World Athletics Championships 2015 / men's javelin
World Athletics Championships 2015 | |
discipline | Men's javelin throw |
city | Beijing |
place | Beijing National Stadium |
Attendees | 33 athletes from 21 countries |
Competition phase | August 24, 2015 (qualification) August 26, 2015 (final) |
Medalist | |
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gold | Julius Yego ( KEN ) |
silver | Ihab Abdelrahman ( EGY ) |
bronze | Tero Pitkämäki ( FIN ) |
The men's javelin at the 2015 World Athletics Championships took place in Beijing , People's Republic of China , on August 24th and 26th, 2015 .
The Kenyan Julius Yego became world champion . The Egyptian Ihab Abdelrahman won the silver medal. Bronze went to Tero Pitkämäki from Finland .
Records
World record | Jan Železný | 98.48 m | Jena , Germany | May 25, 1996 |
Championship record | 92.80 m | World Cup in Edmonton , Canada | August 12, 2001 |
qualification
The qualification was carried out in two groups. The qualification distance was 83.00 m. Since only seven athletes exceeded this distance (highlighted in light blue), the final field was filled with the next best athletes from both groups to twelve throwers (highlighted in light green). To take part in the finals, 80.86 m had to be achieved.
Group A
August 24, 2015, 7:00 p.m. local time (1:00 p.m. CEST )
space | athlete | country | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Width (m) |
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1 | Ryōhei Arai | Japan | 79.50 | 81.28 | 84.66 | 84.66 SB |
2 | Braian Toledo | Argentina | 83.32 | - | - | 83.32 NO |
3 | Thomas Röhler | Germany | 81.73 | 78.70 | 83.23 | 83.23 |
4th | Antti Ruuskanen | Finland | x | 82.20 | x | 82.20 |
5 | Ari Mannio | Finland | 80.19 | 77.79 | x | 80.19 |
6th | Lars Hamann | Germany | 79.56 | 77.78 | 76.44 | 79.56 |
7th | Hamish Peacock | Australia | 75.15 | 79.37 | 78.99 | 79.37 |
8th | Jakub Vadlejch | Czech Republic | 73.47 | 78.95 | x | 78.95 |
9 | Magnus Kirt | Estonia | 74.73 | 78.84 | 77.08 | 78.84 |
10 | Stuart Farquhar | New Zealand | 78.30 | x | 77.53 | 78.30 |
11 | Riley Dolezal | United States | x | 73.41 | 77.64 | 77.64 |
12 | Dmitri Tarabin | Russia | 71.78 | 77.48 | 74.82 | 77.48 |
13 | Keshorn Walcott | Trinidad and Tobago | x | 75.16 | 76.83 | 76.83 |
14th | Rocco van Rooyen | South Africa | 70.38 | 75.55 | x | 75.55 |
15th | Sam Crouser | United States | 70.47 | x | 73.88 | 73.88 |
16 | Patrik Ženúch | Slovakia | 69.31 | x | x | 69.31 |
Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott did not get beyond the qualification with 76.83 m
Group B
August 24, 2015, 8:25 PM local time (2:25 PM CEST )
space | athlete | country | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Width (m) |
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1 | Andreas Hofmann | Germany | 86.14 | - | - | 86.14 PB |
2 | Julius Yego | Kenya | 80.79 | 84.46 | - | 84.46 |
3 | Vítězslav Veselý | Czech Republic | 83.63 | - | - | 83.63 |
4th | Tero Pitkämäki | Finland | 79.67 | 83.43 | - | 83.43 |
5 | Ihab Abdelrahman | Egypt | 82.85 | - | - | 82.85 |
6th | Kim Amb | Sweden | 81.63 | x | - | 81.63 |
7th | Risto Mätas | Estonia | 72.93 | 77.72 | 81.56 | 81.56 |
8th | Johannes Vetter | Germany | 79.40 | 79.48 | 80.86 | 80.86 |
9 | Tanel Laanmäe | Estonia | 76.79 | 73.90 | 80.65 | 80.65 |
10 | Júlio César de Oliveira | Brazil | 79.81 | 78.36 | 79.51 | 79.81 |
11 | Zhao Qinggang | People's Republic of China | x | 79.47 | 75.77 | 79.47 SB |
12 | Rolands Štrobinders | Latvia | 79.11 | 76.88 | x | 79.11 |
13 | Marcin Krukowski | Poland | 78.91 | 77.11 | 78.91 | 78.91 |
14th | Huang Shih-feng | Chinese Taipei | x | 75.72 | x | 75.72 |
15th | Sean Furey | United States | x | 72.64 | 75.01 | 75.01 |
16 | Petr Frydrych | Czech Republic | 73.77 | 74.24 | x | 74.24 |
17th | Valery Iordan | Russia | 73.22 | x | 73.43 | 73.43 |
final
August 26, 2015, 7:05 p.m. (1:05 p.m. CEST )
The circle of javelin favorites included the Czech Vítězslav Veselý - World Champion from 2013 , Olympic Knight from 2012 , European Champion from 2012 and Vice European Champion from 2014 , Olympic Champion Keshorn Walcott from Trinidad and Tobago, Finn Antti Ruuskanen - Olympic runner-up from 2012, European Champion from 2014 and 2014 World Cup fifth from 2013 - as well as Ruuskan's compatriot Tero Pitkämäki, vice world champion from 2013, Olympic third from 2008, Olympic advanced from 2012 and EC third from 2014. However, Olympic champion Walcott had already been eliminated in the preliminary round and could not intervene in the fight for the title. In the qualification the best throwers were close together and there were also other names to be found at the very front, such as the German Andreas Hofmann, the Japanese Ryohei Arai and the Kenyan Julius Yego, who were now to be added to the expanded group of favorites.
