Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw
Final

Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

Section Title: Final
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Athlete	Attempts	Distance

1	2	3	4	5	6

Dainis Kūla (URS)	X	X	88.88	91.20	X	X	91.20 m

Aleksandr Makarov (URS)	85.84	83.48	X	84.40	88.04	89.64	89.64 m

Wolfgang Hanisch (GDR)	86.72	73.74	84.04	X	X	X	86.72 m

4	Heino Puuste (URS)	86.10	X	—	X	—	X	86.10 m

5	Antero Puranen (FIN)	85.12	X	X	78.14	X	82.94	85.12 m

6	Pentti Sinersaari (FIN)	75.08	84.34	82.86	X	X	X	84.34 m

7	Detlef Fuhrmann (GDR)	68.44	81.02	81.44	83.50	80.42	80.96	83.50 m

8	Miklós Németh (HUN)	76.60	74.06	81.46	81.38	82.40	76.22	82.40 m

9	Aimo Aho (FIN)	75.82	80.58	78.86	80.58 m

10	Ferenc Paragi (HUN)	X	75.46	79.52	79.52 m

11	Stefan Stoykov (BUL)	77.32	74.38	79.04	79.04 m

12	Justin Arop (UGA)	53.56	77.34	X	77.34 m

Sentence(s)

In the third round Paragi got his best throw, 79.52 m but it wasn't enough to move him to the top eight.
In the third round Paragi got his best throw, 79.52 m.
In Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw, Paragi achieved his best throw of 79.52m in the third round.

final_sentence: In the third round Paragi got his best throw, 79.52 m but it wasn't enough to move him to the top eight.
final_sentence: In the third round Paragi got his best throw, 79.52 m.
final_sentence: In Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw, Paragi achieved his best throw of 79.52m in the third round.