The Men's Javelin Throw

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...

 at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

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 as part of the athletics program

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.-Men's events:...

 was held at the Olympic Stadium on Friday, September 22 and Saturday, September 23.

The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with up to six throws. The qualifying distance was 83.00 metres. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Medalists

Schedule

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  Qualification Round
  Group A	Group B
  22.09.2000 – 11:30h	22.09.2000 – 13:25h
  Final Round
  23.09.2000 – 20:30h

Abbreviations

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 2000 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
Broken records during the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record		90.17 m	September 23, 2000	Sydney, Australia

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2		88.41	—	—	88.41 m
2	3		X	81.49	86.74	86.74 m	NR Norwegian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Norway maintained by its national athletics federation: Norges Fri-Idrettsforbund .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distance# = not officially ratifiedOT = oversized track...
3	4		85.60	—	—	85.60 m
4	6		81.12	81.93	84.00	84.00 m	SB
5	7		76.58	83.98	—	83.98 m	PB
6	10		78.70	82.64	77.72	82.64 m
7	13		72.32	82.12	X	82.12 m
8	15		67.76	74.16	81.34	81.34 m
9	16		78.65	X	81.31	81.31 m
10	17		80.89	76.57	80.05	80.89 m
11	18		80.08	X	X	80.08 m
12	19		79.93	X	78.46	79.93 m
13	20		79.90	77.33	79.40	79.90 m
14	21		77.58	79.23	X	79.23 m
15	30		70.86	69.77	X	70.86 m
16	31		68.85	70.48	67.98	70.48 m
17	34		X	X	68.70	68.70 m
—	—		—	—	—	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1		89.39	—	—	89.39 m
2	5		84.58	—	—	84.58 m
3	8		83.74	—	—	83.74 m
4	9		80.61	76.83	83.73	83.73 m
5	11		82.63	80.32	77.61	82.63 m	PB
6	12		78.55	82.24	X	82.24 m
7	14		77.82	X	82.10	82.10 m
8	22		78.12	76.38	75.47	78.12 m
9	23		78.06	76.56	74.07	78.06 m
10	24		74.64	X	78.04	78.04 m
11	25		X	75.89	74.98	75.89 m
12	26		X	75.75	X	75.75 m
13	27		71.03	75.49	X	75.49 m
14	28		75.17	X	74.25	75.17 m
15	29		71.36	73.05	X	73.05 m
16	32		X	66.97	70.35	70.35 m
17	33		66.05	69.17	70.26	70.26 m
18	35		X	65.00	66.40	66.40 m

Final Ranking

Rank	Athlete	Distance	Group	Note
1		89.39 m	B
2		88.41 m	A
3		86.74 m	A	NR Norwegian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Norway maintained by its national athletics federation: Norges Fri-Idrettsforbund .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distance# = not officially ratifiedOT = oversized track...
4		85.60 m	A
5		84.58 m	B
6		84.00 m	A	SB
7		83.98 m	A	PB
8		83.74 m	B
9		83.73 m	B
10		82.64 m	A
11		82.63 m	B	PB
12		82.24 m	B
13		82.12 m	A
14		82.10 m	B
15		81.34 m	A
16		81.31 m	A
17		80.89 m	A
18		80.08 m	A
19		79.93 m	A
20		79.90 m	A
21		79.23 m	A
22		78.12 m	B
23		78.06 m	B
24		78.04 m	B
25		75.89 m	B
26		75.75 m	B
27		75.49 m	B
28		75.17 m	B
29		73.05 m	B
30		70.86 m	A
31		70.48 m	A
32		70.35 m	B
33		70.26 m	B
34		68.70 m	A
35		66.40 m	B
—		NM	A

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		89.41	X	90.17	X	X	88.97	90.17 m	OR
		86.25	89.85	X	80.99	X	X	89.85 m	SB
		88.67	85.90	X	X	86.67	85.30	88.67 m
4		87.76	X	X	X	76.11	—	87.76 m	SB
5		86.62	82.49	84.01	X	X	78.42	86.62 m
6		85.06	X	83.73	83.53	86.53	83.32	86.53 m
7		82.94	80.78	83.45	X	85.78	83.31	85.78 m
8		76.13	78.55	83.33	X	X	77.19	83.33 m
9		80.06	83.04	72.01				83.04 m
10		75.11	82.30	82.01				82.30 m
11		81.00	80.92	X				81.00 m
12		74.16	X	79.91				79.91 m

See also

• 1997 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Athens)
  1997 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Javelin
  These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday 5 August 1997...
  
  
• 1998 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Budapest)
  1998 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Javelin
  These are the official results of the Men's javelin throw event at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes. The final was held on 23 August 1998, two days after the qualification round where the mark was set at 82.00 metres...
  
  
• 1999 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Seville)
  1999 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Javelin
  These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday 29 August 1999.-Medalists:-Schedule:...
  
  
• 2000 Javelin Throw Year Ranking
• 2001 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Edmonton)
  2001 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Javelin
  These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 12, 2001...
  
  
• 2002 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Munich)
  2002 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Javelin
  These are the official results of the Men's javelin throw event at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany. There were a total number of 21 participating athletes...
  
  
• 2003 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Paris)
  2003 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Javelin
  These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 21 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday 31 August 2003.-Medalists:-Schedule:...