2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

Men's javelin throw
at the 2023 World Championships
VenueNational Athletics Centre
Dates25 August (qualification)
27 August (final)
Competitors37 from 25 nations
Winning distance88.17
Medalists
gold medal Neeraj Chopra   India
silver medal Arshad Nadeem   Pakistan
bronze medal Jakub Vadlejch   Czech Republic
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The men's javelin throw at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 25 and 27 August 2023.

Summary

After winning two successive championships Anderson Peters was beaten up and badly injured by 5 crew members of a party boat.[1] Peters was able to return, but threw 78.49m in the preliminary round and didn't make the final. Across two previous competitions, only one of his throws had ever been less than 80m, three throws were over 90m. Jakub Vadlejch, the returning bronze medalist, came into the competition as the world leader for 2023 and the returning silver medalist, Tokyo Olympic Champion Neeraj Chopra were top qualifiers to the final.

Oliver Helander started things off with 83.38m, Vadlejch followed him with 82.59m. The first two throws of the competition would prove to be the first round leaders. Ihab Abdelrahman came out of the round in third place at 80.64m. Now that everybody was warmed up, the real throwing can begin in the second round. Vadlejch improved to 84.18m. Two throwers later, Chopra launched 88.17 m (289 ft 3 in).[2] He knew it was good, he turned to the crowd to celebrate and didn't even watch if fly. Near the end of the round Julian Weber tossed 85.79m to take over the second position. In the third round, Arshad Nadeem hit an 87.82m to put a scare into Chopra's lead. Nadeem's fourth round throw was also in the 87 metre range. In the fifth round, Vadlejch threw 86.67m to move into bronze position.

Chopra's win was the first Gold Medal at the World Championships for India.[3] He was not alone as two other Indian competitors, Kishore Jena and D. P. Manu finished in fifth and sixth. Nadeem was the first ever medal for neighboring Pakistan. Even though the two countries have been sabre-rattling since their inception, the two men shared a congratulatory hug.[4]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[5]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record  Jan Železný (CZE) 98.48 m Jena, Germany 25 May 1996
Championship record 92.80 m Edmonton, Canada 12 August 2001
World Leading  Jakub Vadlejch (CZE) 89.51 m Turku, Finland 13 June 2023
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 85.20 m.[6]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:

Date Time Round
25 August 10:10 Qualification
27 August 20:15 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying distance 83.00 (Q) or the 12 best athletes including ties (q) qualify to the final.[7][8]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 A Neeraj Chopra  India 88.77 88.77 Q, SB
2 B Arshad Nadeem  Pakistan 70.63 81.53 86.79 86.79 Q, SB
3 B Jakub Vadlejch  Czech Republic 81.34 83.50 83.50 Q
4 A Julian Weber  Germany 81.05 82.39 80.83 82.39 q
5 B Edis Matusevičius  Lithuania 78.44 82.35 - 82.35 q
6 A D.P. Manu  India 78.10 81.31 72.40 81.31 q
7 A Dawid Wegner  Poland 76.50 81.25 75.74 81.25 q
8 B Ihab Abdelrahman  Egypt 80.75 x x 80.75 q
9 B Kishore Jena  India 80.55 78.07 x 80.55 q
10 B Oliver Helander  Finland x 80.19 x 80.19 q
11 B Timothy Herman  Belgium 73.00 80.11 - 80.11 q
12 B Andrian Mardare  Moldova 79.78 77.27 79.00 79.78 q
13 A Toni Kuusela  Finland 79.27 x x 79.27
14 A Genki Dean  Japan 78.21 78.57 79.21 79.21
15 B Cyprian Mrzygłód  Poland 78.28 78.49 77.35 78.49
16 A Anderson Peters  Grenada 78.02 77.51 78.49 78.49
17 A Julius Yego  Kenya x 78.42 76.68 78.42
18 B Lassi Etelätalo  Finland 76.89 78.19 x 78.19
19 B Cameron McEntyre  Australia x 75.44 78.10 78.10
20 B Luiz Mauricio da Silva  Brazil 68.25 77.70 74.17 77.70
21 A Patriks Gailums  Latvia 77.20 77.43 x 77.43
22 A Kenji Ogura  Japan 76.65 x 75.70 76.65
23 B György Herczeg  Hungary 72.31 76.18 x 76.18
24 A Capers Williamson  United States 76.10 x x 76.10
25 B Alexandru Novac  Romania 75.75 74.61 74.67 75.75
26 B Jakob Samuelsson  Sweden 73.81 x 75.50 75.50
27 A Douw Smit  South Africa 64.29 75.03 71.21 75.03
28 A Felise Vaha'i Sosaia  France 68.23 74.80 x 74.80
29 B Rolands Štrobinders  Latvia 74.46 73.98 x 74.46
30 A Curtis Thompson  United States 72.46 72.99 74.21 74.21
31 A Leandro Ramos  Portugal 66.02 74.03 73.55 74.03
32 B Artur Felfner  Ukraine x x 73.81 73.81
33 A Gatis Čakšs  Latvia x 72.34 73.42 73.42
34 A Pedro Henrique Rodrigues  Brazil x 67.11 72.34 72.34
– B Ethan Dabbs  United States x x x NM
B Yuta Sakiyama  Japan x x x NM
A Keshorn Walcott  Trinidad and Tobago DNS

Final

The final started on 27 August at 20:16.[9]

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s) Neeraj Chopra  India X 88.17 86.32 84.64 87.73 83.96 88.17
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Arshad Nadeem  Pakistan 74.80 82.81 87.82 87.15 X 81.86 87.82 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jakub Vadlejch  Czech Republic 82.59 84.18 83.65 83.62 86.67 X 86.67
4 Julian Weber  Germany 80.43 85.79 76.86 82.55 82.81 79.01 85.79
5 Kishore Jena  India 75.70 82.82 x 80.19 84.77 x 84.77 PB
6 D. P. Manu  India 78.44 X 83.72 X 83.48 84.14 84.14
7 Oliver Helander  Finland 83.38 81.44 X X X 82.85 83.38
8 Edis Matusevičius  Lithuania 75.13 80.42 82.29 79.17 x 77.53 82.29
9 Dawid Wegner  Poland 78.19 74.60 80.75 80.75
10 Ihab Abdelrahman  Egypt 80.64 78.94 X 80.64
11 Andrian Mardare  Moldova 79.66 79.24 79.49 79.66
12 Timothy Herman  Belgium 72.17 74.56 X 74.56

References

  1. ^ "Watch: Javelin throw world champion Anderson Peters beaten, thrown off the boat into the water". Times Now. 13 August 2022. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  2. ^ "World Athletics Championships 2023: Neeraj Chopra becomes first-ever Indian world champion".
  3. ^ "Chopra back on top with historic gold for India in men's javelin".
  4. ^ "India's Neeraj Chopra, Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem make javelin history".
  5. ^ "Javelin Throw Men − Records". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Results Javelin Throw Men - Qualification" (PDF). World Athletics. 24 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Summary Javelin Throw Men - Qualification" (PDF). World Athletics. 24 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Results Javelin Throw Men - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 27 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 August 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
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