2016 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Javelin Throw (Men)

sport	athletics
discipline	Javelin throw
gender	Men
Attendees	37 athletes from 24 countries
Competition location	Estádio Nilton Santos
Competition phase	August 17, 2016 (qualification) ; August 20, 2016 (final)
	Medalist
	Thomas Röhler ( GER )
	Julius Yego ( KEN )
	Keshorn Walcott ( TTO )

The men's javelin throw at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 17 and 20, 2016 at the Estádio Nilton Santos . 37 athletes took part.

Olympic champion was the German Thomas Röhler , who won ahead of the Kenyan Julius Yego . Bronze went to Keshorn Walcott from Trinidad and Tobago.

In addition to the winner, Johannes Vetter and Julian Weber started for Germany. Both qualified for the final. Vetter finished fourth, Weber ninth.
Athletes from Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current title holders

Olympic champion	Keshorn Walcott ( Trinidad and Tobago ) Trinidad and Tobago	84.58 m	London 2012
World Champion	Julius Yego ( Kenya ) Kenya	92.72 m	Beijing 2015
European champion	Zigismunds Sirmais ( Latvia ) Latvia	86.66 m	Amsterdam 2016
North / Central America / Caribbean champions	Riley Dolezal ( USA ) United States	79.30 m	San José 2015
South America champion	Júlio César de Oliveira ( Brazil ) Brazil	81.22 m	Lima 2015
Asian champion	Huang Shih-feng ( Chinese Taipei ) Chinese Taipei	79.74 m	Wuhan 2015
African champions	Phil-Mar van Rensburg ( South Africa ) South Africa	76.04 m	Durban 2016
Oceania Champion	John Crandell ( Australia ) Australia	64.35 m	Cairns 2015

Existing records

World record	Jan Železný ( Czech Republic ) Czech Republic	98.48 m	Jena , Germany	May 25, 1996
Olympic record	Andreas Thorkildsen ( Norway ) Norway	90.57 m	Beijing Final , People's Republic of China	August 23, 2008

Remarks:

All times are based on local time in Rio ( UTC-3 ).
All widths are given in meters (m).

qualification

The athletes competed in two groups for a qualifying round. The qualification distance for direct entry into the final was 83.00 m. Since only nine throwers exceeded this distance - highlighted in light blue, the final field was filled with the following best throwers from both groups to twelve participants - highlighted in light green. So finally 81.96 m had to be achieved for the final.

Group A

August 17, 2016, 8:30 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Width (m)	annotation
1	Julian Weber	Germany Germany	84.46	-	-	84.46
2	Jakub Vadlejch	Czech Republic Czech Republic	78.23	80.90	83.27	83.27
3	Dmytro Kossynskyi	Ukraine Ukraine	80.08	76.79	83.23	83.23
4th	Thomas Röhler	Germany Germany	79.47	81.61	83.01	83.01
5	Braian Toledo	Argentina Argentina	78.99	81.96	80.36	81.96
6th	Joshua Robinson	Australia Australia	78.87	80.84	76.78	80.84
7th	Marcin Krukowski	Poland Poland	x	78.06	80.62	80.62
8th	Kim Amb	Sweden Sweden	77.91	78.75	80.49	80.49
9	Cyrus Hostetler	United States United States	76.48	78.69	79.76	79.76
10	Tero Pitkämäki	Finland Finland	77.91	78.58	79.56	79.56
11	Risto Mätas	Estonia Estonia	76.23	79.26	79.40	79.40
12	Magnus Kirt	Estonia Estonia	x	77.60	79.33	79.33
13	Rocco van Rooyen	South Africa South Africa	x	71.05	78.48	78.48
14th	Rolands Štrobinders	Latvia Latvia	76.76	x	77.73	77.73
15th	Stuart Farquhar	New Zealand New Zealand	74.24	77.32	74.38	77.32
16	Ahmed Bader Magour	Qatar Qatar	x	77.19	x	77.19
17th	Leslie Copeland	Fiji Fiji	76.04	75.68	x	76.04
18th	Sumeda Ranasinghe	Sri Lanka Sri Lanka	69.62	71.93	x	71.93
ogV	Bobur Shokirjonov	Uzbekistan Uzbekistan	x	x	x		without space

For Poland Marcin Krukowski his 80.62 m was not enough for the final
The American Cyrus Hostetler achieved 79.76 m and was eliminated from the qualification
The Finnish bronze medalist from 2008 Tero Pitkämäki also failed with 79.56 m in the preliminary round

The Latvian Rolands Štrobinders threw 77.73 m, which was not enough for the final
The New Zealander Stuart Farquhar was eliminated with 77.32 m in the preliminary round
The Uzbek Bobur Shokirjonov remained in the qualification without a valid throw

