2025 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

Men's javelin throw at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships
Venue	Gumi Civic Stadium
Location	Gumi, South Korea
Dates	30 May (qualification) 31 May (final)
Competitors	22 from 14 nations
Winning distance	86.40 m
Medalists
Arshad Nadeem    Pakistan   Sachin Yadav    India   Yuta Sakiyama    Japan
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The men's javelin throw event at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 30 and 31 May. ^[1]

Records

Records before the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships

Record	Athlete (nation)	Distance (m)	Location	Date
World record [2]	Jan Železný  (CZE)	98.48	Jena, East Germany	25 May 1986
Asian record [3]	Arshad Nadeem  (PAK)	92.97	Paris, France	8 August 2024
Championship record	Cheng Chao-tsun  (TPE)	86.72	Doha, Qatar	22 April 2019
World leading [4]	Julian Weber  (GER)	91.06		16 May 2025
Asian leading [5]	Neeraj Chopra  (IND)	90.23

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+8), was as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
30 May	10:15	Qualification
31 May	17:10	Final

Results

Qualification

Group A

Place	Athlete	Nation	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	Arshad Nadeem	Pakistan	86.34			86.34 m	Q
2	Rumesh Tharanga	Sri Lanka	83.71			83.71 m	Q
3	Ryohei Arai	Japan	77.85			77.85 m	Q, SB
4	Yash Vir Singh	India	76.67			76.67 m	Q
5	Nam Tae-poong	South Korea	70.80	76.26		76.26 m	Q, PB
6	Abdulrahman Al-Azemi  [ de ]	Kuwait	72.84	x	70.12	72.84 m	q, PB
7	Artur Gafner  [ de ]	Kazakhstan	70.70	72.66	x	72.66 m
8	Sarvar Ismaylov	Uzbekistan	x	71.13	71.56	71.56 m	PB
9	Cheng Chao-tsun	Chinese Taipei	67.64	70.10	70.80	70.80 m
10	Jeong Jun-seok	South Korea	66.91	x	65.04	66.91 m
11	Chon Weng	Macau	54.94	59.78	59.93	59.93 m
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Group B

Place	Athlete	Nation	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	Yuta Sakiyama	Japan	72.85	81.36	-	81.36 m	Q, SB
2	Sumeda Ranasinghe	Sri Lanka	x	81.33	-	81.33 m	Q
3	Sachin Yadav	India	79.62	-	-	79.62 m	Q
4	Muhammad Yasir	Pakistan	76.07	-	-	76.07 m	Q
5	Hu Haoran  [ de ]	China	75.13	75.56	74.54	75.56 m	q
6	Ali Fathi Ganji  [ de ]	Iran	71.38	69.71	73.41	73.41 m	q
7	Asadbek Murodov	Uzbekistan	66.24	66.54	69.65	69.65 m
8	Kim Dani	South Korea	69.30	66.59	68.03	69.30 m
9	Abdulaziz Al-Hemdan	Kuwait	x	59.69	64.09	64.09 m	PB
10	Ali Essa Abdelghani  [ de ]	Saudi Arabia	62.50	x	x	62.50 m
—	Abdul Hafiz  [ de ]	Indonesia	x	x	x	NM
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Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Arshad Nadeem	Pakistan	75.64	76.80	85.57	83.99	83.44	86.40	86.40 m
	Sachin Yadav	India	79.65	74.05	72.07	77.37	83.08	85.16	85.16 m	PB
	Yuta Sakiyama	Japan	76.45	74.82	73.25	79.52	79.35	83.75	83.75 m	PB
4	Rumesh Tharanga	Sri Lanka	81.91	82.28	77.14	x	76.51	83.27	83.27 m
5	Yash Vir Singh	India	x	x	77.24	80.23	80.23	82.57	82.57 m	PB
6	Hu Haoran  [ de ]	China	77.51	80.93	78.36	78.77	77.44	78.24	80.93 m	SB
7	Sumeda Ranasinghe	Sri Lanka	79.81	77.82	x	x	x	79.58	79.81 m
8	Muhammad Yasir	Pakistan	70.53	75.39	74.50	72.92	x	74.78	75.39 m
9	Ryohei Arai	Japan	69.10	69.85	74.21				74.21 m
10	Abdulrahman Al-Azemi  [ de ]	Kuwait	70.08	73.87	70.68				73.87 m	PB
11	Ali Fathi Ganji  [ de ]	Iran	72.11	x	x				72.11 m
12	Nam Tae-poong	South Korea	65.67	63.38	69.42				69.42 m
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References

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5. "Javelin Throw men - 2025 Asian leading distance". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
6. "26th Asian Athletics Championships - Men's javelin throw Group A qualification results" (PDF). Asian Athletics. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
7. "26th Asian Athletics Championships - Men's javelin throw Group B qualification results" (PDF). Asian Athletics. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
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