One of the more remarkable moments on the closing night of the Athletics at the
Olympic Stadium was Keshorn Walcott's win in the men's javelin. Not only did he become
the first ever teenagaer to win the event but he improved his personal best pre Games
from 80.11m (May 27th. 2012) by over four metres. He also became the first non European
to win the event since 1952 (Cy Young) and Trinidad & Tobago's second track & field Gold medallist,
after Hasely Crawford (1976 100 metres in Montreal).
He is pictured above making his final throw of the competition.
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Men's Javelin Final.
2012 London Games.
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| 1. Keshorn WALCOTT |
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TRI |
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84.58m NR |
2. Oleksandr PYANTNYTSYA
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UKR |
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84.51m |
3. Antti RUUSKANEN
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FIN |
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84.12m |
4. Vitezslav VESELY
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CZE |
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83.34m |
5. Tero PITKAMAKI
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FIN |
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82.80m |
6. Andreas THORKILDSEN
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NOR |
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82.63m |
7. Spiridon LEBESIS
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GRE |
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81.91m |
8. Tino HABER
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GER |
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81.21m |
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Four years later at the Rio Olympics he threw farther than in London ,but
had to settle for the bronze medal behind 2015 World Champions Julias Yego and
the German Champion Thomas Röhler who had come into the competition with
a throw of 91.28 metres (and 91.04m) at the Paavo Nurmi Games in June.
2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Men's javelin Final.
| 1. |
Thomas Röhler |
Germany |
90.30 |
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| 2. |
Julius Yego |
Kenya |
88.24 |
SB |
| 3. |
Keshorn Walcott |
Trinidad and Tobago |
85.38 |
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| 4. |
Johannes Vetter |
Germany |
85.32 |
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| 5. |
Dmytro Kosynskyy |
Ukraine |
83.95 |
PB |
| 6. |
Antti Ruuskanen |
Finland |
83.05 |
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| 7. |
Vítězslav Veselý |
Czech Republic |
82.51 |
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| 8. |
Jakub Vadlejch |
Czech Republic |
82.42 |
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