# 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

The Men's Javelin throw event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 & 3.
Preliminary leader Guillermo Martínez made his best throw in the first round, followed shortly by Matthias de Zordo's 86.27 winner. Meanwhile, favorite world leader Andreas Thorkildsen languished in as low as eighth place, barely the last qualifier for his remaining three throws. All of the competitors had previously thrown far enough to displace Thorkildsen in the preliminary round. On his fourth throw he finally put one good throw together to leapfrog into the silver medal position. de Zordo was ranked fourth and Martínez had only been ranked twelfth on the annual list prior to the competition.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Matthias de Zordo Germany (GER) | Andreas Thorkildsen Norway (NOR) | Guillermo Martínez Cuba (CUB) |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record | Jan Železný (CZE) | 98.48 | Jena, Germany | 25 May 1996 |
| Championship record | Jan Železný (CZE) | 92.80 | Edmonton, Canada | 12 August 2001 |
| World leading | Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) | 90.61 | Byrkjelo, Norway | 14 August 2011 |
| African record | Marius Corbett (RSA) | 88.75 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 21 September 1998 |
| Asian record | Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN) | 87.60 | San Jose, United States | 27 May 1989 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Breaux Greer (USA) | 91.29 | Indianapolis, United States | 21 June 2007 |
| South American record | Edgar Baumann (PAR) | 84.70 | San Marcos, United States | 17 October 1999 |
| European record | Jan Železný (CZE) | 98.48 | Jena, Germany | 25 May 1996 |
| Oceanian record | Jarrod Bannister (AUS) | 89.02 | Brisbane, Australia | 29 February 2008 |

## Qualification standards

| A result | B result |
| 82.00 | 79.50 |
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## Schedule

