| Event: | Men's javelin throw |
| Games: | 2018 |
| Venue: | Carrara Stadium |
| Dates: | 13 April (qualifying round) 14 April (final) |
| Competitors: | 24 |
| Nations: | 19 |
| Win Label: | Winning distance |
| Win Value: | 86.47 m |
| Gold: | Neeraj Chopra |
| Goldcga: | IND |
| Silver: | Hamish Peacock |
| Silvercga: | AUS |
| Bronze: | Anderson Peters |
| Bronzecga: | GRN |
| Prev: | 2014 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The men's javelin throw at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 13 and 14 April 2018.[1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:[2]
| World record | 98.48 m | Jena, Germany | 25 May 1996 | ||
| Games record | 88.75 m | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 21 September 1998 |
The schedule was as follows:[1]
| Date | Time | Round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 13 April 2018 | 10:00 | Qualification | ||||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | Saturday 14 April 2018 | style=background:lemonchiffon | 14:35 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Final |
Across two groups, those who threw ≥78.00 m (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[3]
| Rank | Athlete | Group |
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| Result | Notes | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | 74.58 | 76.49 | 81.22 | 81.22 | |||
| 2 | B | 80.45 | 80.45 | |||||
| 3 | A | 76.93 | 76.08 | 80.44 | 80.44 | |||
| 4 | A | 80.42 | 80.42 | |||||
| 5 | B | 78.88 | 78.88 | |||||
| 6 | A | 76.02 | 71.86 | 78.10 | 78.10 | |||
| 7 | B | 78.00 | 78.00 | |||||
| 8 | A | 72.23 | 77.43 | 70.43 | 77.43 | |||
| 9 | B | 75.29 | 74.29 | 70.87 | 75.29 | |||
| 10 | A | 71.39 | 75.21 | 75.21 | ||||
| 11 | A | 70.03 | 74.88 | 73.69 | 74.88 | |||
| 12 | A | 74.72 | 71.75 | 73.93 | 74.72 | |||
| 13 | B | 74.55 | 73.67 | 74.55 | ||||
| 14 | B | 74.27 | 68.50 | 72.15 | 74.27 | |||
| 15 | A | 72.70 | 73.49 | 72.07 | 73.49 | |||
| 16 | A | 70.61 | 69.91 | 64.38 | 70.61 | |||
| 17 | A | 67.78 | 61.26 | 62.44 | 67.78 | |||
| 18 | B | 65.08 | 66.66 | 62.85 | 66.66 | |||
| 19 | B | 58.84 | 65.81 | 65.81 | ||||
| 20 | B | 58.91 | 60.16 | 60.16 | ||||
| 21 | B | 45.94 | 56.12 | 56.12 | ||||
| 22 | A | 47.45 | 47.99 | 52.84 | 52.84 | |||
| 23 | A | 44.24 | 47.73 | 47.73 | ||||
| 24 | B | 38.44 | 38.44 | |||||
The medals were determined in the final.[2]
| Rank | Name |
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| Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85.50 | 84.78 | 86.47 | 83.48 | 86.47 | |||||
| 75.95 | 81.37 | 79.05 | 82.59 | 79.74 | 79.42 | 82.59 | |||
| 68.68 | 82.20 | 74.53 | 80.57 | 74.93 | 79.52 | 82.20 | |||
| 77.00 | 79.83 | 75.98 | 74.10 | 79.83 | |||||
| 72.16 | 75.93 | 77.87 | 77.22 | 77.42 | 77.87 | ||||
| 62.79 | 72.10 | 76.99 | 70.94 | 76.99 | |||||
| 76.85 | 76.85 | ||||||||
| 74.46 | 73.55 | 75.75 | 74.91 | 76.02 | 73.84 | 76.02 | |||
| 73.87 | 71.49 | 71.44 | rowspan=4 colspan=3 | 73.87 | |||||
| 10 | 73.77 | 72.47 | 73.06 | 73.77 | |||||
| 11 | 68.68 | 72.72 | 73.21 | 73.21 | |||||
| 12 | 69.44 | 70.15 | 68.61 | 70.15 |