2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 31, 2007 (qualification round) and 2 September 2007 (final round) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. There were a total number of 36 competing athletes from 22 countries.

Medalists

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Gold Tero Pitkämäki
  Finland (FIN)
Silver Andreas Thorkildsen
  Norway (NOR)
Bronze Breaux Greer
  United States (USA)

Schedule

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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
31.08.2007 – 09:30h 31.08.2007 – 11:30h
Final Round
02.09.2007 – 19:15h

Abbreviations

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Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2007 World Athletics Championships
World Record   Jan Železný (CZE) 98.48 m May 25, 1996   Jena, Germany
Event Record   Jan Železný (CZE) 92.80 m August 12, 2001   Edmonton, Canada
Season Best   Breaux Greer (USA) 91.29 m June 21, 2007   Indianapolis, United States

Qualification

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Group A

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Place Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Mark Notes
1 Breaux Greer   United States (USA) 64.49 79.67 86.78 86.78 Q
2 Tero Järvenpää   Finland (FIN) 84.35 84.35 Q SB
3 Magnus Arvidsson   Sweden (SWE) 84.17 84.17 Q
4 Andreas Thorkildsen   Norway (NOR) X 82.33 82.33 Q
5 Teemu Wirkkala   Finland (FIN) 75.52 X 79.82 79.82 q
6 Ēriks Rags   Latvia (LAT) X X 79.79 79.79 q
7 Gerhardus Pienaar   South Africa (RSA) 76.09 79.30 78.05 79.30  
8 Igor Sukhomlinov   Russia (RUS) 79.05 74.83 X 79.05  
9 Joshua Robinson   Australia (AUS) 75.11 76.93 78.48 78.48  
10 Sergey Makarov   Russia (RUS) 78.22 77.71 74.42 78.22  
11 Stuart Farquhar   New Zealand (NZL) 71.89 78.08 73.34 78.08 SB
12 Pablo Pietrobelli   Argentina (ARG) 72.36 74.81 74.60 74.81  
13 Stephan Steding   Germany (GER) 67.32 X 74.61 74.61  
14 Miroslav Guzdek   Czech Republic (CZE) 74.13 72.41 69.43 74.13  
15 Stefan Müller   Switzerland (SUI) X 71.48 X 71.48  
16 Marko Jänes   Estonia (EST) X 68.64 69.65 69.65  
17 Csongor Olteán   Hungary (HUN) X 64.44 X 64.44  

Group B

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Place Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Mark Notes
1 Vadims Vasilevskis   Latvia (LAT) X 72.80 87.37 87.37 Q
2 Guillermo Martínez   Cuba (CUB) 82.99 82.99 Q
3 Aleksandr Ivanov   Russia (RUS) X 79.66 82.42 82.42 Q
4 John Robert Oosthuizen   South Africa (RSA) X 82.06 82.06 Q
5 Igor Janik   Poland (POL) 80.83 77.61 - 80.83 q
6 Tero Pitkämäki   Finland (FIN) 80.62 78.54 X 80.62 q
7 Peter Esenwein   Germany (GER) 73.74 70.89 79.62 79.62  
8 Ainārs Kovals   Latvia (LAT) X 77.18 79.42 79.42  
9 Qin Qiang   China (CHN) 77.71 74.96 74.95 77.71  
10 Yukifumi Murakami   Japan (JPN) 70.23 77.63 75.73 77.63 SB
11 Jarrod Bannister   Australia (AUS) 77.57 X 77.44 77.57  
12 Scott Russell   Canada (CAN) 73.67 75.35 77.54 77.54  
13 Andrus Värnik   Estonia (EST) X 75.96 X 75.96 SB
14 Alexon Maximiano   Brazil (BRA) 68.89 70.57 75.15 75.15  
15 Víctor Fatecha   Paraguay (PAR) 71.59 73.55 70.01 73.55  
16 Eric Brown   United States (USA) 70.38 X 73.07 73.07  
17 Felix Loretz   Switzerland (SUI) 71.27 70.57 67.79 71.27  
18 Gabriel Wallin   Sweden (SWE) X X 70.61 70.61  

Final

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Field reduced to top eight are three throws, with top eight entitled to a further three attempts.

Rank Athlete Nation Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
  Tero Pitkämäki   Finland (FIN) 81.62 89.16 83.64 87.72 X 90.33 90.33 m
  Andreas Thorkildsen   Norway (NOR) 82.78 88.61 X 82.80 X 87.33 88.61 m
  Breaux Greer   United States (USA) X 80.67 84.31 X 86.21 83.81 86.21 m
4 Vadims Vasilevskis   Latvia (LAT) X 85.19 X 77.42 X X 85.19 m
5 Aleksandr Ivanov   Russia (RUS) 85.18 84.71 81.42 84.91 81.55 X 85.18 m
6 John Robert Oosthuizen   South Africa (RSA) 84.52 79.77 X 79.18 X X 84.52 m PB
7 Igor Janik   Poland (POL) 79.82 X 83.38 X X 83.38 m PB
8 Tero Järvenpää   Finland (FIN) 80.30 79.40 82.10 X 77.30 75.40 82.10 m
9 Guillermo Martínez   Cuba (CUB) 82.03 81.19 X 82.03 m
10 Magnus Arvidsson   Sweden (SWE) 79.80 X 81.98 81.98 m
11 Ēriks Rags   Latvia (LAT) X 77.22 80.01 80.01 m
12 Teemu Wirkkala   Finland (FIN) 78.01 X 76.48 78.01 m

References

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