# Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were 34 competitors, of which 12 qualified for the final. The qualification mark was set at 83.00 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Jan Železný Czech Republic |
| Silver | Steve Backley Great Britain |
| Bronze | Seppo Räty Finland |

## Schedule

* All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-5)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 02.08.1996 – 09:30h | 02.08.1996 – 11:00h |
| Final Round ||
| 03.08.1996 – 18:55h ||

## Abbreviations

* All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| OR | olympic record |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics :
| World Record | Jan Železný (CZE) | 98.48 m | May 25, 1996 | Jena, Germany |
| Olympic Record | Jan Železný (TCH) | 89.66 m | August 8, 1992 | Barcelona, Spain |
| Season Best | Jan Železný (CZE) | 98.48 m | May 25, 1996 | Jena, Germany |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 1 | Konstadinos Gatsioudis (GRE) | 87.12 | — | — | 87.12 m |
| 2 | 3 | Sergey Makarov (RUS) | 85.88 | — | — | 85.88 m |
| 3 | 6 | Seppo Räty (FIN) | 83.66 | — | — | 83.66 m |
| 4 | 7 | Raymond Hecht (GER) | 83.24 | — | — | 83.24 m |
| 5 | 9 | Peter Blank (GER) | 82.68 | X | — | 82.68 m |
| 6 | 10 | Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN) | 78.82 | X | 80.98 | 80.98 m |
| 7 | 11 | Mick Hill (GBR) | 77.12 | X | 80.48 | 80.48 m |
| 8 | 13 | Pål Arne Fagernes (NOR) | 78.38 | X | 79.78 | 79.78 m |
| 9 | 15 | Dave Stephens (USA) | 77.98 | 79.18 | 79.18 | 79.18 m |
| 10 | 18 | Emeterio González (CUB) | X | 77.94 | 74.42 | 77.94 m |
| 11 | 20 | Edgar Baumann (PAR) | X | 75.90 | 77.74 | 77.74 m |
| 12 | 23 | Gavin Lovegrove (NZL) | X | 77.12 | X | 77.12 m |
| 13 | 24 | Sergey Voynov (UZB) | 75.58 | 76.30 | 68.50 | 76.30 m |
| 14 | 26 | Dag Wennlund (SWE) | 75.24 | X | X | 75.24 m |
| 15 | 29 | Terry McHugh (IRL) | 69.72 | X | 72.84 | 72.84 m |
| 16 | 31 | Chu Ki-Young (KOR) | X | 70.30 | 71.42 | 71.42 m |
| 17 | 33 | Kirt Thompson (TRI) | 68.02 | X | 64.12 | 68.02 m |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 2 | Jan Železný (CZE) | 86.52 | — | — | 86.52 m |
| 2 | 4 | Tom Pukstys (USA) | 80.70 | 81.34 | 84.70 | 84.70 m |
| 3 | 5 | Steve Backley (GBR) | 84.14 | — | — | 84.14 m |
| 4 | 8 | Boris Henry (GER) | 83.22 | — | — | 83.22 m |
| 5 | 12 | Zhang Lianbiao (CHN) | 76.24 | 76.76 | 79.88 | 79.88 m |
| 6 | 14 | Harri Hakkarainen (FIN) | 77.96 | 79.34 | X | 79.34 m |
| 7 | 16 | Vladimir Ovchinnikov (RUS) | 74.88 | 76.12 | 78.20 | 78.20 m |
| 8 | 17 | Todd Riech (USA) | X | 76.68 | 78.02 | 78.02 m |
| 9 | 19 | Dimitrios Polymerou (GRE) | 76.98 | X | 77.82 | 77.82 m |
| 10 | 21 | Andrew Currey (AUS) | 71.34 | 76.58 | 77.28 | 77.28 m |
| 11 | 22 | Andrey Moruyev (RUS) | X | 76.96 | 77.20 | 77.20 m |
| 12 | 25 | Nick Nieland (GBR) | 69.54 | X | 75.74 | 75.74 m |
| 13 | 27 | Vladimir Parfyonov (UZB) | 68.54 | 73.96 | 73.28 | 73.96 m |
| 14 | 28 | Isbel Luaces (CUB) | 73.84 | 73.20 | X | 73.84 m |
| 15 | 30 | Donald Sild (EST) | 72.54 | X | 68.28 | 72.54 m |
| 16 | 32 | Pius Bazighe (NGR) | 68.02 | 70.78 | 65.70 | 70.78 m |
| — | — | Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR) | X | X | X | NM |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance |
| | Jan Železný (CZE) | X | 88.16 | 82.68 | 83.86 | 86.02 | 86.12 | 88.16 m |
| | Steve Backley (GBR) | 87.44 | 85.66 | X | 80.74 | 80.88 | 85.64 | 87.44 m |
| | Seppo Räty (FIN) | 83.44 | 86.66 | 76.52 | 84.52 | 81.70 | 86.98 | 86.98 m |
| 4 | Raymond Hecht (GER) | 83.88 | 86.88 | X | 83.10 | X | 85.10 | 86.88 m |
| 5 | Boris Henry (GER) | 81.24 | 85.68 | X | 82.58 | 83.94 | 84.08 | 85.68 m |
| 6 | Sergey Makarov (RUS) | 82.72 | 85.30 | 81.12 | X | 82.28 | 83.78 | 85.30 m |
| 7 | Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN) | 82.72 | 80.26 | X | 84.02 | 81.98 | X | 84.02 m |
| 8 | Tom Pukstys (USA) | 78.48 | 80.90 | 83.58 | 81.28 | 82.18 | 81.68 | 83.58 m |
| 9 | Peter Blank (GER) | 76.66 | 81.82 | X | | | | 81.82 m |
| 10 | Konstadinos Gatsioudis (GRE) | X | 79.08 | 81.46 | | | | 81.46 m |
| 11 | Zhang Lianbiao (CHN) | 80.28 | 78.86 | 80.96 | | | | 80.96 m |
| 12 | Mick Hill (GBR) | 78.58 | X | X | | | | 78.58 m |