Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's javelin throw
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The men's javelin throw
event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
was held on 31 July.
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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...
event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at the City of Manchester Stadium from the 26–30 July 2002. The route for the marathon event crossed Manchester city centre and finished in the stadium. The race walk events began alongside the Lowry Centre at Salford Quays...
was held on 31 July.
Results
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
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Steve Backley Steve Backley Stephen James Backley OBE is a retired British athlete who was formerly the world record holder for javelin throwing... |
86.81 | 84.94 | x | – | – | – | 86.81 | |||
Scott Russell | 78.98 | 75.49 | x | 72.20 | 75.92 | x | 78.98 | |||
Nick Nieland Nick Nieland Dr Nicholas Nieland is a British javelin thrower.He was the British number three for many years... |
71.80 | 71.72 | 73.15 | 74.54 | 78.63 | x | 78.63 | |||
Will Hamlyn-Harris | 77.31 | 72.10 | x | 70.31 | 78.63 | 75.11 | 77.31 | |||
Andrew Currey Andrew Currey Andrew Bruce Currey is a retired javelin thrower from Australia, who was the nation's leading javelin specialist in the 1990s. His main rival was training partner Adrian Hatcher.... |
74.88 | 73.07 | 76.81 | 74.60 | 76.98 | x | 76.98 | |||
Mark Roberson | 74.52 | 73.82 | 72.61 | x | x | 73.81 | 74.52 | |||
Michael Allen | x | 64.63 | 67.07 | 65.58 | x | x | 67.07 | |||
James Goulding | x | 64.43 | x | 64.24 | x | 63.18 | 64.43 | |||
Elvis Smith | 32.03 | 42.87 | x | 42.87 | ||||||
10 | Nigel Faleuka | x | 42.73 | 36.62 | 42.73 | |||||
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