2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw explained

The men's javelin throw at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 12 and 13 July.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Keshorn Walcott Trinidad and Tobago
Silver	Braian Toledo Argentina
Bronze	Morné Moolman South Africa

Records

, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record		84.69	Bauska, Latvia	22 June 2011
Championship Record		83.07	Beijing, China	19 August 2006
World Junior Leading		82.83	San Salvador, El Salvador	1 July 2012

Results

Qualification

Qual. rule: qualification standard 72.00 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Note
1	B			74.54			74.54	Q
2	A			74.17			74.17	Q
3	A			73.55			73.55	Q
4	B			72.64			72.64	Q
5	A			65.46	72.55		72.55	Q
6	B			72.48			72.48	Q
7	A			72.47			72.47	Q
8	A			72.09			72.09	Q
9	B			67.73	X	71.96	71.96	q, PB
10	B			63.66	63.60	69.47	69.47	q, PB
11	A			65.62	63.43	69.00	69.00	q
12	B			68.08	68.90	65.43	68.90	q
13	A			66.46	64.28	68.83	68.83	PB
14	A			64.38	61.75	68.45	68.45	PB
15	B			62.54	68.22	65.10	68.22
16	A			62.81	66.19	67.88	67.88
17	B			65.72	X	68.02	68.02
18	A			63.31	61.87	67.55	67.55
19	A			63.48	67.41	67.00	67.41
20	B			67.39	65.11	59.17	67.39
21	A			67.27	64.83	63.00	67.27
22	B			67.00	63.11	65.32	67.00
23	B			64.61	63.14	66.43	66.43
24	A			X	66.41	X	66.41
25	B			66.33	65.86	66.06	66.33
26	A			66.10	64.47	62.66	66.10
27	A			66.10	X	63.28	66.10
28	B			66.04	X	X	66.04
29	B			60.77	X	65.73	65.73
30	B			57.91	62.51	65.26	65.26
31	A			X	64.81	64.35	64.81
32	B			60.67	64.58	62.43	64.58
33	A			62.45	53.68	64.10	64.10
34	A			X	63.70	X	63.70	PB
35	A			60.28	63.24	58.53	63.24
36	B			63.19	X	X	63.19
37	B			57.67	62.93	62.18	62.93
38	B			62.61	X	X	62.61
39	A			58.74	62.47	59.90	62.47
40	B			55.01	62.21	57.12	62.21
41	B			61.73	57.53	X	61.73
42	B			X	X	59.95	59.95
43	A			59.21	54.34	57.84	59.21
44	A			53.65	55.07	53.83	55.07
45	B			54.71	X	55.65	55.65
46	B			X	X	47.54	47.54

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Note
			70.77	77.03	69.75	X	75.67	78.64	78.64
			73.45	77.09	74.32	71.07	75.11	74.58	77.09
			71.53	75.63	X	75.12	76.29	75.14	76.29	PB
4			X	75.84	X	X	74.12	X	75.84	SB
5			71.52	69.79	X	71.68	72.04	74.12	74.12
6			70.90	X	68.33	X	70.63	X	70.90
7			70.15	62.31	69.69	69.61	68.88	65.19	70.15
8			66.33	69.62	60.74	65.03	66.06	67.09	69.62
9			X	66.18	69.19				69.19
10			65.33	69.00	63.55				69.00
11			66.48	65.91	X				66.48
12			66.12	61.29	64.32				66.12

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 46 athletes from 35 countries participated in the event.

External links

• WJC12 javelin throw schedule

Notes and References

1. Web site: iaaf.org – International Association of Athletics Federations. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120727064805/http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=JT/combCode=hash/timetable.html. 2012-07-27.