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Andreas Thorkildsen - Norway - Olympic Javelin title retained with record throw (result)

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 23 August 2008

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    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Thursday, 01 April 1982
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Kristiansand, Norway
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • Norway
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Andreas THORKILDSEN - Norway - Olympic Javelin title retained with record throw (result)

Andreas is pictured above during the final of the mens Javelin at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. He produced a truly exceptional performance to win the gold medal with a new Olympic record throw of 90.57m, thus retaining the title that he had won four years previously in Athens. Thorkildsen's stunning effort left him almost 4 metres clear of his nearest challenger, Latvia's Ainars Kovals.
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Men's Javelin Final. 2008 Olympic Games
1. Andreas THORKILDSEN  NOR  90.57m OR
2. Ainars KOVALS  LAT  86.64m
3. Tero PITKAMAKI  FIN  86.16m
4. Tero JARVENPAA  FIN  83.95m
5. Teemu WIRKKALA  FIN  83.46m
6. Jarrod BANNISTER  AUS  83.45m
7. Ilya KOROTKOV  RUS  83.15m
8. Uladzimir KAZLOU  BLR  82.06m

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