# Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

The Men's Javelin Throw at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Friday, 22 September and Saturday, 23 September.
The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with up to six throws. The qualifying distance was 83.00 metres. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.

## Medalists

| Gold | Jan Železný Czech Republic |
| Silver | Steve Backley Great Britain |
| Bronze | Sergey Makarov Russia |

## Schedule

* All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 22.09.2000 – 11:30h | 22.09.2000 – 13:25h |
| Final Round ||
| 23.09.2000 – 20:30h ||

## Abbreviations

| 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 2000 Summer Olympics :
| World Record | Jan Železný (CZE) | 98.48 m | 25 May 1996 | Jena, Germany |
| Olympic Record | Jan Železný (TCH) | 89.66 m | 8 August 1992 | Barcelona, Spain |
| Broken records during the 2000 Summer Olympics |||||
| Olympic Record | Jan Železný (CZE) | 90.17 m | 23 September 2000 | Sydney, Australia |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Konstadinos Gatsioudis (GRE) | 88.41 | — | — | 88.41 m | |
| 2 | 3 | Pål Arne Fagernes (NOR) | X | 81.49 | 86.74 | 86.74 m | NR |
| 3 | 4 | Sergey Makarov (RUS) | 85.60 | — | — | 85.60 m | |
| 4 | 6 | Raymond Hecht (GER) | 81.12 | 81.93 | 84.00 | 84.00 m | SB |
| 5 | 7 | Dariusz Trafas (POL) | 76.58 | 83.98 | — | 83.98 m | PB |
| 6 | 10 | Emeterio González (CUB) | 78.70 | 82.64 | 77.72 | 82.64 m | |
| 7 | 13 | Nick Nieland (GBR) | 72.32 | 82.12 | X | 82.12 m | |
| 8 | 15 | Andrus Värnik (EST) | 67.76 | 74.16 | 81.34 | 81.34 m | |
| 9 | 16 | Andrew Martin (AUS) | 78.65 | X | 81.31 | 81.31 m | |
| 10 | 17 | Gregor Högler (AUT) | 80.89 | 76.57 | 80.05 | 80.89 m | |
| 11 | 18 | Voldemārs Lūsis (LAT) | 80.08 | X | X | 80.08 m | |
| 12 | 19 | Harri Haatainen (FIN) | 79.93 | X | 78.46 | 79.93 m | |
| 13 | 20 | Terry McHugh (IRL) | 79.90 | 77.33 | 79.40 | 79.90 m | |
| 14 | 21 | Adrian Hatcher (AUS) | 77.58 | 79.23 | X | 79.23 m | |
| 15 | 30 | Jagdish Bishnoi (IND) | 70.86 | 69.77 | X | 70.86 m | |
| 16 | 31 | Song Dong-hyeon (KOR) | 68.85 | 70.48 | 67.98 | 70.48 m | |
| 17 | 34 | Ali Saleh Al-Jadani (KSA) | X | X | 68.70 | 68.70 m | |
| — | — | Harri Hakkarainen (FIN) | — | — | — | NM | |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Jan Železný (CZE) | 89.39 | — | — | 89.39 m | |
| 2 | 5 | Boris Henry (GER) | 84.58 | — | — | 84.58 m | |
| 3 | 8 | Steve Backley (GBR) | 83.74 | — | — | 83.74 m | |
| 4 | 9 | Aki Parviainen (FIN) | 80.61 | 76.83 | 83.73 | 83.73 m | |
| 5 | 11 | Breaux Greer (USA) | 82.63 | 80.32 | 77.61 | 82.63 m | PB |
| 6 | 12 | Michael Hill (GBR) | 78.55 | 82.24 | X | 82.24 m | |
| 7 | 14 | Vladimir Ovchinnikov (RUS) | 77.82 | X | 82.10 | 82.10 m | |
| 8 | 22 | Andrew Currey (AUS) | 78.12 | 76.38 | 75.47 | 78.12 m | |
| 9 | 23 | Patrik Bodén (SWE) | 78.06 | 76.56 | 74.07 | 78.06 m | |
| 10 | 24 | Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR) | 74.64 | X | 78.04 | 78.04 m | |
| 11 | 25 | Sergey Voynov (UZB) | X | 75.89 | 74.98 | 75.89 m | |
| 12 | 26 | Ēriks Rags (LAT) | X | 75.75 | X | 75.75 m | |
| 13 | 27 | Marián Bokor (SVK) | 71.03 | 75.49 | X | 75.49 m |
| 14 | 28 | Isbel Luaces (CUB) | 75.17 | X | 74.25 | 75.17 m | |
| 15 | 29 | Arūnas Jurkšas (LTU) | 71.36 | 73.05 | X | 73.05 m | |
| 16 | 32 | Maher Ridane (TUN) | X | 66.97 | 70.35 | 70.35 m | |
| 17 | 33 | Nery Kennedy (PAR) | 66.05 | 69.17 | 70.26 | 70.26 m | |
| 18 | 35 | Dmitry Shnayder (KGZ) | X | 65.00 | 66.40 | 66.40 m | |

