Men's javelin throw at the 2017 World Championships | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | 10 August (qualification) 12 August (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 32 from 25 nations | |||||||||
Winning distance | 89.89 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Events at the 2017 World Championships | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
5000 m | men | women |
10,000 m | men | women |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | women |
3000 m steeplechase | men | women |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
20 km walk | men | women |
50 km walk | men | women |
Field events | ||
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | women |
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | women |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
The men's javelin throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics is being held at the Olympic Stadium on 10 and 12 August. [1]
Thirteen athletes made the automatic qualifying mark to get into the final. Five throws into the first round, Johannes Vetter (GER) threw the winner, 89.89 m (294 ft 10 in). At the end of the round, his teammate Thomas Röhler threw 87.08 m to move into second place. On the second throw of the second round, Jakub Vadlejch (CZE) threw tantalizingly close to Vetter with an 89.73 m. Three throws later, Vetter's second throw even bettered that, 89.78 m. At the end of round, Röhler improved to 88.26 m Through the next three rounds, nobody could surpass that third best throw, not even the leaders, though Petr Frydrych (CZE) threw 87.93 m twice. On his final throw, Frydrych threw 88.32m to take the bronze medal. Both Czech athletes are coached by world record holder Jan Železný. Both threw personal bests.
Before the competition records were as follows: [2]
Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date | Location |
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World | 98.48 | Jan Železný | ![]() | 25 May 1996 | Jena, Germany |
Championship | 92.80 | Jan Železný | ![]() | 12 Aug 2001 | Edmonton, Canada |
World leading | 94.44 | Johannes Vetter | ![]() | 11 Jul 2017 | Lucerne, Switzerland |
African | 92.72 | Julius Yego | ![]() | 26 Aug 2015 | Beijing, China |
Asian | 89.15 | Zhao Qinggang | ![]() | 2 Oct 2014 | Incheon, South Korea |
NACAC | 91.29 | Breaux Greer | ![]() | 21 Jun 2007 | Indianapolis, IN, United States |
South American | 84.70 | Edgar Baumann | ![]() | 17 Oct 1999 | San Marcos, TX, United States |
European | 98.48 | Jan Železný | ![]() | 25 May 1996 | Jena, Germany |
Oceanian | 89.02 | Jarrod Bannister | ![]() | 29 Feb 2008 | Brisbane, Australia |
No records were set at the competition. [3]
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 83.00 metres. [4]
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows: [5]
Date | Time | Round |
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10 August | 19:05 | Qualification |
12 August | 20:15 | Final |
The qualification took place on 10 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 19:03 and Group B at 20:34. [6] Athletes attaining a mark of at least 83.00 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows: [7]
Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | Round | Mark | Notes | ||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
