2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

Men's javelin throw
at the 2023 World Championships
Men's javelin throw ; at the 2023 World Championships
Venue	National Athletics Centre
Dates	25 August (qualification); 27 August (final)
Competitors	37 from 25 nations
Winning distance	88.17
Medalists
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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	Jan Železný (CZE)	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), is 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
Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Mark	Notes
1	A	Neeraj Chopra	India (IND)	88.77			88.77	Q, SB
2	B	Arshad Nadeem	Pakistan (PAK)	70.63	81.53	86.79	86.79	Q, SB
3	B	Jakub Vadlejch	Czech Republic (CZE)	81.34	83.50		83.50	Q
4	A	Julian Weber	Germany (GER)	81.05	82.39	80.83	82.39	q
5	B	Edis Matusevičius	Lithuania (LTU)	78.44	82.35	-	82.35	q
6	A	D.P. Manu	India (IND)	78.10	81.31	72.40	81.31	q
7	A	Dawid Wegner	Poland (POL)	76.50	81.25	75.74	81.25	q
8	B	Ihab Abdelrahman	Egypt (EGY)	80.75	x	x	80.75	q
9	B	Kishore Jena	India (IND)	80.55	78.07	x	80.55	q
10	B	Oliver Helander	Finland (FIN)	x	80.19	x	80.19	q
11	B	Timothy Herman	Belgium (BEL)	73.00	80.11	-	80.11	q
12	B	Andrian Mardare	Moldova (MDA)	79.78	77.27	79.00	79.78	q
13	A	Toni Kuusela	Finland (FIN)	79.27	x	x	79.27
14	A	Genki Dean	Japan (JPN)	78.21	78.57	79.21	79.21
15	B	Cyprian Mrzygłód	Poland (POL)	78.28	78.49	77.35	78.49
16	A	Anderson Peters	Grenada (GRN)	78.02	77.51	78.49	78.49
17	A	Julius Yego	Kenya (KEN)	x	78.42	76.68	78.42
18	B	Lassi Etelätalo	Finland (FIN)	76.89	78.19	x	78.19
19	B	Cameron McEntyre	Australia (AUS)	x	75.44	78.10	78.10
20	B	Luiz Mauricio da Silva	Brazil (BRA)	68.25	77.70	74.17	77.70
21	A	Patriks Gailums	Latvia (LAT)	77.20	77.43	x	77.43
22	A	Kenji Ogura [de]	Japan (JPN)	76.65	x	75.70	76.65
23	B	György Herczeg	Hungary (HUN)	72.31	76.18	x	76.18
24	A	Capers Williamson	United States (USA)	76.10	x	x	76.10
25	B	Alexandru Novac	Romania (ROM)	75.75	74.61	74.67	75.75
26	B	Jakob Samuelsson	Sweden (SWE)	73.81	x	75.50	75.50
27	A	Douw Smit	South Africa (RSA)	64.29	75.03	71.21	75.03
28	A	Felise Vaha'i Sosaia	France (FRA)	68.23	74.80	x	74.80
29	B	Rolands Štrobinders	Latvia (LAT)	74.46	73.98	x	74.46
30	A	Curtis Thompson	United States (USA)	72.46	72.99	74.21	74.21
31	A	Leandro Ramos	Portugal (POR)	66.02	74.03	73.55	74.03
32	B	Artur Felfner	Ukraine (UKR)	x	x	73.81	73.81
33	A	Gatis Čakšs	Latvia (LAT)	x	72.34	73.42	73.42
34	A	Pedro Henrique Rodrigues	Brazil (BRA)	x	67.11	72.34	72.34
–	B	Ethan Dabbs [de]	United States (USA)	x	x	x	NM
	B	Yuta Sakiyama	Japan (JPN)	x	x	x	NM
	A	Keshorn Walcott	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)				DNS

Final

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

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

References

^ "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.
^ "World Athletics Championships 2023: Neeraj Chopra becomes first-ever Indian world champion".
^ "Chopra back on top with historic gold for India in men's javelin".
^ "India's Neeraj Chopra, Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem make javelin history".
^ "Javelin Throw Men − Records". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
^ "Results Javelin Throw Men - Qualification" (PDF). World Athletics. 24 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
^ "Summary Javelin Throw Men - Qualification" (PDF). World Athletics. 24 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
^ "Results Javelin Throw Men - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 27 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 August 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.

[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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