Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 9 October at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia. It was the last time that the old model javelin was used at the Games.

Men's javelin throw at the Commonwealth Games

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Mike O'Rourke	New Zealand					89.48		89.48	GR
	Laslo Babits	Canada							84.88
	Zakayo Malekwa	Tanzania			80.22				80.22
4	Phil Olsen	Canada							77.96
5	William Sang	Kenya							77.64
6	Peter Yates	England							77.40
7	David Ottley	England							75.00
8	David Hookway	New Zealand							69.72
9	George Odera	Kenya							65.56
10	Cornelius Kemboi	Kenya							62.88
11	Ritchie Okesene	Western Samoa							55.96
12	Jioji Tadulala	Fiji							53.06
	Justin Arop	Uganda							NM

References

• Results (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results Archived 14 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine