2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

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Men's javelin throw
at the 2015 World Championships
Winner Julius Yego became the third farthest thrower in the history of the modern javelin
VenueBeijing National Stadium
Dates24 August (qualification)
26 August (final)
Competitors33 from 21 nations
Winning distance92.72
Medalists
gold medal Julius Yego   Kenya
silver medal Ihab El-Sayed   Egypt
bronze medal Tero Pitkämäki   Finland
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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[edit]

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[edit]

Entry standards[7]
82.00

Schedule[edit]

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

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results[edit]

KEY: Q Qualified q 12 best performers NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Qualification[edit]

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[edit]

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

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Mark Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Julius Yego  Kenya (KEN) x 82.42 92.72 – – x 92.72 WL, AR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ihab El-Sayed  Egypt (EGY) 86.07 88.99 x x x x 88.99 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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[edit]

  1. ^ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 11 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "REPORT: MEN'S JAVELIN FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 26 August 2015. Archived from the original on 28 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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