2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

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Men's javelin throw
at the 2013 World Championships
Venue Luzhniki Stadium
Dates15 August (qualification)
17 August (final)
Competitors33 from 25 nations
Winning distance87.17 m (285 ft 11+34 in)
Medalists
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The men's javelin throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 15–17 August. [1]

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Change seems to be hitting the event. Last year's surprise Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott, didn't make the final, nor did the returning bronze medalist Guillermo Martínez. The defending champion Matthias de Zordo did not return, nor did the Olympic silver medalist Oleksandr Pyatnytsya. Former two time Olympic gold medalist Andreas Thorkildsen was in danger of not qualifying, on his final attempt, he got into an automatic qualifier, one of only three, joining Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed, who set the Egyptian national record at 83.62.

Four throws into the final and Tero Pitkämäki took the early lead. Five throws later Vítězslav Veselý threw the winner 87.17. Two more throws and Roman Avramenko was sitting in third place after the first round. In the second round Pitkämäki improved, followed by world leader Dmitriy Tarabin taking over third place. Veselý's remaining throws wouldn't be enough to place in the top four. Pitkämäki improved again on his third attempt, falling just 10 cm short of Veselý. That mark would be good enough for silver.

At the same time as Kenyan women were in their customary position battling the Ethiopians in the women's 5000, Julius Yego's fifth round throw of 85.40 was a Kenyan national record, but more importantly, Kenya's first field event finalist was in third place in the world championships, with only one throw to go. Throwing before the home crowd, Tarabin's final effort of 86.23 took third place back for good, dashing Yego's hope for a medal. [2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: [3]

World record Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (CZE)98.48 Flag of Germany.svg Jena, Germany 25 May 1996
Championship record Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (CZE)92.80 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Edmonton, Canada 12 August 2001
World leadingFlag of Russia.svg  Dmitri Tarabin  (RUS)88.84 Flag of Russia.svg Moscow, Russia 24 July 2013
African record Flag of South Africa.svg  Marius Corbett  (RSA)88.75 Flag of Malaysia.svg Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 21 September 1998
Asian record Flag of Japan.svg  Kazuhiro Mizoguchi  (JPN)87.60 Flag of the United States.svg San Jose, United States 27 May 1989
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  Breaux Greer  (USA)91.29 Flag of the United States.svg Indianapolis, United States21 June 2007
South American record Flag of Paraguay.svg  Edgar Baumann  (PAR)84.70 Flag of the United States.svg San Marcos, United States17 October 1999
European record Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (CZE)98.48 Flag of Germany.svg Jena, Germany25 May 1996
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Jarrod Bannister  (AUS)89.02 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brisbane, Australia 29 February 2008

Qualification standards

A result [4] B result
83.5081.00

Schedule

DateTimeRound
15 August 20139:30 Qualification
17 August 201318:35 Final

All times are local times (UTC+4)

Results

KEY:QQualifiedq12 best performersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 82.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final. [5]

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1A Tero Pitkämäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)84.3984.39Q
2B Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)83.6283.62Q, NR
3A Andreas Thorkildsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)x79.4583.0583.05Q
4A Ivan Zaytsev Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan  (UZB)81.53x81.53q
5A Vítězslav Veselý Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)x81.5181.51q
6B Antti Ruuskanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)80.0281.3681.36q
7B Dmitriy Tarabin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)x81.3281.32q
8A Julius Yego Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)79.56x80.8880.88q
9A Kim Amb Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)80.84x80.3780.84q
10A Stuart Farquhar Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)80.73x76.7380.73q
11B Risto Mätas Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)79.25x80.1880.18q
12B Fatih Avan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)78.0979.9380.0980.09
13A Bernhard Seifert Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)80.02xx80.02
14B Vadims Vasiļevskis Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)79.0977.5979.6879.68
15A Guillermo Martínez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)79.6777.8876.7079.67
16B Teemu Wirkkala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)79.5078.5479.2679.50
17B Víctor Fatecha Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay  (PAR)76.1379.03x79.03PB
18A Keshorn Walcott Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago  (TRI)78.78x75.8478.78
19B Riley Dolezal Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)72.9678.7677.2578.76
20A Aleksey Tovarnov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)74.1573.2578.4378.43
21B Yukifumi Murakami Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)77.75x76.7477.75
22B Zhao Qinggang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)76.2376.7877.6177.61
23B Lars Hamann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)77.1074.7572.0077.10
24A Marcin Krukowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)xx76.9376.93
25A Valeriy Iordan Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)76.9272.7973.7076.92
26A Hamish Peacock Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)70.6176.3375.3176.33
27B Łukasz Grzeszczuk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)74.72xx74.72
28B Gabriel Wallin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)74.66xx74.66
29A Thomas Röhler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)71.8874.4573.6774.45
30B John Robert Oosthuizen Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)74.3670.99x74.36
31A Uladzimir Kazlou Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)72.6667.79x72.66
32B Leslie Copeland Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji  (FIJ)70.5672.3068.4672.30
B Roman Avramenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)76.73 79.91 80.3780.37DQ [6]

Final

The final was started at 18.35. [7]

RankNameNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Vítězslav Veselý Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)87.1778.8081.2183.80x87.17
Silver medal icon.svg Tero Pitkämäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)83.4086.8887.0785.67x85.2287.07
Bronze medal icon.svg Dmitriy Tarabin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)x84.38x82.25x86.2386.23
4 Julius Yego Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)80.60x81.13x85.4081.2085.40 NR
5 Antti Ruuskanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)77.9680.32xx75.8681.4481.44
6 Andreas Thorkildsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)80.9376.82x80.6281.0681.06
7 Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)79.0278.5780.9478.7076.85x80.94
8 Risto Mätas Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)78.3278.8780.0380.03
9 Stuart Farquhar Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)79.2475.72x79.24
10 Kim Amb Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)77.6476.2878.9178.91
11 Ivan Zaytsev Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan  (UZB)74.5878.3377.7278.33
Roman Avramenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)81.32 x 80.12 82.0578.61 80.80 82.05DQ

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