World Athletics Championships 2019 / men's javelin

Athletics World Championships 2019
discipline	Javelin throw
gender	Men
Attendees	31 athletes from 22 countries
venue	Doha
Competition location	Khalifa International Stadium
Competition phase	October 5th (qualification) October 6th (final)
Medalist Anderson Peters ( GRN )   Magnus Kirt ( EST )   Johannes Vetter ( GER )

The men's javelin throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships took place in Doha , Qatar on October 5 and 6, 2019 .

31 athletes from 22 countries took part in the competition. Anderson Peters won the gold medal with 86.89 m, silver went to Magnus Kirt with 86.21 m and the bronze medal went to Johannes Vetter with 85.37 m.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Jan Železný	98.48 m	Jena , Germany	May 25, 1996
Championship record		92.80 m	World Championships in Edmonton , Canada	August 12, 2001

qualification

The qualification distance was at least 84.00 m to move directly into the final. Seven athletes made this mark or threw on, they are highlighted in light blue. The remaining throwers who were allowed to take part in the final, the number of athletes should be at least twelve, are those with the highest thrown distance below the qualification distance, they are highlighted in light green.

Group A

October 5, 2019, 4:30 p.m. local time (3:30 p.m.  CEST )

space	athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Width (m)
1	Johannes Vetter	Germany	89.35			89.35
2	Anderson Peters	Grenada	82.06	85.34		85.34
3	Jakub Vadlejch	Czech Republic	81.70	84.31		84.31
4th	Julian Weber	Germany	84.29			84.29
5	Julius Yego	Kenya	83.86	83.76	80.62	83.86
6th	Norbert Rivasz-Tóth	Hungary	83.42	81.06	77.27	83.42 NO
7th	Marcin Krukowski	Poland	82.44	x	82.02	82.44
8th	Gatis Čakšs	Latvia	79.94	x	79.63	79.94
9	Edis Matusevičius	Lithuania	73.98	75.73	79.60	79.60
10	Shivpal Singh	India	75.91	78.97	x	78.97
11	Liu Qizhen	People's Republic of China	75.24	x	75.81	75.81
12	Riley Dolezahl	United States	75.62	x	74.85	75.62
13	Pavel Mjaleschka	Belarus	x	75.14	x	75.14
14th	Antti Ruuskanen	Finland	72.65	75.05	x	75.05
15th	Albert Reynolds	St. Lucia	69.68	73.91	x	73.91
16	Oleksandr Nychyportchuk	Ukraine	x	72.75	x	72.75

Group B

October 5, 2019, 6:00 p.m. local time (5:00 p.m.  CEST )

space	athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Width (m)
1	Magnus Kirt	Estonia	81.00	88.36		88.36
2	Kim Amb	Sweden	x	82.98	84.85	84.85
3	Keshorn Walcott	Trinidad and Tobago	84.44			84.44
4th	Cheng Chao-tsun	Chinese Taipei	79.08	83.40	79.88	83.40
5	Lassi Etelätalo	Finland	75.11	x	82.26	82.26
6th	Alexandru Novac	Romania	82.12	78.18	79.75	82.12
7th	Alyaksey Katkavets	Belarus	75.88	x	82.08	82.08
8th	Ryōhei Arai	Japan	81.71	x	72.99	81.71
9	Arshad Nadeem	Pakistan	81.52	75.48	x	81.52 NO
10	Rolands Štrobinders	Latvia	81.09	75.48	x	81.09
11	Michael Shuey	United States	77.04	x	80.53	80.53
12	Oliver Helander	Finland	x	80.36	x	80.36
13	Andreas Hofmann	Germany	80.06	x	x	80.06
14th	Thomas Röhler	Germany	x	79.23	x	79.23
	Zhao Qinggang	People's Republic of China	x	x	x	NM
	Vítězslav Veselý	Czech Republic				DNS

final

October 6, 2019, 7:55 p.m. local time (6:55 p.m.  CEST )

space	athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Width (m)
	Anderson Peters	Grenada	86.69	81.26	79.82	86.89	84.59	83.63	86.89
	Magnus Kirt	Estonia	83.95	86.21	85.17	85.90	x	x	86.21
	Johannes Vetter	Germany	x	85.37	82.51	x	82.29	x	85.37
4th	Lassi Etelätalo	Finland	72.00	77.92	82.49	74.62	x	74.63	82.49
5	Jakub Vadlejch	Czech Republic	77.32	81.98	82.19	77.36	x	x	82.19
6th	Julian Weber	Germany	81.20	81.26	80.80	79.43	79.46	73.58	81.26
7th	Marcin Krukowski	Poland	80.56	79.91	x	x	x	x	80.56
8th	Kim Amb	Sweden	78.93	80.42	78.51	75.71	x	x	80.42
9	Norbert Rivasz-Tóth	Hungary	79.73	77.89	76.55	not in the final of the eight best throwers			79.73
10	Cheng Chao-tsun	Chinese Taipei	74.74	77.51	77.99				77.99
11	Keshorn Walcott	Trinidad and Tobago	75.30	77.47	x				77.47
	Julius Yego	Kenya	x	x	x				NM

Explanation of symbols:
- = attempt skipped, x = failed attempt

Web links and sources

• Results on the website of the IAAF (English)