Athletics at the 2025 Summer World University Games – Men's javelin throw

Men's javelin throw at the 2025 Summer World University Games
Venue	Lohrheidestadion
Location	Bochum, Germany
Dates	24 July (qualification) 25 July (final)
Competitors	25 from 21 nations
Winning distance	79.33 m SB
Medalists
Simon Wieland  [ de; es; pl ]    Switzerland   Nick Thumm    Germany   Topias Laine  [ es; fi; pl ]    Finland
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The men's javelin throw event at the 2025 Summer World University Games was held in Bochum, Germany, at Lohrheidestadion on 24 and 25 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

Record	Athlete (nation)	Distance (m)	Location	Date
Games record	Cheng Chao-tsun  (TPE)	91.36 m	Taipei, Taiwan	26 August 2017

Results

Qualification

All athletes over 80.50 m (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advance to the final. ^[3]

Group A

Place	Athlete	Nation	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	Topias Laine  [ es; fi; pl ]	Finland	76.44	-	-	76.44 m	q
2	Giovanni Frattini	Italy	74.97	x	62.58	74.97 m	q
3	Simon Wieland  [ de; es; pl ]	Switzerland	71.08	73.85	71.16	73.85 m	q
4	Alexandr Čača	Czech Republic	67.92	73.47	69.60	73.47 m	q
5	Oscar Sullivan	Australia	x	71.47	x	71.47 m	q
6	Remi Rougetet	France	70.13	70.77	67.21	70.77 m
7	Hiroya Kiyokawa	Japan	68.21	69.74	65.13	69.74 m
8	Sagar	India	69.63	64.09	64.97	69.63 m
9	Huang Chao-hung  [ d ]	Chinese Taipei	64.17	63.99	68.74	68.74 m
10	Junseok Jeong	South Korea	58.59	63.05	x	63.05 m
11	Tristan Aik Sild	Estonia	58.75	57.33	62.51	62.51 m
12	David Friedberg	United States	59.18	62.12	59.71	62.12 m
[4]

Group B

Place	Athlete	Nation	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	Ewald Jansen	South Africa	61.74	75.45	-	75.45 m	q
2	Nick Thumm	Germany	75.39	73.99	-	75.39 m	q
3	Tharuka Alahapperuma	Sri Lanka	74.79	x	-	74.79 m	q, PB
4	Rin Suzuki	Japan	74.01	69.13	66.40	74.01 m	q
5	Iván José Sibaja  [ de ]	Costa Rica	66.43	71.68	64.64	71.68 m	q
6	Sahil Silwal	India	71.60	x	67.93	71.60 m	q
7	Teemu Narvi	Finland	68.47	70.92	71.39	71.39 m	q
8	Franck di Sanza	Switzerland	69.85	68.89	69.04	69.85 m
9	Jakob Rahm	Sweden	69.49	66.98	68.37	69.49 m
10	Muhammet Hanifi Zengin  [ de ]	Turkey	68.76	68.93	67.59	68.93 m
11	Oneyder García	Colombia	60.35	61.96	66.24	66.24 m	PB
12	György Herczeg	Hungary	65.29	65.96	x	65.96 m
13	Jabbes Mwape	Zambia	36.75	x	37.13	37.13 m
[4]

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Simon Wieland  [ de; es; pl ]	Switzerland	79.33	x	74.48	x	x	x	79.33 m	SB
	Nick Thumm	Germany	75.85	77.91	74.55	x	-	78.47	78.47 m
	Topias Laine  [ es; fi; pl ]	Finland	73.29	71.11	71.42	72.37	75.57	75.96	75.96 m
4	Oscar Sullivan	Australia	74.44	67.28	72.08	72.09	72.25	x	74.44 m
5	Alexandr Čača	Czech Republic	74.30	x	70.64	69.06	x	69.48	74.30 m
6	Iván José Sibaja  [ de ]	Costa Rica	73.91	73.55	72.87	73.58	x	66.84	73.91 m
7	Ewald Jansen	South Africa	x	73.90	70.80	69.42	x	70.95	73.90 m
8	Sahil Silwal	India	67.66	73.76	72.97	73.24	73.22	71.50	73.76 m
9	Teemu Narvi	Finland	71.96	67.93	69.54				71.96 m
10	Rin Suzuki	Japan	71.65	65.56	x				71.65 m
11	Giovanni Frattini	Italy	x	69.97	62.27				69.97 m
12	Tharuka Alahapperuma	Sri Lanka	x	68.15	65.36				68.15 m
[5]

References

1. "2025 Summer World University Games - Athletics schedule" (PDF). 20 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
2. "2025 FISU World University Games Rhine-Ruhr: All final results and medallists - Full list". Olympics. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
3. "Men's javelin throw - Start list" (PDF). Rhine-Ruhr 2025. 23 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
4. "Men's javelin throw - Qualification results" (PDF). Rhine-Ruhr 2025. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
5. "Men's javelin throw - Final results" (PDF). Rhine-Ruhr 2025. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.