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.

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.

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time
DateTimeRound
Thursday, 26 August 200420:00Qualification
Saturday, 28 August 200420:40Final

Records

, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
No new records were set during the competition.

Results

Qualifying round

Rule: Qualifying standard 81.00 or at least best 12 qualified.
RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1ABreaux Greer87.25 87.25 Q
2ASergey Makarov86.08 86.08 Q
3BVadims Vasiļevskis84.4384.43 Q, PB
4AEsko Mikkola83.64 83.64 Q
5AAndrus Värnik83.25 83.25 Q
6BAleksandr Ivanov82.1882.18 Q
7BTero Pitkämäki82.0482.04 Q
8BAndreas Thorkildsen81.7481.74 Q
9BJan Železný81.1881.18 Q
10AMatti Närhi81.06 81.06 Q
11BĒriks Rags77.9280.84 80.84 q
12ASteve Backley80.6080.68 80.3980.68 q
13BIsbel Luaces80.07 77.5379.0780.07
14AGerhardus Pienaar79.95 74.6979.5679.95
15BLi Rongxiang79.7379.94 79.94
16AChristian Nicolay79.77 78.5079.77
17AVoldemārs Lūsis79.27 79.27
18BYukifumi Murakami77.2577.6078.59 78.59
19BOliver Dziubak77.2178.53 75.5778.53
20BPeter Esenwein75.1873.7678.41 78.41
21AWilliam Hamlyn-Harris69.6474.3477.43 77.43
22APeter Zupanc74.1172.4277.34 77.34
23AMiroslav Guzdek76.45 75.3675.7576.45
24BSergey Voynov74.68 74.0872.7174.68
25BStuart Farquhar74.2473.0774.63 74.63
26AGergely Horváth73.4573.95 72.0573.95
27ARonny Nilsen73.46 73.46
28BNick Nieland68.8671.3172.79 72.79
29BPark Jae-myong63.0167.6072.70 72.70
30AManuel Fuenmayor72.26 68.7272.1472.26
31ADavid Brisseault68.7071.86 69.5871.86
32AMarián Bokor68.2171.74 67.7371.74
33A Mokrani Nassim 68.3970.2569.10

Final