Home favourite Tero Pitkämäki is pictured above during the mens Javelin final at the
2005 World Championships in Helsinki. Sadly for Tero, and the vast majority of the crowd,
he finished just outside the medals in fourth place with a throw of 81.27m.
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Men's Javelin Final.
2004 Olympic Games.
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| 1. Andreas Thorkildsen |
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NOR |
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86.50m |
| 2. Vadims Vasilevskis |
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LAT |
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84.95m |
| 3. Sergey Makarov |
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RUS |
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84.84m |
| 4. Steve Backley |
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GBR |
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84.13m |
| 5. Alexandr Ivanov |
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RUS |
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83.31m |
| 6. Andrus Varnik |
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EST |
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83.25m |
| 7. Eriks Rags |
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LAT |
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83.14m |
| 8. Tero Pitkamaki |
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FIN |
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83.01m |
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Men's Javelin Final.
2005 World Athletics Championships
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| 1. Andrus VARNIK |
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EST |
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87.17m |
| 2. Andreas THORKILDSEN |
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NOR |
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86.18m |
| 3. Sergey MAKAROV |
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RUS |
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83.54m |
| 4. Tero PITKAMAKI |
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FIN |
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81.27m |
| 5. Aleksandr IVANOV |
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RUS |
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79.14m |
| 6. Eriks RAGS |
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LAT |
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78.77m |
| 7. Ainars KOVALS |
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LAT |
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77.61m |
| 8. Mark FRANK |
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GER |
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77.56m |
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