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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 record, Olympic record, and world leading mark 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. Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics At The 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's Javelin Throw Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics Javelin throw at the Olympics Men's events at the 2008 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing National Stadium
The National Stadium (), the Bird's Nest (), is a stadium at Olympic Green in Chaoyang, Beijing, Chaoyang, Beijing, China. The National Stadium, covering an area of 204,000 square meters with an 80,000 person capacity (91,000 with temporary seating), broke ground in December 2003, officially started construction in March 2004, and was completed in June 2008. The National Stadium is owned and operated by a public–private partnership, partnership company between Beijing Municipal State-owned Assets Management Co Ltd (58%) and CITIC Group (42%). The stadium was designed for the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Paralympics, Paralympics. It was also used during the 2022 Winter Olympics and 2022 Winter Paralympics, Paralympics. History Located at the Olympic Green in Beijing, 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 submissi ... [...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] |
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 Field ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandr Ivanov (athlete)
Alexandr Valerevich Ivanov (; born May 25, 1982, in Saint Petersburg) is a Russian javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's de ...er. His personal best throw is 88.90 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Tula. 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 *2011 - 82.17 *2013 - 70.50 *2014 - 74.75 Refer ...
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Ä’riks 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 Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw, 2000 and Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw, 2008. He was born in Ventspils. 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 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Latvia Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists ... [...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 is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-most populous city in J ... in May 2007, the second longest throw ever by a Swedish javelin thrower, behind only Patrik Bodén's national record. Arvidsson retired at the age of 28 in April 2011. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teemu Wirkkala
Teemu Sakari Wirkkala (born 14 January 1984 in Kokkola) is a Finnish javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 87.23 metres, achieved in July 2009 in Joensuu Joensuu (; ; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Karelia. It is located in the eastern interior of the country and in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Joensuu is approximately , while the sub-region has a population .... 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 Sportspeople from Kokkola Finnish male javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Finland 20th-century Finnish people 21st-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-a ... [...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 as far as possible. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's de ...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 for 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 Canadian former javelin thrower. Representing the Kansas Jayhawks track and field The Kansas Jayhawks, commonly referred to as simply KU or Kansas, are the athletic teams that represent the University of Kansas. KU is one of three schools in the state of Kansas that participate in NCAA Division I. The Jayhawks are also a me ... team, Russell won the javelin throw at the 2002 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. He represented Canada at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics, 1998 World Junior Championships, the Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade, 2001 Summer Universiade, two Commonwealth Games (Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, 2002 and Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, 2006), and at four World Athletics Championships, World Championships in Athletics (2001 World Championships in Athletics, 2001, 2005 World Championships in Athletics, 2005, 2007 World Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VÃtÄ›zslav Veselý
VÃtÄ›zslav 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] |
Tero Järvenpää
Tero Mikael Järvenpää (born 2 October 1984 in Tampere) is a Finnish javelin thrower. He represents Tampereen Pyrintö on club-level and his coach is his father Pentti Järvenpää. His personal best throw is 86.68 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Tampere Tampere is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Tampere is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous mu .... Seasonal bests by year *2003 - 80.45 *2004 - 80.13 *2005 - 84.05 *2006 - 84.95 *2007 - 84.35 *2008 - 86.68 *2009 - 82.65 *2010 - 83.81 *2011 - 80.10 Achievements References * 1984 births Living people Athletes from Tampere Finnish male javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Finland Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for Finland Medalists at the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilya Korotkov
Ilya Yevgenyevich Korotkov (; born 6 December 1983) is a Russian javelin thrower. He represented Russia at the Olympics at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and finished seventh in the final. The following year he took silver at the inaugural European Team Championships in Leiria, Portugal, but he could not repeat his medal success at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, where he failed to make the final of the event. At the start of the 2010 season, he threw personal best of 85.47 m in Alder, Russia, and continued his good form by throwing 83.28 m to win the gold at the 2010 European Cup Winter Throwing meeting. |
