Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, had an entry list of 28 competitors. The final was held on August 5, 1984, and the qualifying round on August 4, 1984, with the qualification mark set at 83.00 metres.^[1]

Men's javelin throw at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Date	August 4 (qualifications) August 5 (final)
Competitors	28 from 19 nations
Winning distance	86.76
Medalists
Arto Härkönen  Finland Dave Ottley  Great Britain Kenth Eldebrink  Sweden
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Medalists

Gold	Arto Härkönen  Finland
Silver	David Ottley  Great Britain
Bronze	Kenth Eldebrink  Sweden

Schedule

• All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
04.08.1984 – 09:30h	04.08.1984 – 10:30h
Final Round
05.08.1984 – 18:15h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics
World Record	Uwe Hohn (GDR)	104.80 m	July 20, 1984	East Berlin, East Germany
Olympic Record	Miklós Németh (HUN)	94.58 m	July 25, 1976	Montreal, Canada

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	3	Roald Bradstock (GBR)	79.52	81.08	83.06	83.06 m
2	5	Wolfram Gambke (FRG)	75.10	82.98	X	82.98 m
3	6	Per Erling Olsen (NOR)	82.46	X	X	82.46 m
4	7	Laslo Babits (CAN)	X	76.68	82.18	82.18 m
5	8	Masami Yoshida (JPN)	78.14	81.42	78.06	81.42 m
6	10	Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL)	79.78	X	80.94	80.94 m
7	11	Jean-Paul Lakafia (FRA)	80.52	66.26	78.02	80.52 m
8	12	Duncan Atwood (USA)	77.08	79.34	X	79.34 m
9	13	Raimo Manninen (FIN)	79.26	X	X	79.24 m
10	14	Juan de la Garza (MEX)	78.80	X	79.16	79.16 m
11	16	Sejad Krdžalić (YUG)	76.52	X	X	76.52 m
12	19	Zakayo Malekwa (TAN)	71.80	X	75.18	75.18 m
13	23	Agostino Ghesini (ITA)	72.16	63.92	72.96	72.96 m
14	27	Justin Arop (UGA)	69.76	66.30	X	69.76 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Tom Petranoff (USA)	85.96	—	—	85.96 m
2	2	David Ottley (GBR)	85.68	—	—	85.68 m
3	4	Arto Härkönen (FIN)	82.82	83.06	—	83.06 m
4	9	Kenth Eldebrink (SWE)	79.36	81.06	79.42	81.06 m
5	2	Reidar Lorentzen (NOR)	X	68.00	76.62	76.62 m
6	17	Tero Saviniemi (FIN)	X	76.46	X	76.46 m
7	18	Steve Roller (USA)	75.50	75.48	X	75.50 m
8	20	Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN)	74.82	72.58	69.18	74.82 m
9	21	Muhammad Rashid Khan (PAK)	72.48	70.76	74.58	74.58 m
10	22	Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG)	X	X	73.52	73.52 m
11	24	Chen Hung-yen (TPE)	62.46	71.48	68.54	71.48 m
12	25	Gurtej Singh (IND)	63.62	70.08	69.32	70.08 m
13	26	Sigurður Einarsson (ISL)	69.82	66.68	67.02	69.82 m
—	—	Mike O'Rourke (NZL)	X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Arto Härkönen (FIN)	X	78.74	84.34	86.76	X	X	86.76 m
	David Ottley (GBR)	85.74	81.52	X	X	83.92	84.46	85.74 m
	Kenth Eldebrink (SWE)	X	80.28	X	X	83.72	83.30	83.72 m
4	Wolfram Gambke (FRG)	82.00	82.46	X	78.88	X	72.08	82.46 m
5	Masami Yoshida (JPN)	X	81.98	X	81.98	77.92	81.66	81.98 m
6	Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL)	80.44	77.66	79.22	81.58	X	79.26	81.58 m
7	Roald Bradstock (GBR)	70.20	81.22	78.22	76.68	X	78.82	81.22 m
8	Laslo Babits (CAN)	X	X	80.68	X	X	X	80.68 m
9	Per Erling Olsen (NOR)	73.64	X	78.98				78.98 m
10	Tom Petranoff (USA)	X	X	78.40				78.40 m
11	Duncan Atwood (USA)	72.54	78.10	X				78.10 m
12	Jean-Paul Lakafia (FRA)	X	X	70.86				70.86 m

See also

• 1982 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Athens)
• 1983 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Friendship Games Javelin Throw (Moscow)
• 1984 Javelin Throw Year Ranking
• 1986 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Rome)

References

1. "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Javelin Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

External links

• (in English) Official Report
• (in English) Results
• (in English) todor66
• (in Polish) olympic.neostrada
• (in English) koti.welho