2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's javelin throw

Events at the 2016 World Championships
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 km 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 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 22 and 23 July.

Medalists[]

Gold	Neeraj Chopra  India
Silver	South Africa
Bronze	Anderson Peters  Grenada

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics
World Junior Record	Zigismunds Sirmais (LAT)	84.69	Bauska, Latvia	22 June 2011
Championship Record	John Robert Oosthuizen (RSA)	83.07	Beijing, China	19 August 2006
World Junior Leading	Neeraj Chopra (IND)	82.23	Guwahati, India	10 February 2016

Results[]

Qualification[]

Qualification: 72.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Note
1	A	Neeraj Chopra	India	78.20			78.20	Q
2	A	Anderson Peters	Grenada	72.39	76.20		76.20	Q
3	B		Hungary	71.48	70.01	74.80	74.80	Q, PB
4	B		South Africa	70.57	74.79		74.79	Q
5	A	Cyprian Mrzygłód	Poland	74.48			74.48	Q
6	B		Great Britain	65.03	74.30		74.30	Q
7	A		Latvia	74.02			74.02	Q, PB
8	A		Ukraine	73.95			73.95	Q
9	B	Alexandru Novac	Romania	73.35			73.35	Q
10	B		Turkey	73.33			73.33	Q
11	A		France	71.84	69.23	73.18	73.18	Q, PB
12	B		Belarus	67.88	x	72.76	72.76	Q
13	B		Japan	72.65			72.65	Q
14	A		Great Britain	72.51			72.51	Q, PB
15	A		China	69.49	72.02	x	72.02	SB
16	B		Uzbekistan	70.38	x	71.54	71.54	PB
17	B		Sweden	x	69.77	71.05	71.05
18	B		China	63.30	69.87	70.90	70.90
19	A	Aliaksei Katkavets	Belarus	67.01	70.43	x	70.43
20	A		Australia	x	68.57	69.82	69.82	PB
21	B		Spain	68.30	68.23	68.91	68.91
22	A		South Africa	68.61	67.99	65.93	68.61
23	A		Moldova	68.57	66.34	x	68.57
24	B		Poland	64.21	68.32	65.08	68.32
25	B		Australia	65.55	68.31	67.19	68.31
26	B		Germany	x	x	68.00	68.00
27	A		Brazil	67.75	64.95	67.97	67.97
28	A		United States	67.76	66.11	67.58	67.76
29	B		Lithuania	x	x	67.36	67.36
30	A	Arshad Nadeem	Pakistan	x	63.35	67.17	67.17
31	A		Japan	x	62.89	66.01	66.01
32	A		South Korea	64.36	63.09	65.63	65.63
33	B		Ukraine	x	65.34	60.15	65.34
34	A	Odei Jainaga	Spain	63.63	63.20	63.02	63.63
35	B		United States	x	62.76	x	62.76
	B		India				DNS

Final[]

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Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	Result	Note
	Neeraj Chopra	India	79.66	86.48	78.36	x	86.48	WU20R
		South Africa	80.59	69.01	x	75.16	80.59	PB
	Anderson Peters	Grenada	79.51	79.65	75.12	76.95	79.65	NU20R
4		Turkey	75.20	73.65	x	x	75.20
5	Alexandru Novac	Romania	71.95	72.91	x	x	72.91
6		Hungary	72.66	66.07	70.55	69.87	72.66
7		Great Britain	66.82	72.22	70.42		72.22
8		Ukraine	71.21	67.44	66.50		71.21
9	Cyprian Mrzygłód	Poland	68.46	69.58	70.48		70.48
10		France	68.06	65.27	66.53		68.06
11		Latvia	63.61	66.84	66.57		66.84
12		Belarus	66.40	63.46	r		66.40
13		Great Britain	65.39	64.28	62.88		65.39
14		Japan	64.04	62.61	56.76		64.04

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