2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw explained

Event:	Men's javelin throw
Competition:	2017 World Championships
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Dates:	10 August (qualification) 12 August (final)
Competitors:	32
Nations:	25
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	89.89
Gold:	Johannes Vetter
Goldnoc:	GER
Silver:	Jakub Vadlejch
Silvernoc:	CZE
Bronze:	Petr Frydrych
Bronzenoc:	CZE
Prev:	2015
Next:	2019

The men's javelin throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics is being held at the Olympic Stadium on 10 and 12 August.^[1]

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:^[2]

Record		Athlete		Date	Location
World	98.48	Jan Železný	Czech Republic		Jena, Germany
Championship	92.80	Jan Železný	Czech Republic	12 Aug 2001	Edmonton, Canada
World leading	94.44	Johannes Vetter		11 Jul 2017	Lucerne, Switzerland
African	92.72	Julius Yego	Kenya	26 Aug 2015	Beijing, China
Asian	89.15	Zhao Qinggang		2 Oct 2014	Incheon, South Korea
NACAC	91.29	Breaux Greer	United States	21 Jun 2007	Indianapolis, IN, United States
South American	84.70	Edgar Baumann		17 Oct 1999	San Marcos, TX, United States
European	98.48	Jan Železný	Czech Republic	25 May 1996	Jena, Germany
Oceanian	89.02	Jarrod Bannister	Australia	29 Feb 2008	Brisbane, Australia

No records were set at the competition.^[3]

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 83.00 metres.^[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:^[5]

Date	Time	Round
10 August	19:05	Qualification
12 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.^[6] 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:^[7]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	A			91.20			91.20
2	B			86.22			86.22	,
3	B			86.01			86.01
4	A			85.97			85.97
5	B			82.35	85.62		85.62
6	B			84.60			84.60
7	B			82.22	82.14	84.22	84.22
8	B			80.88	83.87		83.87
9	B			83.87			83.87
10	B			83.86			83.86
11	A			83.83			83.83
12	A			83.57			83.57
13	A			81.79	77.48	83.49	83.49
14	A			77.88	82.46	82.19	82.46
15	A			82.26		80.54	82.26
16	A			73.48	72.79	80.97	80.97
17	A			78.68	76.80	80.18	80.18
18	B			77.51	75.79	79.71	79.71
19	A			78.22	79.68	79.28	79.68
20	B			70.49	78.99	78.82	78.99
21	B			78.76	74.37	74.22	78.76
22	A			76.58		77.87	77.87
23	A				77.38	74.77	77.38
24	B			76.46	73.47	74.46	76.46
25	A			76.41	73.84		76.41
26	A			75.50			75.50
27	A			75.33			75.33
28	B			75.24		75.29	75.29
29	B			74.67			74.67
30	B			73.93	74.02	70.27	74.02
31	B			73.16			73.16
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Final

The final took place on 12 August at 20:15. The results were as follows:^[8]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
			89.89	89.78	87.22		82.25	87.71	89.89
			77.10	89.73	85.04	86.23	87.70	83.22	89.73
			84.31	80.48	82.94	87.93	87.93	88.32	88.32
			87.08	88.26		86.14	85.97	86.40	88.26
			83.49		86.94	79.69			86.94
			79.57	81.68	84.52	82.79		79.4	84.52
			84.48		80.63	83.62		81.82	84.48
			75.45	83.76	80.96	83.65	81.94	83.98	83.98
			82.01		79.54				82.01
10			76.34	81.77	79.34				81.77
11			80.48						80.48
12			75.40		80.02				80.02
13				76.29	75.31				76.29

Notes and References

1. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5151/AT-JT-M-q----.SL2.pdf Start list
2. Web site: Javelin Throw Men – Records . IAAF. 1 August 2017.
3. Web site: Records Set - Final. IAAF. 14 August 2017.
4. Web site: Qualification System and Entry Standards. IAAF. 9 August 2017.
5. Web site: Javelin Throw Men − Timetable. IAAF. 9 August 2017.
6. Web site: Javelin Throw Men − Qualification − Results. IAAF. 9 Aug 2017.
7. Web site: Javelin Throw Men − Qualification − Summary. IAAF. 9 Aug 2017.
8. Web site: Javelin Throw Men − Final − Results. IAAF. 13 Aug 2017.