Two-Time World Champion Peters Advances To Olympic Javelin Final

Tuesday, August 6

Anderson Peters (GRN), Curtis Thompson (USA)

3:20 AM

Mississippi State

Men's Javelin Qualifying

Photo by: PanAm Sports

Two-Time World Champion Peters Advances To Olympic Javelin Final

August 06, 2024 | Track & Field, Olympic Games

Javelin Qualifying Results

By: Brian Ogden, Associate Director/Communications

PARIS, France – Anderson Peters was one and done. Before the first round of throws had been completed, he had already comfortably put his warmups back on and exited the stadium.

Peters, Mississippi State's two-time NCAA javelin champion and the two-time world champion in the event, tossed a season-best 88.63m on his first attempt, well beyond the automatic qualifying mark of 84.00m. His throw was the second-longest of the qualifying round.

The Granadian athlete will look to claim his nation's first Olympic medal in the throwing events on Thursday afternoon at 1:25 p.m. CT. He boasts the longest personal-best of anyone in the field, but it has been two years since he tossed the 93.07m mark that stands as No. 5 in world history.

The Olympic record is 90.57m set by Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) at the Beijing 2008 Games. If Peters were to win gold, he'd become the first man to win both an Olympic gold medal and World Championships gold since Thorkildsen did so in 2008 and 2009.

Nine of the 12 spots in Thursday's final were secured by reaching the automatic qualifying mark, and the final three throwers were all beyond 82.50m. The world leader, Max Dehning (GER), who threw 90.20m earlier this season, did not reach 80.00m and did not advance.

Joining Peters in the qualification round was Curtis Thompson, State's first NCAA champion in the javelin and a four-time U.S. Champion. Thompson did not advance in his second Olympic appearance. He opened the competition with a 76.79m throw before fouling his second attempt. On his last chance to qualify, he threw 74.24m. Thompson placed 27th.

A dedicated event stream for the final will be available on Peacock, and live coverage of the meet as a whole on Thursday will air on NBC beginning at 12:35 p.m. Results will be available on Olympics.com along with MSU's State to Paris webpage and social media feeds.

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