2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

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The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 31, 2007 (qualification round) and 2 September 2007 (final round) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. There were a total number of 36 competing athletes from 22 countries.

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Medalists

Gold Tero Pitkämäki
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)
Silver Andreas Thorkildsen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)
Bronze Breaux Greer
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group AGroup B
31.08.2007 – 09:30h31.08.2007 – 11:30h
Final Round
02.09.2007 – 19:15h

Abbreviations

Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2007 World Athletics Championships
World Record Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (CZE)98.48 m May 25, 1996 Flag of Germany.svg Jena, Germany
Event Record Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (CZE)92.80 m August 12, 2001 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Edmonton, Canada
Season Best Flag of the United States.svg  Breaux Greer  (USA)91.29 m June 21, 2007 Flag of the United States.svg Indianapolis, United States

Qualification

Group A

PlaceAthleteNation123MarkNotes
1 Breaux Greer Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)64.4979.6786.7886.78Q
2 Tero Järvenpää Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)84.3584.35QSB
3 Magnus Arvidsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)84.1784.17Q
4 Andreas Thorkildsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)X82.3382.33Q
5 Teemu Wirkkala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)75.52X79.8279.82q
6 Ēriks Rags Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)XX79.7979.79q
7 Gerhardus Pienaar Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)76.0979.3078.0579.30 
8 Igor Sukhomlinov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)79.0574.83X79.05 
9 Joshua Robinson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)75.1176.9378.4878.48 
10 Sergey Makarov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)78.2277.7174.4278.22 
11 Stuart Farquhar Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)71.8978.0873.3478.08SB
12 Pablo Pietrobelli Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina  (ARG)72.3674.8174.6074.81 
13 Stephan Steding Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)67.32X74.6174.61 
14 Miroslav Guzdek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)74.1372.4169.4374.13 
15 Stefan Müller Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)X71.48X71.48 
16 Marko Jänes Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)X68.6469.6569.65 
17 Csongor Olteán Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)X64.44X64.44 

Group B

PlaceAthleteNation123MarkNotes
1 Vadims Vasilevskis Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)X72.8087.3787.37Q
2 Guillermo Martínez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)82.9982.99Q
3 Aleksandr Ivanov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)X79.6682.4282.42Q
4 John Robert Oosthuizen Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)X82.0682.06Q
5 Igor Janik Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)80.8377.61-80.83q
6 Tero Pitkämäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)80.6278.54X80.62q
7 Peter Esenwein Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)73.7470.8979.6279.62 
8 Ainārs Kovals Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)X77.1879.4279.42 
9 Qin Qiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)77.7174.9674.9577.71 
10 Yukifumi Murakami Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)70.2377.6375.7377.63SB
11 Jarrod Bannister Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)77.57X77.4477.57 
12 Scott Russell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)73.6775.3577.5477.54 
13 Andrus Värnik Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)X75.96X75.96SB
14 Alexon Maximiano Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)68.8970.5775.1575.15 
15 Víctor Fatecha Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay  (PAR)71.5973.5570.0173.55 
16 Eric Brown Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)70.38X73.0773.07 
17 Felix Loretz Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)71.2770.5767.7971.27 
18 Gabriel Wallin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)XX70.6170.61 

Final

Field reduced to top eight are three throws, with top eight entitled to a further three attempts.

RankAthleteNationAttemptsDistanceNote
123456
Gold medal icon.svg Tero Pitkämäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)81.6289.1683.6487.72X90.3390.33 m
Silver medal icon.svg Andreas Thorkildsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)82.7888.61X82.80X87.3388.61 m
Bronze medal icon.svg Breaux Greer Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)X80.6784.31X86.2183.8186.21 m
4 Vadims Vasilevskis Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)X85.19X77.42XX85.19 m
5 Aleksandr Ivanov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)85.1884.7181.4284.9181.55X85.18 m
6 John Robert Oosthuizen Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)84.5279.77X79.18XX84.52 m PB
7 Igor Janik Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)79.82X83.38XX83.38 m PB
8 Tero Järvenpää Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)80.3079.4082.10X77.3075.4082.10 m
9 Guillermo Martínez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)82.0381.19X82.03 m
10 Magnus Arvidsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)79.80X81.9881.98 m
11 Ēriks Rags Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)X77.2280.0180.01 m
12 Teemu Wirkkala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)78.01X76.4878.01 m

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