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

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

Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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
10,000 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
Wheelchair races

The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, had an entrylist 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]

Medalists

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

Schedule

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

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

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

External links

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