Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

Men's javelin throw

at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad

Venue

Olympic Stadium

Dates

17 August 2016 (qualifications)
20 August 2016 (final)

Competitors

37 from 23 nations

Winning distance

90.30 m

Medalists

	Thomas Röhler	Germany
	Julius Yego	Kenya
	Keshorn Walcott	Trinidad and Tobago

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Long jump	men	women
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The men's javelin throw competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium between August 17–20.^[1]

Summary

Defending champion, Keshorn Walcott started the final with a respectable 83.45 m. The second thrower was Johannes Vetter who topped it with an 85.32 m. The eighth thrower in the round was reigning World Champion Julius Yego, who tossed it 88.24 m (289 ft 6 in), landing on his hands to avoid a face plant on the runway. He moved into the gold medal position. The next competitor was the number one thrower in 2016, Thomas Röhler who answered with an 87.40 m to move into silver position. On his second attempt, Walcott threw it 85.38 to move into bronze position by just 6 cm, still more than 3 metres short of the mark he threw in the qualifying round. Nobody was able to improve in the next two rounds. As the final thrower in the fourth round, Yego twisted his left ankle during his fouled attempt. He limped to the bench and was wheelchair out of the stadium still in gold medal position. On his fifth attempt, Röhler threw it 90.30 m (296 ft 3 in), less than a foot short of the Olympic record, to move ahead of Yego. Nobody was able to improve their position in the final round and the gold medal was confirmed.^[2] After treatment, Yego limped back into the stadium to congratulate Röhler and celebrate his silver medal by limping around his victory lap.

Competition format

Each athlete received three throws in the qualifying round. The nine athletes who achieved the qualifying distance progressed to the final. A further three athletes who did not achieve the qualifying distance also advanced to the final. All twelve starters were allowed three throws in the final, with the top eight athletes after that point receiving three further attempts.

Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-3)

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday, 17 August 2016	20:30	Qualifications
Saturday, 20 August 2016	20:55	Finals

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Jan Železný (CZE)	98.48 m	Jena, Germany	25 May 1996
Olympic record	Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)	90.57 m	Beijing, China	23 August 2008
2016 World leading	Thomas Rohler (GER)	91.28 m	Turku, Finland	29 June 2016

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification rule: qualification standard 83.00m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	B	Walcott, KeshornKeshorn Walcott	Trinidad and Tobago	88.68	–	–	88.68	Q
2	B	Vetter, JohannesJohannes Vetter	Germany	85.96	–	–	85.96	Q
3	A	Weber, JulianJulian Weber	Germany	84.46	–	–	84.46	Q
4	B	Arai, RyoheiRyohei Arai	Japan	84.16	–	–	84.16	Q
5	B	Frydrych, PetrPetr Frydrych	Czech Republic	78.57	80.17	83.60	83.60	Q
6	B	Yego, JuliusJulius Yego	Kenya	78.88	0.00 !x	83.55	83.55	Q
7	A	Vadlejch, JakubJakub Vadlejch	Czech Republic	78.23	80.90	83.27	83.27	Q
8	A	Kosynskyy, DmytroDmytro Kosynskyy	Ukraine	80.08	76.79	83.23	83.23	Q
9	A	Röhler, ThomasThomas Röhler	Germany	79.47	81.61	83.01	83.01	Q
10	B	Veselý, VítězslavVítězslav Veselý	Czech Republic	81.32	81.32	82.85	82.85	q
11	B	Ruuskanen, AnttiAntti Ruuskanen	Finland	82.20	0.00 !x	0.00 !x	82.20	q
12	A	Toledo, BraianBraian Toledo	Argentina	78.99	81.96	80.36	81.96	q
13	A	Robinson, JoshuaJoshua Robinson	Australia	78.87	80.84	76.78	80.84
14	B	Sirmais, ZigismundsZigismunds Sirmais	Latvia	76.87	80.65	75.95	80.65
15	A	Krukowski, MarcinMarcin Krukowski	Poland	0.00 !x	78.06	80.62	80.62
16	B	de Oliveira, Júlio CésarJúlio César de Oliveira	Brazil	79.33	80.49	80.29	80.49
17	A	Amb, KimKim Amb	Sweden	77.91	78.75	80.49	80.49
18	B	Laanmäe, TanelTanel Laanmäe	Estonia	80.45	78.78	79.24	80.45
19	B	Ampomah, JohnJohn Ampomah	Ghana	79.09	80.39	78.90	80.39
20	A	Hostetler, CyrusCyrus Hostetler	United States	76.48	78.69	79.76	79.76
21	A	Pitkämäki, TeroTero Pitkämäki	Finland	77.91	78.58	79.56	79.56
22	A	Mätas, RistoRisto Mätas	Estonia	76.23	79.26	79.40	79.40
23	A	Kirt, MagnusMagnus Kirt	Estonia	0.00 !x	77.60	79.33	79.33
24	A	van Rooyen, RoccoRocco van Rooyen	South Africa	0.00 !x	71.05	78.48	78.48	SB
25	B	Peacock, HamishHamish Peacock	Australia	77.91	76.22	76.40	77.91
26	B	Zaytsev, IvanIvan Zaytsev	Uzbekistan	73.49	72.92	77.83	77.83
27	B	Mannio, AriAri Mannio	Finland	77.14	76.77	77.73	77.73
28	A	Strobinders !Rolands Štrobinders	Latvia	76.76	0.00 !x	77.73	77.73
29	A	Farquhar, StuartStuart Farquhar	New Zealand	74.24	77.32	74.38	77.32
30	A	Magour, Ahmed BaderAhmed Bader Magour	Qatar	0.00 !x	77.19	0.00 !x	77.19
31	B	Grzeszczuk, ŁukaszŁukasz Grzeszczuk	Poland	76.31	76.52	76.14	76.52
32	A	Copeland, LeslieLeslie Copeland	Fiji	76.04	75.68	0.00 !x	76.04
33	B	Shih-feng, HuangHuang Shih-feng	Chinese Taipei	74.33	0.00 !x	0.00 !x	74.33
34	B	Crouser, SamSam Crouser	United States	73.78	73.66	0.00 !x	73.78
35	B	Furey, SeanSean Furey	United States	69.40	72.61	71.35	72.61
36	A	Ranasinghe, RM SumedaRM Sumeda Ranasinghe	Sri Lanka	69.62	71.93	0.00 !x	71.93
99 !—	A	Shokirjonov, BoburBobur Shokirjonov	Uzbekistan	0.00 !x	0.00 !x	0.00 !x	0.00 !NM

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
01 !	Thomas Röhler	Germany	87.40	85.61	87.07	84.84	90.30	x	90.30
02 !	Julius Yego	Kenya	88.24	x	–	x	r*		88.24	SB
03 !	Keshorn Walcott	Trinidad and Tobago	83.45	85.38	83.38	80.33	x	x	85.38
4	Johannes Vetter	Germany	85.32	x	82.54	x	83.61	81.74	85.32
5	Dmytro Kosynskyy	Ukraine	82.51	83.95	83.64	81.61	81.21	x	83.95	PB
6	Antti Ruuskanen	Finland	x	77.81	83.05	x	x	80.00	83.05
7	Vítězslav Veselý	Czech Republic	78.20	82.51	x	x	x	78.63	82.51
8	Jakub Vadlejch	Czech Republic	80.02	82.42	81.59	80.32	x	x	82.42
9	Julian Weber	Germany	80.29	80.13	81.36	Did not advance			81.36
10	Braian Toledo	Argentina	77.89	79.51	79.81	Did not advance			79.81
11	Ryohei Arai	Japan	77.98	79.47	72.49	Did not advance			79.47
12	Petr Frydrych	Czech Republic	76.15	76.79	79.12	Did not advance			79.12

* – Julius Yego retired from the competition after his fourth throw due to an ankle injury.^[3]

References

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↑ https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/A/T/ATM053101_Results_2016_08_20_892d9284_25a5_4f23_965a_e367b228f205.pdf
↑ "Julius Yego speaks after Rio Olympics heartbreak". tuko.co.ke. Retrieved 21 August 2016.

Javelin throw at the Olympic Games

Summary

Men	1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Women	1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

See also: 1908 Men's freestyle javelin throw • 1912 Men's two handed javelin throw

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