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Athletics At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw
The men's javelin throw event at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 21 and 23 August at the Beijing National Stadium. The qualification mark was set at 82.50 metres. The qualifying standards were 81.80 m (268.37 ft) (A standard) and 77.80 m (255.25 ft) (B standard). Schedule All times are China standard time (UTC+8) Records Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows. The following new Olympic record was set during this competition: Results Qualifying round Qualification: 82.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: *Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event ** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont .... Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics At The 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's Javelin Throw Athletics at the 2008 Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing National Stadium
The National Stadium (), also known as the Bird's Nest (), is an 80,000-capacity stadium in Beijing. The stadium was jointly designed by architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron from Basel-based architecture team Herzog & de Meuron, project architect Stefan Marbach, artist Ai Weiwei, and CADG, which was led by chief architect Li Xinggang. The stadium was designed for use throughout the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. It was used again in the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The Bird's Nest sometimes has temporary large screens installed at the stands. History Located at the Olympic Green, the stadium cost US$428 million. The design was awarded to a submission from the Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron in April 2003 after a bidding process that included 13 final submissions. The design, which originated from the study of Chinese ceramics, implemented steel beams in order to hide supports for the retractable roof; giving the stadium the appearanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Final
Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: *Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event ** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of contests taking place after a regular season or round-robin tournament, culminating in a final by the first definition. *final (Java), a keyword in the Java programming language *Final case, a grammatical case *Final examination or finals, a test given at the end of a course of study or training *Part of a syllable *Final, a tone of the Gregorian mode Art and entertainment * ''Final'' (film), a science fiction film * ''The Final'' (film), a thriller film * ''Finals'' (film), a 2019 Malayalam sports drama film *Final (band), an English electronic musical group * ''Final'' (Vol. 1), album by Enrique Iglesias * ''The Final'' (album), by Wham! *"The Final", a song by Dir en grey on the album ''Withering to Death'' * ''Finals'' (comics), a four-i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Janik
Igor Janik (born 18 January 1983 in Gdynia) is a male javelin thrower from Poland. His personal best throw is 84.76m achieved in 2008. Competition record Seasonal bests by year *2000 - 62.41 *2001 - 75.03 *2002 - 78.90 *2003 - 82.54 *2004 - 69.39 *2005 - 77.25 *2006 - 82.86 *2007 - 83.38 *2008 - 84.76 *2009 - 83.52 *2010 - 80.83 *2011 - 82.81 *2012 - 82.37 *2013 - 80.13 References External links * Profile at Beijing 2008 official website 1983 births Living people Polish male javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Poland Sportspeople from Gdynia Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for Poland Universiade silver medalists for Poland Universiade bronze medalists for Poland Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade 21st-century P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukifumi Murakami
is a Japanese javelin thrower. He was the first Japanese athlete to win a World Championship medal in the javelin, taking bronze at the 2009 edition with a throw of 82.97 metres. He was successful as a junior athlete and won the bronze medal in the javelin at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics. He established himself as one of Asia's top throwers in the following years, winning silver medals at the 2001 East Asian Games, 2002 Asian Games, and the 2003 Asian Athletics Championships. His first global appearance was at the 2004 Summer Olympics and he finished 18th overall in the final rankings. The 2005 World Championships in Athletics was his next major tournament but he finished in 27th place with a disappointing throw of 68.31 m. He was runner-up for a second time at the 2006 Asian Games and took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics two years later. Murakami was voted the Japanese athlete of the year for 2009 by both ''Rikujyo Kyougi Magazine'' (Track and F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandr Ivanov (athlete)
Alexandr Valerevich Ivanov (russian: Александр Валерьевич Иванов; born May 25, 1982 in Saint Petersburg) is a Russian javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 88.90 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Tula Tula may refer to: Geography Antarctica *Tula Mountains *Tula Point India *Tulā, a solar month in the traditional Indian calendar Iran * Tula, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province Italy * Tula, Sardinia, municipality (''comune'') in the pr .... Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-01-29. Achievements Seasonal bests by year *2000 - 77.11 *2001 - 83.55 *2002 - 87.62 *2003 - 88.90 *2004 - 87.73 *2005 - 84.24 *2006 - 84.22 *2007 - 86.71 *2008 - 83.21 *2009 - 82.40 *2010 - 77.11 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ēriks Rags
