2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

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The Men's Javelin Throw at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany on August 21 and August 23. The second qualification group was interrupted for one hour, after the 2nd throw, due to heavy rain.

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Medalists

Gold Andreas Thorkildsen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)
Silver Guillermo Martínez
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)
Bronze Yukifumi Murakami
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group AGroup B
21.08.2009 16:15h21.08.2009 18:15h
Final Round
23.08.2009 16:20h

Qualification standards

A standardB standard
81.00 m78.00 m

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 2009 World Athletics Championships
World record Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (CZE)98.48 Jena, Germany25 May 1996
Championship record Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (CZE)92.80 Edmonton, Canada12 August 2001
World leadingFlag of Norway.svg  Andreas Thorkildsen  (NOR)91.28 Zürich, Switzerland28 August 2009
African record Flag of South Africa.svg  Marius Corbett  (RSA)88.75 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia21 September 1998
Asian record Flag of Japan.svg  Kazuhiro Mizoguchi  (JPN)87.60 San Jose, United States27 May 1989
North American recordFlag of the United States.svg  Breaux Greer  (USA)91.29 Indianapolis, United States21 June 2007
South American record Flag of Paraguay.svg  Edgar Baumann  (PAR)84.70 San Marcos, United States17 October 1999
European record Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (CZE)98.48 Jena, Germany25 May 1996
Oceanian recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Jarrod Bannister  (AUS)89.02 Brisbane, Australia29 February 2008

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 82.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

RankGroupAthleteNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1B Vadims Vasiļevskis Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)86.6986.69Q
2A Yukifumi Murakami Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)74.8783.1083.10Q, PB
3A Guillermo Martínez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)x76.6982.5082.50Q
4A Tero Pitkämäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)80.96x81.6581.65q
5B Mark Frank Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)79.0480.85-80.85q
6A Andreas Thorkildsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)x80.3779.9380.37q
7B Teemu Wirkkala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)76.8279.8479.2379.84q
8A Ainārs Kovals Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)79.76xx79.76q
9B Petr Frydrych Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)79.5778.1472.7379.57q
10A Tero Järvenpää Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)77.22x79.4879.48q
11B Sean Furey Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)x74.5179.2879.28q, SB
12B Antti Ruuskanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)78.6178.6976.8278.69q
13A Sergey Makarov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)78.68x78.4778.68
14B Stuart Farquhar Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)72.8474.5478.5378.53
15A Csongor Olteán Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)74.75x78.4678.46
16A Mihkel Kukk Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)72.6376.7078.1878.18
17A Mike Hazle Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)x76.9878.1778.17
18A Park Jae-Myong Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)75.6276.1778.1678.16
19B Fatih Avan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)78.12x68.1278.12
20B Alexandr Ivanov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)x77.1378.0078.00
21A Qin Qiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)76.8775.4077.6577.65
22A Roman Avramenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)73.8576.4677.4477.44
23B Tom Goyvaerts Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)77.37x73.6277.37
24B Chris Hill Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)70.2375.2077.1477.14
25A Aliaksandr Ashomka Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus  (BLR)72.8376.8576.0476.85
26A Ēriks Rags Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)76.23x75.9776.23
27B Oleksandr Pyatnytsya Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)76.1375.61x76.13
28A Vítězslav Veselý Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)75.1675.7669.4875.76
29B Uladzimir Kazlou Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus  (BLR)x73.1775.3875.38
30A Jonas Lohse Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)x75.3374.4675.33
31B Igor Janik Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)75.20xx75.20
32A Melik Janoyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia  (ARM)68.7474.7472.7574.74SB
33A Adrian Markowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)68.8472.8774.1374.13
34A Tino Häber Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)73.6674.1173.6474.11
35A Stefan Müller Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)71.0971.6372.8372.83
36B Jung Sang-Jin Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)x72.80x72.80
37B Arley Ibargüen Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)69.4972.54x72.54
38B Ilya Korotkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)71.5970.37x71.59
39A Thomas Smet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)70.35x68.2370.35
40B Mohamed Ali Kebabou Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)64.6868.75-68.75
41A Víctor Fatecha Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay  (PAR)66.3168.6565.93 68.65
42B Júlio César de Oliveira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)67.8568.49x68.49
43A Tomas Intas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)68.40xx68.40
44B John Robert Oosthuizen Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)67.86x67.5767.86
45B Mervyn Luckwell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)65.0261.4266.3066.30
B Ignacio Guerra Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)xxxNM
B Tanel Laanmäe Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)xx-NM
B Andrus Värnik Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)DNS

Final

RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Andreas Thorkildsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)77.8089.5988.95x--89.59SB
Silver medal icon.svg Guillermo Martínez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)83.4383.2878.2277.27-86.4186.41SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Yukifumi Murakami Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)76.0182.97xx-77.9082.97
4 Vadims Vasilevskis Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)xx82.05xx82.3782.37
5 Tero Pitkämäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)81.9081.1480.50x80.1781.1481.90
6 Antti Ruuskanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)75.3675.6781.8778.65x80.8781.87
7 Ainārs Kovals Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)x81.54xx75.9876.3981.54
8 Mark Frank Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)73.7779.86xxx81.3281.32
9 Teemu Wirkkala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)79.76x79.8279.82
10 Petr Frydrych Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)78.57x79.2979.29
11 Tero Järvenpää Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)75.43x75.5775.57
12 Sean Furey Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)73.1874.5173.7774.51

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