Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games – Men's javelin throw

Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
30 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's javelin throw event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was held on 2 August at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh.^[1] This was the first edition using the new model javelin.

Results[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Dave Ottley	England	80.56	80.62					80.62
	Mick Hill	England	75.40	77.48	78.56	75.54	75.58		78.56	PB
	Gavin Lovegrove	New Zealand	72.40						76.22
4		England	71.46	72.70					72.70
5	Mike Mahovlich	Canada	71.42						71.42
6		Canada	70.30	x					70.86
7	Colin Mackenzie	Wales	66.18						70.82
8		Australia	67.42						68.14
9	John Stapylton-Smith	New Zealand	65.76						65.76
10		Wales	57.70	64.44	65.48				65.48
11		Canada	62.60	x	64.68				64.68
12		Scotland	61.98						62.34

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