2024 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's javelin throw explained

Event:	Men's javelin throw
Competition:	2024 World Athletics U20 Championships
Venue:	Estadio Atlético de la VIDENA
Competitors:	31
Nations:	25
Win Value:	76.81 m
Win Label:	Winning distance
Gold:	Tom Teršek
Goldnoc:	SLO
Silver:	Wang Xiaobo
Silvernoc:	CHN
Bronze:	Oisín Joyce
Bronzenoc:	IRL
Prev:	2022
Next:	2026

The men's javelin throw at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Atlético de la VIDENA in Lima, Peru on 27 and 29 August 2024.^[1]

Records

U20 standing records prior to the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows:

Record	Athlete & Nationality	Mark	Location	Date
World U20 Record		86.48	Bydgoszcz, Poland	23 July 2016
Championship Record		86.48	Bydgoszcz, Poland	23 July 2016
World U20 Leading		80.87	Celje, Slovenia	29 June 2024

Results

Qualification

The qualification round is scheduled to take place on 27 August, in two groups, with both Group A scheduled to start at 16:20 and Group B at 17:43. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 72.50 metres (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.

Group A

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Round			Mark	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Wang Xiaobo		70.08	73.83		73.83
2	Oskar Jäanicke		69.67	70.80	73.02	73.02	,
3	Illia Saievskyi		69.39	71.84	72.61	72.61
4	João Fernandes		71.04	68.05	68.30	71.04
5	Oisín Joyce		66.00	69.58	69.85	69.85
6	Arthur Curvo		68.74	68.22	67.72	68.74
7	Edward Rogan		63.96	68.21	66.30	68.21
8	Ryan Jansen		67.01	68.20	64.59	68.20
9	Cyrill Amhof		66.36	68.07	65.41	68.07
10	Antonio Cannalonga		66.72	66.19	63.74	66.72
11	Dipanshu Sharma			66.26	61.93	66.26
12	Ides Verhulst		62.72	63.61	63.83	63.83
13	Lebron James		62.67	59.59	62.67	62.67
14	Niko Štajmec		60.68			60.68
15	Addison James		59.70	58.90	60.58	60.58
16	Ewald Jansen		59.22	56.05	57.88	59.22

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Group B

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Round			Mark	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Tom Teršek		72.30	73.37		73.37
2	Paul Catalanatto		70.29	66.46	63.94	70.29
3	Máté Horváth		66.40	66.69	70.25	70.25
4	Yang Ke		66.91	70.03		70.03
5	Lucio Visca		68.64	69.71	65.49	69.71
6	Orlando Fernández		65.63	69.12	60.95	69.12
7	Florian Schmid		66.94	68.40	62.71	68.40
8	Vlad Turcu		67.18	64.67	65.66	67.18
9	Huang Chao-hong		64.42	67.12	66.91	67.12
10	Rohan Yadav		64.23	67.07	63.40	67.07
11	Douw Botes		63.64	61.32	62.60	63.64
12	Javier Noris		62.09	63.36	62.14	63.36
13	Stanislav Klochko		58.59	58.54	61.97	61.97
14	Jeong Junseok		58.77	61.94	60.51	61.94
15	Yirmar Torres		61.12		61.26	61.26

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Tom Teršek		69.47	66.00	70.85	68.39	73.41	76.81	76.81
	Wang Xiaobo		69.33	75.28	75.50	74.52	74.34	73.88	75.50
	Oisín Joyce		73.89	69.45	68.30	70.76	71.67	71.32	73.89
4	Yang Ke		71.83		71.98	65.81	67.62	70.49	71.98
5	Illia Saievskyi		69.15	69.56	67.60	67.71	71.73	69.54	71.73
6	Arthur Curvo		67.16	66.67	68.04	65.97	68.17	70.48	70.48
7	Máté Horváth		67.91		69.68		69.18	68.22	69.68
8	João Fernandes		68.98	65.42	67.49		67.07		68.98
9	Oskar Jäanicke		64.99	65.84	66.90				66.90
10	Lucio Visca		66.32		62.54				66.32
11	Orlando Fernández		62.54	65.31	60.92				65.31
12	Paul Catalanatto		65.01		57.39				65.01

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Javelin Throw Men - Qualification - Start list . World Athletics . 27 August 2024 . 26 August 2024.
2. Web site: Javelin Throw Men - Qualification results . World Athletics . 28 August 2024 . 27 August 2024.
3. Web site: Javelin Throw Men - Final results . World Athletics . 30 August 2024 . 29 August 2024.