Per Erling Olsen (born 30 March 1958) is a former Norwegian

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's de ...

er. He represented

SK Vidar Sportsklubben Vidar is a Norwegian sports club from Oslo. It has sections for track and field, triathlon, and archery. Organization The club was founded in 1919. It was later a member of the Workers' Sports Federation before the war. It arrang ...

. His personal best throw was 90.30 metres (old type), achieved in June 1983 on

Bislett stadion Bislett Stadium () is a sports stadium in Oslo, Norway. Bislett is Norway's most well known sports arena internationally, with 15 speed skating world records and more than 50 track and field world records having been set here. The original stadi ...

. At the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

he finished ninth in the javelin final with a throw of 78.98 metres. He finished tenth at the

1982 European Championships in Athletics The 13th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 September to 12 September 1982 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of th ...

and fifth at the

1983 World Championships in Athletics The 1st World Championships in Athletics (; ) were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium (Helsinki), Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between 7 and 14 August 1983 ...

. He became Norwegian champion from 1980-1984.Norwegian championships in javelin throw

Achievements

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* 1958 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Norway Norwegian male javelin throwers 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub