The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 31, 2007 (qualification round) and 2 September 2007 (final round) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. There were a total number of 36 competing athletes from 22 countries.
Medalists GoldSilverBronze
Schedule All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B31.08.2007 – 09:30h31.08.2007 – 11:30hFinal Round02.09.2007 – 19:15h
Abbreviations Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best
Records Standing records prior to the 2007 World Athletics Championships World Record 98.48 m May 25, 1996 Jena, Germany Event Record 92.80 m August 12, 2001 Edmonton, Canada Season Best 91.29 m June 21, 2007 Indianapolis, United States
Qualification
Group A Place Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Mark Notes 1 Breaux Greer 64.49 79.67 86.78 86.78 Q 2 Tero Järvenpää 84.35 84.35 Q SB 3 Magnus Arvidsson 84.17 84.17 Q 4 Andreas Thorkildsen X 82.33 82.33 Q 5 Teemu Wirkkala 75.52 X 79.82 79.82 q 6 Ēriks Rags X X 79.79 79.79 q 7 Gerhardus Pienaar 76.09 79.30 78.05 79.30 8 Igor Sukhomlinov 79.05 74.83 X 79.05 9 Joshua Robinson 75.11 76.93 78.48 78.48 10 Sergey Makarov 78.22 77.71 74.42 78.22 11 Stuart Farquhar 71.89 78.08 73.34 78.08 SB 12 Pablo Pietrobelli 72.36 74.81 74.60 74.81 13 Stephan Steding 67.32 X 74.61 74.61 14 Miroslav Guzdek 74.13 72.41 69.43 74.13 15 Stefan Müller X 71.48 X 71.48 16 Marko Jänes X 68.64 69.65 69.65 17 Csongor Olteán X 64.44 X 64.44
Group B Place Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Mark Notes 1 Vadims Vasilevskis X 72.80 87.37 87.37 Q 2 Guillermo Martínez 82.99 82.99 Q 3 Aleksandr Ivanov X 79.66 82.42 82.42 Q 4 John Robert Oosthuizen X 82.06 82.06 Q 5 Igor Janik 80.83 77.61 - 80.83 q 6 Tero Pitkämäki 80.62 78.54 X 80.62 q 7 Peter Esenwein 73.74 70.89 79.62 79.62 8 Ainārs Kovals X 77.18 79.42 79.42 9 Qin Qiang 77.71 74.96 74.95 77.71 10 Yukifumi Murakami 70.23 77.63 75.73 77.63 SB 11 Jarrod Bannister 77.57 X 77.44 77.57 12 Scott Russell 73.67 75.35 77.54 77.54 13 Andrus Värnik X 75.96 X 75.96 SB 14 Alexon Maximiano 68.89 70.57 75.15 75.15 15 Víctor Fatecha 71.59 73.55 70.01 73.55 16 Eric Brown 70.38 X 73.07 73.07 17 Felix Loretz 71.27 70.57 67.79 71.27 18 Gabriel Wallin X X 70.61 70.61
Final Field reduced to top eight are three throws, with top eight entitled to a further three attempts. RankAthleteNationAttemptsDistanceNote123456 Tero Pitkämäki 81.62 89.16 83.64 87.72 X 90.33 90.33 m Andreas Thorkildsen 82.78 88.61 X 82.80 X 87.33 88.61 m Breaux Greer X 80.67 84.31 X 86.21 83.81 86.21 m 4 Vadims Vasilevskis X 85.19 X 77.42 X X 85.19 m 5 Aleksandr Ivanov 85.18 84.71 81.42 84.91 81.55 X 85.18 m 6 John Robert Oosthuizen 84.52 79.77 X 79.18 X X 84.52 m PB 7 Igor Janik 79.82 X 83.38 X — X 83.38 m PB 8 Tero Järvenpää 80.30 79.40 82.10 X 77.30 75.40 82.10 m 9 Guillermo Martínez 82.03 81.19 X 82.03 m 10 Magnus Arvidsson 79.80 X 81.98 81.98 m 11 Ēriks Rags X 77.22 80.01 80.01 m 12 Teemu Wirkkala 78.01 X 76.48 78.01 m
References Official results, qualification - IAAF.org Official results, final - IAAF.org Event report - IAAF.org