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2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

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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    India
silver medal    Pakistan
bronze medal    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

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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

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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

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 85.20 m.[6]

Schedule

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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

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Qualification

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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 (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

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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 (IND) X 88.17 86.32 84.64 87.73 83.96 88.17
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Arshad Nadeem  Pakistan (PAK) 74.80 82.81 87.82 87.15 X 81.86 87.82 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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  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.