2017 World Athletics Championships / Men's Javelin Throw
| 2017 World Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| discipline | Men's javelin throw |
| city |
 London
|
| place | Olympic Stadium London |
| Attendees | 32 athletes from 25 countries |
| Competition phase | August 10, 2017 (qualification) August 12, 2017 (final) |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Johannes Vetter ( GER )
 |
 silver |
Jakub Vadlejch ( CZE )
 |
 bronze |
Petr Frydrych ( CZE )
|
The men's javelin throw at the 2017 World Athletics Championships took place in London , Great Britain , on August 10-12, 2017 .
World champion was the German Johannes Vetter . The Czech Jakub Vadlejch won the silver medal. Bronze went to Petr Frydrych , also from the Czech Republic.
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 athletes competed in two groups for a qualifying round. The qualification distance for direct entry into the final was 83.00 m. This distance was exceeded by thirteen launchers - highlighted in light blue. So the final field didn't have to be filled any further.
Group A
August 10, 2017, 7:05 p.m. local time (8:05 p.m. CEST )
| space | athlete | country | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannes Vetter |
Germany
|
91.20 | - | - | 91.20 |
| 2 | Tero Pitkämäki |
 Finland
|
85.97 | - | - | 85.97 |
| 3 | Ahmed Bader Magour |
 Qatar
|
83.83 | - | - | 83.83 |
| 4th | Julius Yego |
 Kenya
|
83.57 | - | - | 83.57 |
| 5 | Marcin Krukowski |
 Poland
|
81.79 | 77.48 | 83.49 | 83.49 |
| 6th | Hamish Peacock |
 Australia
|
77.88 | 82.46 | 82.19 | 82.46 |
| 7th | Neeraj Chopra |
 India
|
82.26 | x | 80.54 | 82.26 |
| 8th | Jaroslav Jílek |
Czech Republic
|
73.48 | 72.79 | 80.97 | 80.97 |
| 9 | Andrian Mardare |
 Moldova
|
78.68 | 76.80 | 80.18 | 80.18 |
| 10 | Rolands Štrobinders |
 Latvia
|
78.22 | 79.68 | 79.28 | 79.68 |
| 11 | Cheng Chao-tsun |
 Chinese Taipei
|
76.58 | x | 77.87 | 77.87 |
| 12 | Ryōhei Arai |
 Japan
|
x | 77.38 | 74.77 | 77.38 |
| 13 | Tanel Laanmäe |
 Estonia
|
76.41 | 73.84 | x | 76.41 |
| 14th | Vítězslav Veselý |
Czech Republic
|
75.50 | x | x | 75.50 |
| 15th | Pavel Mjaleschka |
 Belarus
|
75.33 | x | x | 75.33 |
| NM | Edis Matusevičius |
 Lithuania
|
x | x | x | without space |
Group B
August 10, 2017, 8:35 p.m. local time (9:35 p.m. CEST )
| space | athlete | country | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petr Frydrych |
Czech Republic
|
86.22 | - | - | 86.22 SB |
| 2 | Keshorn Walcott |
 Trinidad and Tobago
|
86.01 | - | - | 86.01 |
| 3 | Andreas Hofmann |
Germany
|
82.35 | 85.62 | - | 85.62 |
| 4th | Ioannis Kiriazis |
 Greece
|
84.60 | - | - | 84.60 |
| 5 | Davinder Singh |
India
|
82.22 | 82.14 | 84.22 | 84.22 |
| 6th | Thomas Röhler |
Germany
|
80.88 | 83.87 | - | 83.87 |
| 7th | Jakub Vadlejch |
Czech Republic
|
83.87 | - | - | 83.87 |
| 8th | Magnus Kirt |
Estonia
|
83.86 | - | - | 83.86 |
| 9 | Cyrus Hostetler |
 United States
|
77.51 | 75.79 | 79.71 | 79.71 |
| 10 | Anderson Peters |
 Grenada
|
70.49 | 78.99 | 78.82 | 78.99 |
| 11 | Norbert Rivasz-Tóth |
 Hungary
|
78.76 | 74.37 | 74.22 | 78.76 |
| 12 | Ben Langton-Burnell |
 New Zealand
|
76.46 | 73.47 | 74.46 | 76.46 |
| 13 | Braian Toledo |
 Argentina
|
75.24 | x | 75.29 | 75.29 |
| 14th | Alexandru Novac |
 Romania
|
74.67 | x | x | 74.67 |
| 15th | Rocco van Rooyen |
 South Africa
|
73.93 | 74.02 | 70.27 | 74.02 |
| 16 | Waruna Rankoth Pedige |
 Sri Lanka
|
73.16 | x | x | 73.16 |
final
August 12, 2017, 8:15 p.m. local time (9:15 p.m. CEST )
The 2013 world champion Vítězslav Veselý from the Czech Republic did not reach the final. The closest favorites included the two Germans Thomas Röhler as Olympic champion in 2016 and fourth in the World Cup in 2015 and Johannes Vetter as Olympic champion in 2016. Both topped the world's best list of the year. Other title contenders were the 2015 world champion and 2016 Olympic runner-up Julius Yego from Kenya, the 2012 Olympic champion and 2016 Olympic third-party Keshorn Walcott from Trinidad and Tobago, and Tero Pitkämäki from Finland - including 2007 world champion, 2013 runner-up and third place in the World Cup from 2015. Jakub Vadlejch from the Czech Republic and Andreas Hofmann from Germany, who were high in the world’s best-of-the-year list, also had great opportunities.
