Athletics 2024/Men's javelin throw

Men's javelin throw
General information
Sport	Athletics 2024
Date	6–8 August 2024
Competitors	32 athletes
Venue	Stade de France
Previous medalists
Gold	Neeraj Chopra
Silver	Jakub Vadlejch
Bronze	Vitezslav Vesely
Medalists
	Arshad Nadeem
	Neeraj Chopra
	Anderson Peters

The men's javelin throw of Athletics 2024 during the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 6–8 August 2024 in the Stade de France. With 32 athletes competing, the event was won by Arshad Nadeem from Pakistan, with Neeraj Chopra from India taking the silver medal and Anderson Peters from Grenada taking bronze.

Format

The competition exists out of two separate rounds. In the qualification, each competitor gets three attempts to throw a javelin as far as possible. After three attempts, the twelve best performance advance to the final, including athletes tied for twelfth place. In the final, the qualified athletes once again get three attempts to reach as far as possible, but contrary to the qualification, the eight best-placed athletes get another three attempts. The athlete with the farthest throw wins the event.

Preview

Thirty-two athletes qualified for the event with Neeraj Chopra as the top favorite for the title once again and the defending Olympic champion.

Athlete	Nationality
Julius Yego	Kenya
Oliver Helander	Finland
Leandro Ramos	Portugal
Keshorn Walcott	Trinidad and Tobago
Kishore Jena	India
Teura'itera'i Tupaia	France
Julian Weber	Germany
Roderick Genki Dean	Japan
Alexandru Mihaita Novac	Romania
Dawid Wegner	Poland
Toni Keranen	Finland
Ihab Abdelrahman	Egypt
Curtis Thompson	United States
Patriks Gailums	Latvia
Pedro Henrique Rodrigues	Brazil
Jakub Vadlejch	Czech Republic
Neeraj Chopra	India
Gatis Cakss	Latvia
Max Dehning	Germany
Cameron McEntyre	Australia
Arshad Nadeem	Pakistan
Marcin Krukowski	Poland
Lassi Etelatalo	Finland
Chinecherem Nnamdi	Nigeria
Luiz Mauricio da Silva	Brazil
Moustafa Mahmoud	Egypt
Artur Felfner	Ukraine
Timothy Herman	Belgium
Anderson Peters	Grenada
Andrian Mardare	Moldova
Edis Matusevicius	Lithuania
Cyprian Mrzyglod	Poland

Current Records

Record	Date	Nat.	Name	Distance
WR	25 May 1996		Jan Zelezny	98.48
OR	23 August 2008		Andreas Thorkildsen	90.57

Summary

Qualification

Qualification A Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Throw 1	Throw 2	Throw 3
1		Julian Weber	87.76
2		Julius Yego	78.84	80.76	85.97
3		Jakub Vadlejch	85.63
4		Toni Keranen	79.04	x	85.27 PR
5		Oliver Helander	83.81
6		Keshorn Walcott	74.89	83.02	82.57
7		Roderick Genki Dean	82.48	x	77.40
8		Alexandru Mihaita Novac	x	77.35	81.08
9		Kishore Jena	80.73	x	80.21
10		Pedro Henrique Rodrigues	76.23	79.46	75.69
11		Patriks Gallums	x	77.26	x
12		Dawid Wegner	x	75.53	76.89
13		Curtis Thompson	76.79	x	74.24
14		Leandro Ramos	75.73	x	x
15		Ihab Abdelrahman	72.98	x	x
—		Teura'itera'i Tupaia	x	x	x

Qualification B Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Throw 1	Throw 2	Throw 3
1		Neeraj Chopra	89.34
2		Anderson Peters	88.63
3		Arshad Nadeem	86.59
4		Luiz Mauricio da Silva	81.62	83.21	85.91 AR
5		Andrian Mardare	x	76.76	84.13
6		Lassi Etelatalo	82.91	x	78.42
7		Marcin Krukowski	81.37	x	82.34
8		Artur Felfner	x	81.84	74.54
9		Cameron McEntyre	76.33	x	81.18
10		Timothy Herman	79.42	78.82	x
11		Edis Matusevicius	x	x	79.40
12		Max Dehning	74.58	75.10	79.24
13		Cyprian Mrzyglod	78.50	x	77.16
14		Chinecherem Nnamdi	77.53	x	76.45
15		Moustafa Mahmoud	74.87	x	x
—		Gatis Cakss	x	x	x

Final

Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Name	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6
1		Arshad Nadeem	x	92.97 OR, AR	88.72	79.40	84.87	91.79
2		Neeraj Chopra	x	89.45	x	x	x	x
3		Anderson Peters	84.70	87.87	x	88.54	87.38	81.83
4		Jakub Vadlejch	80.15	84.52	88.50	x	84.98	83.27
5		Julius Yego	80.29	87.72	x	84.90	83.20	81.58
6		Julian Weber	x	87.33	x	86.85	87.40	84.09
7		Keshorn Walcott	86.16	x	82.89	78.96	76.86	—
8		Lassi Etelatalo	78.81	77.60	84.58	82.02	x	81.69
9		Oliver Helander	81.24	82.68	x	Did not advance
10		Toni Keranen	80.92	75.33	78.90	Did not advance
11		Luiz Mauricio da Silva	80.67	78.67	x	Did not advance
12		Andrian Mardare	79.14	80.10	77.77	Did not advance

Results

Result	Athlete	Nationality
	Arshad Nadeem	Pakistan
	Neeraj Chopra	India
	Anderson Peters	Grenada
4	Jakub Vadlejch	Czech Republic
5	Julius Yego	Kenya
6	Julian Weber	Germany
7	Keshorn Walcott	Trinidad and Tobago
8	Lassi Etelatalo	Finland
9	Oliver Helander	Finland
10	Toni Keranen	Finland
11	Luiz Mauricio da Silva	Brazil
12	Andrian Mardare	Moldova
13	Roderick Genki Dean	Japan
14	Marcin Krukowski	Poland
15	Artur Felfner	Ukraine
16	Cameron McEntyre	Australia
17	Alexandru Mihaita Novac	Romania
18	Kishore Jena	India
19	Pedro Henrique Rodrigues	Brazil
20	Timothy Herman	Belgium
21	Edis Matusevicius	Lithuania
22	Max Dehning	Germany
23	Cyprian Mrzyglod	Poland
24	Chinecherem Nnamdi	Nigeria
25	Patriks Gallums	Latvia
26	Dawid Wegner	Poland
27	Curtis Thompson	United States
28	Leandro Ramos	Portugal
29	Moustafa Mahmoud	Egypt
30	Ihab Abdelrahman	Egypt
—	Gatis Cakss	Latvia
—	Teura'itera'i Tupaia	France