The men's javelin throw at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 17 and 18 September 2025.
Summary
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record98.48 m Jena, Germany 25 May 1996 Championship record92.80 m Edmonton, Canada 12 August 2001 World Leading 91.51 m Zurich, Switzerland 28 August 2025 African Record 92.72 m Beijing, China 26 August 2015 Asian Record 92.97 m Paris, France 8 August 2024 European Record 98.48 m Jena, Germany 25 May 1996 North, Central American and Caribbean record 93.07 m Doha, Qatar 13 May 2022 Oceanian record 89.02 m Brisbane, Australia 29 February 2008 South American Record 91.00 m São Paulo, Brazil 3 August 2025
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 85.50 m.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows:
Date Time Round 17 September 19:10 Qualification 18 September 19:23 Final
Results Qualification All athletes over 84.50 m ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) advanced to the final.
Group A PlaceAthleteNationRoundMarkNotes #1 #2 #3 1 Julian Weber 82.29 87.21 87.21 m 2 Dawid Wegner 79.72 73.97 85.67 85.67 m , 3 Neeraj Chopra 84.85 84.85 m 4 Jakub Vadlejch 80.46 84.11 – 84.11 m , 5 Keshorn Walcott 83.93 77.61 x 83.93 m 6 Sachin Yadav 80.16 83.67 82.63 83.67 m 7 Edis Matusevičius 79.73 82.78 x 82.78 m 8 Sumeda Ranasinghe 80.36 81.54 81.86 81.86 m 9 Cyprian Mrzygłód 81.47 79.54 78.86 81.47 m 10 Lassi Etelätalo x 75.74 81.33 81.33 m 11 Marc Minichello 71.04 x 80.47 80.47 m 12 Keyshawn Strachan 80.03 x x 80.03 m 13 79.42 76.04 78.10 79.42 m 14 Pedro Henrique Rodrigues x 74.11 79.35 79.35 m 15 Yuta Sakiyama 76.30 x 77.61 77.61 m 16 Genki Dean 77.01 76.58 72.89 77.01 m 17 Leandro Ramos 74.46 74.43 76.65 76.65 m 18 Billy Julio 70.71 74.78 76.01 76.01 m 19 Sindri Hrafn Guðmundsson 75.56 74.49 x 75.56 m
Group B PlaceAthleteNationRoundMarkNotes #1 #2 #3 1 Anderson Peters 84.44 89.53 89.53 m , 2 Julius Yego 85.96 85.96 m , 3 Arshad Nadeem 76.99 74.17 85.28 85.28 m 4 Curtis Thompson 77.97 84.72 84.72 m 5 Cameron McEntyre 76.90 83.03 x 83.03 m , 6 Rumesh Tharanga 82.44 82.27 82.80 82.80 m 7 Simon Wieland 82.26 x 79.71 82.26 m 8 Douw Smit 81.23 x 76.73 81.23 m 9 Luiz Maurício da Silva 78.90 71.35 81.12 81.12 m 10 Marcin Krukowski 76.87 77.77 80.29 80.29 m 11 Oliver Helander 79.75 x x 79.75 m 12 Lars Flaming 74.96 x 79.07 79.07 m 13 Eemil Porvari 78.51 76.95 77.81 78.51 m 14 Rohit Yadav 77.81 74.51 x 77.81 m 15 Yashvir Singh 76.11 76.21 77.51 77.51 m 16 Artur Felfner 73.77 76.13 x 76.13 m 17 Gen Naganuma 74.70 x 72.43 74.70 m 18 Martin Konečný 73.38 72.31 x 73.38 m
Final PlaceAthleteNationRoundMarkNotes #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Keshorn Walcott 81.22 87.83 81.65 88.16 85.84 83.00 88.16 m Anderson Peters 84.59 87.38 82.83 83.62 84.19 86.26 87.38 m Curtis Thompson 86.67 81.36 85.31 x x x 86.67 m 4 Sachin Yadav 86.27 x 85.71 84.90 85.96 80.95 86.27 m 5 Julian Weber 83.63 86.11 x 80.66 81.57 84.67 86.11 m 6 Julius Yego 76.58 85.54 x – – – 85.54 m 7 Rumesh Tharanga 84.38 81.22 82.17 x x 84.38 m 8 Neeraj Chopra 83.65 84.03 x 82.86 x 84.03 m 9 Dawid Wegner 77.15 82.84 78.19 83.03 83.03 m 10 Arshad Nadeem 82.73 x 82.75 x 82.75 m 11 Jakub Vadlejch 78.71 x x 78.71 m 12 Cameron McEntyre 74.39 75.65 x 75.65 m
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