2022 World Athletics Championships

Men's javelin throw
at the 2022 World Championships
Men's javelin throw ; at the 2022 World Championships
Venue	Hayward Field
Dates	21 July (qualification); 23 July (final)
Competitors	32 from 20 nations
Winning distance	90.54
Medalists
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The men's javelin throw at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 21 and 23 July 2022.^[1]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:^[2]

Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World record	Jan Železný (CZE)	98.48 m	Jena, Germany	25 May 1996
Championship record	Jan Železný (CZE)	92.80 m	Edmonton, Canada	12 August 2001
World Leading	Anderson Peters (GRN)	93.07 m	Doha, Qatar	13 May 2022
African Record	Julius Yego (KEN)	92.72 m	Beijing, China	26 August 2015
Asian Record	Cheng Chao-tsun (TPE)	91.36 m	Taipei City, Taipei	26 August 2017
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Anderson Peters (GRN)	93.07 m	Doha, Qatar	13 May 2022
South American Record	Edgar Baumann (PAR)	84.70 m	San Marcos, United States	17 October 1999
European Record	Jan Železný (CZE)	98.48 m	Jena, Germany	25 May 1996
Oceanian record	Jarrod Bannister (AUS)	89.02 m	Brisbane, Australia	29 February 2008

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 85.00 m.^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
21 July	17:05	Qualification
23 July	18:35	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Automatic qualifying mark 83.50 (Q) or at least best 12 qualify to Final (q) advanced to the final.^[4]^[5]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Mark	Notes
1	B	Anderson Peters	Grenada (GRN)	89.91			89.91	Q
2	A	Neeraj Chopra	India (IND)	88.39			88.39	Q
3	B	Julian Weber	Germany (GER)	87.28			87.28	Q
4	A	Jakub Vadlejch	Czech Republic (CZE)	85.23			85.23	Q
5	A	Ihab Abdelrahman	Egypt (EGY)	77.34	83.41	x	83.41	q
6	B	Oliver Helander	Finland (FIN)	82.41			82.41	q
7	A	Genki Dean	Japan (JPN)	79.26	79.33	82.34	82.34	q, SB
8	A	Curtis Thompson	United States (USA)	81.73	81.50	x	81.73	q, SB
9	B	Arshad Nadeem	Pakistan (PAK)	76.15	74.38	81.71	81.71	q, SB
10	B	Andrian Mardare	Moldova (MDA)	80.83	79.41	x	80.83	q
11	B	Rohit Yadav	India (IND)	80.42	x	77.32	80.42	q
12	A	Lassi Etelätalo	Finland (FIN)	75.41	79.40	80.03	80.03	q
13	B	Patriks Gailums	Latvia (LAT)	75.49	75.63	79.66	79.66
14	B	Julius Yego	Kenya (KEN)	79.60	75.33	76.41	79.60
15	A	Rolands Štrobinders	Latvia (LAT)	77.83	76.50	79.39	79.39
16	A	Keshorn Walcott	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	x	78.87	76.63	78.87
17	B	Manu Quijera	Spain (ESP)	76.53	78.61	78.29	78.61
18	A	Toni Keränen	Finland (FIN)	76.13	78.52	x	78.52
19	B	Kenji Ogura	Japan (JPN)	78.48	75.22	77.20	78.48
20	A	David Carreon	Mexico (MEX)	77.61	76.79	76.80	77.61
21	B	Cameron McEntyre	Australia (AUS)	65.72	x	77.50	77.50
22	B	Leandro Ramos	Portugal (POR)	77.34	76.27	72.48	77.34
23	A	Johan Grobler	South Africa (RSA)	76.30	73.74	x	76.30
24	B	Tim Glover	United States (USA)	x	75.68	73.10	75.68
25	A	Alexandru Novac	Romania (ROM)	75.12	74.34	75.20	75.20
26	A	Cruz Hogan	Australia (AUS)	69.74	73.03	x	73.03
27	B	Ethan Dabbs	United States (USA)	x	72.81	72.35	72.81
	A	Andreas Hofmann	Germany (GER)	x	x	x	NM

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Mark	Notes
	Anderson Peters	Grenada (GRN)	90.21	90.46	87.21	88.11	85.83	90.54	90.54
	Neeraj Chopra	India (IND)	x	82.39	86.37	88.13	x	x	88.13
	Jakub Vadlejch	Czech Republic (CZE)	85.52	87.23	88.09	83.48	81.31	82.88	88.09
4	Julian Weber	Germany (GER)	86.86	71.88	73.00	x	81.76	83.53	86.86
5	Arshad Nadeem	Pakistan (PAK)	x	75.13	82.05	86.16	83.63	x	86.16	SB
6	Lassi Etelätalo	Finland (FIN)	78.27	82.70	x	–	80.71	80.99	82.70	SB
7	Andrian Mardare	Moldova (MDA)	79.55	x	82.26	79.42	81.07	x	82.26
8	Oliver Helander	Finland (FIN)	x	x	82.24	x	x	x	82.24
9	Genki Dean	Japan (JPN)	77.81	x	80.69				80.69
10	Rohit Yadav	India (IND)	77.96	78.05	78.72				78.72
11	Curtis Thompson	United States (USA)	78.39	x	x				78.39
12	Ihab Abdelrahman	Egypt (EGY)	x	72.76	75.99				75.99