2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's javelin throw explained

Event:	Men's javelin throw
Competition:	2018 World U20 Championships
Venue:	Ratina Stadium
Dates:	13 July (qualification) 14 July (final)
Competitors:	26
Nations:	19
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	75.31 m
Gold:	Nash Lowis
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Tzuriel Pedigo
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Maurice Voigt
Bronzenoc:	GER
Prev:	2016
Next:	2021

The men's javelin throw at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 13 and 14 July.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics
World U20 Record		86.48	Bydgoszcz, Poland	23 July 2016
Championship Record		86.48	Bydgoszcz, Poland	23 July 2016
World U20 Leading		77.59	Paarl, South Africa	6 April 2018

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took place on 13 July, in two groups, with Group A starting at 09:30 and Group B starting at 10:45. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 72.00 metres(

Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.^{[2] [3]}

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	B	Nash Lowis		74.38			74.38	,
2	A	Kristaps Jaunpujens		73.93			73.93	,
3	A	Teemu Narvi		71.47	73.52		73.52
4	A	Tzuriel Pedigo		73.25			73.25	,
5	B	Sahil Silwal		73.22			73.22
6	B	Anro van Eeden		70.04	68.88	72.22	72.22
7	B	Maurice Voigt		71.49	66.00	66.94	71.49	,
8	B	Oleksiy Lepel		67.45	70.91	68.56	70.91	,
9	B	Simon Wieland		69.95		70.84	70.84	,
10	B	Pedro Henrique Rodrigues		69.71	68.77		69.71
11	A	Jakob Nauck		67.79	65.92	69.60	69.60	,
12	A	Liu Zhekai		62.03	66.24	69.01	69.01
13	A	Nikolay Orlov		68.30	63.63	68.88	68.88
14	B	Alexandru Stefan Grigore			68.75	67.04	68.75
15	A	Pavlo Paliy		68.41	67.40		68.41
16	A	Cameron McEntyre		63.45	67.25	68.19	68.19
17	B	Tom Egbers		65.42		67.86	67.86
18	A	Leandro Ramos		67.78		67.09	67.78
19	A	Toygar İsmet Pekbak		65.41		67.18	67.18
20	B	Krišjanis Suntažs		59.29	66.69		66.69
21	B	Tyriq Horsford		61.44	64.90	62.35	64.90
22	A	Oskar Trejgo				63.58	63.58
23	A	Arshdeep Singh		61.62	62.56	63.05	63.05
24	A	Luiz Mauricio da Silva		60.74	57.37	60.28	60.74
25	B	align=left		align=left		59.38	56.02	60.56	60.56
26	B	Taran Taylor			59.23	60.36	60.36

Final

The final was held on 14 July at 15:24.^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
1			2	3	4	5	6
	Nash Lowis		67.75	69.77	73.47	72.66	75.31	67.64	75.31
	Tzuriel Pedigo		71.46	70.30	70.98	68.96	73.27	73.76	73.76
	Maurice Voigt		73.44	65.49	67.94	69.54		65.88	73.44
	Sahil Silwal		71.01	69.71				72.83	72.83
	Pedro Henrique Rodrigues		68.38	67.68		72.34		72.44	72.44
	Teemu Narvi		70.04	70.95	71.50	71.71	70.85	70.47	71.71
	Jakob Nauck		69.78	69.22	70.91	65.86	65.62	67.53	70.91
	Simon Wieland		64.31		70.51	62.66	63.04	60.47	70.51
	Kristaps Jaunpujens		67.94		64.63				67.94
10	Liu Zhekai		64.95	67.21	67.90				67.90
11	Anro van Eeden		65.08	65.51	63.34				65.51
12	Oleksiy Lepel		62.98						62.98

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 World U20 Championships Tampere Timetable by day. 9 July 2018 . IAAF.org.
2. Web site: Javelin Throw Men − Qualification − Results. IAAF. 13 July 2018. 13 July 2018.
3. Web site: Javelin Throw Men − Qualification − Summary. IAAF. 13 July 2018. 13 July 2018.
4. Web site: Javelin Throw Men – Final – Results. IAAF. 14 July 2018. 14 July 2018.