# 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Kasarani Stadium on 18 and 20 August.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships :
| World U20 Record | Neeraj Chopra (IND) | 86.48 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 23 July 2016 |
| Championship Record | Neeraj Chopra (IND) | 86.48 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 23 July 2016 |
| World U20 Leading | Artur Felfner (UKR) | 78.41 | Tallinn, Estonia | 17 July 2021 |

## Results
### Qualification

The qualification took place on 18 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 16:13 and Group B starting at 17:09. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 73.00 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | Chinecherem Nnamdi | Nigeria | x | 69.39 | 78.02 | 78.02 | Q, NU20R |
| 2 | B | Artur Felfner | Ukraine | 72.89 | 77.15 | | 77.15 | Q |
| 3 | B | Janne Läspä | Finland | 69.88 | 77.10 | | 77.10 | Q, PB |
| 4 | A | Filip Dominković | Slovenia | 65.80 | 73.82 | | 73.82 | Q, PB |
| 5 | A | Eryk Kołodziejczak | Poland | 71.73 | 66.70 | x | 71.73 | q |
| 6 | A | Kunwer Ajai Raj Singh Rana | India | 70.69 | 71.05 | 70.48 | 71.05 | q |
| 7 | B | Jay Kumar | India | 70.34 | 63.11 | 70.11 | 70.34 | q |
| 8 | A | Keyshawn Strachan | Bahamas | 68.11 | 68.85 | x | 68.85 | q |
| 9 | B | Zander van der Merwe | South Africa | 68.56 | 65.13 | 63.40 | 68.56 | q |
| 10 | B | Lenny Brisseault | France | 68.39 | 65.67 | 66.62 | 68.39 | q |
| 11 | B | Marius Rudzevičius | Lithuania | 60.48 | x | 67.51 | 67.51 | q |
| 12 | A | Onni Ruokangas | Finland | 67.15 | x | 66.33 | 67.15 | q |
| 13 | B | Wilson Ldimaiye | Kenya | 62.24 | 66.71 | 59.16 | 66.71 | PB |
| 14 | B | Giovanni Frattini | Italy | 65.53 | 66.52 | 63.81 | 66.52 | |
| 15 | A | Michele Fina | Italy | 65.61 | x | 63.89 | 65.61 | |
| 16 | A | Armant van der Linden | South Africa | 59.24 | 63.02 | 64.39 | 64.39 | |
| 17 | B | Oğuzhan Usta | Turkey | 62.20 | x | 61.73 | 62.20 | |
| 18 | A | Callan Saldutto | Canada | 54.87 | x | 58.41 | 58.41 | |

### Final

The final was held on 20 August at 14:19.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Mark | Notes |
| | Janne Läspä | Finland | x | 73.25 | 76.46 | – | 74.03 | x | 76.46 | |
| | Artur Felfner | Ukraine | 76.31 | x | 73.49 | 76.32 | 74.21 | x | 76.32 | |
| | Chinecherem Nnamdi | Nigeria | 70.57 | 72.63 | 73.49 | 74.48 | 73.72 | 68.18 | 74.48 | |
| 4 | Eryk Kołodziejczak | Poland | 70.09 | 72.06 | 70.72 | 71.79 | 74.06 | 73.23 | 74.06 | |
| 5 | Kunwer Ajai Raj Singh Rana | India | 69.44 | 70.36 | 70.09 | 73.68 | 71.96 | x | 73.68 | |
| 6 | Jay Kumar | India | 67.60 | 69.02 | 70.28 | 69.41 | 65.16 | 70.74 | 70.74 | |
| 7 | Keyshawn Strachan | Bahamas | 64.97 | 70.30 | 68.35 | 70.00 | 69.45 | 68.21 | 70.30 | |
| 8 | Zander van der Merwe | South Africa | 63.28 | x | 69.34 | 63.40 | 59.46 | 61.49 | 69.34 | |
| 9 | Lenny Brisseault | France | 64.79 | 65.85 | 68.37 | | | | 68.37 | |
| 10 | Marius Rudzevičius | Lithuania | 64.08 | 62.43 | 63.49 | | | | 64.08 | |
| 11 | Filip Dominković | Slovenia | x | x | 64.03 | | | | 64.03 | |
| 12 | Onni Ruokangas | Finland | x | x | 63.42 | | | | 63.42 | |