Group B

August 17, 2016, 9:55 pm

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Width (m)
1	Keshorn Walcott	Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago	88.68	-	-	88.68
2	Johannes Vetter	Germany Germany	85.96	-	-	85.96
3	Ryōhei Arai	Japan Japan	84.16	-	-	84.16
4th	Petr Frydrych	Czech Republic Czech Republic	78.57	80.17	83.60	83.60
5	Julius Yego	Kenya Kenya	78.88	x	83.55	83.55
6th	Vítězslav Veselý	Czech Republic Czech Republic	81.32	81.32	82.85	82.85
7th	Antti Ruuskanen	Finland Finland	82.20	x	x	82.20
8th	Zigismund's Sirmais	Latvia Latvia	76.87	80.65	75.95	80.65
9	Júlio César de Oliveira	Brazil Brazil	79.33	80.49	80.29	80.49
10	Tanel Laanmäe	Estonia Estonia	80.45	78.78	79.24	80.45
11	John Ampomah	Ghana Ghana	79.09	80.39	78.90	80.39
12	Hamish Peacock	Australia Australia	77.91	76.22	76.40	77.91
13	Ivan Zaysev	Uzbekistan Uzbekistan	73.49	72.92	77.83	77.83
14th	Ari Mannio	Finland Finland	77.14	76.77	77.73	77.73
15th	Łukasz Grzeszczuk	Poland Poland	76.31	76.52	76.14	76.52
16	Huang Shih-feng	Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei	74.33	x	x	74.33
17th	Sam Crouser	United States United States	73.78	73.66	x	73.78
18th	Sean Furey	United States United States	69.40	72.61	71.35	72.61

80.29 m were not enough for the Brazilian South American champion Júlio César de Oliveira to be in the final
The Estonian Tanel Laanmäe was eliminated with 80.45 m in the qualification
The Uzbek Ivan Zaysev failed with his 77.83 m in the preliminary round

The Finn Ari Mannio did not reach the final with 77.73 m
The Pole Łukasz Grzeszczuk retired with 76.52 m in the preliminary round

final

August 20, 2016, 8:55 pm

Twelve athletes had qualified for the final, nine of them directly via the qualifying distance and another three via their placements. All three Germans were in the final, as were all three Czechs. The field was completed by an athlete each from Argentina, Finland, Japan, Kenya, Trinidad and Tobago and the Ukraine.

Each participant initially had three attempts, the length of the qualifying round was not counted. The best eight then had another three attempts at their disposal, the last four were eliminated.

A three-way battle was expected between the 2012 Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott from Trinidad and Tobago, the Kenyan world champion Julius Yego and the world’s best of the year Thomas Röhler from Germany.

Yego started in the first attempt with 88.24 m. Behind him were Röhler with 87.40 m and Johannes Vetter from Germany with 85.32 m. Walcott was able to overtake Vetter on the bronze rank by a margin of six centimeters in the second round. On the fourth try, Yego suffered an ankle injury that prevented him from performing his last two throws. In the fifth lap, Röhler threw the spear to 90.30 m and thus took the lead. It stayed that way because in the sixth round nothing changed in the classification.

Julius Yego won the first Kenyan medal in the javelin throw .

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Width (m)
1	Thomas Röhler	Germany Germany	87.40	85.61	87.07	84.84	90.30	x	90.30
2	Julius Yego	Kenya Kenya	88.24	x	-	x	-	-	88.24
3	Keshorn Walcott	Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago	83.45	85.38	83.38	80.33	x	x	85.38
4th	Johannes Vetter	Germany Germany	85.32	x	82.54	x	83.61	81.74	85.32
5	Dmytro Kossynskyi	Ukraine Ukraine	82.51	83.95	83.64	81.61	81.21	x	83.95
6th	Antti Ruuskanen	Finland Finland	x	77.81	83.05	x	x	80.00	83.05
7th	Vítězslav Veselý	Czech Republic Czech Republic	78.20	82.51	x	x	x	78.63	82.51
8th	Jakub Vadlejch	Czech Republic Czech Republic	80.02	82.42	81.59	80.32	x	x	82.42

9	Julian Weber	Germany Germany	80.29	80.13	81.36	not in the final of the eight best throwers			81.36
10	Braian Toledo	Argentina Argentina	77.89	79.51	79.81				79.81
11	Ryōhei Arai	Japan Japan	77.89	79.47	72.49				79.47
12	Petr Frydrych	Czech Republic Czech Republic	76.15	76.79	79.12				79.12