# Athletics at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw event at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held on 24 and 26 August at the Taipei Municipal Stadium.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Cheng Chao-tsun Chinese Taipei | Andreas Hofmann Germany | Huang Shih-feng Chinese Taipei |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: 76.00 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Andreas Hofmann | Germany | 83.51 | | | 83.51 | Q |
| 2 | A | Cheng Chao-tsun | Chinese Taipei | 81.54 | | | 81.54 | Q |
| 3 | B | Huang Shih-feng | Chinese Taipei | 72.77 | 74.48 | 77.78 | 77.78 | Q |
| 4 | A | Andrian Mardare | Moldova | 77.69 | | | 77.69 | Q |
| 5 | A | Marcin Krukowski | Poland | x | 72.01 | 77.28 | 77.28 | Q |
| 6 | A | Kenji Ogura | Japan | 74.95 | 73.81 | 76.13 | 76.13 | Q |
| 7 | B | Norbert Rivasz-Tóth | Hungary | 73.71 | 75.75 | – | 75.75 | q |
| 8 | B | Ben Langton Burnell | New Zealand | 69.75 | 73.02 | 75.58 | 75.58 | q |
| 9 | A | Skirmantas Šimoliūnas | Lithuania | 75.28 | 70.87 | x | 75.28 | q |
| 10 | B | William White | Australia | 74.16 | 72.81 | 73.18 | 74.16 | q |
| 11 | A | Liam O'Brien | Australia | 74.14 | 66.95 | x | 74.14 | q |
| 12 | B | Sumedha Ranasinghe | Sri Lanka | 70.32 | 68.12 | 72.25 | 72.25 | q |
| 13 | A | Emin Öncel | Turkey | 71.65 | 68.22 | x | 71.65 | |
| 14 | A | Lars Timmerman | Netherlands | 70.60 | 71.01 | 68.71 | 71.01 | |
| 15 | B | Johannes Grobler | South Africa | 70.92 | 70.31 | 65.62 | 70.92 | |
| 16 | A | Jānis Grīva | Latvia | 69.37 | 66.23 | 70.75 | 70.75 | |
| 17 | A | Vedran Samac | Serbia | 70.71 | 66.82 | 66.32 | 70.71 | |
| 18 | B | Edis Matusevičius | Lithuania | 70.61 | r | | 70.61 | |
| 19 | B | Takuto Kominami | Japan | 70.61 | r | | 70.43 | |
| 20 | A | Sami Peltomäki | Finland | 68.45 | 68.50 | 69.55 | 69.55 | |
| 21 | A | Bae Yu-il | South Korea | 62.28 | x | 67.57 | 67.57 | |
| 22 | B | Muhammad Yasir | Pakistan | 66.79 | 66.60 | 64.04 | 66.79 | |
| 23 | B | Hubert Chmielak | Poland | 64.28 | 66.50 | x | 66.50 | |
| 24 | B | John Krzyszkowski | Canada | 65.10 | 61.39 | x | 65.10 | |
| 25 | A | Evan Karakolis | Canada | 62.98 | x | 60.91 | 62.98 | |
| 26 | B | Robert Okello | Uganda | 56.18 | x | 53.10 | 56.18 | |
| | B | Karrar Raad Al-Yasari | Iraq | | | | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Cheng Chao-tsun | Chinese Taipei | 83.91 | 82.45 | x | 84.37 | x | 91.36 | 91.36 | UR, AR |
| | Andreas Hofmann | Germany | 83.00 | x | 85.59 | 85.97 | 88.33 | 91.07 | 91.07 | PB |
| | Huang Shih-feng | Chinese Taipei | 81.34 | x | 81.96 | 86.64 | – | x | 86.64 | PB |
| 4 | Andrian Mardare | Moldova | 77.20 | x | 76.91 | 80.63 | x | 79.59 | 80.63 | |
| 5 | Marcin Krukowski | Poland | 78.37 | 79.38 | 78.59 | 78.75 | x | 79.37 | 79.38 | |
| 6 | Norbert Rivasz-Tóth | Hungary | 77.23 | 73.64 | 72.41 | 78.42 | 75.79 | 74.84 | 78.42 | |
| 7 | William White | Australia | 77.74 | 76.52 | x | 73.74 | x | x | 77.74 | PB |
| 8 | Ben Langton Burnell | New Zealand | 75.93 | 71.88 | x | 67.26 | 73.93 | 70.98 | 75.93 | |
| 9 | Kenji Ogura | Japan | 72.03 | x | 74.82 | | | | 74.82 | |
| 10 | Skirmantas Šimoliūnas | Lithuania | 62.84 | 74.27 | 70.47 | | | | 74.27 | |
| 11 | Liam O'Brien | Australia | 65.19 | 68.83 | 69.80 | | | | 69.80 | |
| 12 | Sumedha Ranasinghe | Sri Lanka | 69.65 | x | x | | | | 69.65 | |