# 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 16 and 19 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | John Oosthuizen South Africa |
| Silver | Ari Mannio Finland |
| Bronze | Roman Avramenko Ukraine |

## Results
### Final

19 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| | John Oosthuizen | South Africa | 78.52 | 83.07 | 79.89 | 79.58 | x | x | 83.07 | |
| | Ari Mannio | Finland | 75.97 | 74.46 | 73.83 | 75.39 | 72.15 | 77.26 | 77.26 | |
| | Roman Avramenko | Ukraine | 76.01 | x | 75.80 | 75.47 | 75.50 | 74.90 | 76.01 | |
| 4 | Víctor Fatecha | Paraguay | 75.64 | 73.68 | 75.39 | x | 71.35 | x | 75.64 | |
| 5 | Li Yu | China | 74.46 | 68.83 | 70.97 | 75.35 | x | 72.13 | 75.35 | |
| 6 | Yervásios Filippídis | Greece | 69.10 | 63.13 | 73.58 | 72.73 | x | x | 73.58 | |
| 7 | Leslie Copeland | Fiji | 68.83 | 71.66 | 73.13 | 71.39 | 71.20 | 69.68 | 73.13 | |
| 8 | James Campbell | United Kingdom | 71.07 | 65.94 | 68.96 | 68.86 | 67.70 | 69.92 | 71.07 | |
| 9 | Mikko Kankaanpää | Finland | 66.86 | 71.01 | x | | | | 71.01 | |
| 10 | Noël Meyer | South Africa | 70.06 | x | 70.39 | | | | 70.39 | |
| 11 | Loic Lemaître | Belgium | 69.32 | x | 67.84 | | | | 69.32 | |
| 12 | Ioánnis Smaliós | Greece | x | 63.45 | 61.52 | | | | 63.45 | |

### Qualifications

16 August

#### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Ari Mannio | Finland | 68.35 | x | 74.17 | 74.17 | Q |
| 2 | Víctor Fatecha | Paraguay | 65.69 | 73.03 | - | 73.03 | Q |
| 3 | Noël Meyer | South Africa | 67.04 | 66.57 | 71.52 | 71.52 | Q |
| 4 | Leslie Copeland | Fiji | 67.21 | 67.94 | 69.62 | 69.62 | q |
| 5 | Ioánnis Smaliós | Greece | 65.73 | 64.31 | 69.58 | 69.58 | q |
| 6 | Mohamed Ali Kebabou | Tunisia | 63.47 | 66.62 | 69.20 | 69.20 | |
| 7 | Nathan Burgess | Australia | 62.75 | 68.12 | 66.88 | 68.12 | |
| 8 | Petr Frydrych | Czech Republic | 67.84 | x | 66.23 | 67.84 | |
| 9 | Wang Qingbo | China | 63.96 | 67.74 | 62.91 | 67.74 | |
| 10 | Abdullah Al-Ameeri | Kuwait | 63.96 | 63.97 | 66.28 | 66.28 | |
| 11 | Ignacio Guerra | Chile | 65.61 | x | 64.09 | 65.61 | |
| 12 | Paweł Rakoczy | Poland | 63.57 | x | 64.49 | 64.49 | |
| 13 | Thomas Lange | Germany | 63.88 | 61.56 | x | 63.88 | |
| 14 | Tedy Draksler | Slovenia | 59.58 | x | 63.75 | 63.75 | |
| 15 | Khamis Al-Qatiti | Oman | 63.20 | 62.81 | x | 63.20 | |
| 16 | Maris Žvirinš | Latvia | 55.31 | 61.92 | 62.62 | 62.62 | |
| 17 | Philippe Traulle | France | 56.64 | 59.43 | 58.70 | 59.43 | |
| 18 | Matthew Maloney | United States | 54.97 | 57.76 | x | 57.76 | |

#### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | John Oosthuizen | South Africa | 78.42 | - | - | 78.42 | Q |
| 2 | James Campbell | United Kingdom | 69.06 | 68.48 | 73.18 | 73.18 | Q |
| 3 | Li Yu | China | 72.80 | - | - | 72.80 | Q |
| 4 | Mikko Kankaanpää | Finland | 71.15 | - | - | 71.15 | Q |
| 5 | Roman Avramenko | Ukraine | 70.98 | - | - | 70.98 | Q |
| 6 | Yervásios Filippídis | Greece | 70.55 | - | - | 70.55 | Q |
| 7 | Loic Lemaître | Belgium | 69.60 | 68.28 | 69.78 | 69.78 | q |
| 8 | Franz Burghagen | Germany | 68.87 | x | x | 68.87 | |
| 9 | Adam Montague | United States | 63.81 | 66.30 | 61.17 | 66.30 | |
| 10 | Sergey Gromov | Russia | 63.49 | 63.57 | 66.16 | 66.16 | |
| 11 | Chen Yu-Wen | Chinese Taipei | 65.31 | 65.42 | 65.62 | 65.62 | |
| 12 | Gašper Stegnar | Slovenia | 62.67 | 63.43 | 65.13 | 65.13 | |
| 13 | Tanel Laanmäe | Estonia | 62.07 | 58.18 | 60.15 | 62.07 | |
| 14 | Kristian Kovac | Serbia | 55.63 | 61.05 | 60.96 | 61.05 | |
| 15 | Curtis Moss | Canada | 55.67 | 56.73 | 57.77 | 57.77 | |
| 16 | François Pouzet | Chile | 54.55 | 55.86 | x | 55.86 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Canada (1)
* Chile (2)
* China (2)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Estonia (1)
* Fiji (1)
* Finland (2)
* France (1)
* Germany (2)
* Greece (2)
* Kuwait (1)
* Latvia (1)
* Oman (1)
* Paraguay (1)
* Poland (1)
* Russia (1)
* Serbia (1)
* Slovenia (2)
* South Africa (2)
* Tunisia (1)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)