Vetter developed a clear lead after the first round with a throw of 89.89 m. Röhler was second with 87.08 m, ahead of Wolcott with 84.48 m. But in lap two it got tighter. Röhler improved to 88.26 m, Vadlejch achieved 89.73 m and was only five centimeters behind Vetter. With his third litter Pitkämäki increased to 86.94 m and was fourth. There were no changes in the next two test series.
In the last round, Petr Frydrych's spear flew to 88.32 m. He was the second Czech in this final and displaced Röhler by six centimeters from the bronze place. Otherwise it stayed right at the front with the intermediate result after round three. Johannes Vetter became world champion. Silver and bronze went to the two Czechs Jakub Vadlejch and Petr Frydrych. Thomas Röhler was fourth ahead of Tero Pitkämäki. The Greek Ioannis Kiriazis came in sixth, Keshorn Walcott came in seventh. Andreas Hofmann finished eighth.
| space | athlete | country | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | 4th attempt | 5th attempt | 6th attempt | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Johannes Vetter |
Germany
|
89.89 | 89.78 | 87.22 | x | 82.25 | 87.71 | 89.89 |
 |
Jakub Vadlejch |
Czech Republic
|
77.10 | 89.73 | 85.04 | 86.23 | 87.70 | 83.22 | 89.73 PB |
 |
Petr Frydrych |
Czech Republic
|
84.31 | 80.48 | 82.94 | 87.93 | 87.93 | 88.32 | 88.32 PB |
| 4th | Thomas Röhler |
Germany
|
87.08 | 88.26 | x | 86.14 | 85.97 | 86.40 | 88.26 |
| 5 | Tero Pitkämäki |
Finland
|
83.49 | x | 86.94 | 79.69 | x | x | 86.94 |
| 6th | Ioannis Kiriazis |
Greece
|
79.57 | 81.68 | 84.52 | 82.79 | x | 79.4 | 84.52 |
| 7th | Keshorn Walcott |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
84.48 | x | 80.63 | 83.62 | x | 81.82 | 84.48 |
| 8th | Andreas Hofmann |
Germany
|
75.45 | 83.76 | 80.96 | 83.65 | 81.94 | 83.98 | 83.98 |
| 9 | Marcin Krukowski |
Poland
|
82.01 | x | 79.54 | not in the final of the eight best throwers |
82.01 | ||
| 10 | Ahmed Bader Magour |
Qatar
|
76.34 | 81.77 | 79.34 | 81.77 | |||
| 11 | Magnus Kirt |
Estonia
|
80.48 | x | x | 80.48 | |||
| 12 | Davinder Singh |
India
|
75.40 | x | 80.02 | 80.02 | |||
| 13 | Julius Yego |
Kenya
|
x | 76.29 | 75.31 | 76.29 | |||
World champion Johannes Vetter, Germany
Vice World Champion Jakub Vadlej, Czech Republic
Bronze medalist Petr Frydrych from the Czech Republic
The German Olympic champion from 2016 Thomas Röhler came in fourth
Fifth place for the 2007 world champion Tero Pitkämäki from Finland
The 2012 Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott from Trinidad and Tobago came in seventh place
The German Andreas Hofmann reached eighth place
Marcin Krukowski from Poland finished ninth
Ahmed Bader Magour from Qatar came in tenth
The Indian Davinder Singh - here as a bronze medalist at the Asian Games of 2017, reached twelfth place
Defending champion Julius Yego had to be satisfied with thirteenth place here
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Web links and sources
- Homepage for the 2017 World Championships, men’s javelin throw on the IAAF website , accessed on December 4, 2018
- Results of the World Championships 2017 on Leichtathletik.de, accessed on December 4, 2018
- Reports on the 2017 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on December 4, 2018
Video
- Javelin Throw 2017 / World Championships on youtube.com, published January 11, 2017, accessed December 4, 2018