All times local.
| Date | Time | Round |
| September 1, 2011 | 19:00 | Qualification |
| September 3, 2011 | 19:10 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 82.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Guillermo Martínez | Cuba (CUB) | 83.77 | | | 83.77 | Q |
| 2 | A | Dmitri Tarabin | Russia (RUS) | x | 82.92 | | 82.92 | Q |
| 3 | B | Stuart Farquhar | New Zealand (NZL) | 82.10 | x | - | 82.10 | q |
| 4 | A | Matthias de Zordo | Germany (GER) | 82.05 | 81.11 | x | 82.05 | q |
| 5 | B | Fatih Avan | Turkey (TUR) | 80.27 | 77.68 | 81.94 | 81.94 | q |
| 6 | B | Mark Frank | Germany (GER) | 80.96 | 81.93 | - | 81.93 | q |
| 7 | A | Andreas Thorkildsen | Norway (NOR) | 79.36 | 80.85 | 81.83 | 81.83 | q |
| 8 | A | Vítězslav Veselý | Czech Republic (CZE) | 79.99 | 74.77 | 81.64 | 81.64 | q |
| 9 | B | Roman Avramenko | Ukraine (UKR) | 76.30 | x | 81.46 | 81.46 | q |
| 10 | B | Sergey Makarov | Russia (RUS) | 81.42 | 80.18 | 78.33 | 81.42 | q |
| 11 | A | Jarrod Bannister | Australia (AUS) | 81.35 | x | 75.91 | 81.35 | q |
| 12 | B | Antti Ruuskanen | Finland (FIN) | 79.54 | 81.03 | 78.14 | 81.03 | q |
| 13 | B | Igor Janik | Poland (POL) | 80.88 | 76.63 | 78.98 | 80.88 | |
| 14 | B | Ari Mannio | Finland (FIN) | 74.09 | 80.27 | 79.31 | 80.27 | |
| 15 | A | Yukifumi Murakami | Japan (JPN) | 80.19 | 78.04 | 74.93 | 80.19 | |
| 16 | A | Jakub Vadlejch | Czech Republic (CZE) | 68.32 | 80.08 | x | 80.08 | |
| 17 | A | Tero Pitkämäki | Finland (FIN) | 78.21 | 79.46 | 76.05 | 79.46 | |
| 18 | B | Chen Qi | China (CHN) | x | 74.28 | 78.42 | 78.42 | |
| 19 | A | Scott Russell | Canada (CAN) | 76.47 | 77.49 | 74.23 | 77.49 | |
| 20 | A | Ēriks Rags | Latvia (LAT) | 77.34 | x | 76.23 | 77.34 | |
| 21 | A | Yervásios Filippídis | Greece (GRE) | 76.66 | 70.42 | 73.41 | 76.66 | |
| 22 | B | Leslie Copeland | Fiji (FIJ) | 76.57 | 74.54 | 73.82 | 76.57 | |
| 23 | A | Mihkel Kukk | Estonia (EST) | 73.21 | 72.10 | 76.42 | 76.42 | |
| 24 | B | Petr Frydrych | Czech Republic (CZE) | 75.38 | 76.18 | x | 76.18 | |
| 25 | B | Vadims Vasiļevskis | Latvia (LAT) | 74.67 | 75.23 | x | 75.23 | |
| 26 | B | Gabriel Wallin | Sweden (SWE) | 72.96 | 74.44 | 74.09 | 74.44 | |
| 27 | B | Arley Ibargüen | Colombia (COL) | 73.22 | 74.02 | x | 74.02 | |
| 28 | B | Alexandr Ivanov | Russia (RUS) | 73.81 | x | x | 73.81 | |
| 29 | A | Oleksandr Pyatnytsya | Ukraine (UKR) | 71.93 | 72.05 | 73.56 | 73.56 | |
| 30 | B | Spyridon Lebesis | Greece (GRE) | x | 73.35 | 70.44 | 73.35 | |
| 31 | A | Matija Kranjc | Slovenia (SLO) | 73.17 | x | - | 73.17 | |
| 32 | B | Zigismunds Sirmais | Latvia (LAT) | 70.20 | x | 73.16 | 73.16 | |
| 33 | A | John Robert Oosthuizen | South Africa (RSA) | 69.65 | 73.14 | 72.79 | 73.14 | |
| 34 | B | Jung Sang-jin | South Korea (KOR) | 72.03 | x | x | 72.03 | |
| 35 | A | Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed | Egypt (EGY) | 71.99 | 68.00 | x | 71.99 | SB |
| 36 | A | Rinat Tarzumanov | Uzbekistan (UZB) | x | 67.07 | 70.32 | 70.32 | |
| | A | Mike Hazle | United States (USA) | | | | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Matthias de Zordo | Germany (GER) | 86.27 | 85.51 | - | - | 82.88 | 81.40 | 86.27 | SB |
| | Andreas Thorkildsen | Norway (NOR) | 80.75 | 80.46 | 80.60 | 84.78 | x | 80.28 | 84.78 | |
| | Guillermo Martínez | Cuba (CUB) | 84.30 | 80.12 | 80.09 | 76.99 | - | 78.69 | 84.30 | |
| 4 | Vítězslav Veselý | Czech Republic (CZE) | 81.19 | x | 84.11 | 79.64 | 76.28 | x | 84.11 | SB |
| 5 | Fatih Avan | Turkey (TUR) | 78.24 | 83.34 | 78.96 | 79.87 | x | 77.58 | 83.34 | |
| 6 | Roman Avramenko | Ukraine (UKR) | 82.51 | x | 82.20 | 79.71 | 78.87 | x | 82.51 | |
| 7 | Jarrod Bannister | Australia (AUS) | 82.25 | x | - | x | 76.60 | x | 82.25 | SB |
| 8 | Mark Frank | Germany (GER) | 78.78 | x | 81.81 | 78.48 | 80.98 | 77.73 | 81.81 | |
| 9 | Antti Ruuskanen | Finland (FIN) | x | 79.46 | 79.06 | | | | 79.46 | |
| 10 | Dmitri Tarabin | Russia (RUS) | x | 79.06 | x | | | | 79.06 | |
| 11 | Stuart Farquhar | New Zealand (NZL) | 78.99 | 75.18 | 77.13 | | | | 78.99 | |
| 12 | Sergey Makarov | Russia (RUS) | 77.73 | 78.76 | 78.05 | | | | 78.76 | |