Justin Arop was a track and field

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 athlete from Uganda

Uganda

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, who competed in the men's javelin throw

Javelin throw

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 event during his career . A two-time winner at the All-Africa Games

All-Africa Games

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 (1978 and 1987) he represented his native East Africa

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n country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Moscow

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, Soviet Union

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 (1980). There he set his best Olympic result by finishing in 12th place in the overall-rankings. At the Lite Summer Games held at the Duke University Campus in Durham (North Carolina, USA), on June 27th 1982, Arop threw the javelin to a winning personal best of 84.58 meters (old design). He currently holds the Ugandan record with 75.52 m (new design).

Achievements

Representing
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States Los Angeles, California Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...	27th	Javelin throw	69.76 m
1987	All-Africa Games 1987 All-Africa Games The 4th All-Africa Games were played from August 1, 1987 to August 12, 1987 in Nairobi, Kenya. 42 countries participated in fourteen sports.From the beginning the intent had been to hold the African Games every four years. Economic difficulties and general civil unrest had never allowed this to...	Nairobi, Kenya	1st	Javelin throw	73.42 m Athletics at the 1987 All-Africa Games The fourth All-Africa Games were held in August 1987 in Nairobi, Kenya.Four new events were added to the games these were the women's 3000 metres, 10000 metres, 400 metres hurdles and 5000 metres track walk. Additionally the pentathlon for women was replaced with the heptathlon. Also four nations...
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	29th	Javelin throw	71.76 m
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	33rd	Javelin throw	69.10 m