2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

Men's javelin throw
at the 2019 World Championships
VenueKhalifa International Stadium
Dates5 October (qualification)
6 October (final)
Competitors31 from 22 nations
Winning distance86.89
Medalists
gold medal Anderson Peters   Grenada
silver medal Magnus Kirt   Estonia
bronze medal Johannes Vetter   Germany
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The men's javelin throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on 5 and 6 October 2019.[1]

Summary

The automatic qualification to the final was 84.00 metres. One and done, on his first throw Johannes Vetter beat that by over 5 metres with an 89.35m. In the second group, world leader Magnus Kirt took two attempts to make his mark of 88.36m. Either of those throws would have won the final easily.

In the final, only four men got over 80 metres in the first round, Anderson Peters took the lead with 86.69 m (284 ft 4+3⁄4 in). In the second round, Vetter and Kirt got respectable marks with 85.37m and 86.21m respectively. From that point, nobody would improve. Fourth place Lassi Etelätalo was almost 3 metres off the podium. In the fourth round, Peters duplicated his winning first round throw with another 86.69m. #8 in the world rankings coming in, Peters took gold.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date Location
World 98.48 Jan Železný  CZE 25 May 1996 Jena, Germany
Championship 92.80 Jan Železný  CZE 12 Aug 2001 Edmonton, Canada
World leading 90.61 Magnus Kirt  EST 22 Jun 2019 Kuortane, Finland
African 92.72 Julius Yego  KEN 26 Aug 2015 Beijing, China
Asian 91.36 Cheng Chao-tsun  TPE 26 Aug 2017 Taipei, Chinese Taipei
NACAC 91.29 Breaux Greer  USA 21 Jun 2007 Indianapolis, United States
South American 84.70 Edgar Baumann  PAR 17 Oct 1999 San Marcos, United States
European 98.48 Jan Železný  CZE 25 May 1996 Jena, Germany
Oceanian 89.02 Jarrod Bannister  AUS 29 Feb 2008 Brisbane, Australia

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), is as follows:[3]

Date Time Round
5 October 16:30 Qualification
6 October 19:55 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 84.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[4][5]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 A Johannes Vetter  Germany (GER) 89.35 89.35 Q
2 B Magnus Kirt  Estonia (EST) 81.00 88.36 88.36 Q
3 A Anderson Peters  Grenada (GRN) 82.06 85.34 85.34 Q
4 B Kim Amb  Sweden (SWE) x 82.98 84.85 84.85 Q
5 B Keshorn Walcott  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 84.44 84.44 Q
6 A Jakub Vadlejch  Czech Republic (CZE) 81.70 84.31 84.31 Q
7 A Julian Weber  Germany (GER) 84.29 84.29 Q
8 A Julius Yego  Kenya (KEN) 83.86 83.76 80.62 83.86 q
9 A Norbert Rivasz-Tóth  Hungary (HUN) 83.42 81.06 77.27 83.42 q, NR
10 B Cheng Chao-tsun  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 79.08 83.40 79.88 83.40 q
11 A Marcin Krukowski  Poland (POL) 82.44 x 82.02 82.44 q
12 B Lassi Etelätalo  Finland (FIN) 75.11 x 82.26 82.26 q
13 B Alexandru Novac  Romania (ROM) 82.12 78.18 79.75 82.12
14 B Aliaksei Katkavets  Belarus (BLR) 75.88 x 82.08 82.08
15 B Ryohei Arai  Japan (JPN) 81.71 x 72.99 81.71
16 B Arshad Nadeem  Pakistan (PAK) 81.52 75.48 x 81.52 NR
17 B Rolands Štrobinders  Latvia (LAT) 81.09 80.60 79.51 81.09
18 B Michael Shuey  United States (USA) 77.04 x 80.53 80.53
19 B Oliver Helander  Finland (FIN) x 80.36 x 80.36
20 B Andreas Hofmann  Germany (GER) 80.06 x x 80.06
21 A Gatis Čakšs  Latvia (LAT) 79.94 x 79.63 79.94
22 A Edis Matusevičius  Lithuania (LTU) 73.98 75.73 79.60 79.60
23 B Thomas Röhler  Germany (GER) x 79.23 x 79.23
24 A Shivpal Singh  India (IND) 75.91 78.97 x 78.97
25 A Liu Qizhen  China (CHN) 75.24 x 75.81 75.81
26 A Riley Dolezal  United States (USA) 75.62 x 74.85 75.62
27 A Pavel Mialeshka  Belarus (BLR) x 75.14 x 75.14
28 A Antti Ruuskanen  Finland (FIN) 72.65 75.05 x 75.05
29 A Albert Reynolds  Saint Lucia (LCA) 69.68 73.91 x 73.91
30 A Oleksandr Nychyporchuk  Ukraine (UKR) x 72.75 x 72.75
B Zhao Qinggang  China (CHN) x x x NM
B Vítězslav Veselý  Czech Republic (CZE) DNS

Final

The final was started on 6 October at 19:57.[6]

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anderson Peters  Grenada (GRN) 86.69 81.26 79.82 86.89 84.59 83.63 86.89
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Magnus Kirt  Estonia (EST) 83.95 86.21 85.17 85.90 x r 86.21
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Johannes Vetter  Germany (GER) x 85.37 82.51 x 82.29 x 85.37
4 Lassi Etelätalo  Finland (FIN) 72.00 77.92 82.49 74.62 x 74.63 82.49
5 Jakub Vadlejch  Czech Republic (CZE) 77.32 81.98 82.19 77.36 x x 82.19
6 Julian Weber  Germany (GER) 81.20 81.26 80.80 79.43 79.46 73.58 81.26
7 Marcin Krukowski  Poland (POL) 80.56 79.91 x x x x 80.56
8 Kim Amb  Sweden (SWE) 78.93 80.42 78.51 75.71 x x 80.42
9 Norbert Rivasz-Tóth  Hungary (HUN) 79.73 77.89 76.55 79.73
10 Cheng Chao-tsun  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 74.74 77.51 77.99 77.99
11 Keshorn Walcott  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 75.30 77.47 x 77.47
Julius Yego  Kenya (KEN) x x x NM

References

  1. ^ "Javelin Throw Men − Qualification − Start List" (PDF). IAAF. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Javelin throw Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Men's javelin throw − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Qualification results" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Qualification summary" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Final results" (PDF).