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Olympic Games 1896-2004
Men's Javelin Results

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Men's Javelin Final. Olympic Games 2004

1. Andreas Thorkildsen            (NOR)   86.50m 
2. Vadims Vasilevskis             (LAT)   84.95m 
3. Sergey Makarov                 (RUS)   84.84m
4. Steve Backley                  (GBR)   84.13m 
5. Alexandr Ivanov                (RUS)   83.31m
6. Andrus Varnik                  (EST)   83.25m
7. Eriks Rags                     (LAT)   83.14m
8. Tero Pitkamaki                 (FIN)   83.01m
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Men's Javelin Final. Olympic Games 2000

1. Jan Zelezny                    (CZE)   90.17m
2. Steve Backley                  (GBR)   89.85m
3. Sergey Makarov                 (RUS)   88.67m
4. Raymond Hecht                  (GER)   87.76m
5. Aki Parviainen                 (FIN)   86.62m
6. Konstantinos Gkatsioudis       (GRE)   86.53m
7. Boris Henry                    (GER)   85.78m
8. Emeterio Gonzalez              (CUB)   83.33m
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Men's Javelin Final. Olympic Games 1996

1. Jan Zelezny                    (CZE)   88.16m 
2. Steve Backley                  (GBR)   87.44m
3. Seppo Raty                     (FIN)   86.98m
4. Raymond Hecht                  (GER)   86.88m
5. Boris Henry                    (GER)   85.68m
6. Sergey Makarov                 (RUS)   85.30m
7. Kimmo Kinnunen                 (FIN)   84.02m
8. Tom Pukstys                    (USA)   83.58m
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Men's Javelin Final. Olympic Games 1992

1. Jan Zelezny                    (CZE)   89.66m
2. Seppo Raaty                    (FIN)   86.60m
3. Steve Backley                  (GBR)   83.38m
4. Kimmo Kinnunen                 (FIN)   82.62m
5. Sigurdur Einarsson             (ICE)   80.34m
6. Juha Laukkanen                 (FIN)   79.20m
7. Mike Barnett                   (USA)   78.64m
8. Andrey Shevchuck               (CIS)   77.74m
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Men's Javelin Final. Olympic Games 1988

1. Tapio Korjus                   (FIN)   84.28m
2. Jan Zelezny                    (TCH)   84.12m
3. Seppo Raaty                    (FIN)   83.26m
4. Klaus Tafelmeier               (FRG)   82.72m
5. Viktor Yevshukov               (SOV)   82.32m
6. Gerald Weiss                   (DDR)   81.30m
7. Vladimir Ovchinnikov           (SOV)   79.12m
8. Dag Wennlund                   (SWE)   78.30m
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Men's Javelin Final. Olympic Games 1984

1. Arto HARKONEN                  (FIN)   86.76m
2. Dave OTTLEY                    (GBR)   85.74m
3. Kenth ELDEBRINK                (SWE)   83.72m
4. Wolfram GAMBKE                 (GFR)   82.46m
5. Masami YOSHIDA                 (JAP)   81.98m
6. Einar VILHJALMSSON             (ICE)   81.58m
7. Roald BRADSTOCK                (GBR)   81.22m
8. Laslo BABITS                   (CAN)   80.68m
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Men's Javelin Final. Olympic Games 1980

1. Dainis KULA                    (SOV)   91.20m
2. Aleksanr MAKAROV               (SOV)   89.64m
3. Wolfgang HANISCH               (GDR)   86.72m
4. Heino PUUSTE                   (SOV)   86.10m
5. Antero PURANEN                 (FIN)   85.12m
6. Pentti SINERSAARI              (FIN)   84.34m
7. Detlef FUHRRNANN               (GDR)   83.50m
8. Miklos NEMETH                  (HUN)   82.40m
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Men's Javelin Final. Olympic Games 1976

