Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw
Men's javelin throw at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||
Date | 8–11 August | |||||||||
Competitors | 44 from 31 nations | |||||||||
Winning distance | 84.58 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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The Men's javelin throw competition at the
Competition format
Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If fewer than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.[2]
Summary
Seven athletes hit the automatic qualifying mark, two on their first attempt. 80.39 was the last qualifier. Julius Yego set a new national record for Kenya. With his one throw, Vítězslav Veselý improved his 2012 world lead to 88.34.
In the first round of the final, 19-year-old
On August 9, 2016,
Schedule
All times are
Date | Time | Round |
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Wednesday, 8 August 2012 | 19:05 | Qualifications |
Saturday, 11 August 2012 | 19:20 | Finals |
Records
Prior to the competition[update], the existing World and Olympic records were as follows:
World record | Jan Železný (CZE) | 98.48 m | Jena, Germany | 25 May 1996 |
Olympic record | Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) | 90.57 m | Beijing, China | 23 August 2008 |
2012 World leading | Vítězslav Veselý (CZE) | 88.11 m | Oslo, Norway | 7 June 2012 |
Broken records during the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||||
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2012 World leading | Vítězslav Veselý (CZE) | 88.34 m | London, United Kingdom | 8 August 2012 |
The Following new National records were set during this competition
Kenya national record | Julius Yego (KEN) | 81.81 m |
Trinidad and Tobago national record | Keshorn Walcott (TRI) | 84.58 m |
Results
Qualifying round
Qual. rule: qualification standard 82.00m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
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1 | B | Vítězslav Veselý | Czech Republic | 88.34 | – | – | 88.34 | Q, WL, PB |
2 | A | Andreas Thorkildsen | Norway | 76.20 | 84.47 | – | 84.47 | Q |
3 | B | Tero Pitkämäki | Finland | 76.53 | x | 83.01 | 83.01 | Q |
B | – | |||||||
5 | A | Spiridon Lebesis |
Greece | 81.80 | 82.40 | – | 82.40 | Q |
6 | A | Stuart Farquhar | New Zealand | 82.32 | – | – | 82.32 | Q |
7 | B | Roderick Genki Dean |
Japan | 71.58 | 82.07 | – | 82.07 | Q |
8 | A | Ari Mannio | Finland | 81.99 | x | 76.25 | 81.99 | q |
9 | B | Julius Yego | Kenya | 79.10 | 79.33 | 81.81 | 81.81 | q, NR |
10 | B | Keshorn Walcott | Trinidad and Tobago | 78.91 | 76.44 | 81.75 | 81.75 | q |
11 | B | Antti Ruuskanen | Finland | 77.83 | 81.74 | x | 81.74 | q |
12 | A | Tino Häber | Germany | 78.19 | 69.54 | 80.39 | 80.39 | q |
13 | A | Leslie Copeland | Fiji | 77.00 | 80.19 | 72.52 | 80.19 | SB |
14 | A | Roman Avramenko | Ukraine | 79.15 | 77.03 | 80.06 | 80.06 | |
15 | A | Uladzimir Kazlou | Belarus | x | 79.10 | 80.06 | 80.06 | |
16 | A | Guillermo Martinez |
Cuba | 75.39 | 80.06 | 77.22 | 80.06 | |
17 | A | Ainārs Kovals | Latvia | 77.42 | 76.45 | 79.19 | 79.19 | |
18 | B | Kim Amb | Sweden | x | 71.85 | 78.94 | 78.94 | |
19 | A | Igor Janik | Poland | 76.01 | 78.90 | x | 78.90 | |
20 | B | Fatih Avan | Turkey | 78.74 | 78.20 | 78.87 | 78.87 | |