1 | A | Johannes Vetter | ![]() | 91.20 | 91.20 | Q | ||
2 | B | Petr Frydrych | ![]() | 86.22 | 86.22 | Q, SB | ||
3 | B | Keshorn Walcott | ![]() | 86.01 | 86.01 | Q | ||
4 | A | Tero Pitkämäki | ![]() | 85.97 | 85.97 | Q | ||
5 | B | Andreas Hofmann | ![]() | 82.35 | 85.62 | 85.62 | Q | |
6 | B | Ioannis Kiriazis | ![]() | 84.60 | 84.60 | Q | ||
7 | B | Davinder Singh Kang | ![]() | 82.22 | 82.14 | 84.22 | 84.22 | Q |
8 | B | Thomas Röhler | ![]() | 80.88 | 83.87 | 83.87 | Q | |
9 | B | Jakub Vadlejch | ![]() | 83.87 | 83.87 | Q | ||
10 | B | Magnus Kirt | ![]() | 83.86 | 83.86 | Q | ||
11 | A | Ahmed Bader Magour | ![]() | 83.83 | 83.83 | Q | ||
12 | A | Julius Yego | ![]() | 83.57 | 83.57 | Q | ||
13 | A | Marcin Krukowski | ![]() | 81.79 | 77.48 | 83.49 | 83.49 | Q |
14 | A | Hamish Peacock | ![]() | 77.88 | 82.46 | 82.19 | 82.46 | |
15 | A | Neeraj Chopra | ![]() | 82.26 | x | 80.54 | 82.26 | |
16 | A | Jaroslav Jílek | ![]() | 73.48 | 72.79 | 80.97 | 80.97 | |
17 | A | Andrian Mardare | ![]() | 78.68 | 76.80 | 80.18 | 80.18 | |
18 | B | Cyrus Hostetler | ![]() | 77.51 | 75.79 | 79.71 | 79.71 | |
19 | A | Rolands Štrobinders | ![]() | 78.22 | 79.68 | 79.28 | 79.68 | |
20 | B | Anderson Peters | ![]() | 70.49 | 78.99 | 78.82 | 78.99 | |
21 | B | Norbert Rivasz-Tóth | ![]() | 78.76 | 74.37 | 74.22 | 78.76 | |
22 | A | Cheng Chao-tsun | ![]() | 76.58 | x | 77.87 | 77.87 | |
23 | A | Ryohei Arai | ![]() | x | 77.38 | 74.77 | 77.38 | |
24 | B | Ben Langton-Burnell | ![]() | 76.46 | 73.47 | 74.46 | 76.46 | |
25 | A | Tanel Laanmäe | ![]() | 76.41 | 73.84 | x | 76.41 | |
26 | A | Vítězslav Veselý | ![]() | 75.50 | x | x | 75.50 | |
27 | A | Pavel Mialeshka | ![]() | 75.33 | x | x | 75.33 | |
28 | B | Braian Toledo | ![]() | 75.24 | x | 75.29 | 75.29 | |
29 | B | Alexandru Novac | ![]() | 74.67 | x | x | 74.67 | |
30 | B | Rocco van Rooyen | ![]() | 73.93 | 74.02 | 70.27 | 74.02 | |
31 | B | Waruna Lakshan | ![]() | 73.16 | x | x | 73.16 | |
A | Edis Matusevičius | ![]() | x | x | x | NM | ||
The final took place on 12 August at 20:15. The results were as follows: [8]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Round | Mark | Notes | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
![]() | Johannes Vetter | ![]() | 89.89 | 89.78 | 87.22 | x | 82.25 | 87.71 | 89.89 | |
![]() | Jakub Vadlejch | ![]() | 77.10 | 89.73 | 85.04 | 86.23 | 87.70 | 83.22 | 89.73 | PB |
![]() | Petr Frydrych | ![]() | 84.31 | 80.48 | 82.94 | 87.93 | 87.93 | 88.32 | 88.32 | PB |
4 | Thomas Röhler | ![]() | 87.08 | 88.26 | x | 86.14 | 85.97 | 86.40 | 88.26 | |
5 | Tero Pitkämäki | ![]() | 83.49 | x | 86.94 | 79.69 | x | x | 86.94 | |
6 | Ioannis Kiriazis | ![]() | 79.57 | 81.68 | 84.52 | 82.79 | x | 79.4 | 84.52 | |
7 | Keshorn Walcott | ![]() | 84.48 | x | 80.63 | 83.62 | x | 81.82 | 84.48 | |
8 | Andreas Hofmann | ![]() | 75.45 | 83.76 | 80.96 | 83.65 | 81.94 | 83.98 | 83.98 | |
9 | Marcin Krukowski | ![]() | 82.01 | x | 79.54 | 82.01 | ||||
10 | Ahmed Bader Magour | ![]() | 76.34 | 81.77 | 79.34 | 81.77 | ||||
11 | Magnus Kirt | ![]() | 80.48 | x | x | 80.48 | ||||
12 | Davinder Singh Kang | ![]() | 75.40 | x | 80.02 | 80.02 | ||||
13 | Julius Yego | ![]() | x | 76.29 | 75.31 | 76.29 |
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