2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

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

Men's javelin throw at the 2015 World Championships
Winner Julius Yego became the third farthest thrower 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

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. 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. 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.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

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
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:

Q

Qualified

q

12 best performers

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Qualification

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

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.

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Mark	Notes
	Julius Yego	Kenya (KEN)	x	82.42	92.72	–	–	x	92.72	WL, AR
	Ihab El-Sayed	Egypt (EGY)	86.07	88.99	x	x	x	x	88.99	SB
	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