Ēriks Rags (born 1 June 1975) is a Latvian javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 86.47 metres, achieved in July 2001 in London. He has competed at three Summer Olympics between 2000 and 2008. He was born in Ventspils Ventspils (; german: Windau, ; see other names) is a state city in northwestern Latvia in the historical Courland region of Latvia, and is the sixth largest city in the country. At the beginning of 2020, Ventspils had a population of 33,906. It .... Achievements Seasonal bests by year *1997 - 75.06 *1998 - 80.56 *1999 - 83.78 *2000 - 83.61 *2001 - 86.47 *2002 - 86.44 *2003 - 86.32 *2004 - 85.83 *2005 - 82.35 *2006 - 85.99 *2007 - 83.35 *2008 - 85.05 *2009 - 82.23 *2010 - 82.05 *2011 - 80.87 *2012 - 76.49 References External links * * * 1975 births Living people Latvian male javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnus Arvidsson (athlete)
Magnus Arvidsson (born 20 February 1983) is a retired Swedish track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He finished tenth at the 2006 European Championships, tenth at the 2007 World Championships, third at the 2007 World Athletics Final and eleventh at the 2008 Olympic Games. His personal best is , set in Osaka in May 2007, the second longest throw ever by a Swedish javelin thrower, behind only Patrik Bodén Lars Patrik Bodén (born 30 June 1967) is a retired Swedish track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He holds the Swedish national record at 89.10 m, which he set on 24 March 1990. He briefly held the world record with this t ...'s national record. Arvidsson retired at the age of 28 in April 2011. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarrod Bannister
Jarrod Bannister (3 October 1984 – 8 February 2018) was an Australian track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. His personal best throw of 89.02 metres, achieved in 2008, is the Australian and Oceanian record. Career Bannister was born in Townsville, Queensland on 3 October 1984. He won the youth javelin title at the Australian Athletics Championships in 2001. He later won five senior javelin national titles: in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2012. He competed twice at the World Championships in Athletics, placing eleventh in qualifying in 2007 and finishing seventh in the final in 2011. He represented his country at the Olympic Games in 2008 and 2012, finishing sixth at the former and placing twenty-seventh in the qualifying stage of the latter. He won gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – the first and only international senior medal of his career. This made him the first Australian winner in that event for nearly fifty years, following in the footsteps of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teemu Wirkkala
Teemu Sakari Wirkkala (born January 14, 1984, in Kokkola) is a Finnish javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 87.23 metres, achieved in July 2009 in Joensuu. Achievements Seasonal bests by year * 2000 – 68.21 * 2001 – 69.22 * 2002 – 74.56 * 2003 – 80.57 * 2004 – 80.97 * 2005 – 80.68 * 2006 – 82.82 * 2007 – 84.06 * 2008 – 84.10 * 2009 – 87.23 * 2010 – 86.53 * 2011 – 82.39 * 2012 – 83.73 * 2013 – 82.91 * 2014 – 77.45 * 2015 – 84.39 References * 1984 births Living people People from Kokkola Finnish male javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Finland Sportspeople from Central Ostrobothnia 20th-century Finnish people 21st-century Finnish people {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uladzimir Kazlou
Uladzimir Kazlou ( Belarusian: Уладзімір Казлоў; born 20 April 1985) is a Belarusian javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the ...er. His personal best throw is 82.86. Achievements Seasonal bests by year *2006 - 77.27 *2008 - 82.06 *2009 - 78.29 *2010 - 81.86 *2012 - 82.86 *2013 - 82.49 *2015 - 76.90 References * 1985 births Living people Belarusian male javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Belarus {{Belarus-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Russell (athletics)
Scott Russell (born January 16, 1979, in Windsor, Ontario) is a former Canadian javelin thrower. He finished first at the 1998 World Junior Championships, tenth at the 2001 Summer Universiade, won a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, finished twelfth at the 2005 World Championships, eighth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and tenth at the 2008 Olympic Games. He also competed at the World Championships in 2001 and 2007 without reaching the final round. Russell holds the Canadian record for javelin throw, with a throw of 84.81 metres on July 13, 2011, at the Toronto International Track and Field Games. When he is not in the Olympics, he teaches Health and Physical Education for Basehor-Linwood middle school in Kansas. He also coached for Lawrence High J-Squad in 2008–2009. Achievements Seasonal bests by year *1998 - 75.46 *1999 - 76.80 *2000 - 78.94 *2001 - 81.66 *2002 - 79.85 *2003 - 81.56 *2004 - 77.87 *2005 - 84.41 *2006 - 79.55 *2007 - 83.98 *2008 - 83.20 *200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vítězslav Veselý
Vítězslav Veselý () (born 27 February 1983) is a Czech javelin thrower. He won two bronze medals at the Olympic games, in 2012 and 2020. Career He finished ninth at the 2002 World Junior Championships. He threw a personal best throw of 81.20 metres during the qualifying round at the 2008 Olympic Games and finished twelfth in the final. He was less successful at his first World Championships in Athletics the following year, failing to make the final with a throw of 75.76 m. Veselý improved his personal best by more than five metres at a meeting in Olomouc in May 2010, throwing a world leading mark of 86.45 m. He was ninth at the 2010 European Athletics Championships that year. He came close to a major medal with a fourth-place finish at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics. He had his second best ever throw at the Shanghai 2012 Diamond League meet, winning with a mark of 85.40 m. At the 2012 Olympic Games, Veselý threw a new personal best of 88.34 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
