Athletics at the 2012 Summer Games: Previous Summer Games
Host City: London, Great Britain
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Stratford, London
Date Started: August 8, 2012
Date Finished: August 8, 2012
Format: Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 82.00 metres advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Keshorn Walcott |
| Silver: | Oleksandr P'iatnytsia |
| Bronze: | Antti Ruuskanen |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | D | SBMD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vitězslav Veselý | 29 | Czech Republic | CZE | 88.34 | Q | |
| 2 | Andreas Thorkildsen | 30 | Norway | NOR | 84.47 | Q | |
| 3 | Tero Pitkämäki | 29 | Finland | FIN | 83.01 | Q | |
| 4 | Oleksandr P'iatnytsia | 27 | Ukraine | UKR | 82.72 | Q | |
| 5 | Spyros Lempesis | 25 | Greece | GRE | 82.40 | Q | |
| 6 | Stuart Farquhar | 30 | New Zealand | NZL | 82.32 | Q | |
| 7 | Roderick Genki Dean | 20 | Japan | JPN | 82.07 | Q | |
| 8 | Ari Mannio | 25 | Finland | FIN | 81.99 | q | |
| 9 | Julius Yego | 23 | Kenya | KEN | 81.81 | q | |
| 10 | Keshorn Walcott | 19 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 81.75 | q | |
| 11 | Antti Ruuskanen | 28 | Finland | FIN | 81.74 | q | |
| 12 | Tino Häber | 29 | Germany | GER | 80.39 | q | |
| 13 | Leslie Copeland | 24 | Fiji | FIJ | 80.19 | ||
| 14 | Roman Avramenko | 24 | Ukraine | UKR | 80.06 | 79.15 | |
| 15 | Vladimir Kozlov | 27 | Belarus | BLR | 80.06 | 79.10 | |
| 16 | Guillermo Martínez | 31 | Cuba | CUB | 80.06 | 77.22 | |
| 17 | Ainārs Kovals | 30 | Latvia | LAT | 79.19 | ||
| 18 | Kim Amb | 21 | Sweden | SWE | 78.94 | ||
| 19 | Igor Janik | 29 | Poland | POL | 78.90 | ||
| 20 | Fatih Avan | 23 | Turkey | TUR | 78.87 | ||
| 21 | Risto Mätas | 28 | Estonia | EST | 78.56 | ||
| 22 | Curtis Moss | 25 | Canada | CAN | 78.22 | ||
| 23 | Craig Kinsley | 23 | United States | USA | 78.18 | ||
| 24 | Yukifumi Murakami | 32 | Japan | JPN | 77.80 | ||
| 25 | Jakub Vadlejch | 21 | Czech Republic | CZE | 77.61 | ||
| 26 | Dayron Márquez | 29 | Colombia | COL | 77.59 | ||
| 27 | Jarrod Bannister | 27 | Australia | AUS | 77.38 | ||
| 28 | Paweł Rakoczy | 25 | Poland | POL | 77.36 | ||
| 29 | Ihab Abdelrahman El-Sayed | 23 | Egypt | EGY | 77.35 | ||
| 30 | Braian Toledo | 18 | Argentina | ARG | 76.87 | ||
| 31 | Jeong Sang-Jin | 28 | South Korea | KOR | 76.37 | ||
| 32 | Cyrus Hostetler | 25 | United States | USA | 75.76 | ||
| 33 | Ilya Korotkov | 28 | Russia | RUS | 75.68 | ||
| 34 | Petr Frydrych | 24 | Czech Republic | CZE | 75.46 | ||
| 35 | Mervyn Luckwell | 27 | Great Britain | GBR | 74.09 | ||
| 36 | Ivan Zaytsev | 23 | Uzbekistan | UZB | 73.94 | ||
| 37 | Sean Furey | 29 | United States | USA | 72.81 | 71.86 | |
| 38 | Vadims Vasiļevskis | 30 | Latvia | LAT | 72.81 | ||
| 39 | Melik Janoyan | 27 | Armenia | ARM | 72.64 | ||
| 40 | Matija Kranjc | 28 | Slovenia | SLO | 72.63 | ||
