Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's javelin throw explained

Event:	Men's javelin throw
Games:	2022
Dates:	7 August 2022
Competitors:	13
Nations:	11
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	90.18 m
Goldcga:	PAK
Silver:	Anderson Peters
Silvercga:	GRN
Bronze:	Julius Yego
Bronzecga:	KEN
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The men's javelin throw at the 2022 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme, took place at the Alexander Stadium on the 7th of August 2022

Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem won the gold medal throwing 90.18m setting a new games record. ^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record		98.48 m	Jena, Germany	25 May 1996
Games record		88.75 m	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	21 September 1998

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[2]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Final

The medals were determined in the final.^[3]

Rank	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
		86.61		88.00	85.09	90.18	81.29	90.18	GR,
		82.30	82.74	81.02	78.95	88.64	85.50	88.64
		85.70					82.68	85.70
		82.61	80.70	79.22	79.22	82.33		82.61
		79.04	82.28	78.79		78.72	78.72	82.28
		80.66	77.74	78.73	80.80	79.41	82.22	82.22
		76.51			79.89	75.02		79.89
			77.93				70.61	77.93
		76.46	76.20	75.25				76.46
10		69.22	70.22	70.45				70.22
11		64.79	63.54	67.91				67.91
12				63.46				63.46
13		60.30	56.34	63.14				63.14

Notes and References

1. News: Athletics - Men's Javelin results . en-GB . BBC Sport . 2022-08-08.
2. Web site: Men's Javelin Throw. Birmingham 2022. 9 August 2022. 9 August 2022.
3. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/ATH/2022-08-07/ATHMJAVELIN-----------FNL-000100--__C73S_1.0.pdf Final Results