	2012

The men's javelin throw event at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 21 and 23 August at the Beijing National Stadium.^[1] The qualification mark was set at 82.50 metres.

The qualifying standards were 81.80 m (268.37 ft) (A standard) and 77.80 m (255.25 ft) (B standard).^[2]

Schedule

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

Date	Time	Round
Thursday, 21 August 2008	10:10	Qualifications^[3]
style=background:lemonchiffon	Saturday, 23 August 2008	style=background:lemonchiffon	19:10	style=background:lemonchiffon	Finals^[4]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading mark were as follows:

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: 82.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	B			83.51			83.51	Q
2	B			79.13	83.33		83.33	Q
3	B				82.61		82.61	Q
4	B			77.76	82.34	-	82.34	q
5	B				78.93	81.20	81.20	q, PB
6	A			80.42	-	-	80.42	q
7	A					80.15	80.15	q
8	A			77.07	80.06	78.41	80.06	q
9	B			79.85		-	79.85	q
10	A			79.79	78.89	75.81	79.79	q
11	A			79.79		77.40	79.79	q
12	A			79.70	75.35	76.07	79.70	q
13	A			79.33		77.97	79.33
14	B			75.73	73.89	79.27	79.27
15	A				78.21	76.29	78.21
16	A			71.43	67.59	77.63	77.63
17	A			76.63	75.61	74.25	76.63
18	B				74.18	76.55	76.55
19	A				74.55	76.16	76.16
20	B			76.14	75.51	73.87	76.14
21	B			63.42	70.55	75.56	75.56
22	A			73.68	-	-	73.68	SB
23	B			73.50			73.50
24	A			71.07	71.35	73.03	73.03
25	B				72.75	71.69	72.75
26	A					72.47	72.47
27	B				71.87	67.39	71.87
28	A			71.29	71.85		71.85
29	B			71.64	70.68	71.10	71.64
30	A			70.59	71.58	68.79	71.58
31	B			71.00			71.00
32	A				70.05		70.05
33	A			69.54	66.29	68.29	69.54
34	B			58.04	66.95	69.09	69.09
35	B			67.49	66.37	67.39	67.49
36	B			66.00			66.00
37	B					64.47	64.47
	A

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Andreas Thorkildsen		84.72	85.91	87.93	85.13	90.57		90.57
	Ainārs Kovals		79.45	82.63	82.28	78.98	80.65	86.64	86.64	PB
	Tero Pitkämäki		83.75		80.69	85.83		86.16	86.16
4	Tero Järvenpää		83.95					83.63	83.95
5	Teemu Wirkkala		-	73.90	83.46			78.23	83.46
6	Jarrod Bannister		83.45	80.59	82.20				83.45
7	Ilya Korotkov		82.54		76.84	82.15		83.15	83.15
8	Uladzimir Kazlou		82.06	77.57	74.09			75.36	82.06	PB
9	Vadims Vasiļevskis		76.75		81.32				81.32
10	Scott Russell		80.90	78.02					80.90
11	Magnus Arvidsson		79.85	79.57	80.16				80.16
12	Vítězslav Veselý				76.76				76.76

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule . 2008-08-04 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20080913131714/http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/results/eventCode%3D3659/bydiscipline/index.html . 13 September 2008 . dead .
2. Web site: Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008 . 2008-08-04. IAAF. https://web.archive.org/web/20080913131730/http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/standards/index.html. 13 September 2008 .
3. Web site: Men's Javelin Throw Qualifying Rounds . . 31 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120730235605/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DATM053900/standings.html . 30 July 2012 .
4. Web site: Men's Javelin Throw Final. NBC Olympics. 31 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140105165003/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc=ATM053100/standings.html. 5 January 2014. dead.