### Final ranking

| Rank | Athlete | Distance | Group | Note |
| 1 | Jan Železný (CZE) | 89.39 m | B | |
| 2 | Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE) | 88.41 m | A | |
| 3 | Pål Arne Fagernes (NOR) | 86.74 m | A | NR |
| 4 | Sergey Makarov (RUS) | 85.60 m | A | |
| 5 | Boris Henry (GER) | 84.58 m | B | |
| 6 | Raymond Hecht (GER) | 84.00 m | A | SB |
| 7 | Dariusz Trafas (POL) | 83.98 m | A | PB |
| 8 | Steve Backley (GBR) | 83.74 m | B | |
| 9 | Aki Parviainen (FIN) | 83.73 m | B | |
| 10 | Emeterio González (CUB) | 82.64 m | A | |
| 11 | Breaux Greer (USA) | 82.63 m | B | PB |
| 12 | Michael Hill (GBR) | 82.24 m | B | |
| 13 | Nick Nieland (GBR) | 82.12 m | A | |
| 14 | Vladimir Ovchinnikov (RUS) | 82.10 m | B | |
| 15 | Andrus Värnik (EST) | 81.34 m | A | |
| 16 | Andrew Martin (AUS) | 81.31 m | A | |
| 17 | Gregor Högler (AUT) | 80.89 m | A | |
| 18 | Voldemārs Lūsis (LAT) | 80.08 m | A | |
| 19 | Harri Haatainen (FIN) | 79.93 m | A | |
| 20 | Terry McHugh (IRL) | 79.90 m | A | |
| 21 | Adrian Hatcher (AUS) | 79.23 m | A | |
| 22 | Andrew Currey (AUS) | 78.12 m | B | |
| 23 | Patrik Bodén (SWE) | 78.06 m | B | |
| 24 | Vladimir Sasimovich (BLR) | 78.04 m | B | |
| 25 | Sergey Voynov (UZB) | 75.89 m | B | |
| 26 | Ēriks Rags (LAT) | 75.75 m | B | |
| 27 | Marián Bokor (SVK) | 75.49 m | B | |
| 28 | Isbel Luaces (CUB) | 75.17 m | B | |
| 29 | Arūnas Jurkšas (LTU) | 73.05 m | B | |
| 30 | Jagdish Bishnoi (IND) | 70.86 m | A | |
| 31 | Song Dong-Hyeon (KOR) | 70.48 m | A | |
| 32 | Maher Ridane (TUN) | 70.35 m | B | |
| 33 | Nery Kennedy (PAR) | 70.26 m | B | |
| 34 | Ali Saleh Al-Jadani (KSA) | 68.70 m | A | |
| 35 | Dmitry Shnayder (KGZ) | 66.40 m | B | |
| — | Harri Hakkarainen (FIN) | NM | A | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Jan Železný (CZE) | 89.41 | X | 90.17 | X | X | 88.97 | 90.17 m | OR |
| | Steve Backley (GBR) | 86.25 | 89.85 | X | 80.99 | X | X | 89.85 m | SB |
| | Sergey Makarov (RUS) | 88.67 | 85.90 | X | X | 86.67 | 85.30 | 88.67 m | |
| 4 | Raymond Hecht (GER) | 87.76 | X | X | X | 76.11 | — | 87.76 m | SB |
| 5 | Aki Parviainen (FIN) | 86.62 | 82.49 | 84.01 | X | X | 78.42 | 86.62 m | |
| 6 | Konstadinos Gatsioudis (GRE) | 85.06 | X | 83.73 | 83.53 | 86.53 | 83.32 | 86.53 m | |
| 7 | Boris Henry (GER) | 82.94 | 80.78 | 83.45 | X | 85.78 | 83.31 | 85.78 m | |
| 8 | Emeterio González (CUB) | 76.13 | 78.55 | 83.33 | X | X | 77.19 | 83.33 m | |
| 9 | Pål Arne Fagernes (NOR) | 80.06 | 83.04 | 72.01 | | | | 83.04 m | |
| 10 | Dariusz Trafas (POL) | 75.11 | 82.30 | 82.01 | | | | 82.30 m | |
| 11 | Michael Hill (GBR) | 81.00 | 80.92 | X | | | | 81.00 m | |
| 12 | Breaux Greer (USA) | 74.16 | X | 79.91 | | | | 79.91 m | |