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Javelin Throw, Men

Date	17 – 20 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Engenho de Dentro, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	37 from 23 countries

Early in 2016 German Thomas Röhler was considered the favorite as he had won two Diamond League meets and had four of the top seven throws in the world, but as Rio approached, back problems made him an unsteady favorite. He made the final in Rio, and was joined there by two other major challengers – defending gold medallist Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad & Tobago and 2015 World Champion Julius Yego of Kenya.

Yego took the lead in round one with 88.24, which would remain his best mark and would eventually bring him the silver medal. It was also his only fair throw, as he passed on three other throws, including his final two, the victim of a chronic ankle injury. He would be taken off the field in a wheelchair.

In round two Walcott threw 85.38, his best effort, which was good for bronze. Yego held the lead, despite getting only one mark, into round five, when Röhler, until then in second place with 87.40 from the first round, came through with 90.30 to win gold. Despite Röhler’s consistency in invitationals, this was his first medal in a major international meet.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	2515	Thomas Röhler	GER	83.01 (9)	90.30 (1)	Gold
2	2700	Julius Yego	KEN	83.55 (6)	88.24 (2)	Silver
3	2989	Keshorn Walcott	TTO	88.68 (1)	85.38 (3)	Bronze
4	2521	Johannes Vetter	GER	85.96 (2)	85.32 (4)
5	3029	Dmytro Kosynskyi	UKR	83.23 (8)	83.95 (5)
6	2407	Antti Ruuskanen	FIN	82.20 (11)	83.05 (6)
7	2310	Vítězslav Veselý	CZE	82.85 (10)	82.51 (7)
8	2309	Jakub Vadlejch	CZE	83.27 (7)	82.42 (8)
9	2522	Julian Weber	GER	84.46 (3)	81.36 (9)
10	2027	Braian Toledo	ARG	81.96 (12)	79.81 (10)
11	2635	Ryohei Arai	JPN	84.16 (4)	79.47 (11)
12	2299	Petr Frydrych	CZE	83.60 (5)	79.12 (12)
13 r1/2	2049	Josh Robinson	AUS	80.84 (13)	–
14 r1/2	2721	Zigismunds Sirmais	LAT	80.65 (14)	–
15 r1/2	2841	Marcin Krukowski	POL	80.62 (15)	–
16 r1/2	2139	Júlio César Oliveira	BRA	80.49 (16)	–
17 r1/2	2955	Kim Amb	SWE	80.49 (17)	–
18 r1/2	2381	Tanel Laanmäe	EST	80.45 (18)	–
19 r1/2	2526	John Ampomah	GHA	80.39 (19)	–
20 r1/2	3075	Cyrus Hostetler	USA	79.76 (20)	–
21 r1/2	2406	Tero Pitkämäki	FIN	79.56 (21)	–
22 r1/2	2383	Risto Mätas	EST	79.40 (22)	–
23 r1/2	2378	Magnus Kirt	EST	79.33 (23)	–
24 r1/2	2912	Rocco van Rooyen	RSA	78.48 (24)	–
25 r1/2	2046	Hamish Peacock	AUS	77.91 (25)	–
26 r1/2	3114	Ivan Zaytsev	UZB	77.83 (26)	–
27 r1/2	2404	Ari Mannio	FIN	77.73 (27)	–
28 r1/2	2722	Rolands Štrobinders	LAT	77.73 (28)	–
29 r1/2	2809	Stuart Farquhar	NZL	77.32 (29)	–
30 r1/2	2881	Ahmed Bader	QAT	77.19 (30)	–
31 r1/2	2835	Łukasz Grzeszczuk	POL	76.52 (31)	–
32 r1/2	2403	Leslie Copeland	FIJ	76.04 (32)	–
33 r1/2	2974	Huang Shih-Feng	TPE	74.33 (33)	–
34 r1/2	3063	Sam Crouser	USA	73.78 (34)	–
35 r1/2	3068	Sean Furey	USA	72.61 (35)	–
36 r1/2	2941	Sumeda Ranasinghe	SRI	71.93 (36)	–
AC r1/2	3113	Babur Shakirdzhanov	UZB	– (NM)	–

Qualifying Round (17 August 2016 — 21:55)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 83.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance	2nd Best
1	Keshorn Walcott	TTO	88.68	–	Q
2	Johannes Vetter	GER	85.96	–	Q
3	Julian Weber	GER	84.46	–	Q
4	Ryohei Arai	JPN	84.16	–	Q
5	Petr Frydrych	CZE	83.60	–	Q
6	Julius Yego	KEN	83.55	–	Q
7	Jakub Vadlejch	CZE	83.27	–	Q
8	Dmytro Kosynskyi	UKR	83.23	–	Q
9	Thomas Röhler	GER	83.01	–	Q
10	Vítězslav Veselý	CZE	82.85	–	q
11	Antti Ruuskanen	FIN	82.20	–	q
12	Braian Toledo	ARG	81.96	–	q
13	Josh Robinson	AUS	80.84	–
14	Zigismunds Sirmais	LAT	80.65	–
15	Marcin Krukowski	POL	80.62	–
16	Júlio César Oliveira	BRA	80.49	80.29
17	Kim Amb	SWE	80.49	78.75
18	Tanel Laanmäe	EST	80.45	–
19	John Ampomah	GHA	80.39	–
20	Cyrus Hostetler	USA	79.76	–
21	Tero Pitkämäki	FIN	79.56	–
22	Risto Mätas	EST	79.40	–
23	Magnus Kirt	EST	79.33	–
24	Rocco van Rooyen	RSA	78.48	–
25	Hamish Peacock	AUS	77.91	–
26	Ivan Zaytsev	UZB	77.83	–
27	Ari Mannio	FIN	77.73	76.77
28	Rolands Štrobinders	LAT	77.73	76.76
29	Stuart Farquhar	NZL	77.32	–
30	Ahmed Bader	QAT	77.19	–
31	Łukasz Grzeszczuk	POL	76.52	–
32	Leslie Copeland	FIJ	76.04	–
33	Huang Shih-Feng	TPE	74.33	–
34	Sam Crouser	USA	73.78	–
35	Sean Furey	USA	72.61	–
36	Sumeda Ranasinghe	SRI	71.93	–
NM	Babur Shakirdzhanov	UZB	–	–

