Los Angeles 1984 - Athletics - Men: Javelin Throw

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Date: 4 August 1984 / 5 August 1984

Rank Name Nation Distance
1 Arto Haerkoenen FIN 86.76m [284' 7 ¾"]
2 David Ottley GBR 85.74m [281' 3 ½"]
3 Kenth Eldebrink SWE 83.72m [274' 8"]
4 Wolfram Gambke FRG 82.46m [270' 6 ½"]
5 Masami Yoshida JPN 81.98m [268' 11 ½"]
6 Einar Vilhjalmsson ISL 81.58m [267' 7 ¾"]
7 Roald Bradstock GBR 81.22m [266' 5 ¾"]
8 Laslo Babits CAN 80.68m [264' 8 ½"]
9 Per Erling Olsen NOR 78.98m [259' 1 ½"]
10 Tom Petranoff USA 78.40m [257' 2 ½"]
11 Duncan Atwood RSA 78.10m [256' 2 ¾"]
12 Jean-Paul Lakafia FRA 70.86m [232' 5 ¾"]
Qualifying
13 Raimo Manninen FIN 79.26m [260' ½"]
14 Juan de la Garza MEX 79.16m [259' 8 ½"]
15 Reidar Lorentzen NOR 76.62m [251' 4 ½"]
16 Bead Krdzalic YUG 76.52m [251' ½"]
17 Tero Saviniemi FIN 76.46m [250' 10 ¼"]
18 Steven Roller USA 75.50m [247' 8 ½"]
19 Zakayo Malekwa TAN 75.18m [246' 7 ¾"]
20 Kazuhiro Mizoguchi JPN 74.82m [245' 5 ¾"]
21 Rashid Mohammad PAK 74.58m [244' 8 ¼"]
22 Klaus Tafelmeier FRG 73.52m [241' 2 ½"]
23 Agostino Ghesini ITA 72.96m [239' 4 ½"]
24 Chen Hung-Yen TPE 71.48m [234' 6 ¼"]
25 Gurtej Singh IND 70.08m [229' 11"]
26 Sigurdur Einarsson ISL 69.82m [229' ¾"]
27 Justin Arop UGA 69.76m [228' 10 ½"]
Did not qualify for final (No mark set)
Mike O'Rourke NZL