Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 38 competitors, with two qualifying groups (38 throwers) before the final (12) took place on Sunday September 25, 1988. This was the first time that the competitors had to use the new javelin. The qualification mark was set at 79.00 metres.

Medalists

Schedule All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+9) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B24.09.1988 – 09:40h24.09.1988 – 11:00hFinal Round25.09.1988 – 12:00h

Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markOR olympic recordWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Records Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics World Record 87.66 m May 31, 1987 Nitra, Czechoslovakia Olympic Record 94.58 m Németh set his Olympic record with the old javelin July 25, 1976 Montreal, Canada Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic Record 76.76 m September 24, 1988 Seoul, South Korea Olympic Record 77.44 m September 24, 1988 Seoul, South Korea Olympic Record 78.66 m September 24, 1988 Seoul, South Korea Olympic Record 85.90 m September 24, 1988 Seoul, South Korea

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 1 85.90——85.90 m 2 2 76.76 77.70 81.62 81.62 m 3 6 X77.6880.26 80.26 m 4 7 77.2280.24 —80.24 m 5 8 78.2074.8080.22 80.22 m 6 9 78.6673.7680.16 80.16 m 7 10 72.40 78.06 79.90 79.90 m 8 13 78.46 75.64 78.92 78.92 m 9 18 71.4275.0477.48 77.48 m 10 19 77.44X77.46 77.46 m 11 24 76.0267.56 X76.02 m 12 25 75.9673.66 72.60 75.96 m 13 29 72.6672.6472.7272.72 m 14 30 70.8470.58 70.48 70.84 m 15 31 X69.44 67.32 69.44 m 16 32 63.66 X69.40 69.40 m 17 34 X67.1467.56 67.56 m 18 35 62.8863.50 65.84 65.84 m 19 37 X62.3461.78 62.34 m

Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 3 76.42 78.26 81.4281.42 m 2 4 80.98——80.98 m 3 5 77.9875.0880.5280.52 m 4 11 X79.66—79.66 m 5 12 71.18 79.26—79.26 m 6 14 78.4276.8070.86 78.42 m 7 15 75.8875.7878.2278.22 m 8 16 X67.96 78.1078.10 m 9 17 73.54 77.6877.7077.70 m 10 20 77.2074.98 72.98 77.20 m 11 21 74.7671.38 76.9076.90 m 12 22 76.4673.34 69.18 76.46 m 13 23 76.4274.56 72.90 76.42 m 14 26 75.5669.78 75.34 75.56 m 15 27 69.18 72.9075.5275.52 m 16 28 68.7866.22 73.32 73.32 m 17 33 67.5469.10 67.68 69.10 m 18 36 63.34 63.34 63.30 63.34 m 19 38 56.32 53.32 49.48 56.32 m

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistance123456 82.74 76.26 ——X84.2884.28 m X82.32 81.60 83.46 77.88 84.12 84.12 m 80.0076.26 83.26 78.74 80.6680.4483.26 m 4 80.1478.72 78.28X77.7682.7282.72 m 5 81.4282.32 X80.3881.4279.52 82.32 m 6 80.6681.30 79.9477.2677.8078.28 81.30 m 7 76.4876.58 79.12X77.3274.64 79.12 m 8 76.8875.62 78.30X76.60X78.30 m 9 78.1678.22 74.76 78.22 m 10 75.6277.78 78.04 78.04 m 11 74.52 75.70 76.96 76.96 m 12 72.12 73.28 X 73.28 m

See also 1984 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Los Angeles) 1987 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Rome) 1988 Javelin Throw Year Ranking 1990 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Split) 1991 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Tokyo) 1992 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Barcelona)

References

External links Official Report koti.welho