In round one, the German Thomas Röhler took the lead with a throw of 86.68 m. But the great expanses should gradually come only in the next rounds. The Egyptian Ihab Abdelrahman surprised with his second litter. His spear flew to 88.99 m, which replaced Röhler at the top. The German stayed second. In the third round, Yego trumped with a width of 92.72 m, with which he missed the championship record of the Czech Jan Železný by only eight centimeters. Röhler improved to 86.77 m, but had to let Ruuskanen overtake the 87.12 m. Pitkämäki was fifth with 85.08 m. In addition, the two Germans Hofmann and Johannes Vetter as well as Veselý reached the final of the best eight.
There Pitkämäki increased his result to 87.64 m and was thus on the bronze rank. Röhler also continued to improve with 87.18 m, reclaiming fourth place. The fifth series of experiments brought no changes. The leading Yego had given up his four and five throws. There weren't any major shifts in the last round either. Röhler rose again to 87.41 m, but stayed fourth, he was 23 centimeters short of the bronze medal. Hofmann reached 86.01 m, moving from eighth place past Veselý and Vetter to sixth place.
Julius Yego became world champion ahead of Ihab Abdelrahman, who finished second with his only valid throw. Tero Pitkämäki won the bronze medal ahead of Thomas Röhler. Antti Ruuskanen came in fifth ahead of Andreas Hofmann, Johannes Vetter and Vítězslav Veselý.
space | athlete | country | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | 4th attempt | 5th attempt | 6th attempt | Width (m) |
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Julius Yego | Kenya | x | 82.42 | 92.72 | - | - | x | 92.72 WL | |
Ihab Abdelrahman | Egypt | x | 88.99 | x | x | x | x | 88.99 SB | |
Tero Pitkämäki | Finland | 83.45 | 85.03 | 85.08 | 87.64 | 84.49 | 87.34 | 87.64 | |
4th | Thomas Röhler | Germany | 86.68 | 86.03 | 86.77 | 87.18 | 84.00 | 87.41 | 87.41 |
5 | Antti Ruuskanen | Finland | 76.24 | 81.29 | 87.12 | 80.63 | 84.30 | x | 87.12 |
6th | Andreas Hofmann | Germany | 78.38 | 77.33 | 84.85 | 82.43 | x | 86.01 | 86.01 |
7th | Johannes Vetter | Germany | 83.79 | 81.98 | 80.28 | x | 79.43 | x | 83.79 |
8th | Vítězslav Veselý | Czech Republic | 78.38 | x | 83.13 | 81.45 | 82.98 | x | 83.13 |
9 | Ryōhei Arai | Japan | 80.81 | 83.07 | x | not in the final of the eight best throwers |
83.07 | ||
10 | Braian Toledo | Argentina | 78.27 | 78.30 | 80.27 | 80.27 | |||
11 | Kim Amb | Sweden | 77.38 | 75.77 | 78.51 | 78.51 | |||
12 | Risto Mätas | Estonia | 75.79 | 70.10 | 76.79 | 76.79 |
Web links and sources
- Homepage for the 2015 World Championships, men’s javelin throw on the IAAF website (English), accessed on November 2, 2018
- Results of the 2015 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on November 2, 2018
- Reports on the 2015 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on November 2, 2018
Video
- IAAF World championships 2015 Beijing - Javelin, full competition on youtube.com, published on August 27, 2015, accessed on November 2, 2018