The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 9 and August 10.
Medalists edit
| Gold |  Andrus VärnikEstonia (EST) |
| Silver |  Andreas ThorkildsenNorway (NOR) |
| Bronze |  Sergey MakarovRussia (RUS) |
Schedule edit
- All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
| Qualification Round | |
|---|---|
| Group A | Group B |
| 09.08.2005 – 11:45h | 09.08.2005 – 13:20h |
| Final Round | |
| 10.08.2005 – 20:20h | |
Abbreviations edit
- All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Startlist edit
| Athlete | Group | Number | SB | PB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) |
B | 6 | 91.53 m | 91.53 m |
| Sergey Makarov (RUS) |
A | 5 | 90.33 m | 92.61 m |
| Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) |
A | 7 | 87.66 m | 87.66 m |
| Andrus Värnik (EST) |
B | 15 | 87.19 m | 87.83 m |
 Scott Russell (CAN) |
B | 9 | 84.41 m | 84.41 m |
| Alexandr Ivanov (RUS) |
B | 7 | 84.24 m | 88.90 m |
 Guillermo Martínez (CUB) |
A | 12 | 84.06 m | 84.06 m |
| Aki Parviainen (FIN) |
A | 10 | 83.79 m | 93.09 m |
 Christian Nicolay (GER) |
B | 12 | 83.20 m | 84.54 m |
| Mark Frank (GER) |
A | 1 | 82.38 m | 83.24 m |
 Ēriks Rags (LAT) |
A | 15 | 82.35 m | 86.47 m |
| Ainārs Kovals (LAT) |
B | 8 | 82.22 m | 82.22 m |
| Esko Mikkola (FIN) |
B | 11 | 82.14 m | 84.27 m |
 Tomas Intas (LTU) |
A | 13 | 82.04 m | 82.94 m |
 Francesco Pignata (ITA) |
A | 8 | 81.67 m | 81.67 m |
 Li Rongxiang (CHN) |
B | 14 | 81.61 m | 84.29 m |
| Vadims Vasilevskis (LAT) |
B | 3 | 81.30 m | 84.95 m |
 Gergely Horváth (HUN) |
A | 16 | 80.91 m | 81.55 m |
 Gabriel Wallin (SWE) |
A | 9 | 80.31 m | 80.71 m |
 Lohan Rautenbach (RSA) |
B | 13 | 80.03 m | 80.03 m |
 Yukifumi Murakami (JPN) |
B | 1 | 79.79 m | 81.71 m |
 Nick Nieland (GBR) |
A | 2 | 79.56 m | 85.09 m |
 Stefan Müller (SUI) |
A | 4 | 78.98 m | 78.98 m |
| Ronny Nilsen (NOR) |
B | 5 | 78.93 m | 84.73 m |
 John Hetzendorf (USA) |
B | 10 | 78.23 m | 78.23 m |
 Oleg Statsenko (UKR) |
A | 11 | 78.02 m | 79.44 m |
 Marián Bokor (SVK) |
A | 6 | 77.79 m | 83.38 m |
 Vadim Bavikin (ISR) |
B | 2 | 77.57 m | 81.94 m |
 Firas Al-Mohamed (SYR) |
A | 14 | 72.63 m | 80.50 m |
 Dejan Angelovski (MKD) |
B | 4 | 58.23 m | 76.50 m |
Records edit
| Standing records prior to the 2005 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Jan Železný (CZE) |
98.48 m | May 25, 1996 | Jena, Germany
|
| Event Record | Jan Železný (CZE) |
92.80 m | August 12, 2001 | Edmonton, Canada
|
| Season Best | Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) |
91.53 m | June 26, 2005 | Kuortane, Finland
|
Qualification edit
Group A edit
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Result | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | Sergey Makarov (RUS) |
85.08 | — | — | 85.08 m | |
| 2 | 3 | Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) |
81.45 | — | — | 81.45 m | |
| 3 | 7 | Aki Parviainen (FIN) |
79.48 | X | — | 79.48 m | |
| 4 | 9 | Ēriks Rags (LAT) |
78.79 | X | X | 78.79 m | |
| 5 | 10 | Guillermo Martínez (CUB) |
75.28 | 78.37 | X | 78.37 m | |
| 6 | 11 | Mark Frank (GER) |
76.76 | 73.08 | 77.87 | 77.87 m | |