21 | A | Risto Mätas | Estonia | 70.34 | 78.56 | 76.30 | 78.56 | |
22 | A | Curtis Moss | Canada | 74.21 | 78.13 | 78.22 | 78.22 | |
23 | B | Craig Kinsley | United States | 72.80 | 71.47 | 78.18 | 78.18 | |
24 | A | Yukifumi Murakami | Japan | 76.37 | 77.80 | 77.77 | 77.80 | |
25 | B | Jakub Vadlejch | Czech Republic | x | 77.61 | x | 77.61 | |
26 | B | Dayron Marquez |
Colombia | 75.15 | 77.59 | 76.50 | 77.59 | |
27 | B | Jarrod Bannister | Australia | 77.38 | 76.23 | x | 77.38 | |
28 | A | Paweł Rakoczy | Poland | 77.36 | 73.22 | 73.44 | 77.36 | |
29 | A | Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed |
Egypt | 72.93 | 77.35 | 75.19 | 77.35 | |
30 | B | Braian Toledo | Argentina | 76.87 | x | 73.30 | 76.87 | |
31 | B | Jung Sangjin |
South Korea | 76.37 | 74.77 | x | 76.37 | |
32 | A | Cyrus Hostetler | United States | 70.62 | 75.76 | 75.00 | 75.76 | |
33 | A | Ilya Korotkov | Russia | 75.68 | x | x | 75.68 | |
34 | A | Petr Frydrych | Czech Republic | 69.54 | 70.44 | 75.46 | 75.46 | |
35 | B | Mervyn Luckwell | Great Britain | 74.09 | x | x | 74.09 | |
36 | A | Ivan Zaytsev | Uzbekistan | 73.07 | 73.94 | 71.39 | 73.94 | |
37 | B | Sean Furey | United States | x | 72.81 | 71.86 | 72.81 | |
38 | A | Vadims Vasilevskis |
Latvia | x | 72.81 | x | 72.81 | |
39 | B | Melik Janoyan | Armenia | 72.64 | 70.81 | 68.72 | 72.64 | |
40 | B | Matija Kranjc | Slovenia | 72.63 | 69.70 | 71.17 | 72.63 | |
41 | A | Qin Qiang | China | 72.29 | 68.76 | 65.28 | 72.29 | |
42 | B | Bartosz Osewski | Poland | x | x | 71.19 | 71.19 | |
– | B | Matthias De Zordo |
Germany | x | x | x | NM | |
– | B | Zigismunds Sirmais | Latvia | x | x | x | NM |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
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Keshorn Walcott | Trinidad and Tobago | 83.51 | 84.58 | x | 80.64 | x | – | 84.58 | NR | |
Antti Ruuskanen | Finland | 79.60 | 81.09 | 81.60 | 81.97 | 84.12 | 79.88 | 84.12 | ||
Vítězslav Veselý | Czech Republic | x | 81.69 | 81.80 | x | 80.32 | 83.34 | 83.34 | ||
4 | Tero Pitkämäki | Finland | 77.33 | 82.68 | 80.67 | 80.46 | 82.80 | 82.53 | 82.80 | |
5 | Andreas Thorkildsen | Norway | x | 82.63 | x | 81.70 | x | x | 82.63 | |
6 | Spiridon Lebesis |
Greece | 81.21 | 81.91 | 81.27 | 80.36 | x | 79.45 | 81.91 | |
7 | Tino Haber |
Germany | 76.99 | 74.33 | 81.21 | 79.95 | 76.36 | 75.85 | 81.21 | |
8 | Stuart Farquhar | New Zealand | 76.80 | 76.64 | 80.22 | – | – | – | 80.22 | |
9 | Roderick Genki Dean |
Japan | x | 79.95 | x | – | – | – | 79.95 | |
10 | Ari Mannio | Finland | 78.60 | 77.71 | x | – | – | – | 78.60 | |
11 | Julius Yego | Kenya | 72.59 | 77.15 | 74.08 | – | – | – | 77.15 | |
DSQ[6] | DQ |
References
- ^ "Athletics - Summer Olympic Sport". 22 June 2017. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ "Men's Javelin throw competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- IAAF. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ^ "Antti Ruuskanen saa olympiahopeansa Lahden MM-kisojen yhteydessä" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2019-08-19. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
- ^ "Veselý se dočkal olympijské medaile. Asi skončí u babičky, usmál se" (in Czech). iDnes. 28 June 2017.
- ^ a b "IOC sanctions four athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012". 24 January 2017.
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