Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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. There were a total number of 34 competitors, with twelve of them who qualified for the final. The qualification mark was set at 83.00 metres.

Medalists

Schedule

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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
02.08.1996 – 09:30h 02.08.1996 – 11:00h
Final Round
03.08.1996 – 18:55h

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
02.08.1996 – 09:30h	02.08.1996 – 11:00h
Final Round
03.08.1996 – 18:55h

Abbreviations

All results shown are in metres

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 1996 Summer Olympics
World Record Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	98.48 m	May 25, 1996	Jena Jena Jena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. It has a population of approx. 103,000 and is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt.-History:Jena was first mentioned in an 1182 document... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Olympic Record	89.66 m	August 8, 1992	Barcelona, Spain
Season Best	98.48 m	May 25, 1996	Jena Jena Jena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. It has a population of approx. 103,000 and is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt.-History:Jena was first mentioned in an 1182 document... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	1		87.12	—	—	87.12 m
2	3		85.88	—	—	85.88 m
3	6		83.66	—	—	83.66 m
4	7		83.24	—	—	83.24 m
5	9		82.68	X	—	82.68 m
6	10		78.82	X	80.98	80.98 m
7	11		77.12	X	80.48	80.48 m
8	13		78.38	X	79.78	79.78 m
9	15		77.98	79.18	79.18	79.18 m
10	18		X	77.94	74.42	77.94 m
11	20		X	75.90	77.74	77.74 m
12	23		X	77.12	X	77.12 m
13	24		75.58	76.30	68.50	76.30 m
14	26		75.24	X	X	75.24 m
15	29		69.72	X	72.84	72.84 m
16	31		X	70.30	71.42	71.42 m
17	33		68.02	X	64.12	68.02 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	2		86.52	—	—	86.52 m
2	4		80.70	81.34	84.70	84.70 m
3	5		84.14	—	—	84.14 m
4	8		83.22	—	—	83.22 m
5	12		76.24	76.76	79.88	79.88 m
6	14		77.96	79.34	X	79.34 m
7	16		74.88	76.12	78.20	78.20 m
8	17		X	76.68	78.02	78.02 m
9	19		76.98	X	77.82	77.82 m
10	21		71.34	76.58	77.28	77.28 m
11	22		X	76.96	77.20	77.20 m
12	25		69.54	X	75.74	75.74 m
13	27		68.54	73.96	73.28	73.96 m
14	28		73.84	73.20	X	73.84 m
15	30		72.54	X	68.28	72.54 m
16	32		68.02	70.78	65.70	70.78 m
—	—		X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance
		X	88.16	82.68	83.86	86.02	86.12	88.16 m
		87.44	85.66	X	80.74	80.88	85.64	87.44 m
		83.44	86.66	76.52	84.52	81.70	86.98	86.98 m
4		83.88	86.88	X	83.10	X	85.10	86.88 m
5		81.24	85.68	X	82.58	83.94	84.08	85.68 m
6		82.72	85.30	81.12	X	82.28	83.78	85.30 m
7		82.72	80.26	X	84.02	81.98	X	84.02 m
8		78.48	80.90	83.58	81.28	82.18	81.68	83.58 m

9		76.66	81.82	X				81.82 m
10		X	79.08	81.46				81.46 m
11		80.28	78.86	80.96				80.96 m
12		78.58	X	X				78.58 m