The men's javelin throw event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 16 and 19 August.

Medalists Gold John Oosthuizen Silver Ari Mannio Bronze Roman Avramenko

Results Final 19 August Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123456 John Oosthuizen 78.52 83.07 79.89 79.58 x x 83.07 Ari Mannio 75.97 74.46 73.83 75.39 72.15 77.26 77.26 Roman Avramenko 76.01 x 75.80 75.47 75.50 74.90 76.01 4 Víctor Fatecha 75.64 73.68 75.39 x 71.35 x 75.64 5 Li Yu 74.46 68.83 70.97 75.35 x 72.13 75.35 6 Yervásios Filippídis 69.10 63.13 73.58 72.73 x x 73.58 7 Leslie Copeland 68.83 71.66 73.13 71.39 71.20 69.68 73.13 8 James Campbell 71.07 65.94 68.96 68.86 67.70 69.92 71.07 9 Mikko Kankaanpää 66.86 71.01 x 71.01 10 Noël Meyer 70.06 x 70.39 70.39 11 Loic Lemaître 69.32 x 67.84 69.32 12 Ioánnis Smaliós x 63.45 61.52 63.45

Qualifications 16 August

Group A Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123 1 Ari Mannio 68.35 x 74.17 74.17 Q 2 Víctor Fatecha 65.69 73.03 - 73.03 Q 3 Noël Meyer 67.04 66.57 71.52 71.52 Q 4 Leslie Copeland 67.21 67.94 69.62 69.62 q 5 Ioánnis Smaliós 65.73 64.31 69.58 69.58 q 6 Mohamed Ali Kebabou 63.47 66.62 69.20 69.20 7 Nathan Burgess 62.75 68.12 66.88 68.12 8 Petr Frydrych 67.84 x 66.23 67.84 9 Wang Qingbo 63.96 67.74 62.91 67.74 10 Abdullah Al-Ameeri 63.96 63.97 66.28 66.28 11 Ignacio Guerra 65.61 x 64.09 65.61 12 Paweł Rakoczy 63.57 x 64.49 64.49 13 Thomas Lange 63.88 61.56 x 63.88 14 Tedy Draksler 59.58 x 63.75 63.75 15 Khamis Al-Qatiti 63.20 62.81 x 63.20 16 Maris Žvirinš 55.31 61.92 62.62 62.62 17 Philippe Traulle 56.64 59.43 58.70 59.43 18 Matthew Maloney 54.97 57.76 x 57.76

Group B Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123 1 John Oosthuizen 78.42 - - 78.42 Q 2 James Campbell 69.06 68.48 73.18 73.18 Q 3 Li Yu 72.80 - - 72.80 Q 4 Mikko Kankaanpää 71.15 - - 71.15 Q 5 Roman Avramenko 70.98 - - 70.98 Q 6 Yervásios Filippídis 70.55 - - 70.55 Q 7 Loic Lemaître 69.60 68.28 69.78 69.78 q 8 Franz Burghagen 68.87 x x 68.87 9 Adam Montague 63.81 66.30 61.17 66.30 10 Sergey Gromov 63.49 63.57 66.16 66.16 11 Chen Yu-wen 65.31 65.42 65.62 65.62 12 Gašper Stegnar 62.67 63.43 65.13 65.13 13 Tanel Laanmäe 62.07 58.18 60.15 62.07 14 Kristian Kovac 55.63 61.05 60.96 61.05 15 Curtis Moss 55.67 56.73 57.77 57.77 16 François Pouzet 54.55 55.86 x 55.86

Participation According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.

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