Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

Men's javelin throw at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	8–11 August

The Men's javelin throw competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event will be held at the Olympic Stadium on 8–11 August. Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If fewer 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.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday, 8 August 2012	19:05	Qualifications
Saturday, 11 August 2012	19:20	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
2012 World leading	Vítězslav Veselý (CZE)	88.11 m	Oslo, Norway	7 June 2012
Broken records during the 2012 Summer Olympics
2012 World leading	Vítězslav Veselý (CZE)	88.34	London, United Kingdom	8 August 2012

Results

Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 82.00m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	B	Vitezslav Vesely	Czech Republic	88.34	-	-	88.34	Q, PB
2	A	Andreas Thorkildsen	Norway	76.20	84.47	-	84.47	Q
3	B	Tero Pitkämäki	Finland	76.53	x	83.01	83.01	Q
4	B	Oleksandr Pyatnytsya	Ukraine	77.07	82.72	-	82.72	Q
5	A	Spiridon Lebesis	Greece	81.80	82.40	-	82.40	Q
6	A	Stuart Farquhar	New Zealand	82.32	-	-	82.32	Q
7	B	Roderick Genki Dean	Japan	71.58	82.07	-	82.07	Q
8	A	Ari Mannio	Finland	81.99	x	76.25	81.99	q
9	B	Julius Yego	Kenya	79.10	79.33	81.81	81.81	q, NR
10	B	Keshorn Walcott	Trinidad and Tobago	78.91	76.44	81.75	81.75	q
11	B	Antti Ruuskanen	Finland	77.83	81.74	x	81.74	q
12	A	Tino Haber	Germany	78.19	69.54	80.39	80.39	q
13	A	Leslie Copeland	Fiji	77.00	80.19	72.52	80.19	SB
14	A	Roman Avramenko	Ukraine	79.15	77.03	80.06	80.06
15	A	Uladzimir Kazlou	Belarus	x	79.10	80.06	80.06
16	A	Guillermo Martinez	Cuba	75.39	80.06	77.22	80.06
17	A	Ainars Kovals	Latvia	77.42	76.45	79.19	79.19
18	B	Kim Amb	Sweden	x	71.85	78.94	78.94
19	A	Igor Janik	Poland	76.01	78.90	x	78.90
20	B	Fatih Avan	Turkey	78.74	78.20	78.87	78.87
21	A	Risto Matas	Estonia	70.34	78.56	76.30	78.56
22	A	Curtis Moss	Canada	74.21	78.13	78.22	78.22
23	B	Craig Kinsley	United States	72.80	71.47	78.18	78.18
24	A	Yukifumi Murakami	Japan	76.37	77.80	77.77	77.80
25	B	Jakub Vadlejch	Czech Republic	x	77.61	x	77.61
26	B	Dayron Marquez	Colombia	75.15	77.59	76.50	77.59
27	B	Jarrod Bannister	Australia	77.38	76.23	x	77.38
28	A	Pawel Rakoczy	Poland	77.36	73.22	73.44	77.36
29	A	Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed	Egypt	72.93	77.35	75.19	77.35
30	B	Braian Toledo	Argentina	76.87	x	73.30	76.87
31	B	Jung Sangjin	South Korea	76.37	74.77	x	76.37
32	A	Cyrus Hostetler	United States	70.62	75.76	75.00	75.76
33	A	Ilya Korotkov	Russia	75.68	x	x	75.68
34	A	Petr Frydrych	Czech Republic	69.54	70.44	75.46	75.46
35	B	Mervyn Luckwell	Great Britain	74.09	x	x	74.09
36	A	Ivan Zaytsev	Uzbekistan	73.07	73.94	71.39	73.94
37	B	Sean Furey	United States	x	72.81	71.86	72.81
38	A	Vadims Vasilevskis	Latvia	x	72.81	x	72.81
39	B	Melik Janoyan	Armenia	72.64	70.81	68.72	72.64
40	B	Matija Kranjc	Slovenia	72.63	69.70	71.17	72.63
41	A	Qin Qiang	China	72.29	68.76	65.28	72.29
42	B	Bartosz Osewski	Poland	x	x	71.19	71.19
-	B	Matthias De Zordo	Germany	x	x	x	NM
-	B	Zigismunds Sirmais	Latvia	x	x	x	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
	Roderick Genki Dean	Japan
	Stuart Farquhar	New Zealand
	Tino Haber	Germany
	Spiridon Lebesis	Greece
	Ari Mannio	Finland
	Tero Pitkämäki	Finland
	Oleksandr Pyatnytsya	Ukraine
	Antti Ruuskanen	Finland
	Andreas Thorkildsen	Norway
	Vitezslav Vesely	Czech Republic
	Julius Yego	Kenya
	Keshorn Walcott	Trinidad and Tobago