| Men's javelin throw at the 2025 World Athletics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | National Stadium | |||||||||
| Location | Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||
| Dates | 17 September (qualification) 18 September (final) | |||||||||
| Winning distance | 88.16 m | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Events at the 2025 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 |
| mixed | ||
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 20 km walk | men | women |
| 35 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 | |
| World Team event | ||
| World Team | ||
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]
Before the competition records were as follows: [2]
| Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 98.48 m | Jena, Germany | 25 May 1996 | |
| Championship record | 92.80 m | Edmonton, Canada | 12 August 2001 | |
| World Leading | 91.51 m | Zurich, Switzerland | 28 August 2025 | |
| African Record | 92.72 m | Beijing, China | 26 August 2015 | |
| Asian Record | 92.97 m | Paris, France | 8 August 2024 | |
| European Record | 98.48 m | Jena, Germany | 25 May 1996 | |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | 93.07 m | Doha, Qatar | 13 May 2022 | |
| Oceanian record | 89.02 m | Brisbane, Australia | 29 February 2008 | |
| South American Record | 91.00 m | São Paulo, Brazil | 3 August 2025 |
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 85.50 m. [3]
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 |
All athletes over 84.50 m ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) advanced to the final.
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Round | Mark | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | #2 | #3 | |||||
| 1 | Julian Weber | 82.29 | 87.21 | 87.21 m | Q | ||
| 2 | Dawid Wegner | 79.72 | 73.97 | 85.67 | 85.67 m | Q, PB | |
| 3 | Neeraj Chopra | 84.85 | 84.85 m | Q | |||
| 4 | Jakub Vadlejch | 80.46 | 84.11 | – | 84.11 m | q, SB | |
| 5 | Keshorn Walcott | 83.93 | 77.61 | x | 83.93 m | q | |
| 6 | Sachin Yadav | 80.16 | 83.67 | 82.63 | 83.67 m | q | |
| 7 | Edis Matusevičius | 79.73 | 82.78 | x | 82.78 m | ||
| 8 | Sumeda Ranasinghe | 80.36 | 81.54 | 81.86 | 81.86 m | ||
| 9 | Cyprian Mrzygłód | 81.47 | 79.54 | 78.86 | 81.47 m | ||
| 10 | Lassi Etelätalo | x | 75.74 | 81.33 | 81.33 m | ||
| 11 | Marc Minichello | 71.04 | x | 80.47 | 80.47 m | ||
| 12 | Keyshawn Strachan | 80.03 | x | x | 80.03 m | ||
| 13 | Hu Haoran | 79.42 | 76.04 | 78.10 | 79.42 m | ||
| 14 | Pedro Henrique Rodrigues | x | 74.11 | 79.35 | 79.35 m | ||
| 15 | Yuta Sakiyama | 76.30 | x | 77.61 | 77.61 m | ||
| 16 | Genki Dean | 77.01 | 76.58 | 72.89 | 77.01 m | ||
| 17 | Leandro Ramos | 74.46 | 74.43 | 76.65 | 76.65 m | ||
| 18 | Billy Julio | 70.71 | 74.78 | 76.01 | 76.01 m | ||
| 19 | Sindri Hrafn Guðmundsson | 75.56 | 74.49 | x | 75.56 m | ||
| [4] | |||||||
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Round | Mark | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | #2 | #3 | |||||
| 1 | Anderson Peters | 84.44 | 89.53 | 89.53 m | Q, SB | ||
| 2 | Julius Yego | 85.96 | 85.96 m | Q, SB | |||
| 3 | Arshad Nadeem | 76.99 | 74.17 | 85.28 | 85.28 m | Q | |
| 4 | Curtis Thompson | 77.97 | 84.72 | 84.72 m | Q | ||
| 5 | Cameron McEntyre | 76.90 | 83.03 | x | 83.03 m | q, PB | |
| 6 | Rumesh Tharanga | 82.44 | 82.27 | 82.80 | 82.80 m | q | |
| 7 | Simon Wieland | 82.26 | x | 79.71 | 82.26 m | NR | |
| 8 | Douw Smit | 81.23 | x | 76.73 | 81.23 m | ||
| 9 | Luiz Maurício da Silva | 78.90 | 71.35 | 81.12 | 81.12 m | ||
| 10 | Marcin Krukowski | 76.87 | 77.77 | 80.29 | 80.29 m | ||
| 11 | Oliver Helander | 79.75 | x | x | 79.75 m | ||
| 12 | Lars Flaming | 74.96 | x | 79.07 | 79.07 m | ||
| 13 | Eemil Porvari | 78.51 | 76.95 | 77.81 | 78.51 m | ||
| 14 | Rohit Yadav | 77.81 | 74.51 | x | 77.81 m | ||
| 15 | Yash Singh | 76.11 | 76.21 | 77.51 | 77.51 m | ||
| 16 | Artur Felfner | 73.77 | 76.13 | x | 76.13 m | ||
| 17 | Gen Naganuma | 74.70 | x | 72.43 | 74.70 m | ||
| 18 | Martin Konečný | 73.38 | 72.31 | x | 73.38 m | ||
| [4] | |||||||
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Round | Mark | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | |||||
| Keshorn Walcott | 81.22 | 87.83 | 81.65 | 88.16 | 85.84 | 83.00 | 88.16 m | SB | ||
| Anderson Peters | 84.59 | 87.38 | 82.83 | 83.62 | 84.19 | 86.26 | 87.38 m | |||
| Curtis Thompson | 86.67 | 81.36 | 85.31 | x | x | x | 86.67 m | |||
| 4 | Sachin Yadav | 86.27 | x | 85.71 | 84.90 | 85.96 | 80.95 | 86.27 m | PB | |
| 5 | Julian Weber | 83.63 | 86.11 | x | 80.66 | 81.57 | 84.67 | 86.11 m | ||
| 6 | Julius Yego | 76.58 | 85.54 | x | – | – | – | 85.54 m | ||
| 7 | Rumesh Tharanga | 84.38 | 81.22 | 82.17 | x | x | 84.38 m | |||
| 8 | Neeraj Chopra | 83.65 | 84.03 | x | 82.86 | x | 84.03 m | |||
| 9 | Dawid Wegner | 77.15 | 82.84 | 78.19 | 83.03 | 83.03 m | ||||
| 10 | Arshad Nadeem | 82.73 | x | 82.75 | x | 82.75 m | ||||
| 11 | Jakub Vadlejch | 78.71 | x | x | 78.71 m | |||||
| 12 | Cameron McEntyre | 74.39 | 75.65 | x | 75.65 m | |||||
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