2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
10,000 m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's javelin throw event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 16 and 19 August.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	John Oosthuizen  South Africa
Silver	Ari Mannio  Finland
Bronze	Roman Avramenko  Ukraine

Results[]

Final[]

19 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	John Oosthuizen	South Africa	78.52	83.07	79.89	79.58	x	x	83.07
	Ari Mannio	Finland	75.97	74.46	73.83	75.39	72.15	77.26	77.26
	Roman Avramenko	Ukraine	76.01	x	75.80	75.47	75.50	74.90	76.01
4	Víctor Fatecha	Paraguay	75.64	73.68	75.39	x	71.35	x	75.64
5		China	74.46	68.83	70.97	75.35	x	72.13	75.35
6		Greece	69.10	63.13	73.58	72.73	x	x	73.58
7	Leslie Copeland	Fiji	68.83	71.66	73.13	71.39	71.20	69.68	73.13
8	James Campbell	United Kingdom	71.07	65.94	68.96	68.86	67.70	69.92	71.07
9		Finland	66.86	71.01	x				71.01
10	Noël Meyer	South Africa	70.06	x	70.39				70.39
11		Belgium	69.32	x	67.84				69.32
12		Greece	x	63.45	61.52				63.45

Qualifications[]

16 August

Group A[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Ari Mannio	Finland	68.35	x	74.17	74.17	Q
2	Víctor Fatecha	Paraguay	65.69	73.03	-	73.03	Q
3	Noël Meyer	South Africa	67.04	66.57	71.52	71.52	Q
4	Leslie Copeland	Fiji	67.21	67.94	69.62	69.62	q
5		Greece	65.73	64.31	69.58	69.58	q
6		Tunisia	63.47	66.62	69.20	69.20
7		Australia	62.75	68.12	66.88	68.12
8	Petr Frydrych	Czech Republic	67.84	x	66.23	67.84
9		China	63.96	67.74	62.91	67.74
10		Kuwait	63.96	63.97	66.28	66.28
11	Ignacio Guerra	Chile	65.61	x	64.09	65.61
12	Paweł Rakoczy	Poland	63.57	x	64.49	64.49
13		Germany	63.88	61.56	x	63.88
14		Slovenia	59.58	x	63.75	63.75
15		Oman	63.20	62.81	x	63.20
16		Latvia	55.31	61.92	62.62	62.62
17		France	56.64	59.43	58.70	59.43
18	Matthew Maloney	United States	54.97	57.76	x	57.76

Group B[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	John Oosthuizen	South Africa	78.42	-	-	78.42	Q
2	James Campbell	United Kingdom	69.06	68.48	73.18	73.18	Q
3		China	72.80	-	-	72.80	Q
4		Finland	71.15	-	-	71.15	Q
5	Roman Avramenko	Ukraine	70.98	-	-	70.98	Q
6		Greece	70.55	-	-	70.55	Q
7		Belgium	69.60	68.28	69.78	69.78	q
8		Germany	68.87	x	x	68.87
9		United States	63.81	66.30	61.17	66.30
10	Sergey Gromov	Russia	63.49	63.57	66.16	66.16
11		Chinese Taipei	65.31	65.42	65.62	65.62
12		Slovenia	62.67	63.43	65.13	65.13
13	Tanel Laanmäe	Estonia	62.07	58.18	60.15	62.07
14		Serbia	55.63	61.05	60.96	61.05
15	Curtis Moss	Canada	55.67	56.73	57.77	57.77
16		Chile	54.55	55.86	x	55.86

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.

References[]