# 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 9 and August 10.

## Medalists

| Gold | Andrus Värnik Estonia (EST) |
| Silver | Andreas Thorkildsen Norway (NOR) |
| Bronze | Sergey Makarov Russia (RUS) |

## Schedule

* All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 09.08.2005 – 11:45h | 09.08.2005 – 13:20h |
| Final Round ||
| 10.08.2005 – 20:20h ||

## Abbreviations

* All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Startlist

| Athlete | Group | Number | SB | PB |
| Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) | B | 6 | 91.53 m | 91.53 m |
| Sergey Makarov (RUS) | A | 5 | 90.33 m | 92.61 m |
| Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) | A | 7 | 87.66 m | 87.66 m |
| Andrus Värnik (EST) | B | 15 | 87.19 m | 87.83 m |
| Scott Russell (CAN) | B | 9 | 84.41 m | 84.41 m |
| Alexandr Ivanov (RUS) | B | 7 | 84.24 m | 88.90 m |
| Guillermo Martínez (CUB) | A | 12 | 84.06 m | 84.06 m |
| Aki Parviainen (FIN) | A | 10 | 83.79 m | 93.09 m |
| Christian Nicolay (GER) | B | 12 | 83.20 m | 84.54 m |
| Mark Frank (GER) | A | 1 | 82.38 m | 83.24 m |
| Ēriks Rags (LAT) | A | 15 | 82.35 m | 86.47 m |
| Ainārs Kovals (LAT) | B | 8 | 82.22 m | 82.22 m |
| Esko Mikkola (FIN) | B | 11 | 82.14 m | 84.27 m |
| Tomas Intas (LTU) | A | 13 | 82.04 m | 82.94 m |
| Francesco Pignata (ITA) | A | 8 | 81.67 m | 81.67 m |
| Li Rongxiang (CHN) | B | 14 | 81.61 m | 84.29 m |
| Vadims Vasilevskis (LAT) | B | 3 | 81.30 m | 84.95 m |
| Gergely Horváth (HUN) | A | 16 | 80.91 m | 81.55 m |
| Gabriel Wallin (SWE) | A | 9 | 80.31 m | 80.71 m |
| Lohan Rautenbach (RSA) | B | 13 | 80.03 m | 80.03 m |
| Yukifumi Murakami (JPN) | B | 1 | 79.79 m | 81.71 m |
| Nick Nieland (GBR) | A | 2 | 79.56 m | 85.09 m |
| Stefan Müller (SUI) | A | 4 | 78.98 m | 78.98 m |
| Ronny Nilsen (NOR) | B | 5 | 78.93 m | 84.73 m |
| John Hetzendorf (USA) | B | 10 | 78.23 m | 78.23 m |
| Oleg Statsenko (UKR) | A | 11 | 78.02 m | 79.44 m |
| Marián Bokor (SVK) | A | 6 | 77.79 m | 83.38 m |
| Vadim Bavikin (ISR) | B | 2 | 77.57 m | 81.94 m |
| Firas Al-Mohamed (SYR) | A | 14 | 72.63 m | 80.50 m |
| Dejan Angelovski (MKD) | B | 4 | 58.23 m | 76.50 m |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2005 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Jan Železný (CZE) | 98.48 m | May 25, 1996 | Jena, Germany |
| Event Record | Jan Železný (CZE) | 92.80 m | August 12, 2001 | Edmonton, Canada |
| Season Best | Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) | 91.53 m | June 26, 2005 | Kuortane, Finland |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Sergey Makarov (RUS) | 85.08 | — | — | 85.08 m | |
| 2 | 3 | Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) | 81.45 | — | — | 81.45 m | |
| 3 | 7 | Aki Parviainen (FIN) | 79.48 | X | — | 79.48 m | |
| 4 | 9 | Ēriks Rags (LAT) | 78.79 | X | X | 78.79 m | |
| 5 | 10 | Guillermo Martínez (CUB) | 75.28 | 78.37 | X | 78.37 m | |
| 6 | 11 | Mark Frank (GER) | 76.76 | 73.08 | 77.87 | 77.87 m | |
| 7 | 12 | Tomas Intas (LTU) | 77.08 | X | X | 77.08 m | |
| 8 | 13 | Nick Nieland (GBR) | 74.61 | 76.62 | 76.71 | 76.71 m | |
| 9 | 15 | Stefan Müller (SUI) | 76.30 | 71.54 | 69.93 | 76.30 m | |
| 10 | 19 | Marián Bokor (SVK) | 74.27 | 74.70 | 74.81 | 74.81 m | |
| 11 | 20 | Firas Al-Mohamed (SYR) | 72.63 | X | X | 72.63 m | SB |
| 12 | 22 | Gergely Horváth (HUN) | 67.04 | 72.33 | 71.81 | 72.33 m | |
| 13 | 23 | Francesco Pignata (ITA) | 71.13 | 72.17 | 66.96 | 72.17 m | |
| 14 | 24 | Gabriel Wallin (SWE) | 68.72 | 63.50 | 72.04 | 72.04 m | |
| 15 | 29 | Oleg Statsenko (UKR) | X | X | 64.44 | 64.44 m | |
| 16 | 31 | Shaka Sola (SAM) | 38.31 | 41.18 | — | 41.18 m | PB |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) | 82.21 | — | — | 82.21 m | |
| 2 | 4 | Andrus Värnik (EST) | 74.83 | X | 80.97 | 80.97 m | |
| 3 | 5 | Ainārs Kovals (LAT) | X | 80.80 | 78.05 | 80.80 m | |
| 4 | 6 | Alexandr Ivanov (RUS) | 79.65 | 76.00 | — | 79.65 m | |
| 5 | 8 | Scott Russell (CAN) | 79.45 | 77.11 | X | 79.45 m | |
| 6 | 14 | Christian Nicolay (GER) | 76.68 | X | 72.35 | 76.68 m | |
| 7 | 16 | Vadims Vasilevskis (LAT) | 75.76 | X | 76.16 | 76.16 m | |
| 8 | 17 | Lohan Rautenbach (RSA) | X | 75.94 | X | 75.94 m | |
| 9 | 18 | Li Rongxiang (CHN) | 74.95 | X | X | 74.95 m | |
| 10 | 21 | Esko Mikkola (FIN) | 71.87 | 72.54 | 71.50 | 72.54 m | |
| 11 | 25 | John Hetzendorf (USA) | X | 70.16 | 70.49 | 70.49 m | |
| 12 | 26 | Ronny Nilsen (NOR) | 70.07 | — | — | 70.07 m | |
| 13 | 27 | Yukifumi Murakami (JPN) | X | 67.84 | 68.31 | 68.31 m | |
| 14 | 28 | Vadim Bavikin (ISR) | 66.03 | 66.74 | X | 66.74 m | |
| 15 | 30 | Dejan Angelovski (MKD) | 56.66 | 58.23 | 55.83 | 58.23 m | SB |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Andrus Värnik (EST) | 79.06 | X | 76.47 | 87.17 | 85.29 | X | 87.17 m | |
| | Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) | 78.36 | 81.52 | 83.41 | 85.71 | 86.18 | X | 86.18 m | |
| | Sergey Makarov (RUS) | 80.77 | 83.30 | 79.95 | 83.48 | 82.55 | 83.54 | 83.54 m | |
| 4 | Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) | 75.44 | X | 79.64 | 81.27 | X | X | 81.27 m | |
| 5 | Alexandr Ivanov (RUS) | 77.93 | 79.14 | X | X | X | 77.12 | 79.14 m | |
| 6 | Ēriks Rags (LAT) | 73.12 | 78.77 | X | X | X | 77.34 | 78.77 m | |
| 7 | Ainārs Kovals (LAT) | 74.05 | X | 77.61 | X | X | X | 77.61 m | |
| 8 | Mark Frank (GER) | 75.82 | 73.19 | 71.17 | X | 77.56 | X | 77.56 m | |
| 9 | Aki Parviainen (FIN) | 74.86 | 70.88 | X | | | | 74.86 m | |
| 10 | Guillermo Martínez (CUB) | 72.68 | 69.42 | X | | | | 72.68 m | |
| 11 | Tomas Intas (LTU) | X | X | 70.11 | | | | 70.11 m | |
| 12 | Scott Russell (CAN) | 62.33 | X | 68.59 | | | | 68.59 m | |