1. Miklos NEMETH                  (HUN)   94.58m 
2. Hannu SIITONEN                 (FIN)   87.92m
3. Gheorghe MEGELEA               (ROM)   87.16m
4. Pyotr BIELCZYK                 (POL)   86.50m
5. Sam COLSON                     (USA)   86.16m
6. Vasyl YERSHOV                  (SOV)   85.26m
7. Seppo HOVINEN                  (FIN)   84.26m
8. Janis LUSIS                    (SOV)   80.26m
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Men's Javelin Final. Olympic Games 1972

1. Klaus WOLFERMANN               (GER)   90.48m.   
2. Janis LUSIS                    (SOV)   90.48m.
3. William SCHMIDT                (USA)   84.42m.
4. Hannu SITONEN                  (FIN)   84.32m.
5. Bjorn GRIMNES                  (NOR)   83.08m.
6. Jorma KINNUNEN                 (FIN)   82.08m.
7. Miklos NEMETH                  (HUN)   81.98m.
8. Frederick LUKE                 (USA)   80.06m.
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Men's Javelin Final. Olympic Games 1968

1. Janis LUSIS                    (SOV)   90.10m.   OR
2. Jorma KINNUNEN                 (FIN)   88.58m.
3. Gergely KULCSAR                (HUN)   87.06m.
4. Wladislaw NIKICIUK             (POL)   85.70m.
5. Manfred STOLLE                 (GDR)   84.42m.  
6. Ake NILSSON                    (SWE)   83.48m. 
7. Janusz SIDLO                   (POL)   80.58m.
8. Urs von WARTBURG               (SWI)   80.56m.
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Men's Javelin Final. Olympic Games 1964

1. Pauli NEVALA                   (FIN)   82.66m.
2. Gergely KULCSAR                (HUN)   82.32m.
3. Janis LUSIS                    (SOV)   80.57m.
4. Janusz SIDLO                   (POL)   80.17m.
5. Urs von WARTBURG               (SWI)   78.72m.
6. Jorma KINNUNEN                 (FIN)   76.94m.
7. Rolf HERINGS                   (GER)   74.72m.
8. Vladimir KUZNETSOV             (SOV)   74.26m.
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Men's Javelin Final. Olympic Games 1960

1. Viktor TSYBULENKO              (SOV)   84.64m.
2. Walter KRUGER                  (GDR)   79.36m.
3. Gergely KULCSAR                (HUN)   78.57m.
4. Vaino KUISMA                   (FIN)   78.40m.
5. Willy RASMUSSEN                (NOR)   78.36m.
6. Knut FREDRIKSSON               (SWE)   78.33m.
7. Zbiniew RADZIWONOWICZ          (POL)   77.30m.
8. Janusz SIDLO                   (POL)   76.46m.
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Men's Javelin Final. Olympic Games 1956

1. Egil DANIELSEN                 (NOR)   85.71m.   WR
2. Janusz SIDLO                   (POL)   79.98m.
3. Viktor TSYBULENKO              (SOV)   79.50m.
4. Herbert KOSCHEL                (GER)   75.68m.
5. Jan KOPYTO                     (POL)   74.28m.
6. Giovanni LIEVORE               (ITA)   72.88m.
7. Michel MACQUET                 (FRA)   71.84m.
8. Aleksandr GORSHCOV             (SOV)   70.32m.
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Men's Javelin Final. Olympic Games 1952

1. Cyrus YOUNG                    (USA)   73.78m.   OR
2. William MILLER                 (USA)   72.46m.
3. Toivo HYYTIAINEN               (FIN)   71.89m.
4. Viktor TSYBULENKO              (SOV)   71.72m.
5. Branko DANGUBIC                (YUG)   70.55m.  
6. Vladimir KUSNETSOV             (SOV)   70.37m.
7. Ragnar ERICZON                 (SWE)   69.04m.
8. Soini NIKKINEN                 (FIN)   68.80m.
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Men's Javelin Final. Olympic Games 1948

1. Kai Tapio RAUTAVAARA           (FIN)   69.77m.
2. Steve SEYMOUR                  (USA)   67.56m.
3. Jozsef VARSZEGI                (HUN)   67.03m.
4. Pauli VESTERINEN               (FIN)   65.89m.
5. Odd MAEHLUM                    (NOR)   65.32m.
6. Martin BILES                   (USA)   65.71m.
7. Mirko VUJACIC                  (YUG)   64.89m.
8. Robert LIKENS                  (USA)   64.51m.
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Men's Javelin Final. Olympic Games 1936

