2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on 5 and 6 October 2019.[1]

Men's javelin throw
at the 2019 World Championships
VenueKhalifa International Stadium
Dates5 October (qualification)
6 October (final)
Competitors31 from 22 nations
Winning distance86.89
Medalists
gold medal    Grenada
silver medal    Estonia
bronze medal    Germany
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Summary edit

The automatic qualification to the final was 84.00 metres. One and done, on his first throw Johannes Vetter beat that by over 5 metres with an 89.35m. In the second group, world leader Magnus Kirt took two attempts to make his mark of 88.36m. Either of those throws would have won the final easily.

In the final, only four men got over 80 metres in the first round, Anderson Peters took the lead with 86.69 m (284 ft 4+34 in). In the second round, Vetter and Kirt got respectable marks with 85.37m and 86.21m respectively. From that point, nobody would improve. Fourth place Lassi Etelätalo was almost 3 metres off the podium. In the fourth round, Peters duplicated his winning first round throw with another 86.69m. #8 in the world rankings coming in, Peters took gold.

Records edit

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 90.61 Magnus Kirt   EST 22 Jun 2019 Kuortane, Finland
African 92.72 Julius Yego   KEN 26 Aug 2015 Beijing, China
Asian 91.36 Cheng Chao-tsun   TPE 26 Aug 2017 Taipei, Chinese Taipei
NACAC 91.29 Breaux Greer   USA 21 Jun 2007 Indianapolis, United States
South American 84.70 Edgar Baumann   PAR 17 Oct 1999 San Marcos, United States
European 98.48 Jan Železný   CZE 25 May 1996 Jena, Germany
Oceanian 89.02 Jarrod Bannister   AUS 29 Feb 2008 Brisbane, Australia

Schedule edit

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), is as follows:[3]

Date Time Round
5 October 16:30 Qualification
6 October 19:55 Final

Results edit

Qualification edit

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 84.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[4][5]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 A Johannes Vetter   Germany (GER) 89.35 89.35 Q
2 B Magnus Kirt   Estonia (EST) 81.00 88.36 88.36 Q
3 A Anderson Peters   Grenada (GRN) 82.06 85.34 85.34 Q
4 B Kim Amb   Sweden (SWE) x 82.98 84.85 84.85 Q
5 B Keshorn Walcott   Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 84.44 84.44 Q
6 A Jakub Vadlejch   Czech Republic (CZE) 81.70 84.31 84.31 Q
7 A Julian Weber   Germany (GER) 84.29 84.29 Q
8 A Julius Yego   Kenya (KEN) 83.86 83.76 80.62 83.86 q
9 A Norbert Rivasz-Tóth   Hungary (HUN) 83.42 81.06 77.27 83.42 q, NR
10 B Cheng Chao-tsun   Chinese Taipei (TPE) 79.08 83.40 79.88 83.40 q
11 A Marcin Krukowski   Poland (POL) 82.44 x 82.02 82.44 q
12 B Lassi Etelätalo   Finland (FIN) 75.11 x 82.26 82.26 q
13 B Alexandru Novac   Romania (ROM) 82.12 78.18 79.75 82.12
14 B Aliaksei Katkavets   Belarus (BLR) 75.88 x 82.08 82.08
15 B Ryohei Arai   Japan (JPN) 81.71 x 72.99 81.71
16 B Arshad Nadeem   Pakistan (PAK) 81.52 75.48 x 81.52 NR
17 B Rolands Štrobinders   Latvia (LAT) 81.09 80.60 79.51 81.09
18 B Michael Shuey   United States (USA) 77.04 x 80.53 80.53
19 B Oliver Helander   Finland (FIN) x 80.36 x 80.36
20 B Andreas Hofmann   Germany (GER) 80.06 x x 80.06
21 A Gatis Čakšs   Latvia (LAT) 79.94 x 79.63 79.94
22 A Edis Matusevičius   Lithuania (LTU) 73.98 75.73 79.60 79.60
23 B Thomas Röhler   Germany (GER) x 79.23 x 79.23
24 A Shivpal Singh   India (IND) 75.91 78.97 x 78.97
25 A Liu Qizhen   China (CHN) 75.24 x 75.81 75.81
26 A Riley Dolezal   United States (USA) 75.62 x 74.85 75.62
27 A Pavel Mialeshka   Belarus (BLR) x 75.14 x 75.14
28 A Antti Ruuskanen   Finland (FIN) 72.65 75.05 x 75.05
29 A Albert Reynolds   Saint Lucia (LCA) 69.68 73.91 x 73.91
30 A Oleksandr Nychyporchuk   Ukraine (UKR) x 72.75 x 72.75
B Zhao Qinggang   China (CHN) x x x NM
B Vítězslav Veselý   Czech Republic (CZE) DNS

Final edit

The final was started on 6 October at 19:57.[6]

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
  Anderson Peters   Grenada (GRN) 86.69 81.26 79.82 86.89 84.59 83.63 86.89
  Magnus Kirt   Estonia (EST) 83.95 86.21 85.17 85.90 x r 86.21
  Johannes Vetter   Germany (GER) x 85.37 82.51 x 82.29 x 85.37
4 Lassi Etelätalo   Finland (FIN) 72.00 77.92 82.49 74.62 x 74.63 82.49
5 Jakub Vadlejch   Czech Republic (CZE) 77.32 81.98 82.19 77.36 x x 82.19
6 Julian Weber   Germany (GER) 81.20 81.26 80.80 79.43 79.46 73.58 81.26
7 Marcin Krukowski   Poland (POL) 80.56 79.91 x x x x 80.56
8 Kim Amb   Sweden (SWE) 78.93 80.42 78.51 75.71 x x 80.42
9 Norbert Rivasz-Tóth   Hungary (HUN) 79.73 77.89 76.55 79.73
10 Cheng Chao-tsun   Chinese Taipei (TPE) 74.74 77.51 77.99 77.99
11 Keshorn Walcott   Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 75.30 77.47 x 77.47
Julius Yego   Kenya (KEN) x x x NM

References edit

  1. ^ "Javelin Throw Men − Qualification − Start List" (PDF). IAAF. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Javelin throw Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Men's javelin throw − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Qualification results" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Qualification summary" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Final results" (PDF).