2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw explained

Event:Men's javelin throw
Competition:2022 World Championships
Venue:Hayward Field
Dates:21 July (qualification)
23 July (final)
Competitors:32
Nations:20
Win Label:Winning distance
Win Value:90.54
Gold:Anderson Peters
Goldnoc:GRN
Silver:Neeraj Chopra
Silvernoc:IND
Bronze:Jakub Vadlejch
Bronzenoc:CZE
Prev:2019
Next:2023

The men's javelin throw at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 21 and 23 July 2022.[1]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

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World record98.48 mJena, Germany25 May 1996
Championship record92.80 mEdmonton, Canada12 August 2001
World Leading93.07 mDoha, Qatar13 May 2022
African Record92.72 mBeijing, China26 August 2015
Asian Record91.36 mTaipei City, Taipei26 August 2017
North, Central American and Caribbean record93.07 mDoha, Qatar13 May 2022
South American Record84.70 mSan Marcos, United States17 October 1999
European Record98.48 mJena, Germany25 May 1996
Oceanian record89.02 mBrisbane, Australia29 February 2008

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 85.00 m.[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

DateTimeRound
21 July 17:05 Qualification
23 July 18:35 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Automatic qualifying mark 83.50 (Q) or at least best 12 qualify to Final (q) advanced to the final.[4] [5]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 B 89.91 89.91 Q
2 A 88.39 88.39 Q
3 B 87.28 87.28 Q
4 A 85.23 85.23 Q
5 A 77.34 83.41 83.41 q
6 B 82.41 82.41 q
7 A 79.26 79.33 82.34 82.34 q,
8 A 81.73 81.50 81.73 q,
9 B 76.15 74.38 81.71 81.71 q,
10B 80.83 79.41 80.83 q
11B 80.42 77.32 80.42 q
12A 75.41 79.40 80.03 80.03 q
13B 75.49 75.63 79.66 79.66
14B 79.60 75.33 76.41 79.60
15A 77.83 76.50 79.39 79.39
16A 78.87 76.63 78.87
17B 76.53 78.61 78.29 78.61
18A 76.13 78.52 78.52
19B 78.48 75.22 77.20 78.48
20A 77.61 76.79 76.80 77.61
21B 65.72 77.50 77.50
22B 77.34 76.27 72.48 77.34
23A 76.30 73.74 76.30
24B 75.68 73.10 75.68
25A 75.12 74.34 75.20 75.20
26A 69.74 73.03 73.03
27B 72.81 72.35 72.81
A

Final

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
90.21 90.46 87.21 88.11 85.83 90.54 90.54
82.39 86.37 88.13 88.13
85.52 87.23 88.09 83.48 81.31 82.88 88.09
4 86.86 71.88 73.00 81.76 83.53 86.86
5 75.13 82.05 86.16 83.63 86.16
6 78.27 82.70 80.71 80.99 82.70
7 79.55 82.26 79.42 81.07 82.26
8 82.24 82.24
9 77.81 80.69 80.69
10 77.96 78.05 78.72 78.72
11 78.39 78.39
12 72.76 75.99 75.99

Notes and References

  1. https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/oregon22/timetable/bydiscipline/men/javelin-throw Timetable
  2. Web site: Javelin Throw Men − Records. IAAF. 9 July 2022.
  3. News: Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022. iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
  4. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-JT-M-q----.SL2.pdf Qualification results
  5. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-JT-M-q----.SL2.pdf Qualification summary