Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's javelin throw

Athletics at the
2002 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
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The men's javelin throw event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 31 July.

Results

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st Steve Backley  England 86.81 84.94 x – – – 86.81
2nd Scott Russell  Canada 78.98 75.49 x 72.20 75.92 x 78.98
3rd Nick Nieland  England 71.80 71.72 73.15 74.54 78.63 x 78.63
4 William Hamlyn-Harris  Australia 77.31 72.10 x 70.31 78.63 75.11 77.31
5 Andrew Currey  Australia 74.88 73.07 76.81 74.60 76.98 x 76.98
6 Mark Roberson  England 74.52 73.82 72.61 x x 73.81 74.52
7 Michael Allen  Northern Ireland x 64.63 67.07 65.58 x x 67.07
8 James Goulding  Fiji x 64.43 x 64.24 x 63.18 64.43
9 Elvis Smith  Turks and Caicos Islands 32.03 42.87 x 42.87
10 Nigel Faleuka  Niue x 42.73 36.62 42.73
Mathew Faleuka  Niue DNS

References