| 41 | Qin Qiang | 29 | China | CHN | 72.29 | ||
| 42 | Bartosz Osewski | 21 | Poland | POL | 71.19 | ||
| AC | Matthias de Zordo | 24 | Germany | GER | NM | ||
| AC | Zigismunds Sirmais | 20 | Latvia | LAT | NM |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | D | SBMD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andreas Thorkildsen | 30 | Norway | NOR | 84.47 | ||
| 2 | Spyros Lempesis | 25 | Greece | GRE | 82.40 | ||
| 3 | Stuart Farquhar | 30 | New Zealand | NZL | 82.32 | ||
| 4 | Ari Mannio | 25 | Finland | FIN | 81.99 | ||
| 5 | Tino Häber | 29 | Germany | GER | 80.39 | ||
| 6 | Leslie Copeland | 24 | Fiji | FIJ | 80.19 | ||
| 7 | Roman Avramenko | 24 | Ukraine | UKR | 80.06 | 79.15 | |
| 8 | Vladimir Kozlov | 27 | Belarus | BLR | 80.06 | 79.10 | |
| 9 | Guillermo Martínez | 31 | Cuba | CUB | 80.06 | 77.22 | |
| 10 | Ainārs Kovals | 30 | Latvia | LAT | 79.19 | ||
| 11 | Igor Janik | 29 | Poland | POL | 78.90 | ||
| 12 | Risto Mätas | 28 | Estonia | EST | 78.56 | ||
| 13 | Curtis Moss | 25 | Canada | CAN | 78.22 | ||
| 14 | Yukifumi Murakami | 32 | Japan | JPN | 77.80 | ||
| 15 | Paweł Rakoczy | 25 | Poland | POL | 77.36 | ||
| 16 | Ihab Abdelrahman El-Sayed | 23 | Egypt | EGY | 77.35 | ||
| 17 | Cyrus Hostetler | 25 | United States | USA | 75.76 | ||
| 18 | Ilya Korotkov | 28 | Russia | RUS | 75.68 | ||
| 19 | Petr Frydrych | 24 | Czech Republic | CZE | 75.46 | ||
| 20 | Ivan Zaytsev | 23 | Uzbekistan | UZB | 73.94 | ||
| 21 | Vadims Vasiļevskis | 30 | Latvia | LAT | 72.81 | ||
| 22 | Qin Qiang | 29 | China | CHN | 72.29 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vitězslav Veselý | 29 | Czech Republic | CZE | 88.34 | |
| 2 | Tero Pitkämäki | 29 | Finland | FIN | 83.01 | |
| 3 | Oleksandr P'iatnytsia | 27 | Ukraine | UKR | 82.72 | |
| 4 | Roderick Genki Dean | 20 | Japan | JPN | 82.07 | |
| 5 | Julius Yego | 23 | Kenya | KEN | 81.81 | |
| 6 | Keshorn Walcott | 19 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 81.75 | |
| 7 | Antti Ruuskanen | 28 | Finland | FIN | 81.74 | |
| 8 | Kim Amb | 21 | Sweden | SWE | 78.94 | |
| 9 | Fatih Avan | 23 | Turkey | TUR | 78.87 | |
| 10 | Craig Kinsley | 23 | United States | USA | 78.18 | |
| 11 | Jakub Vadlejch | 21 | Czech Republic | CZE | 77.61 | |
| 12 | Dayron Márquez | 29 | Colombia | COL | 77.59 | |
| 13 | Jarrod Bannister | 27 | Australia | AUS | 77.38 | |
| 14 | Braian Toledo | 18 | Argentina | ARG | 76.87 | |
| 15 | Jeong Sang-Jin | 28 | South Korea | KOR | 76.37 | |
| 16 | Mervyn Luckwell | 27 | Great Britain | GBR | 74.09 | |
| 17 | Sean Furey | 29 | United States | USA | 72.81 | |
| 18 | Melik Janoyan | 27 | Armenia | ARM | 72.64 | |
| 19 | Matija Kranjc | 28 | Slovenia | SLO | 72.63 | |
| 20 | Bartosz Osewski | 21 | Poland | POL | 71.19 | |
| AC | Matthias de Zordo | 24 | Germany | GER | NM | |
| AC | Zigismunds Sirmais | 20 | Latvia | LAT | NM |