World Athletics Championships 2015 / men's javelin

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World Athletics Championships 2015
athletics
discipline Men's javelin throw
city China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Beijing
place Beijing National Stadium
Attendees 33 athletes from 21 countries
Competition phase August 24, 2015 (qualification)
August 26, 2015 (final)
Medalist
gold gold Julius Yego ( KEN ) KenyaKenya 
Silver medals silver Ihab Abdelrahman ( EGY ) EgyptEgypt 
Bronze medals bronze Tero Pitkämäki ( FIN ) FinlandFinland 
The athletics competitions were held in the Beijing National Stadium

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 Czech RepublicCzech Republic 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)
01 Ryōhei Arai JapanJapan Japan 79.50 81.28 84.66 84.66 SB
02 Braian Toledo ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 83.32 - - 83.32 NO
03 Thomas Röhler GermanyGermany Germany 81.73 78.70 83.23 83.23
04th Antti Ruuskanen FinlandFinland Finland x 82.20 x 82.20
05 Ari Mannio FinlandFinland Finland 80.19 77.79 x 80.19
06th Lars Hamann GermanyGermany Germany 79.56 77.78 76.44 79.56
07th Hamish Peacock AustraliaAustralia Australia 75.15 79.37 78.99 79.37
08th Jakub Vadlejch Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 73.47 78.95 x 78.95
09 Magnus Kirt EstoniaEstonia Estonia 74.73 78.84 77.08 78.84
10 Stuart Farquhar New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 78.30 x 77.53 78.30
11 Riley Dolezal United StatesUnited States United States x 73.41 77.64 77.64
12 Dmitri Tarabin RussiaRussia Russia 71.78 77.48 74.82 77.48
13 Keshorn Walcott Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago x 75.16 76.83 76.83
14th Rocco van Rooyen South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 70.38 75.55 x 75.55
15th Sam Crouser United StatesUnited States United States 70.47 x 73.88 73.88
16 Patrik Ženúch SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia 69.31 x x 69.31

  • The Finn Ari Mannio was eliminated with 80.19 m in the qualification

  • The Czech Jakub Vadlejch did not reach the final with 78.95 m

  • The New Zealander Stuart Farquhar achieved 78.30 m and failed to qualify

  • 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)
01 Andreas Hofmann GermanyGermany Germany 86.14 - - 86.14 PB
02 Julius Yego KenyaKenya Kenya 80.79 84.46 - 84.46
03 Vítězslav Veselý Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 83.63 - - 83.63
04th Tero Pitkämäki FinlandFinland Finland 79.67 83.43 - 83.43
05 Ihab Abdelrahman EgyptEgypt Egypt 82.85 - - 82.85
06th Kim Amb SwedenSweden Sweden 81.63 x - 81.63
07th Risto Mätas EstoniaEstonia Estonia 72.93 77.72 81.56 81.56
08th Johannes Vetter GermanyGermany Germany 79.40 79.48 80.86 80.86
09 Tanel Laanmäe EstoniaEstonia Estonia 76.79 73.90 80.65 80.65
10 Júlio César de Oliveira BrazilBrazil Brazil 79.81 78.36 79.51 79.81
11 Zhao Qinggang China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China x 79.47 75.77 79.47 SB
12 Rolands Štrobinders LatviaLatvia Latvia 79.11 76.88 x 79.11
13 Marcin Krukowski PolandPoland Poland 78.91 77.11 78.91 78.91
14th Huang Shih-feng Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chinese Taipei x 75.72 x 75.72
15th Sean Furey United StatesUnited States United States x 72.64 75.01 75.01
16 Petr Frydrych Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 73.77 74.24 x 74.24
17th Valery Iordan RussiaRussia Russia 73.22 x 73.43 73.43

  • 80.65 m were not enough for the Estonian Tanel Laanmäe to be in the final

  • The Brazilian Júlio César de Oliveira threw the spear in the qualification on 79.81 m and was eliminated

  • The Latvian Rolands Štrobinders did not reach the final with his 79.11 m

  • The Pole Marcin Krukowski did not get beyond the qualification with his 78.91 m

  • 74.24 m were not enough for the Czech Petr Frydrych to be in the final

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)
Gold medal icon.svg Julius Yego KenyaKenya Kenya x 82.42 92.72 - - x 92.72 WL
Silver medal icon.svg Ihab Abdelrahman EgyptEgypt Egypt x 88.99 x x x x 88.99 SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Tero Pitkämäki FinlandFinland Finland 83.45 85.03 85.08 87.64 84.49 87.34 87.64
04th Thomas Röhler GermanyGermany Germany 86.68 86.03 86.77 87.18 84.00 87.41 87.41
05 Antti Ruuskanen FinlandFinland Finland 76.24 81.29 87.12 80.63 84.30 x 87.12
06th Andreas Hofmann GermanyGermany Germany 78.38 77.33 84.85 82.43 x 86.01 86.01
07th Johannes Vetter GermanyGermany Germany 83.79 81.98 80.28 x 79.43 x 83.79
08th Vítězslav Veselý Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 78.38 x 83.13 81.45 82.98 x 83.13
09 Ryōhei Arai JapanJapan Japan 80.81 83.07 x not in the final of the
eight best throwers 		83.07
10 Braian Toledo ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 78.27 78.30 80.27 80.27
11 Kim Amb SwedenSweden Sweden 77.38 75.77 78.51 78.51
12 Risto Mätas EstoniaEstonia Estonia 75.79 70.10 76.79 76.79

  • World champion Julius Yego from Kenya

  • The surprise second Ihab Abdelrahman from Egypt

  • Bronze medalist Tero Pitkämäki from Finland

  • The German Thomas Röhler took fourth place in the final

  • The Finn Antti Ruuskanen came in fifth

  • Sixth place for the German Andreas Hofmann

  • The third German in this final, Johannes Vetter, came in seventh

  • The Czech defending champion Vítězslav Veselý had to be satisfied with eighth place this time

  • The Japanese Ryohei Arai reached ninth place

  • The Estonian Risto Mätas reached the final and was twelfth there

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