2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics is being held at the Olympic Stadium on 10 and 12 August.[1]

Men's javelin throw
at the 2017 World Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates10 August (qualification)
12 August (final)
Competitors32 from 25 nations
Winning distance89.89
Medalists
    Germany
    Czech Republic
    Czech Republic
Video on YouTube
Official Video

Summary

Thirteen athletes made the automatic qualifying mark to get into the final. Five throws into the first round, Johannes Vetter (GER) threw the winner, 89.89 m (294 ft 10 in). At the end of the round, his teammate Thomas Röhler threw 87.08 m to move into second place. On the second throw of the second round, Jakub Vadlejch (CZE) threw tantalizingly close to Vetter with an 89.73 m. Three throws later, Vetter's second throw even bettered that, 89.78 m. At the end of round, Röhler improved to 88.26 m Through the next three rounds, nobody could surpass that third best throw, not even the leaders, though Petr Frydrych (CZE) threw 87.93 m twice. On his final throw, Frydrych threw 88.32m to take the bronze medal. Both Czech athletes are coached by world record holder Jan Železný. Both threw personal bests.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.DateLocation
World 98.48 Jan Železný  CZE 25 May 1996 Jena, Germany
Championship 92.80 Jan Železný  CZE 12 Aug 2001 Edmonton, Canada
World leading 94.44 Johannes Vetter  GER 11 Jul 2017 Lucerne, Switzerland
African 92.72 Julius Yego  KEN 26 Aug 2015 Beijing, China
Asian 89.15 Zhao Qinggang  CHN 2 Oct 2014 Incheon, South Korea
NACAC 91.29 Breaux Greer  USA 21 Jun 2007 Indianapolis, IN, United States
South American 84.70 Edgar Baumann  PAR 17 Oct 1999 San Marcos, TX, United States
European 98.48 Jan Železný  CZE 25 May 1996 Jena, Germany
Oceanian 89.02 Jarrod Bannister  AUS 29 Feb 2008 Brisbane, Australia

No records were set at the competition.[3]

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 83.00 metres.[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:[5]

Date Time Round
10 August19:05Qualification
12 August20:15Final

Results

Qualification

The qualification took place on 10 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 19:03 and Group B at 20:34.[6] Athletes attaining a mark of at least 83.00 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:[7]

RankGroupNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123
1AJohannes Vetter Germany (GER)91.2091.20Q
2BPetr Frydrych Czech Republic (CZE)86.2286.22Q, SB
3BKeshorn Walcott Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)86.0186.01Q
4ATero Pitkämäki Finland (FIN)85.9785.97Q
5BAndreas Hofmann Germany (GER)82.3585.6285.62Q
6BIoannis Kiriazis Greece (GRE)84.6084.60Q
7BDavinder Singh Kang India (IND)82.2282.1484.2284.22Q
8BThomas Röhler Germany (GER)80.8883.8783.87Q
9BJakub Vadlejch Czech Republic (CZE)83.8783.87Q
10BMagnus Kirt Estonia (EST)83.8683.86Q
11AAhmed Bader Magour Qatar (QAT)83.8383.83Q
12AJulius Yego Kenya (KEN)83.5783.57Q
13AMarcin Krukowski Poland (POL)81.7977.4883.4983.49Q
14AHamish Peacock Australia (AUS)77.8882.4682.1982.46
15ANeeraj Chopra India (IND)82.26x80.5482.26
16AJaroslav Jílek Czech Republic (CZE)73.4872.7980.9780.97
17AAndrian Mardare Moldova (MDA)78.6876.8080.1880.18
18BCyrus Hostetler United States (USA)77.5175.7979.7179.71
19ARolands Štrobinders Latvia (LAT)78.2279.6879.2879.68
20BAnderson Peters Grenada (GRN)70.4978.9978.8278.99
21BNorbert Rivasz-Tóth Hungary (HUN)78.7674.3774.2278.76
22ACheng Chao-tsun Chinese Taipei (TPE)76.58x77.8777.87
23ARyohei Arai Japan (JPN)x77.3874.7777.38
24BBen Langton-Burnell New Zealand (NZL)76.4673.4774.4676.46
25ATanel Laanmäe Estonia (EST)76.4173.84x76.41
26AVítězslav Veselý Czech Republic (CZE)75.50xx75.50
27APavel Mialeshka Belarus (BLR)75.33xx75.33
28BBraian Toledo Argentina (ARG)75.24x75.2975.29
29BAlexandru Novac Romania (ROM)74.67xx74.67
30BRocco van Rooyen South Africa (RSA)73.9374.0270.2774.02
31BWaruna Lakshan Sri Lanka (SRI)73.16xx73.16
AEdis Matusevičius Lithuania (LTU)xxxNM

Final

The final took place on 12 August at 20:15. The results were as follows:[8]

RankNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123456
Johannes Vetter Germany (GER)89.8989.7887.22x82.2587.7189.89
Jakub Vadlejch Czech Republic (CZE)77.1089.7385.0486.2387.7083.2289.73PB
Petr Frydrych Czech Republic (CZE)84.3180.4882.9487.9387.9388.3288.32PB
4Thomas Röhler Germany (GER)87.0888.26x86.1485.9786.4088.26
5Tero Pitkämäki Finland (FIN)83.49x86.9479.69xx86.94
6Ioannis Kiriazis Greece (GRE)79.5781.6884.5282.79x79.484.52
7Keshorn Walcott Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)84.48x80.6383.62x81.8284.48
8Andreas Hofmann Germany (GER)75.4583.7680.9683.6581.9483.9883.98
9Marcin Krukowski Poland (POL)82.01x79.5482.01
10Ahmed Bader Magour Qatar (QAT)76.3481.7779.3481.77
11Magnus Kirt Estonia (EST)80.48xx80.48
12Davinder Singh Kang India (IND)75.40x80.0280.02
13Julius Yego Kenya (KEN)x76.2975.3176.29

References

  1. Start list
  2. "Javelin Throw Men – Records". IAAF. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  3. "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  5. "Javelin Throw Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. "Javelin Throw Men − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  7. "Javelin Throw Men − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. "Javelin Throw Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
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