Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Men's javelin throw

The Men's Javelin Throw
Javelin throw
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event at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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had an entrylist of 28 competitors. The final was held on August 5, 1984, and the qualifying round on August 4, 1984 with the qualification mark set at 83.00 metres.

Medalists

Schedule

All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8
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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
04.08.1984 – 09:30h 04.08.1984 – 10:30h
Final Round
06.08.1984 – 18:15h

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
04.08.1984 – 09:30h	04.08.1984 – 10:30h
Final Round
06.08.1984 – 18:15h

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 1984 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...		104.80 m	July 20, 1984	East Berlin East Berlin East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin that was established in 1945. The American, British and French sectors became West Berlin, a part strongly associated with West Germany but a free city... , East Germany
Olympic Record		94.58 m	July 25, 1976	Montreal, Canada

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	3		79.52	81.08	83.06	83.06 m
2	5		75.10	82.98	X	82.98 m
3	6		82.46	X	X	82.46 m
4	7		X	76.68	82.18	82.18 m
5	8		78.14	81.42	78.06	81.42 m
6	10		79.78	X	80.94	80.94 m
7	11		80.52	66.26	78.02	80.52 m
8	12		77.08	79.34	X	79.34 m
9	13		79.26	X	X	79.24 m
10	14		78.80	X	79.16	79.16 m
11	16		76.52	X	X	76.52 m
12	19		71.80	X	75.18	75.18 m
13	23		72.16	63.92	72.96	72.96 m
14	27		69.76	66.30	X	69.76 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	1		85.96	—	—	85.96 m
2	2		85.68	—	—	85.68 m
3	4		82.82	83.06	—	83.06 m
4	9		79.36	81.06	79.42	81.06 m
5	2		X	68.00	76.62	76.62 m
6	17		X	76.46	X	76.46 m
7	18		75.50	75.48	X	75.50 m
8	20		74.82	72.58	69.18	74.82 m
9	21		72.48	70.76	74.58	74.58 m
10	22		X	X	73.52	73.52 m
11	24		62.46	71.48	68.54	68.54 m
12	25		63.62	70.08	69.32	70.08 m
13	26		69.82	66.68	67.02	69.82 m
—	—		X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance
		X	78.74	84.34	86.76	X	X	86.76 m
		85.74	81.52	X	X	83.92	84.46	85.74 m
		X	80.28	X	X	83.72	83.30	83.72 m
4		82.00	82.46	X	78.88	X	72.08	82.46 m
5		X	81.98	X	81.98	77.92	81.66	81.98 m
6		80.44	77.66	79.22	81.58	X	79.26	81.58 m
7		70.20	81.22	78.22	76.68	X	78.82	81.22 m
8		X	X	80.68	X	X	X	80.68 m

9		73.64	X	78.98				78.98 m
10		X	X	78.40				78.40 m
11		72.54	78.10	X				78.10 m
12		X	X	70.86				70.86 m