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[]
| Gold | Tero Pitkämäki (FIN)
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| Silver | Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)
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| Bronze | Breaux Greer United States (USA)
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Schedule[]
- All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
| Qualification Round | |
|---|---|
| Group A | Group B |
| 31.08.2007 – 09:30h | 31.08.2007 – 11:30h |
| Final Round | |
| 02.09.2007 – 19:15h | |
Abbreviations[]
| 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[]
| Standing records prior to the 2007 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Jan Železný (CZE) |
98.48 m | May 25, 1996 |  Jena, Germany
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| Event Record | Jan Železný (CZE) |
92.80 m | August 12, 2001 |  Edmonton, Canada
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 Breaux Greer (USA) |
91.29 m | June 21, 2007 | Indianapolis, United States
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Qualification[]
Group A[]
| 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 | (FIN) |
84.35 | 84.35 | Q SB | ||
| 3 | Magnus Arvidsson |  (SWE) |
84.17 | 84.17 | Q | ||
| 4 | Andreas Thorkildsen | (NOR) |
X | 82.33 | 82.33 | Q | |
| 5 | Teemu Wirkkala | (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 |  (RUS) |
79.05 | 74.83 | X | 79.05 | ||
| 9 | Joshua Robinson |  (AUS) |
75.11 | 76.93 | 78.48 | 78.48 | |
| 10 | Sergey Makarov | (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 |  (ARG) |
72.36 | 74.81 | 74.60 | 74.81 | |
| 13 | Stephan Steding |  (GER) |
67.32 | X | 74.61 | 74.61 | |
| 14 | Miroslav Guzdek |  (CZE) |
74.13 | 72.41 | 69.43 | 74.13 | |
| 15 | Stefan Müller |  (SUI) |
X | 71.48 | X | 71.48 | |
| 16 |  Estonia (EST) |
X | 68.64 | 69.65 | 69.65 | ||
| 17 | Csongor Olteán |  Hungary (HUN) |
X | 64.44 | X | 64.44 |
Group B[]
| Place | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vadims Vasilevskis | Latvia (LAT) |
X | 72.80 | 87.37 | 87.37 | Q |
| 2 | Guillermo Martínez |  (CUB) |
82.99 | 82.99 | Q | ||
| 3 | Aleksandr Ivanov | (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 | (FIN) |
80.62 | 78.54 | X | 80.62 | q |
| 7 | Peter Esenwein | (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 |  (JPN) |
70.23 | 77.63 | 75.73 | 77.63 | SB |
| 11 | Jarrod Bannister | (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 |  (BRA) |
68.89 | 70.57 | 75.15 | 75.15 | ||
| 15 | Víctor Fatecha |  (PAR) |
71.59 | 73.55 | 70.01 | 73.55 | |
| 16 | United States (USA) |
70.38 | X | 73.07 | 73.07 | ||
| 17 | (SUI) |
71.27 | 70.57 | 67.79 | 71.27 | ||
| 18 | Gabriel Wallin | (SWE) |
X | X | 70.61 | 70.61 |
Final[]
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 | |||||
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Tero Pitkämäki | (FIN) |
81.62 | 89.16 | 83.64 | 87.72 | X | 90.33 | 90.33 m | |
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Andreas Thorkildsen | (NOR) |
82.78 | 88.61 | X | 82.80 | X | 87.33 | 88.61 m | |
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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 | (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 | (FIN) |
80.30 | 79.40 | 82.10 | X | 77.30 | 75.40 | 82.10 m | |
| 9 | Guillermo Martínez | (CUB) |
82.03 | 81.19 | X | 82.03 m | ||||
| 10 | Magnus Arvidsson | (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 | (FIN) |
78.01 | X | 76.48 | 78.01 m | ||||
References[]
- Official results, qualification - IAAF.org
- Official results, final - IAAF.org
- Event report - IAAF.org
Categories:
- Events at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics
- Javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships