# 2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

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 | Jan Železný (CZE) | 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 | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
| 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 | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Mark | Notes |
| | 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 | |