2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw explained

The Men's Javelin Throw at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany on August 21 and August 23. The second qualification group was interrupted for one hour, after the 2nd throw, due to heavy rain.

Medalists

Gold
Silver
Bronze

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
21.08.2009  - 16:15h	21.08.2009  - 18:15h
Final Round
23.08.2009  - 16:20h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2009 World Athletics Championships
World record		98.48	Jena, Germany	25 May 1996
Championship record		92.80	Edmonton, Canada	12 August 2001
World leading		91.28	Zürich, Switzerland	28 August 2009
African record		88.75	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	21 September 1998
Asian record		87.60	San Jose, United States	27 May 1989
North American record		91.29	Indianapolis, United States	21 June 2007
South American record		84.70	San Marcos, United States	17 October 1999
European record		98.48	Jena, Germany	25 May 1996
Oceanian record		89.02	Brisbane, Australia	29 February 2008

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 82.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
	B			86.69			86.69	Q
	A			74.87	83.10		83.10	Q, PB
	A				76.69	82.50	82.50	Q
	A			80.96		81.65	81.65	q
	B			79.04	80.85		80.85	q
	A				80.37	79.93	80.37	q
	B			76.82	79.84	79.23	79.84	q
	A			79.76			79.76	q
	B			79.57	78.14	72.73	79.57	q
10	A			77.22		79.48	79.48	q
11	B				74.51	79.28	79.28	q, SB
12	B			78.61	78.69	76.82	78.69	q
13	A			78.68		78.47	78.68
14	B			72.84	74.54	78.53	78.53
15	A			74.75		78.46	78.46
16	A			72.63	76.70	78.18	78.18
17	A				76.98	78.17	78.17
18	A			75.62	76.17	78.16	78.16
19	B			78.12		68.12	78.12
20	B				77.13	78.00	78.00
21	A			76.87	75.40	77.65	77.65
22	A			73.85	76.46	77.44	77.44
23	B			77.37		73.62	77.37
24	B			70.23	75.20	77.14	77.14
25	A			72.83	76.85	76.04	76.85
26	A			76.23		75.97	76.23
27	B			76.13	75.61		76.13
28	A			75.16	75.76	69.48	75.76
29	B				73.17	75.38	75.38
30	A				75.33	74.46	75.33
31	B			75.20			75.20
32	A			68.74	74.74	72.75	74.74	SB
33	A			68.84	72.87	74.13	74.13
34	A			73.66	74.11	73.64	74.11
35	A			71.09	71.63	72.83	72.83
36	B				72.80		72.80
37	B			69.49	72.54		72.54
38	B			71.59	70.37		71.59
39	A			70.35		68.23	70.35
40	B			64.68	68.75		68.75
41	A			66.31	68.65	65.93	68.65
42	B			67.85	68.49		68.49
43	A			68.40			68.40
44	B			67.86		67.57	67.86
45	B			65.02	61.42	66.30	66.30
	B
	B
	B							DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			77.80	89.59	88.95		-	-	89.59	SB
			83.43	83.28	78.22	77.27	-	86.41	86.41	SB
			76.01	82.97			-	77.90	82.97
					82.05			82.37	82.37
			81.90	81.14	80.50		80.17	81.14	81.90
			75.36	75.67	81.87	78.65		80.87	81.87
				81.54			75.98	76.39	81.54
			73.77	79.86				81.32	81.32
			79.76		79.82				79.82
10			78.57		79.29				79.29
11			75.43		75.57				75.57
12			73.18	74.51	73.77				74.51

References

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