| Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics  |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 3000 m | women | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10000 m | men | |||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 20 km walk | men | |||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | |||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The men's javelin throw event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entrylist of 28 competitors, with two qualifying groups (28 throwers) before the final (12) took place on August 5, 1984.
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Medallists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
 Arto HärkönenFinland (FIN) |
 Dave OttleyGreat Britain (GBR) |
 Kenth EldebrinkSweden (SWE) |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 104.80 |  Uwe Hohn |
East Berlin (GDR) | July 20, 1984 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 94.58 |  Miklós Németh |
Montreal (CAN) | July 25, 1976 |
Results
Final
| RANK | FINAL | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
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Arto Härkönen (FIN) |
86.76 m |
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Dave Ottley (GBR) |
85.74 m |
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Kenth Eldebrink (SWE) |
83.72 m |
| 4. |  Wolfram Gambke (FRG) |
82.46 m |
| 5. |  Masami Yoshida (JPN) |
81.98 m |
| 6. |  Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL) |
81.58 m |
| 7. | Roald Bradstock (GBR) |
81.22 m |
| 8. |  Laslo Babits (CAN) |
80.68 m |
| 9. |  Per-Erling Olsen (NOR) |
78.98 m |
| 10. |  Tom Petranoff (USA) |
78.40 m |
| 11. | Duncan Atwood (USA) |
78.10 m |
| 12. |  Jean-Paul Lakafia (FRA) |
70.86 m |
Qualification
- Held on August 4, 1984
| RANK | GROUP A | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Roald Bradstock (GBR) |
83.06 m |
| 2. | Wolfram Gambke (FRG) |
82.98 m |
| 3. | Per-Erling Olsen (NOR) |
82.46 m |
| 4. | Laslo Babits (CAN) |
82.18 m |
| 5. | Masami Yoshida (JPN) |
81.42 m |
| 6. | Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL) |
80.94 m |
| 7. | Jean-Paul Lakafia (FRA) |
80.52 m |
| 8. | Duncan Atwood (USA) |
79.34 m |
| 9. | Raimo Manninen (FIN) |
79.26 m |
| 10. |  Juan de la Garza (MEX) |
79.16 m |
| 11. |  Sejad Krdžalić (YUG) |
76.52 m |
| 12. |  Zakayo Malekwa (TAN) |
75.18 m |
| 13. |  Agostino Ghesini (ITA) |
72.96 m |
| 14. |  Justin Arop (UGA) |
68.76 m |
| RANK | GROUP B | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tom Petranoff (USA) |
85.96 m |
| 2. | Dave Ottley (GBR) |
85.68 m |
| 3. | Arto Härkönen (FIN) |
83.06 m |
| 4. | Kenth Eldebrink (SWE) |
81.06 m |
| 5. | Reidar Lorentzen (NOR) |
76.62 m |
| 6. | Tero Saviniemi (FIN) |
76.46 m |
| 7. | Steve Roller (USA) |
75.50 m |
| 8. | Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN) |
74.82 m |
| 9. |  Rashid Mohammed (PAK) |
74.58 m |
| 10. | Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG) |
73.52 m |
| 11. |  Chen Hung-Yen (TPE) |
71.48 m |
| 12. |  Gurtej Singh (IND) |
70.08 m |
| 13. | Sigurður Einarsson (ISL) |
69.82 m |
| — |  Michael O'Rourke (NZL) |
NM |
See also
- 1980 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Moscow)
- 1982 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Athens)
- 1983 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Helsinki)
- 1986 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)
- 1987 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Rome)
- 1988 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Seoul)
References
- (English) Official Report
- (English) Results
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