Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's Javelin

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The javelin throw event at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 26 and August 28.

[edit] Records

World Record	98.49	Jan Železný	Czech Republic	Jena, Germany	May 25, 1996
Olympic Record	90.17	Jan Železný	Czech Republic	Sydney, Australia	September 23, 2000

[edit] Medals

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Andreas Thorkildsen, Norway	Vadims Vasiļevskis, Latvia	Sergey Makarov, Russia

[edit] Qualifying

Q denotes automatic qualification.
q denotes qualification by rank.
DNS denotes did not start.
AR denotes area record
NR denotes national record.
PB denotes personal best.
SB denotes season best.

[edit] Heat 1

1. Breaux Greer, United States 87.25m Q
2. Sergey Makarov, Russia 86.08m Q
3. Esko Mikkola, Finland 83.64m Q
4. Andrus Värnik, Estonia 83.25m Q
5. Matti Närhi, Finland 81.06m Q
6. Steve Backley, Great Britain 80.68m q
7. Gerhardus Pienaar, South Africa 79.95m
8. Christian Nicolay, Germany 79.77m
9. Voldemārs Lūsis, Latvia 79.27m
10. William Hamlyn-Harris, Australia 77.43m
11. Peter Zupanc, Slovenia 77.34m
12. Miroslav Guzdek, Czech Republic 76.45m
13. Gergely Horvath, Hungary 73.95m
14. Ronny Nilsen, Norway 73.46m
15. Manuel Fuenmayor, Venezuela 72.26m
16. David Brisseault, France 71.86m
17. Marian Bokor, Slovakia 71.74m

[edit] Heat 2

1. Vadims Vasiļevskis, Latvia 84.43m Q PB
2. Alexandr Ivanov, Russia 82.18m Q
3. Tero Pitkämäki, Finland 82.04m Q
4. Andreas Thorkildsen, Norway 81.74m Q
5. Jan Železný, Czech Republic 81.18m Q
6. Ēriks Rags, Latvia 80.84m q
7. Isbel Luaces, Cuba 80.07m
8. Rongxiang Li, China 79.94m
9. Yukifumi Murakami, Japan 78.59m
10. Oliver Dziubak, Australia 78.53m
11. Peter Esenwein, Germany 78.41m
12. Sergey Voynov, Uzbekistan 74.68m
13. Stuart Farquhar, New Zealand 74.63m
14. Nick Nieland, Great Britain 72.79m
15. Jae Myong Park, Korea 72.70m
16. Edi Ponos, Croatia 71.43m

• Boris Henry, Germany DNS

[edit] Final

1. Andreas Thorkildsen, Norway 86.50m PB
2. Vadims Vasiļevskis, Latvia 84.95m PB
3. Sergey Makarov, Russia 84.84m
4. Steve Backley, Great Britain 84.13m SB
5. Alexandr Ivanov, Russia 83.31m
6. Andrus Värnik, Estonia 83.25m
7. Ēriks Rags, Latvia 83.14m
8. Tero Pitkämäki, Finland 83.01m
9. Jan Železný, Czech Republic 80.59m
10. Matti Närhi, Finland 80.28m
11. Esko Mikkola, Finland 79.43m
12. Breaux Greer, United States 74.36m

The 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

100 m | 110 m hurdles | 200 m | 400 m | 400 m hurdles | 800 m | 1,500 m | 3,000 m steeplechase | 5,000 m | 10,000 m | 4 x 100 m relay | 4 x 400 m relay | decathlon | marathon | 20 km walk | 50 km walk | long jump | triple jump | high jump | pole vault | shot put | discus | javelin | hammer

Women

100 m | 100 m hurdles | 200 m | 400 m | 400 m hurdles | 800 m | 1,500 m | 5,000 m | 10,000 m | 4 x 100 m relay | 4 x 400 m relay | heptathlon | marathon | 20 km walk | long jump | triple jump | high jump | pole vault | shot put | discus | javelin | hammer