The men's javelin throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics is being held at the Olympic Stadium on 10 and 12 August.Start list
Summary
Thirteen athletes made the automatic qualifying mark to get into the final. Five throws into the first round, Johannes Vetter (GER) threw the winner, . At the end of the round, his teammate Thomas Röhler threw 87.08 m to move into second place. On the second throw of the second round, Jakub Vadlejch (CZE) threw tantalizingly close to Vetter with an 89.73 m. Three throws later, Vetter's second throw even bettered that, 89.78 m. At the end of round, Röhler improved to 88.26 m Through the next three rounds, nobody could surpass that third best throw, not even the leaders, though Petr Frydrych (CZE) threw 87.93 m twice. On his final throw, Frydrych threw 88.32m to take the bronze medal. Both Czech athletes are coached by world record holder Jan Železný. Both threw personal bests.
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
Record Athlete Date LocationWorld98.48Jan ŽeleznýJena, GermanyChampionship92.80Jan Železný12 Aug 2001Edmonton, CanadaWorld leading94.44 Johannes Vetter11 Jul 2017Lucerne, SwitzerlandAfrican92.72Julius Yego26 Aug 2015Beijing, ChinaAsian89.15 Zhao Qinggang2 Oct 2014Incheon, South KoreaNACAC91.29Breaux Greer21 Jun 2007Indianapolis, IN, United StatesSouth American84.70Edgar Baumann17 Oct 1999San Marcos, TX, United StatesEuropean98.48Jan Železný25 May 1996Jena, GermanyOceanian89.02Jarrod Bannister29 Feb 2008Brisbane, Australia
No records were set at the competition.
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 83.00 metres.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows: Date Time Round10 August 19:05 Qualification12 August 20:15 Final
Results Qualification The qualification took place on 10 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 19:03 and Group B at 20:34. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 83.00 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 1 A Johannes Vetter 91.20 91.20 2 B Petr Frydrych 86.22 86.22 , 3 B Keshorn Walcott 86.01 86.01 4 A Tero Pitkämäki 85.97 85.97 5 B Andreas Hofmann 82.35 85.62 85.62 6 B Ioannis Kiriazis 84.60 84.60 7 B Davinder Singh Kang 82.22 82.14 84.22 84.22 8 B Thomas Röhler 80.88 83.87 83.87 9 B Jakub Vadlejch 83.87 83.87 10 B Magnus Kirt 83.86 83.86 11 A Ahmed Bader Magour 83.83 83.83 12 A Julius Yego 83.57 83.57 13 A Marcin Krukowski 81.79 77.48 83.49 83.49 14 A Hamish Peacock 77.88 82.46 82.19 82.46 15 A Neeraj Chopra 82.26 80.54 82.26 16 A Jaroslav Jílek 73.48 72.79 80.97 80.97 17 A Andrian Mardare 78.68 76.80 80.18 80.18 18 B Cyrus Hostetler 77.51 75.79 79.71 79.71 19 A Rolands Štrobinders 78.22 79.68 79.28 79.68 20 B Anderson Peters 70.49 78.99 78.82 78.99 21 B Norbert Rivasz-Tóth 78.76 74.37 74.22 78.76 22 A Cheng Chao-tsun 76.58 77.87 77.87 23 A Ryohei Arai 77.38 74.77 77.38 24 B Ben Langton-Burnell 76.46 73.47 74.46 76.46 25 A Tanel Laanmäe 76.41 73.84 76.41 26 A Vítězslav Veselý 75.50 75.50 27 A Pavel Mialeshka 75.33 75.33 28 B Braian Toledo 75.24 75.29 75.29 29 B Alexandru Novac 74.67 74.67 30 B Rocco van Rooyen 73.93 74.02 70.27 74.02 31 B Waruna Lakshan 73.16 73.16 A Edis Matusevičius
Final The final took place on 12 August at 20:15. The results were as follows:
Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 Johannes Vetter 89.89 89.78 87.22 82.25 87.71 89.89 Jakub Vadlejch 77.10 89.73 85.04 86.23 87.70 83.22 89.73 Petr Frydrych 84.31 80.48 82.94 87.93 87.93 88.32 88.32 Thomas Röhler 87.08 88.26 86.14 85.97 86.40 88.26 Tero Pitkämäki 83.49 86.94 79.69 86.94 Ioannis Kiriazis 79.57 81.68 84.52 82.79 79.4 84.52 Keshorn Walcott 84.48 80.63 83.62 81.82 84.48 Andreas Hofmann 75.45 83.76 80.96 83.65 81.94 83.98 83.98 Marcin Krukowski 82.01 79.54 82.01 10 Ahmed Bader Magour 76.34 81.77 79.34 81.77 11 Magnus Kirt 80.48 80.48 12 Davinder Singh Kang 75.40 80.02 80.02 13 Julius Yego 76.29 75.31 76.29
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