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Javelin Throw, Men

Date	22 – 23 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	36 from 26 countries

The gold and silver medalists from Atlanta, Ján Železný and Steve Backley, were the favorites. Backley had won the last three European Championships, while Železný was, well, … Železný, considered the greatest javelin thrower ever. The Czech led the qualifiers with 89.39 (293-3¼). In the final he opened with 89.41 (293-4¼) to lead round one. Backley went ahead in the second round with 89.85 (294-9½) but Železný clinched the gold medal in the third round with 90.17 (295-10). Backley threw poorly after his best throw, fouling three times, and hitting only 80.99 (265-8¾) in the fourth round. It was Železný’s third consecutive gold medal, and fourth consecutive medal, in the event.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	1525	Jan Železný	CZE	89.39 (1)	90.17 (1)	Gold	OR
2	1775	Steve Backley	GBR	83.74 (8)	89.85 (2)	Silver	OR
3	2886	Sergey Makarov	RUS	85.60 (4)	88.67 (3)	Bronze
4	1871	Raymond Hecht	GER	84.00 (6)	87.76 (4)
5	1694	Aki Parviainen	FIN	83.73 (9)	86.62 (5)
6	1964	Kostas Gkatsioudis	GRE	88.41 (2)	86.53 (6)
7	1872	Boris Henry	GER	84.58 (5)	85.78 (7)
8	1473	Emeterio González	CUB	82.64 (10)	83.33 (8)
9	2661	Pål Arne Fagernes	NOR	86.74 (3)	83.04 (9)
10	2724	Dariusz Trafas	POL	83.98 (7)	82.30 (10)
11	1799	Mick Hill	GBR	82.24 (12)	81.00 (11)
12	3276	Breaux Greer	USA	82.63 (11)	79.91 (12)
13 r1/2	1812	Nick Nieland	GBR	82.12 (13)	–
14 r1/2	2894	Vladimir Ovchinnikov	RUS	82.10 (14)	–
15 r1/2	1649	Andrus Värnik	EST	81.34 (15)	–
16 r1/2	1076	Andrew Martin	AUS	81.31 (16)	–
17 r1/2	1145	Gregor Högler	AUT	80.89 (17)	–
18 r1/2	2455	Voldemārs Lūsis	LAT	80.08 (18)	–
19 r1/2	1683	Harri Haatainen	FIN	79.93 (19)	–
20 r1/2	2139	Terry McHugh	IRL	79.90 (20)	–
21 r1/2	1068	Adrian Hatcher	AUS	79.23 (21)	–
22 r1/2	1062	Andrew Currey	AUS	78.12 (22)	–
23 r1/2	3100	Patrik Bodén	SWE	78.06 (23)	–
24 r1/2	3477	Uladzimir Sasimovich	BLR	78.04 (24)	–
25 r1/2	3396	Sergey Voynov	UZB	75.89 (25)	–
26 r1/2	2458	Ēriks Rags	LAT	75.75 (26)	–
27 r1/2	3084	Marián Bokor	SVK	75.49 (27)	–
28 r1/2	1475	Isbel Luaces	CUB	75.17 (28)	–
29 r1/2	2486	Arūnas Jurkšas	LTU	73.05 (29)	–
30 r1/2	2088	Jagdish Bishnoi	IND	70.86 (30)	–
31 r1/2	2422	Song Dong-Hyeon	KOR	70.48 (31)	–
32 r1/2	3175	Maher Ridane	TUN	70.35 (32)	–
33 r1/2	2693	Nery Kennedy	PAR	70.26 (33)	–
34 r1/2	2435	Ali Saleh Al-Jadani	KSA	68.70 (34)	–
35 r1/2	2408	Dmitry Shnayder	KGZ	66.40 (35)	–
AC r1/2	1684	Harri Hakkarainen	FIN	– (NM)	–

Qualifying Round (22 September 2000)

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

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance
1	Jan Železný	CZE	89.39	Q
2	Kostas Gkatsioudis	GRE	88.41	Q
3	Pål Arne Fagernes	NOR	86.74	Q
4	Sergey Makarov	RUS	85.60	Q
5	Boris Henry	GER	84.58	Q
6	Raymond Hecht	GER	84.00	Q
7	Dariusz Trafas	POL	83.98	Q
8	Steve Backley	GBR	83.74	Q
9	Aki Parviainen	FIN	83.73	Q
10	Emeterio González	CUB	82.64	q
11	Breaux Greer	USA	82.63	q
12	Mick Hill	GBR	82.24	q
13	Nick Nieland	GBR	82.12
14	Vladimir Ovchinnikov	RUS	82.10
15	Andrus Värnik	EST	81.34
16	Andrew Martin	AUS	81.31
17	Gregor Högler	AUT	80.89
18	Voldemārs Lūsis	LAT	80.08
19	Harri Haatainen	FIN	79.93
20	Terry McHugh	IRL	79.90
21	Adrian Hatcher	AUS	79.23
22	Andrew Currey	AUS	78.12
23	Patrik Bodén	SWE	78.06
24	Uladzimir Sasimovich	BLR	78.04
25	Sergey Voynov	UZB	75.89
26	Ēriks Rags	LAT	75.75
27	Marián Bokor	SVK	75.49
28	Isbel Luaces	CUB	75.17
29	Arūnas Jurkšas	LTU	73.05
30	Jagdish Bishnoi	IND	70.86
31	Song Dong-Hyeon	KOR	70.48
32	Maher Ridane	TUN	70.35
33	Nery Kennedy	PAR	70.26
34	Ali Saleh Al-Jadani	KSA	68.70
35	Dmitry Shnayder	KGZ	66.40
NM	Harri Hakkarainen	FIN	–

