Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 25–27 August.^[1]

Men's javelin throw at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Olympic Athletics
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	26–28 August
Competitors	34 from 23 nations
Winning distance	86.50
Medalists
Andreas Thorkildsen  Norway Vadims Vasiļevskis  Latvia Sergey Makarov  Russia
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Competition format

In the qualifying round, each athlete receives three throws. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.^[2]

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date	Time	Round
Thursday, 26 August 2004	20:00	Qualification
Saturday, 28 August 2004	20:40	Final

Records

Prior to the competition^[update], the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading mark were as follows:

World record	Jan Železný (CZE)	98.48 m	Jena, Germany	25 May 1996
Olympic record	Jan Železný (CZE)	90.17 m	Sydney, Australia	23 September 2000
World Leading	Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS)	87.73 m	Ostrava, Czech Republic	8 June 2004

No new records were set during the competition.

Results

Qualifying round

Rule: Qualifying standard 81.00 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Breaux Greer	United States	87.25	—	—	87.25	Q
2	A	Sergey Makarov	Russia	86.08	—	—	86.08	Q
3	B	Vadims Vasiļevskis	Latvia	84.43	—	—	84.43	Q, PB
4	A	Esko Mikkola	Finland	83.64	—	—	83.64	Q
5	A	Andrus Värnik	Estonia	83.25	—	—	83.25	Q
6	B	Aleksandr Ivanov	Russia	82.18	—	—	82.18	Q
7	B	Tero Pitkämäki	Finland	82.04	—	—	82.04	Q
8	B	Andreas Thorkildsen	Norway	81.74	—	—	81.74	Q
9	B	Jan Železný	Czech Republic	81.18	—	—	81.18	Q
10	A	Matti Närhi	Finland	81.06	—	—	81.06	Q
11	B	Ēriks Rags	Latvia	77.92	80.84	x	80.84	q
12	A	Steve Backley	Great Britain	80.60	80.68	80.39	80.68	q
13	B	Isbel Luaces	Cuba	80.07	77.53	79.07	80.07
14	A	Gerhardus Pienaar	South Africa	79.95	74.69	79.56	79.95
15	B	Li Rongxiang	China	79.73	x	79.94	79.94
16	A	Christian Nicolay	Germany	79.77	x	78.50	79.77
17	A	Voldemārs Lūsis	Latvia	79.27	x	x	79.27
18	B	Yukifumi Murakami	Japan	77.25	77.60	78.59	78.59
19	B	Oliver Dziubak	Australia	77.21	78.53	75.57	78.53
20	B	Peter Esenwein	Germany	75.18	73.76	78.41	78.41
21	A	William Hamlyn-Harris	Australia	69.64	74.34	77.43	77.43
22	A	Peter Zupanc	Slovenia	74.11	72.42	77.34	77.34
23	A	Miroslav Guzdek	Czech Republic	76.45	75.36	75.75	76.45
24	B	Sergey Voynov	Uzbekistan	74.68	74.08	72.71	74.68
25	B	Stuart Farquhar	New Zealand	74.24	73.07	74.63	74.63
26	A	Gergely Horváth	Hungary	73.45	73.95	72.05	73.95
27	A	Ronny Nilsen	Norway	x	73.46	x	73.46
28	B	Nick Nieland	Great Britain	68.86	71.31	72.79	72.79
29	B	Park Jae-myong	South Korea	63.01	67.60	72.70	72.70
30	A	Manuel Fuenmayor	Venezuela	72.26	68.72	72.14	72.26
31	A	David Brisseault	France	68.70	71.86	69.58	71.86
32	A	Marián Bokor	Slovakia	68.21	71.74	67.73	71.74
33	A	Mokrani Nassim	Algeria	—	68.39	70.25	69.10

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Andreas Thorkildsen	Norway	84.82	86.50	80.96	x	—	—	86.50	PB
	Vadims Vasiļevskis	Latvia	84.95	83.95	x	x	79.07	80.91	84.95	PB
	Sergey Makarov	Russia	84.84	x	77.59	78.00	82.51	84.32	84.84
4	Steve Backley	Great Britain	79.62	81.48	84.13	83.02	x	81.62	84.13	SB
5	Aleksandr Ivanov	Russia	83.31	82.76	81.36	80.28	78.07	79.99	83.31
6	Andrus Värnik	Estonia	83.25	82.72	x	x	76.41	—	83.25
7	Ēriks Rags	Latvia	77.13	83.14	81.69	x	x	78.63	83.14
8	Tero Pitkämäki	Finland	80.38	83.01	x	x	81.19	x	83.01
9	Jan Železný	Czech Republic	76.77	79.98	80.59				80.59
10	Matti Närhi	Finland	x	80.28	78.73				80.28
11	Esko Mikkola	Finland	76.20	79.43	76.23				79.43
12	Breaux Greer	United States	74.36	x	x				74.36