Arto Härkönen

Arto Kalevi Harkonen ( born January 31, 1959 in Helsinki) was a Finnish javelin thrower.

At the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles were missing as a result of the Olympic boycott, the launcher from the Soviet Union and the GDR. The GDR had submitted to the European Championship in 1982 with Uwe Hohn and at the World Championships in 1983 with Detlef Michel the winner.

Because of the boycott of the way was now clear for Arto Harkonen. The Fifth European Championship of 1982, with 86.76 m Olympic champion before the British David Ottley and Kenth Eldebrink from Sweden.

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  • Arto Harkonen at Sports- Reference.com (English)

1908: Eric Lemming ( center handle ) & Eric Lemming ( free style ) | 1912: Eric Lemming ( center handle ) & Juho Saaristo ( ambidextrous ) | 1920: Jonni Myyrä | 1924: Jonni Myyrä | 1928: Erik Lundqvist | 1932: Matti Järvinen | 1936 Gerhard Stöck | 1948: Tapio Rautavaara | 1952: Cy Young | 1956: Egil Danielsen | 1960: Viktor Zybulenko | 1964: Pauli Nevala | 1968 Jānis Lūsis | 1972: Klaus Wolfermann | 1976: Miklós Németh | 1980: Dainis Kūla | 1984 Arto Harkonen | 1988: Tapio Korjus | 1992: Jan Zelezny | 1996: Jan Zelezny | 2000: Jan Zelezny | 2004: Andreas Thorkildsen | 2008: Andreas Thorkildsen | 2012: Keshorn Walcott

List of Olympic champion in athletics

  • Athlete (Finland )
  • Olympic gold medalist ( Athletics )
  • Olympian (Finland )
  • Javelin Thrower
  • Born in 1959
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1982 European Athletics Championships 1983 World Championships in Athletics Julius Saaristo
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