Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Triple jump		men		women
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Pole vault		men		women
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Javelin throw		men		women
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Javelin Throw at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Friday, September 22 and Saturday, September 23.

The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with up to six throws.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in meters) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jan Železný, Czech Republic	Steve Backley, Great Britain	Sergey Makarov Russia

Jan Železný set a new Olympic record with 90.17 metres.

Results

All distances shown are in meters.

• DNS denotes did not start.
• DNF denotes did not finish.
• DQ denotes disqualification.
• NR denotes national record.
• AR denotes area/continental record.
• OR denotes Olympic record.
• WR denotes world record.
• PB denotes personal best.
• SB denotes season best

Qualifying

Held on Friday, September 22, 2000.

The qualifying distance was 83.00 m. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Group A

Place	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Mark	Qual	Record
1	2	Konstadinos Gatsioudis	Greece	88.41	Q
2	3	Pål Arne Fagernes	Norway	86.74	Q	NR
3	4	Sergey Makarov	Russia	85.60	Q
4	6	Raymond Hecht	Germany	84.00	Q	SB
5	7	Dariusz Trafas	Poland	83.98	Q	PB
6	10	Emeterio González	Cuba	82.64	q
7	13	Nick Nieland	Great Britain	82.12
8	15	Andrus Värnik	Estonia	81.34
9	16	Andrew Martin	Australia	81.31
10	17	Gregor Högler	Austria	80.89
11	18	Voldemārs Lūsis	Latvia	80.08
12	19	Harri Haatainen	Lithuania	79.93
13	20	Terry McHugh	Ireland	79.90
14	21	Adrian Hatcher	Australia	79.23
15	30	Jagdish Bishnoi	India	70.86
16	31	Song Dong-Hyun	South Korea	70.48
17	34	Ali Saleh Al-Jadani	Saudi Arabia	68.70
		Harri Hakkarainen	Finland	NM

Group B

Place	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Mark	Qual	Record
1	1	Jan Železný	Czech Republic	89.39	Q
2	5	Boris Henry	Germany	84.58	Q
3	8	Steve Backley	Great Britain	83.74	Q
4	9	Aki Parviainen	Finland	83.73	Q
5	11	Breaux Greer	United States	82.63	q	PB
6	12	Michael Hill	Great Britain	82.24	q
7	14	Vladimir Ovchinnikov	Russia	82.10
8	22	Andrew Currey	Australia	78.12
9	23	Patrik Bodén	Sweden	78.06
10	24	Vladimir Sasimovich	Belarus	78.04
11	25	Sergey Voynov	Uzbekistan	75.89
12	26	Ēriks Rags	Latvia	75.75
13	27	Marián Bokor	Slovakia	75.49
14	28	Isbel Luaces	Cuba	75.17
15	29	Arūnas Jurkšas	Lithuania	73.05
16	32	Maher Ridane	Tunisia	70.35
17	33	Nery Kennedy	Paraguay	70.26
18	35	Dmitriy Shnayder	Kyrgyzstan	66.40

Overall Qualifying Results

Place	Athlete	Nation	Group	Mark	Qual	Record
1	Jan Železný	Czech Republic	B	89.39	Q
2	Konstadinos Gatsioudis	Greece	A	88.41	Q
3	Pål Arne Fagernes	Norway	A	86.74	Q	NR
4	Sergey Makarov	Russia	A	85.60	Q
5	Boris Henry	Germany	B	84.58	Q
6	Raymond Hecht	Germany	A	84.00	Q	SB
7	Dariusz Trafas	Poland	A	83.98	Q	PB
8	Steve Backley	Great Britain	B	83.74	Q
9	Aki Parviainen	Finland	B	83.73	Q
10	Emeterio González	Cuba	A	82.64	q
11	Breaux Greer	United States	B	82.63	q	PB
12	Michael Hill	Great Britain	B	82.24	q
13	Nick Nieland	Great Britain	A	82.12
14	Vladimir Ovchinnikov	Russia	B	82.10
15	Andrus Värnik	Estonia	A	81.34
16	Andrew Martin	Australia	A	81.31
17	Gregor Högler	Austria	A	80.89
18	Voldemārs Lūsis	Latvia	A	80.08
19	Harri Haatainen	Lithuania	A	79.93
20	Terry McHugh	Ireland	A	79.90
21	Adrian Hatcher	Australia	A	79.23
22	Andrew Currey	Australia	B	78.12
23	Patrik Bodén	Sweden	B	78.06
24	Vladimir Sasimovich	Belarus	B	78.04
25	Sergey Voynov	Uzbekistan	B	75.89
26	Ēriks Rags	Latvia	B	75.75
27	Marián Bokor	Slovakia	B	75.49
28	Isbel Luaces	Cuba	B	75.17
29	Arūnas Jurkšas	Lithuania	B	73.05
30	Jagdish Bishnoi	India	A	70.86
31	Song Dong-Hyun	South Korea	A	70.48
32	Maher Ridane	Tunisia	B	70.35
33	Nery Kennedy	Paraguay	B	70.26
34	Ali Saleh Al-Jadani	Saudi Arabia	A	68.70
35	Dmitriy Shnayder	Kyrgyzstan	B	66.40
	Harri Hakkarainen	Finland	A	NM

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Mark	Record
1	Jan Železný	Czech Republic	90.17	OR
2	Steve Backley	Great Britain	89.85	SB
3	Sergey Makarov	Russia	88.67
4	Raymond Hecht	Germany	87.76	SB
5	Aki Parviainen	Finland	86.62
6	Konstadinos Gatsioudis	Greece	86.53
7	Boris Henry	Germany	85.78
8	Emeterio González	Cuba	83.33
9	Pål Arne Fagernes	Norway	83.04
10	Dariusz Trafas	Poland	82.30
11	Michael Hill	Great Britain	81.00
12	Breaux Greer	United States	79.91

See also

• 1996 Men's Olympic Games Javelin Throw (Atlanta)
• 1997 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Athens)
• 1998 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Budapest)
• 1999 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Seville)
• 2001 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Edmonton)
• 2002 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Munich)
• 2003 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Paris)
• 2004 Men's Olympic Games Javelin Throw (Athens)

References

• Results

Source: Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics available at http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm