# Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, had an entry list of 28 competitors. The final was held on August 5, 1984, and the qualifying round on August 4, 1984, with the qualification mark set at 83.00 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Arto Härkönen Finland |
| Silver | David Ottley Great Britain |
| Bronze | Kenth Eldebrink Sweden |

## Schedule

* All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 04.08.1984 – 09:30h | 04.08.1984 – 10:30h |
| Final Round ||
| 05.08.1984 – 18:15h ||

## 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 1984 Summer Olympics :
| World Record | Uwe Hohn (GDR) | 104.80 m | July 20, 1984 | East Berlin, East Germany |
| Olympic Record | Miklós Németh (HUN) | 94.58 m | July 25, 1976 | Montreal, Canada |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 3 | Roald Bradstock (GBR) | 79.52 | 81.08 | 83.06 | 83.06 m |
| 2 | 5 | Wolfram Gambke (FRG) | 75.10 | 82.98 | X | 82.98 m |
| 3 | 6 | Per Erling Olsen (NOR) | 82.46 | X | X | 82.46 m |
| 4 | 7 | Laslo Babits (CAN) | X | 76.68 | 82.18 | 82.18 m |
| 5 | 8 | Masami Yoshida (JPN) | 78.14 | 81.42 | 78.06 | 81.42 m |
| 6 | 10 | Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL) | 79.78 | X | 80.94 | 80.94 m |
| 7 | 11 | Jean-Paul Lakafia (FRA) | 80.52 | 66.26 | 78.02 | 80.52 m |
| 8 | 12 | Duncan Atwood (USA) | 77.08 | 79.34 | X | 79.34 m |
| 9 | 13 | Raimo Manninen (FIN) | 79.26 | X | X | 79.24 m |
| 10 | 14 | Juan de la Garza (MEX) | 78.80 | X | 79.16 | 79.16 m |
| 11 | 16 | Sejad Krdžalić (YUG) | 76.52 | X | X | 76.52 m |
| 12 | 19 | Zakayo Malekwa (TAN) | 71.80 | X | 75.18 | 75.18 m |
| 13 | 23 | Agostino Ghesini (ITA) | 72.16 | 63.92 | 72.96 | 72.96 m |
| 14 | 27 | Justin Arop (UGA) | 69.76 | 66.30 | X | 69.76 m |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 1 | Tom Petranoff (USA) | 85.96 | — | — | 85.96 m |
| 2 | 2 | David Ottley (GBR) | 85.68 | — | — | 85.68 m |
| 3 | 4 | Arto Härkönen (FIN) | 82.82 | 83.06 | — | 83.06 m |
| 4 | 9 | Kenth Eldebrink (SWE) | 79.36 | 81.06 | 79.42 | 81.06 m |
| 5 | 2 | Reidar Lorentzen (NOR) | X | 68.00 | 76.62 | 76.62 m |
| 6 | 17 | Tero Saviniemi (FIN) | X | 76.46 | X | 76.46 m |
| 7 | 18 | Steve Roller (USA) | 75.50 | 75.48 | X | 75.50 m |
| 8 | 20 | Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN) | 74.82 | 72.58 | 69.18 | 74.82 m |
| 9 | 21 | Muhammad Rashid Khan (PAK) | 72.48 | 70.76 | 74.58 | 74.58 m |
| 10 | 22 | Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG) | X | X | 73.52 | 73.52 m |
| 11 | 24 | Chen Hung-yen (TPE) | 62.46 | 71.48 | 68.54 | 71.48 m |
| 12 | 25 | Gurtej Singh (IND) | 63.62 | 70.08 | 69.32 | 70.08 m |
| 13 | 26 | Sigurður Einarsson (ISL) | 69.82 | 66.68 | 67.02 | 69.82 m |
| — | — | Mike O'Rourke (NZL) | X | X | X | NM |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance |
| | Arto Härkönen (FIN) | X | 78.74 | 84.34 | 86.76 | X | X | 86.76 m |
| | David Ottley (GBR) | 85.74 | 81.52 | X | X | 83.92 | 84.46 | 85.74 m |
| | Kenth Eldebrink (SWE) | X | 80.28 | X | X | 83.72 | 83.30 | 83.72 m |
| 4 | Wolfram Gambke (FRG) | 82.00 | 82.46 | X | 78.88 | X | 72.08 | 82.46 m |
| 5 | Masami Yoshida (JPN) | X | 81.98 | X | 81.98 | 77.92 | 81.66 | 81.98 m |
| 6 | Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL) | 80.44 | 77.66 | 79.22 | 81.58 | X | 79.26 | 81.58 m |
| 7 | Roald Bradstock (GBR) | 70.20 | 81.22 | 78.22 | 76.68 | X | 78.82 | 81.22 m |
| 8 | Laslo Babits (CAN) | X | X | 80.68 | X | X | X | 80.68 m |
| 9 | Per Erling Olsen (NOR) | 73.64 | X | 78.98 | | | | 78.98 m |
| 10 | Tom Petranoff (USA) | X | X | 78.40 | | | | 78.40 m |
| 11 | Duncan Atwood (USA) | 72.54 | 78.10 | X | | | | 78.10 m |
| 12 | Jean-Paul Lakafia (FRA) | X | X | 70.86 | | | | 70.86 m |