| 7 | 12 | Tomas Intas (LTU) |
77.08 | X | X | 77.08 m | |
| 8 | 13 | Nick Nieland (GBR) |
74.61 | 76.62 | 76.71 | 76.71 m | |
| 9 | 15 | Stefan Müller (SUI) |
76.30 | 71.54 | 69.93 | 76.30 m | |
| 10 | 19 | Marián Bokor (SVK) |
74.27 | 74.70 | 74.81 | 74.81 m | |
| 11 | 20 | Firas Al-Mohamed (SYR) |
72.63 | X | X | 72.63 m | SB |
| 12 | 22 | Gergely Horváth (HUN) |
67.04 | 72.33 | 71.81 | 72.33 m | |
| 13 | 23 | Francesco Pignata (ITA) |
71.13 | 72.17 | 66.96 | 72.17 m | |
| 14 | 24 | Gabriel Wallin (SWE) |
68.72 | 63.50 | 72.04 | 72.04 m | |
| 15 | 29 | Oleg Statsenko (UKR) |
X | X | 64.44 | 64.44 m | |
| 16 | 31 |  Shaka Sola (SAM) [1] |
38.31 | 41.18 | — | 41.18 m | PB |
Group B edit
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Result | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 2 | Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) |
82.21 | — | — | 82.21 m | |
| 2 | 4 | Andrus Värnik (EST) |
74.83 | X | 80.97 | 80.97 m | |
| 3 | 5 | Ainārs Kovals (LAT) |
X | 80.80 | 78.05 | 80.80 m | |
| 4 | 6 | Alexandr Ivanov (RUS) |
79.65 | 76.00 | — | 79.65 m | |
| 5 | 8 | Scott Russell (CAN) |
79.45 | 77.11 | X | 79.45 m | |
| 6 | 14 | Christian Nicolay (GER) |
76.68 | X | 72.35 | 76.68 m | |
| 7 | 16 | Vadims Vasilevskis (LAT) |
75.76 | X | 76.16 | 76.16 m | |
| 8 | 17 | Lohan Rautenbach (RSA) |
X | 75.94 | X | 75.94 m | |
| 9 | 18 | Li Rongxiang (CHN) |
74.95 | X | X | 74.95 m | |
| 10 | 21 | Esko Mikkola (FIN) |
71.87 | 72.54 | 71.50 | 72.54 m | |
| 11 | 25 | John Hetzendorf (USA) |
X | 70.16 | 70.49 | 70.49 m | |
| 12 | 26 | Ronny Nilsen (NOR) |
70.07 | — | — | 70.07 m | |
| 13 | 27 | Yukifumi Murakami (JPN) |
X | 67.84 | 68.31 | 68.31 m | |
| 14 | 28 | Vadim Bavikin (ISR) |
66.03 | 66.74 | X | 66.74 m | |
| 15 | 30 | Dejan Angelovski (MKD) |
56.66 | 58.23 | 55.83 | 58.23 m | SB |
Final edit
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
 |
Andrus Värnik (EST) |
79.06 | X | 76.47 | 87.17 | 85.29 | X | 87.17 m | |
 |
Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) |
78.36 | 81.52 | 83.41 | 85.71 | 86.18 | X | 86.18 m | |
 |
Sergey Makarov (RUS) |
80.77 | 83.30 | 79.95 | 83.48 | 82.55 | 83.54 | 83.54 m | |
| 4 | Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) |
75.44 | X | 79.64 | 81.27 | X | X | 81.27 m | |
| 5 | Alexandr Ivanov (RUS) |
77.93 | 79.14 | X | X | X | 77.12 | 79.14 m | |
| 6 | Ēriks Rags (LAT) |
73.12 | 78.77 | X | X | X | 77.34 | 78.77 m | |
| 7 | Ainārs Kovals (LAT) |
74.05 | X | 77.61 | X | X | X | 77.61 m | |
| 8 | Mark Frank (GER) |
75.82 | 73.19 | 71.17 | X | 77.56 | X | 77.56 m | |
| 9 | Aki Parviainen (FIN) |
74.86 | 70.88 | X | 74.86 m | ||||
| 10 | Guillermo Martínez (CUB) |
72.68 | 69.42 | X | 72.68 m | ||||
| 11 | Tomas Intas (LTU) |
X | X | 70.11 | 70.11 m | ||||
| 12 | Scott Russell (CAN) |
62.33 | X | 68.59 | 68.59 m | ||||
Notes edit
- ^ Shaka Sola, a shot putter who missed the shot event at the World Championships, was allowed to compete in javelin throw instead. Trying javelin for the first time, he naturally finished far behind the other athletes.
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