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
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	10 August (qualification) 12 August (final)
Competitors	32 from 25 nations
Winning distance	89.89
Medalists
Johannes Vetter    Germany   Jakub Vadlejch    Czech Republic   Petr Frydrych    Czech Republic

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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]

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date	Location
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 August	19:05	Qualification
12 August	20:15	Final

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]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	A	Johannes Vetter	Germany (GER)	91.20			91.20	Q
2	B	Petr Frydrych	Czech Republic (CZE)	86.22			86.22	Q, SB
3	B	Keshorn Walcott	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	86.01			86.01	Q
4	A	Tero Pitkämäki	Finland (FIN)	85.97			85.97	Q
5	B	Andreas Hofmann	Germany (GER)	82.35	85.62		85.62	Q
6	B	Ioannis Kiriazis	Greece (GRE)	84.60			84.60	Q
7	B	Davinder Singh Kang	India (IND)	82.22	82.14	84.22	84.22	Q
8	B	Thomas Röhler	Germany (GER)	80.88	83.87		83.87	Q
9	B	Jakub Vadlejch	Czech Republic (CZE)	83.87			83.87	Q
10	B	Magnus Kirt	Estonia (EST)	83.86			83.86	Q
11	A	Ahmed Bader Magour	Qatar (QAT)	83.83			83.83	Q
12	A	Julius Yego	Kenya (KEN)	83.57			83.57	Q
13	A	Marcin Krukowski	Poland (POL)	81.79	77.48	83.49	83.49	Q
14	A	Hamish Peacock	Australia (AUS)	77.88	82.46	82.19	82.46
15	A	Neeraj Chopra	India (IND)	82.26	x	80.54	82.26
16	A	Jaroslav Jílek	Czech Republic (CZE)	73.48	72.79	80.97	80.97
17	A	Andrian Mardare	Moldova (MDA)	78.68	76.80	80.18	80.18
18	B	Cyrus Hostetler	United States (USA)	77.51	75.79	79.71	79.71
19	A	Rolands Štrobinders	Latvia (LAT)	78.22	79.68	79.28	79.68
20	B	Anderson Peters	Grenada (GRN)	70.49	78.99	78.82	78.99
21	B	Norbert Rivasz-Tóth	Hungary (HUN)	78.76	74.37	74.22	78.76
22	A	Cheng Chao-tsun	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	76.58	x	77.87	77.87
23	A	Ryohei Arai	Japan (JPN)	x	77.38	74.77	77.38
24	B	Ben Langton-Burnell	New Zealand (NZL)	76.46	73.47	74.46	76.46
25	A	Tanel Laanmäe	Estonia (EST)	76.41	73.84	x	76.41
26	A	Vítězslav Veselý	Czech Republic (CZE)	75.50	x	x	75.50
27	A	Pavel Mialeshka	Belarus (BLR)	75.33	x	x	75.33
28	B	Braian Toledo	Argentina (ARG)	75.24	x	75.29	75.29
29	B	Alexandru Novac	Romania (ROM)	74.67	x	x	74.67
30	B	Rocco van Rooyen	South Africa (RSA)	73.93	74.02	70.27	74.02
31	B	Waruna Lakshan	Sri Lanka (SRI)	73.16	x	x	73.16
	A	Edis Matusevičius	Lithuania (LTU)	x	x	x	NM

Final

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Johannes Vetter	Germany (GER)	89.89	89.78	87.22	x	82.25	87.71	89.89
	Jakub Vadlejch	Czech Republic (CZE)	77.10	89.73	85.04	86.23	87.70	83.22	89.73	PB
	Petr Frydrych	Czech Republic (CZE)	84.31	80.48	82.94	87.93	87.93	88.32	88.32	PB
4	Thomas Röhler	Germany (GER)	87.08	88.26	x	86.14	85.97	86.40	88.26
5	Tero Pitkämäki	Finland (FIN)	83.49	x	86.94	79.69	x	x	86.94
6	Ioannis Kiriazis	Greece (GRE)	79.57	81.68	84.52	82.79	x	79.4	84.52
7	Keshorn Walcott	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	84.48	x	80.63	83.62	x	81.82	84.48
8	Andreas Hofmann	Germany (GER)	75.45	83.76	80.96	83.65	81.94	83.98	83.98
9	Marcin Krukowski	Poland (POL)	82.01	x	79.54				82.01
10	Ahmed Bader Magour	Qatar (QAT)	76.34	81.77	79.34				81.77
11	Magnus Kirt	Estonia (EST)	80.48	x	x				80.48
12	Davinder Singh Kang	India (IND)	75.40	x	80.02				80.02
13	Julius Yego	Kenya (KEN)	x	76.29	75.31				76.29

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.