Qualifying Round, Group A (22 September 2000 — 11:30)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group A Round One	Group A Round Two	Group A Round Three
1	3	Kostas Gkatsioudis	GRE	88.41	88.41	-	-
2	5	Pål Arne Fagernes	NOR	86.74	×	81.49	86.74
3	18	Sergey Makarov	RUS	85.60	85.60	-	-
4	6	Raymond Hecht	GER	84.00	81.12	81.93	84.00
5	1	Dariusz Trafas	POL	83.98	76.58	83.98	-
6	16	Emeterio González	CUB	82.64	78.70	82.64	77.72
7	10	Nick Nieland	GBR	82.12	72.32	82.12	×
8	9	Andrus Värnik	EST	81.34	67.76	74.16	81.34
9	14	Andrew Martin	AUS	81.31	78.65	×	81.31
10	4	Gregor Högler	AUT	80.89	80.89	76.57	80.05
11	11	Voldemārs Lūsis	LAT	80.08	80.08	×	×
12	12	Harri Haatainen	FIN	79.93	79.93	×	78.46
13	2	Terry McHugh	IRL	79.90	79.90	77.33	79.40
14	8	Adrian Hatcher	AUS	79.23	77.58	79.23	×
15	13	Jagdish Bishnoi	IND	70.86	70.86	69.77	×
16	15	Song Dong-Hyeon	KOR	70.48	68.85	70.48	67.98
17	17	Ali Saleh Al-Jadani	KSA	68.70	×	×	68.70
NM	7	Harri Hakkarainen	FIN	–	×	×	×

Qualifying Round, Group B (22 September 2000 — 13:25)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group B Round One	Group B Round Two	Group B Round Three
1	10	Jan Železný	CZE	89.39	89.39	-	-
2	4	Boris Henry	GER	84.58	84.58	-	-
3	16	Steve Backley	GBR	83.74	83.74	-	-
4	17	Aki Parviainen	FIN	83.73	80.61	76.83	83.73
5	3	Breaux Greer	USA	82.63	82.63	80.32	77.61
6	11	Mick Hill	GBR	82.24	78.55	82.24	×
7	5	Vladimir Ovchinnikov	RUS	82.10	77.82	×	82.10
8	18	Andrew Currey	AUS	78.12	78.12	76.38	75.47
9	13	Patrik Bodén	SWE	78.06	78.06	76.56	74.07
10	7	Uladzimir Sasimovich	BLR	78.04	74.64	×	78.04
11	1	Sergey Voynov	UZB	75.89	×	75.89	74.98
12	2	Ēriks Rags	LAT	75.75	×	75.75	×
13	14	Marián Bokor	SVK	75.49	71.03	75.49	×
14	8	Isbel Luaces	CUB	75.17	75.17	×	74.25
15	9	Arūnas Jurkšas	LTU	73.05	71.36	73.05	×
16	6	Maher Ridane	TUN	70.35	×	66.97	70.35
17	12	Nery Kennedy	PAR	70.26	66.05	69.17	70.26
18	15	Dmitry Shnayder	KGZ	66.40	×	65.00	66.40

Final Round (23 September 2000 — 20:30)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	6	Jan Železný	CZE	90.17	89.41	×	90.17	×	×	88.97	OR
2	2	Steve Backley	GBR	89.85	86.25	89.85	×	80.99	×	×	OR
3	7	Sergey Makarov	RUS	88.67	88.67	85.90	×	×	86.67	85.30
4	9	Raymond Hecht	GER	87.76	87.76	×	×	×	76.11	-
5	1	Aki Parviainen	FIN	86.62	86.62	82.49	84.01	×	×	78.42
6	11	Kostas Gkatsioudis	GRE	86.53	85.06	×	83.73	83.53	86.53	83.32
7	8	Boris Henry	GER	85.78	82.94	80.78	83.45	×	85.78	83.31
8	5	Emeterio González	CUB	83.33	76.13	78.55	83.33	×	×	77.19
9	10	Pål Arne Fagernes	NOR	83.04	80.06	83.04	72.01	–	–	–
10	12	Dariusz Trafas	POL	82.30	75.11	82.30	82.01	–	–	–
11	3	Mick Hill	GBR	81.00	81.00	80.92	×	–	–	–
12	4	Breaux Greer	USA	79.91	74.16	×	79.91	–	–	–