1. Gerhard STOCK                  (GER)   71.84m  	
2. Yrjo NIKKANEN                  (FIN)   70.77m 	
3. Kallervo TOIVONEN              (FIN)   70.72m
4. Lennart ATTERVALL              (SWE)   69.20m
5. Matti JARVINEN                 (FIN)   69.18m
6. Alton TERRY                    (USA)   67.15m
7. Eugeniusz LOKAJSKI             (POL)   66.39m
8. Jozsef VARSZEGI                (HUN)   65.30m
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Men's Javelin Final. Olympic Games 1932

1. Matti JARVINEN                 (FIN)   72.71m  	
2. Matti SIPPALA                  (FIN)   69.80m 	
3. Eino PENTTILA                  (FIN)   68.70m
4. Gottfried WEIMANN              (GER)   68.18m
5. Lee BARTLETT                   (USA)   64.46m
6. Kenneth CHURCHILL              (USA)   63.24m
7. Malcolm METCALF                (USA)   63.24m
8. Kohsaku SUMIYOSHI              (JPN)   61.14m
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Men's Javelin Final. Olympic Games 1928

1. Erik LUNDKVIST                 (SWE)   66.60m   OR 	
2. Bela SZEPES                    (HUN)   65.26m 	
3. Olav SUNDE                     (NOR)   63.97m
4. Paavo LIETTU                   (FIN)   63.86m
5. W. Bruno SCHLOKAT              (GER)   63.40m
6. Eino PENTTILA                  (FIN)   63.20m
7. Stanley LAY                    (NZL)   62.89m
8. Johannes MEIMER                (URS)   61.46m
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Men's Javelin Final. Olympic Games 1924

1. Jonni MYYRA                    (FIN)   62.96m
2. Gunnar LINDSTROM               (SWE)   60.92m
3. Eugene OBERST                  (USA)   58.35m
4. Yrjo EKQVIST                   (FIN)   57.56m
5. William NEUFELD                (USA)   56.96m
6. Erik BLOMQVIST                 (SWE)   56.85m
7. Urho PELTONEN                  (FIN)   55.66m
8. Paavo JAALE-JOHANSSON          (FIN)   55.10m
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Men's Javelin Final. Olympic Games 1920

1. Jonni MYRRA                    (FIN)   65.78m   OR
2. Urho PELTONEN                  (FIN)   63.605m
3. Paavo JOHANSSON-JAALE          (FIN)   63.095m
4. Julius Juho SAARISTO           (FIN)   62.395m
5. Aleksander KLUMBERG-KOLMPERE   (URS)   62.39m
6. Gunnar LINDSTROM               (SWE)   60.52m
7. Milton ANGIER                  (USA)   59.275m
8. Erik BLOMQVIST                 (SWE)   58.18m
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Men's Javelin Final. Olympic Games 1912

1. Eric LEMMING                   (SWE)   60.64m   WR
2. Julius Juho SAARISTO           (FIN)   58.66m
3. Mor KOCZAB                     (HUN)   55.50m
4. Juho HALME                     (FIN)   54.65m
5. Vaino SIIKANIENME              (FIN)   52.43m
6. Richard ABRINK                 (SWE)   52.20m
7. Arne HALSE                     (NOR)   51.98m
8. Jonni MYRRA                    (FIN)   51.32m
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Men's Javelin Final. Olympic Games 1998

1. Eric LEMMING                   (SWE)   54.825m   WR 
2. Arne HALSE                     (NOR)   50.57m
3. Otto NILSSON                   (SWE)   47.105m
4. Aarne SALOVAARA                (FIN)   45.89m
5. Armas PESONEN                  (FIN)   45.18m
6. Juho HALME                     (FIN)   44.96m
7. Jalmari SAULI                  (FIN)   N/A
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