MedalistsMedalists
| Gold |
 Andreas Thorkildsen
Norway (NOR) |
| Silver |
 Ainārs Kovals
Latvia (LAT) |
| Bronze |
 Tero Pitkämäki
Finland (FIN) |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World Record |
Jan Železný (CZE) |
98.48 m |
Jena, Germany |
25 May 1996 |
| Olympic Record |
Jan Železný (CZE) |
90.17 m |
Sydney, Australia |
23 September 2000 |
The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.
| Date |
Event |
Name |
Nationality |
Time |
OR |
WR |
| 23 August |
Final |
Andreas Thorkildsen |
Norway |
90.57 |
OR |
|
Final
21 August 2008 - 19:20
| Position |
Name |
Nationality |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
Result |
Notes |
| |
Andreas Thorkildsen |
Norway |
84.72 |
85.91 |
87.93 |
85.13 |
90.57 |
x |
90.57 |
OR |
| |
Ainārs Kovals |
Latvia |
79.45 |
82.63 |
82.28 |
78.98 |
80.65 |
86.64 |
86.64 |
PB |
| |
Tero Pitkämäki |
Finland |
83.75 |
x |
80.69 |
85.83 |
x |
86.16 |
86.16 |
|
| 4 |
Tero Järvenpää |
Finland |
83.95 |
x |
x |
x |
x |
83.63 |
83.95 |
|
| 5 |
Teemu Wirkkala |
Finland |
– |
73.90 |
83.46 |
x |
x |
78.23 |
83.46 |
|
| 6 |
Jarrod Bannister |
Australia |
83.45 |
80.59 |
82.20 |
x |
x |
x |
83.45 |
|
| 7 |
Ilya Korotkov |
Russia |
82.54 |
x |
76.84 |
82.15 |
x |
83.15 |
83.15 |
|
| 8 |
Uladzimir Kazlou |
Belarus |
82.06 |
77.57 |
74.09 |
x |
x |
75.36 |
82.06 |
PB |
| 9 |
Vadims Vasiļevskis |
Latvia |
76.75 |
x |
81.32 |
|
81.32 |
|
| 10 |
Scott Russell |
Canada |
80.90 |
78.02 |
x |
|
80.90 |
|
| 11 |
Magnus Arvidsson |
Sweden |
79.85 |
79.57 |
80.16 |
|
80.16 |
|
| 12 |
Vitezslav Veselý |
Czech Republic |
x |
x |
76.76 |
|
76.76 |
|
|
