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

The Men's Javelin Throw at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Friday, 22 September and Saturday, 23 September.[1]

Men's Javelin throw
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Pictogram for Athletics
Dates22 September (qualification)
23 September (final)
Competitors36 from 26 nations
Winning distance90.17 OR
Medalists
Jan Železný
 Czech Republic
Steve Backley
 Great Britain
Sergey Makarov
 Russia

The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with up to six throws. The qualifying distance was 83.00 metres. 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.

Medalists

GoldJan Železný
 Czech Republic
SilverSteve Backley
 Great Britain
BronzeSergey Makarov
 Russia

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
22.09.2000 11:30h 22.09.2000 13:25h
Final Round
23.09.2000 20:30h

Abbreviations

Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
ORolympic record
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics
World Record Jan Železný (CZE)98.48 m 25 May 1996 Jena, Germany
Olympic Record Jan Železný (TCH)89.66 m 8 August 1992 Barcelona, Spain
Broken records during the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record Jan Železný (CZE)90.17 m 23 September 2000 Sydney, Australia

Qualification

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
12 Konstadinos Gatsioudis (GRE)88.4188.41 m
23 Pål Arne Fagernes (NOR)X81.4986.7486.74 mNR
34 Sergey Makarov (RUS)85.6085.60 m
46 Raymond Hecht (GER)81.1281.9384.0084.00 mSB
57 Dariusz Trafas (POL)76.5883.9883.98 mPB
610 Emeterio González (CUB)78.7082.6477.7282.64 m
713 Nick Nieland (GBR)72.3282.12X82.12 m
815 Andrus Värnik (EST)67.7674.1681.3481.34 m
916 Andrew Martin (AUS)78.65X81.3181.31 m
1017 Gregor Högler (AUT)80.8976.5780.0580.89 m
1118 Voldemārs Lūsis (LAT)80.08XX80.08 m
1219 Harri Haatainen (FIN)79.93X78.4679.93 m
1320 Terry McHugh (IRL)79.9077.3379.4079.90 m
1421 Adrian Hatcher (AUS)77.5879.23X79.23 m
1530 Jagdish Bishnoi (IND)70.8669.77X70.86 m
1631 Song Dong-hyeon (KOR)68.8570.4867.9870.48 m
1734 Ali Saleh Al-Jadani (KSA)XX68.7068.70 m
 Harri Hakkarainen (FIN)NM

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
11 Jan Železný (CZE)89.3989.39 m
25 Boris Henry (GER)84.5884.58 m
38 Steve Backley (GBR)83.7483.74 m
49 Aki Parviainen (FIN)80.6176.8383.7383.73 m
511 Breaux Greer (USA)82.6380.3277.6182.63 m PB
612 Michael Hill (GBR)78.5582.24X82.24 m
714 Vladimir Ovchinnikov (RUS)77.82X82.1082.10 m
822 Andrew Currey (AUS)78.1276.3875.4778.12 m
923 Patrik Bodén (SWE)78.0676.5674.0778.06 m
1024 Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR)74.64X78.0478.04 m
1125 Sergey Voynov (UZB)X75.8974.9875.89 m
1226 Ēriks Rags (LAT)X75.75X75.75 m
1327 Marián Bokor (SVK)71.0375.49X75.49 m
1428 Isbel Luaces (CUB)75.17X74.2575.17 m
1529 Arūnas Jurkšas (LTU)71.3673.05X73.05 m
1632 Maher Ridane (TUN)X66.9770.3570.35 m
1733 Nery Kennedy (PAR)66.0569.1770.2670.26 m
1835 Dmitry Shnayder (KGZ)X65.0066.4066.40 m

Final ranking

Rank Athlete Distance Group Note
1 Jan Železný (CZE)89.39 mB
2 Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE)88.41 mA
3 Pål Arne Fagernes (NOR)86.74 mANR
4 Sergey Makarov (RUS)85.60 mA
5 Boris Henry (GER)84.58 mB
6 Raymond Hecht (GER)84.00 mASB
7 Dariusz Trafas (POL)83.98 mAPB
8 Steve Backley (GBR)83.74 mB
9 Aki Parviainen (FIN)83.73 mB
10 Emeterio González (CUB)82.64 mA
11 Breaux Greer (USA)82.63 mBPB
12 Michael Hill (GBR)82.24 mB
13 Nick Nieland (GBR)82.12 mA
14 Vladimir Ovchinnikov (RUS)82.10 mB
15 Andrus Värnik (EST)81.34 mA
16 Andrew Martin (AUS)81.31 mA
17 Gregor Högler (AUT)80.89 mA
18 Voldemārs Lūsis (LAT)80.08 mA
19 Harri Haatainen (FIN)79.93 mA
20 Terry McHugh (IRL)79.90 mA
21 Adrian Hatcher (AUS)79.23 mA
22 Andrew Currey (AUS)78.12 mB
23 Patrik Bodén (SWE)78.06 mB
24 Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR)78.04 mB
25 Sergey Voynov (UZB)75.89 mB
26 Ēriks Rags (LAT)75.75 mB
27 Marián Bokor (SVK)75.49 mB
28 Isbel Luaces (CUB)75.17 mB
29 Arūnas Jurkšas (LTU)73.05 mB
30 Jagdish Bishnoi (IND)70.86 mA
31 Song Dong-Hyeon (KOR)70.48 mA
32 Maher Ridane (TUN)70.35 mB
33 Nery Kennedy (PAR)70.26 mB
34 Ali Saleh Al-Jadani (KSA)68.70 mA
35 Dmitry Shnayder (KGZ)66.40 mB
 Harri Hakkarainen (FIN)NM A

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
 Jan Železný (CZE)89.41X90.17XX88.9790.17 mOR
 Steve Backley (GBR)86.2589.85X80.99XX89.85 mSB
 Sergey Makarov (RUS)88.6785.90XX86.6785.3088.67 m
4 Raymond Hecht (GER)87.76XXX76.1187.76 mSB
5 Aki Parviainen (FIN)86.6282.4984.01XX78.4286.62 m
6 Konstadinos Gatsioudis (GRE)85.06X83.7383.5386.5383.3286.53 m
7 Boris Henry (GER)82.9480.7883.45X85.7883.3185.78 m
8 Emeterio González (CUB)76.1378.5583.33XX77.1983.33 m
9 Pål Arne Fagernes (NOR)80.0683.0472.0183.04 m
10 Dariusz Trafas (POL)75.1182.3082.0182.30 m
11 Michael Hill (GBR)81.0080.92X81.00 m
12 Breaux Greer (USA)74.16X79.9179.91 m

See also

References

  1. "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Javelin Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
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