Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows. The following new Olympic and area records were set during this competition: == Schedule ==

All times are UTC+2 The men's javelin throw took place over two separate days. == Qualification ==

For the men's javelin throw event, 32 athletes were eligible to qualify for the event with a maximum of three athletes per nation. The qualification could be secured either by achieving the entry standard of 85.50 m in the qualification period (between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024) or by the World Athletics Ranking for the event. A total of 11 athletes qualified by achieving the qualification standard and a further 21 athletes were granted entries based on their individual rankings. The top two from the previous Olympics qualified for the event. Neeraj Chopra was the reigning Olympic and World champion, having won gold at the previous Olympics and 2023 World Championships. The silver medalist from Tokyo 2020 and reigning European champion Jakub Vadlejch also qualified for the event. The bronze medalist from three years earlier, Vítězslav Veselý had retired. Julius Yego, who was the 2016 Olympics silver medalist and 2015 World champion, and 2012 Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott also made the cut for the event. Other notable athletes who qualified included 2022 World champion and current NCAC record holder Anderson Peters, reigning Commonwealth Games champion and 2023 World championships silver medalist Arshad Nadeem, 2024 World leader Max Dehning, former European champion Julian Weber and South American record holder Luiz Maurício da Silva. == Results ==

Qualification The qualification was held on 6 August, starting at 10:10 (UTC+2) for Group A and 11:35 (UTC+2) for Group B with 32 athletes participating. In the qualifying rounds, nine athletes including Chopra, Nadeem, Peters, Silva Vadlejch and Weber qualified for the final directly after achieving the qualification standard. Dehning did not make it out of the qualifying round. Silva improved on his own South American record in qualifying. Final The final was held on 8 August, starting at 20:30 (UTC+2) in the evening. Weber threw 87.33 m and moved into third place, which was soon taken over by Yego with an improved throw of 87.72 m. Two more throws later, Chopra registered a 89.45 m throw on his first valid attempt and moved into the silver medal position in the overall classification. Vadlejch started the third series of attempts with a 88.50 m throw, which moved him into third place again. But Peters took it off him later with a 88.54 m throw in his fourth attempt. Chopra fouled out on his remaining throws and no one else registered a legal throw beyond 89 m. Though Nadeem's gold was confirmed after Chopra's last fouled attempt, he registered another long throw of 91.79 m in his final attempt to close the proceedings. == References ==