2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

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
Anderson Peters   Grenada   Neeraj Chopra   India   Jakub Vadlejch   Czech Republic

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.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:

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	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.

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.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
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
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	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