Arto Kalevi Härkönen (born 31 January 1959, in

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

) is a retired Finnish javelin thrower who won the gold medal at the

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, with a throw of 86.76 metres.

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* * * 1959 births Living people Athletes from Helsinki Finnish male javelin throwers Finnish evangelists Olympic athletes for Finland Olympic gold medalists for Finland Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for Finland Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade Finnish Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub