2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

Men's javelin throw
at the 2015 World Championships

Winner Julius Yego with the third best throw in the history of the modern javelin
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates 24 August (qualification)
26 August (final)
Competitors 33 from 21 nations
Winning distance 92.72
Medalists
 Julius Yego  Kenya
 Ihab El-Sayed  Egypt
 Tero Pitkämäki  Finland
Events at the
2015 World Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men women
4 × 100 m relay men women
4 × 400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
Demonstration events
Masters 400 m women
Masters 800 m men

The men's javelin throw at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 24 and 26 August.[1][2]

Two years earlier, Julius Yego was notable in fourth place, as a Kenyan athlete succeeding in a different event, one unrelated to distance running. His 85.40 national record put him one throw away from a medal. Since then, he has added six more metres to his record and came into this championship as the world leader and favorite. Vítězslav Veselý was back as the defending champion as was silver medalist Tero Pitkämäki. Dmitriy Tarabin, whose final throw took the bronze medal away from Yego and Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott did not make the final this time.

In the first round of the final Thomas Röhler took the lead with an 86.68. In the second round, Ihab El-Sayed took the lead with his season best 88.99.[3] Meanwhile, Yego fouled his first attempt and his 82.45 only had him in 5th place and highly vulnerable to not making the top 8 after three throws, the requirement to get three more throws. On his third throw, he launched a 92.72. Not only did the throw put him in the lead, it was a new African record and the farthest throw in the world in 14 years, since world record holder Jan Železný threw 92.80 to win this championship in 2001, near the end of his top throwing days.[4] It made Yego the third farthest thrower in the history of the contemporary javelin. He didn't need any more throws. In the fourth round Pitkämäki threw 87.64 to move into bronze medal position,which was confirmed when Röhler came up short in his effort to answer.[5]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[6]

World record  Jan Železný (CZE) 98.48 Jena, Germany 25 May 1996
Championship record  Jan Železný (CZE) 92.80 Edmonton, Canada 12 August 2001
World leading  Julius Yego (KEN) 91.39 Birmingham, Great Britain 7 June 2015
African record
Asian record  Zhao Qinggang (CHN) 89.15 Incheon, South Korea 2 October 2014
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Breaux Greer (USA) 91.29 Indianapolis, IN, United States 21 June 2007
South American record  Edgar Baumann (PAR) 84.70 San Marcos, TX, United States 17 October 1999
European record  Jan Železný (CZE) 98.48 Jena, Germany 25 May 1996
Oceanian record  Jarrod Bannister (AUS) 89.02 Brisbane, Australia 29 February 2008
The following records were established during the competition:
World leading  Julius Yego (KEN) 92.72 Beijing, China 26 August 2015
African record

Qualification standards

Entry standards[7]
82.00

Schedule

Date Time Round
24 August 2015 19:00 Qualification
26 August 2015 19:05 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

KEY: QQualified q12 best performers NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Qualification

Qualification: 83.00 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).[8]

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Mark Notes
1 B Andreas Hofmann  Germany (GER) 86.14 86.14 Q, PB
2 A Ryohei Arai  Japan (JPN) 79.50 81.28 84.66 84.66 Q, SB
3 B Julius Yego  Kenya (KEN) 80.79 84.46 84.46 Q
4 B Vítězslav Veselý  Czech Republic (CZE) 83.63 83.63 Q
5 B Tero Pitkämäki  Finland (FIN) 79.67 83.43 83.43 Q
6 A Braian Toledo  Argentina (ARG) 83.32 83.32 Q, NR
7 A Thomas Röhler  Germany (GER) 81.73 78.70 83.23 83.23 Q
8 B Ihab El-Sayed  Egypt (EGY) 82.85 – – 82.85 q
9 A Antti Ruuskanen  Finland (FIN) x 82.20 x 82.20 q
10 B Kim Amb  Sweden (SWE) 81.63 x – 81.63 q
11 B Risto Mätas  Estonia (EST) 72.93 77.72 81.56 81.56 q
12 B Johannes Vetter  Germany (GER) 79.40 79.48 80.86 80.86 q
13 B Tanel Laanmäe  Estonia (EST) 76.79 73.90 80.65 80.65
14 A Ari Mannio  Finland (FIN) 80.19 77.79 x 80.19
15 B Júlio César de Oliveira  Brazil (BRA) 79.81 78.36 79.51 79.81
16 A Lars Hamann  Germany (GER) 79.56 77.78 76.44 79.56
17 B Zhao Qinggang  China (CHN) x 79.47 75.77 79.47 SB
18 A Hamish Peacock  Australia (AUS) 75.15 79.37 78.99 79.37
19 B Rolands Štrobinders  Latvia (LAT) 79.11 76.88 x 79.11
20 A Jakub Vadlejch  Czech Republic (CZE) 73.47 78.95 x 78.95
21 B Marcin Krukowski  Poland (POL) 78.91 77.11 78.91 78.91
22 A Magnus Kirt  Estonia (EST) 74.73 78.84 77.08 78.84
23 A Stuart Farquhar  New Zealand (NZL) 78.30 x 77.53 78.30
24 A Riley Dolezal  United States (USA) x 73.41 77.64 77.64
25 A Dmitriy Tarabin  Russia (RUS) 71.78 77.48 74.82 77.48
26 A Keshorn Walcott  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) x 75.16 76.83 76.83
27 B Huang Shih-feng  Chinese Taipei (TPE) x 75.72 x 75.72
28 A Rocco van Rooyen  South Africa (RSA) 70.38 75.55 x 75.55
29 B Sean Furey  United States (USA) x 72.64 75.01 75.01
30 B Petr Frydrych  Czech Republic (CZE) 73.77 74.24 x 74.24
31 A Sam Crouser  United States (USA) 70.47 x 73.88 73.88
32 B Valeriy Iordan  Russia (RUS) 73.22 x 73.43 73.43
33 A Patrik Žeňúch  Slovakia (SVK) 69.31 x r 69.31

Final

The final was started at 19:05.[9]

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Mark Notes
1st Julius Yego  Kenya (KEN) x 82.42 92.72 – – x 92.72 WL, AR
2nd Ihab El-Sayed  Egypt (EGY) 86.07 88.99 x x x x 88.99 SB
3rd Tero Pitkämäki  Finland (FIN) 83.45 85.03 85.08 87.64 84.49 87.34 87.64
4 Thomas Röhler  Germany (GER) 86.68 86.03 86.77 87.18 84.00 87.41 87.41
5 Antti Ruuskanen  Finland (FIN) 76.24 81.29 87.12 80.63 84.30 x 87.12
6 Andreas Hofmann  Germany (GER) 79.38 77.33 84.85 82.43 x 86.01 86.01
7 Johannes Vetter  Germany (GER) 83.79 81.98 80.28 x 79.43 x 83.79
8 Vítězslav Veselý  Czech Republic (CZE) 78.38 x 83.13 81.45 82.98 x 83.13
9 Ryohei Arai  Japan (JPN) 80.81 83.07 x 83.07
10 Braian Toledo  Argentina (ARG) 78.27 78.30 80.27 80.27
11 Kim Amb  Sweden (SWE) 77.38 75.77 78.51 78.51
12 Risto Mätas  Estonia (EST) 75.79 70.10 76.79 76.79

References

  1. ↑ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Start list
  3. ↑ "REPORT: MEN’S JAVELIN FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Julius Yego wins javelin but Kenyan pair’s positive tests cast shadow". Guardian. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "World Championships: YouTube-inspired Julius Yego enjoys win". BBC Sport. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Records & Lists – Javelin Throw". IAAF. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  7. ↑ IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
  8. ↑ Qualification results
  9. ↑ Final results
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