Qualifying Round, Group A (17 August 2016 — 20:30)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	14	Julian Weber	GER	84.46	84.46	–	–	Q
2	7	Jakub Vadlejch	CZE	83.27	78.23	80.90	83.27	Q
3	4	Dmytro Kosynskyi	UKR	83.23	80.08	76.79	83.23	Q
4	9	Thomas Röhler	GER	83.01	79.47	81.61	83.01	Q
5	13	Braian Toledo	ARG	81.96	78.99	81.96	80.36	q
6	15	Josh Robinson	AUS	80.84	78.87	80.84	76.78
7	19	Marcin Krukowski	POL	80.62	×	78.06	80.62
8	11	Kim Amb	SWE	80.49	77.91	78.75	80.49
9	17	Cyrus Hostetler	USA	79.76	76.48	78.69	79.76
10	12	Tero Pitkämäki	FIN	79.56	77.91	78.58	79.56
11	8	Risto Mätas	EST	79.40	76.23	79.26	79.40
12	16	Magnus Kirt	EST	79.33	×	77.60	79.33
13	2	Rocco van Rooyen	RSA	78.48	×	71.05	78.48
14	1	Rolands Štrobinders	LAT	77.73	76.76	×	77.73
15	6	Stuart Farquhar	NZL	77.32	74.24	77.32	74.38
16	18	Ahmed Bader	QAT	77.19	×	77.19	×
17	10	Leslie Copeland	FIJ	76.04	76.04	75.68	×
18	5	Sumeda Ranasinghe	SRI	71.93	69.62	71.93	×
NM	3	Babur Shakirdzhanov	UZB	–	×	×	×

Qualifying Round, Group B (17 August 2016)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	2	Keshorn Walcott	TTO	88.68	88.68	–	–	Q
2	6	Johannes Vetter	GER	85.96	85.96	–	–	Q
3	1	Ryohei Arai	JPN	84.16	84.16	–	–	Q
4	5	Petr Frydrych	CZE	83.60	78.57	80.17	83.60	Q
5	13	Julius Yego	KEN	83.55	78.88	×	83.55	Q
6	17	Vítězslav Veselý	CZE	82.85	81.32	81.32	82.85	q
7	4	Antti Ruuskanen	FIN	82.20	82.20	×	-	q
8	9	Zigismunds Sirmais	LAT	80.65	76.87	80.65	75.95
9	12	Júlio César Oliveira	BRA	80.49	79.33	80.49	80.29
10	14	Tanel Laanmäe	EST	80.45	80.45	78.78	79.24
11	18	John Ampomah	GHA	80.39	79.09	80.39	78.90
12	3	Hamish Peacock	AUS	77.91	77.91	76.22	76.40
13	11	Ivan Zaytsev	UZB	77.83	73.49	72.92	77.83
14	10	Ari Mannio	FIN	77.73	77.14	76.77	77.73
15	8	Łukasz Grzeszczuk	POL	76.52	76.31	76.52	76.14
16	16	Huang Shih-Feng	TPE	74.33	74.33	×	×
17	7	Sam Crouser	USA	73.78	73.78	73.66	×
18	15	Sean Furey	USA	72.61	69.40	72.61	71.35

Final Round (20 August 2016 — 20:55)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	9	Thomas Röhler	GER	90.30	87.40	85.61	87.07	84.84	90.30	×
2	8	Julius Yego	KEN	88.24	88.24	×	-	×	-	–
3	1	Keshorn Walcott	TTO	85.38	83.45	85.38	83.38	80.33	×	×
4	2	Johannes Vetter	GER	85.32	85.32	×	82.54	×	83.61	81.74
5	4	Dmytro Kosynskyi	UKR	83.95	82.51	83.95	83.64	81.61	81.21	×
6	5	Antti Ruuskanen	FIN	83.05	×	77.81	83.05	×	×	80.00
7	6	Vítězslav Veselý	CZE	82.51	78.20	82.51	×	×	×	78.63
8	3	Jakub Vadlejch	CZE	82.42	80.02	82.42	81.59	80.32	×	×
9	7	Julian Weber	GER	81.36	80.29	80.13	81.36	–	–	–
10	10	Braian Toledo	ARG	79.81	77.89	79.51	79.81	–	–	–
11	11	Ryohei Arai	JPN	79.47	77.98	79.47	72.49	–	–	–
12	12	Petr Frydrych	CZE	79.12	76.15	76.79	79.12	–	–	–