# Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 32 participating athletes. The final was held on August 8, 1992, and the qualifying round on August 7, 1992, with the qualification mark set at 80.00 metres.

## Medalists

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

## Schedule

Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 07.08.1992 – 09:25h | 07.08.1992 – 10:45h |
| Final Round ||
| 08.08.1992 – 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 1992 Summer Olympics :
| World Record | Steve Backley (GBR) | 91.46 m | January 25, 1992 | North Shore, New Zealand |
| Olympic Record | Jan Železný (TCH) | 85.90 m | September 24, 1988 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Broken records during the 1992 Summer Olympics |||||
| Olympic Record | Jan Železný (TCH) | 89.66 m | August 8, 1992 | Barcelona, Spain |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 1 | Jan Železný (TCH) | 83.96 | — | — | 83.96 m |
| 2 | 2 | Tom Pukstys (USA) | 74.30 | 81.16 | — | 81.16 m |
| 3 | 4 | Gavin Lovegrove (NZL) | 76.28 | X | 81.04 | 81.04 m |
| 4 | 9 | Juha Laukkanen (FIN) | X | 77.14 | 79.78 | 79.78 m |
| 5 | 10 | Mick Hill (GBR) | 76.30 | 76.76 | 79.66 | 79.66 m |
| 6 | 11 | Siggi Einarsson (ISL) | 76.06 | 77.02 | 79.50 | 79.50 m |
| 7 | 13 | Viktor Zaitsev (EUN) | 75.24 | X | 79.12 | 79.12 m |
| 8 | 16 | Patrik Bodén (SWE) | 75.78 | X | 77.70 | 77.70 m |
| 9 | 17 | Ivan Mustapić (CRO) | 75.66 | 77.50 | X | 77.50 m |
| 10 | 20 | Julián Sotelo (ESP) | X | 75.34 | 72.98 | 75.34 m |
| 11 | 21 | Brian Crouser (USA) | 71.42 | 74.98 | X | 74.98 m |
| 12 | 25 | Zhang Lianbiao (CHN) | 70.84 | 73.86 | 73.68 | 73.86 m |
| 13 | 26 | Nigel Bevan (GBR) | X | 73.78 | X | 72.78 m |
| 14 | 27 | Terry McHugh (IRL) | 70.76 | 73.26 | 71.64 | 73.26 m |
| 15 | 29 | Stephen Feraday (CAN) | 70.94 | X | X | 70.94 m |
| 16 | 31 | Youssef Ali Nesaif Boukhamas (BRN) | 55.24 | 53.80 | 52.30 | 55.24 m |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 3 | Volker Hadwich (GER) | 81.10 | — | — | 81.10 m |
| 2 | 5 | Steve Backley (GBR) | 79.36 | 80.76 | — | 80.76 m |
| 3 | 6 | Seppo Räty (FIN) | 78.96 | 80.24 | — | 80.24 m |
| 4 | 7 | Andrey Shevchuk (EUN) | 80.22 | — | — | 80.22 m |
| 5 | 7 | Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN) | 80.22 | — | — | 80.22 m |
| 6 | 12 | Michael Barnett (USA) | 77.08 | 79.14 | 75.34 | 79.14 m |
| 7 | 14 | Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL) | 76.18 | 76.82 | 78.70 | 78.70 m |
| 8 | 15 | Dag Wennlund (SWE) | 76.28 | 77.70 | 77.88 | 77.88 m |
| 9 | 18 | Dmitriy Polyunin (EUN) | X | 75.70 | 76.40 | 76.40 m |
| 10 | 19 | Mārcis Štrobinders (LAT) | 73.76 | X | 76.32 | 76.32 m |
| 11 | 22 | Peter Borglund (SWE) | 71.38 | 74.72 | 72.70 | 74.72 m |
| 12 | 23 | Masami Yoshida (JPN) | 71.66 | 73.68 | 73.88 | 73.88 m |
| 13 | 24 | Vadim Bavikim (ISR) | 73.88 | X | 73.24 | 73.88 m |
| 14 | 28 | Kim Ki-Hoon (KOR) | 72.68 | 69.30 | 68.26 | 72.68 m |
| 15 | 30 | Nery Kennedy (PAR) | 65.00 | 55.10 | 59.34 | 65.00 m |
| — | 2 | Ghanim Mabrouk (KUW) | X | X | X | NM |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Jan Železný (TCH) | 89.66 | X | X | 88.18 | 86.28 | X | 89.66 m | OR |
| | Seppo Räty (FIN) | 78.50 | 86.60 | 81.44 | 83.22 | X | X | 86.60 m | |
| | Steve Backley (GBR) | 82.44 | 82.02 | 79.46 | 83.38 | 78.32 | 79.86 | 83.38 m | |
| 4 | Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN) | X | 82.62 | X | X | X | X | 82.62 m | |
| 5 | Sigurður Einarsson (ISL) | 79.52 | 75.02 | 77.96 | X | X | 80.34 | 80.34 m | |
| 6 | Juha Laukkanen (FIN) | 77.44 | X | 74.56 | 76.92 | 79.20 | 78.46 | 79.20 m | |
| 7 | Michael Barnett (USA) | 78.64 | 78.58 | X | 77.70 | 74.12 | X | 78.64 m | |
| 8 | Andrey Shevchuk (EUN) | 77.00 | X | 77.74 | X | X | 73.42 | 77.74 m | |
| 9 | Gavin Lovegrove (NZL) | 74.46 | 77.08 | 76.78 | | | | 77.08 m | |
| 10 | Tom Pukstys (USA) | 76.72 | X | 72.12 | | | | 76.72 m | |
| 11 | Mick Hill (GBR) | 75.50 | X | 72.02 | | | | 75.50 m | |
| 12 | Volker Hadwich (GER) | 75.28 | 72.98 | 70.12 | | | | 75.28 m | |