2025 World Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

Men's javelin throw at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
Venue	National Stadium
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Dates	17 September (qualification) 18 September (final)
Winning distance	88.16 m
Medalists
Keshorn Walcott    Trinidad and Tobago   Anderson Peters    Grenada   Curtis Thompson    United States
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The men's javelin throw at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 17 and 18 September 2025. ^[1]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: ^[2]

Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World record	Jan Železný  (CZE)	98.48 m	Jena, Germany	25 May 1996
Championship record		92.80 m	Edmonton, Canada	12 August 2001
World Leading	Julian Weber  (GER)	91.51 m	Zurich, Switzerland	28 August 2025
African Record	Julius Yego  (KEN)	92.72 m	Beijing, China	26 August 2015
Asian Record	Arshad Nadeem  (PAK)	92.97 m	Paris, France	8 August 2024
European Record	Jan Železný  (CZE)	98.48 m	Jena, Germany	25 May 1996
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Anderson Peters  (GRN)	93.07 m	Doha, Qatar	13 May 2022
Oceanian record	Jarrod Bannister  (AUS)	89.02 m	Brisbane, Australia	29 February 2008
South American Record	Luiz Maurício da Silva  (BRA)	91.00 m	São Paulo, Brazil	3 August 2025

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 85.50 m. ^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
17 September	19:10	Qualification
18 September	19:23	Final

Results

Qualification

All athletes over 84.50 m ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) advanced to the final.

Group A

Place	Athlete	Nation	Round			Mark	Notes
			#1	#2	#3
1	Julian Weber	Germany	82.29	87.21		87.21 m	Q
2	Dawid Wegner	Poland	79.72	73.97	85.67	85.67 m	Q, PB
3	Neeraj Chopra	India	84.85			84.85 m	Q
4	Jakub Vadlejch	Czech Republic	80.46	84.11	–	84.11 m	q, SB
5	Keshorn Walcott	Trinidad and Tobago	83.93	77.61	x	83.93 m	q
6	Sachin Yadav	India	80.16	83.67	82.63	83.67 m	q
7	Edis Matusevičius	Lithuania	79.73	82.78	x	82.78 m
8	Sumeda Ranasinghe	Sri Lanka	80.36	81.54	81.86	81.86 m
9	Cyprian Mrzygłód	Poland	81.47	79.54	78.86	81.47 m
10	Lassi Etelätalo	Finland	x	75.74	81.33	81.33 m
11	Marc Minichello	United States	71.04	x	80.47	80.47 m
12	Keyshawn Strachan	Bahamas	80.03	x	x	80.03 m
13	Hu Haoran  [ de ]	China	79.42	76.04	78.10	79.42 m
14	Pedro Henrique Rodrigues	Brazil	x	74.11	79.35	79.35 m
15	Yuta Sakiyama	Japan	76.30	x	77.61	77.61 m
16	Genki Dean	Japan	77.01	76.58	72.89	77.01 m
17	Leandro Ramos	Portugal	74.46	74.43	76.65	76.65 m
18	Billy Julio	Colombia	70.71	74.78	76.01	76.01 m
19	Sindri Hrafn Guðmundsson	Iceland	75.56	74.49	x	75.56 m
[4]

Group B

Place	Athlete	Nation	Round			Mark	Notes
			#1	#2	#3
1	Anderson Peters	Grenada	84.44	89.53		89.53 m	Q, SB
2	Julius Yego	Kenya	85.96			85.96 m	Q, SB
3	Arshad Nadeem	Pakistan	76.99	74.17	85.28	85.28 m	Q
4	Curtis Thompson	United States	77.97	84.72		84.72 m	Q
5	Cameron McEntyre	Australia	76.90	83.03	x	83.03 m	q, PB
6	Rumesh Tharanga	Sri Lanka	82.44	82.27	82.80	82.80 m	q
7	Simon Wieland	Switzerland	82.26	x	79.71	82.26 m	NR
8	Douw Smit	South Africa	81.23	x	76.73	81.23 m
9	Luiz Maurício da Silva	Brazil	78.90	71.35	81.12	81.12 m
10	Marcin Krukowski	Poland	76.87	77.77	80.29	80.29 m
11	Oliver Helander	Finland	79.75	x	x	79.75 m
12	Lars Flaming	Paraguay	74.96	x	79.07	79.07 m
13	Eemil Porvari	Finland	78.51	76.95	77.81	78.51 m
14	Rohit Yadav	India	77.81	74.51	x	77.81 m
15	Yash Singh	India	76.11	76.21	77.51	77.51 m
16	Artur Felfner	Ukraine	73.77	76.13	x	76.13 m
17	Gen Naganuma	Japan	74.70	x	72.43	74.70 m
18	Martin Konečný	Czech Republic	73.38	72.31	x	73.38 m
[4]

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Round						Mark	Notes
			#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6
	Keshorn Walcott	Trinidad and Tobago	81.22	87.83	81.65	88.16	85.84	83.00	88.16 m	SB
	Anderson Peters	Grenada	84.59	87.38	82.83	83.62	84.19	86.26	87.38 m
	Curtis Thompson	United States	86.67	81.36	85.31	x	x	x	86.67 m
4	Sachin Yadav	India	86.27	x	85.71	84.90	85.96	80.95	86.27 m	PB
5	Julian Weber	Germany	83.63	86.11	x	80.66	81.57	84.67	86.11 m
6	Julius Yego	Kenya	76.58	85.54	x	–	–	–	85.54 m
7	Rumesh Tharanga	Sri Lanka	84.38	81.22	82.17	x	x		84.38 m
8	Neeraj Chopra	India	83.65	84.03	x	82.86	x		84.03 m
9	Dawid Wegner	Poland	77.15	82.84	78.19	83.03			83.03 m
10	Arshad Nadeem	Pakistan	82.73	x	82.75	x			82.75 m
11	Jakub Vadlejch	Czech Republic	78.71	x	x				78.71 m
12	Cameron McEntyre	Australia	74.39	75.65	x				75.65 m
[5]

References

1. "Men's javelin throw − Schedule". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
2. "Men's javelin throw − Records". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
3. "World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 – Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
4. "Men's javelin throw" (PDF). World Athletics. 17 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
5. "Javelin Throw Men - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2025.