# 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 13 and 14 July.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics :
| 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 | Anro van Eeden (RSA) | 77.59 | Paarl, South Africa | 6 April 2018 |

## Results
### Qualification

The qualification round took place on 13 July, in two groups, with Group A starting at 09:30 and Group B starting at 10:45. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 72.00 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 | B | Nash Lowis | Australia | 74.38 | | | 74.38 | Q, PB |
| 2 | A | Kristaps Jaunpujens | Latvia | 73.93 | | | 73.93 | Q, PB |
| 3 | A | Teemu Narvi | Finland | 71.47 | 73.52 | | 73.52 | Q |
| 4 | A | Tzuriel Pedigo | United States | 73.25 | | | 73.25 | Q, PB |
| 5 | B | Sahil Silwal | India | 73.22 | | | 73.22 | Q |
| 6 | B | Anro van Eeden | South Africa | 70.04 | 68.88 | 72.22 | 72.22 | Q |
| 7 | B | Maurice Voigt | Germany | 71.49 | 66.00 | 66.94 | 71.49 | q, PB |
| 8 | B | Oleksiy Lepel | Ukraine | 67.45 | 70.91 | 68.56 | 70.91 | q, PB |
| 9 | B | Simon Wieland | Switzerland | 69.95 | x | 70.84 | 70.84 | q, PB |
| 10 | B | Pedro Henrique Rodrigues | Brazil | 69.71 | 68.77 | x | 69.71 | q |
| 11 | A | Jakob Nauck | Germany | 67.79 | 65.92 | 69.60 | 69.60 | q, PB |
| 12 | A | Liu Zhekai | China | 62.03 | 66.24 | 69.01 | 69.01 | q |
| 13 | A | Nikolay Orlov | Authorised Neutral Athletes | 68.30 | 63.63 | 68.88 | 68.88 | |
| 14 | B | Alexandru Stefan Grigore | Romania | x | 68.75 | 67.04 | 68.75 | |
| 15 | A | Pavlo Paliy | Ukraine | 68.41 | 67.40 | x | 68.41 | |
| 16 | A | Cameron McEntyre | Australia | 63.45 | 67.25 | 68.19 | 68.19 | |
| 17 | B | Tom Egbers | Netherlands | 65.42 | x | 67.86 | 67.86 | |
| 18 | A | Leandro Ramos | Portugal | 67.78 | x | 67.09 | 67.78 | |
| 19 | A | Toygar İsmet Pekbak | Turkey | 65.41 | x | 67.18 | 67.18 | |
| 20 | B | Krišjanis Suntažs | Latvia | 59.29 | 66.69 | x | 66.69 | |
| 21 | B | Tyriq Horsford | Trinidad and Tobago | 61.44 | 64.90 | 62.35 | 64.90 | |
| 22 | A | Oskar Trejgo | Poland | x | x | 63.58 | 63.58 | |
| 23 | A | Arshdeep Singh | India | 61.62 | 62.56 | 63.05 | 63.05 | |
| 24 | A | Luiz Mauricio da Silva | Brazil | 60.74 | 57.37 | 60.28 | 60.74 | |
| 25 | B | Masafumi Azechi | Japan | 59.38 | 56.02 | 60.56 | 60.56 | |
| 26 | B | Taran Taylor | United States | x | 59.23 | 60.36 | 60.36 | |

### Final

The final was held on 14 July at 15:24.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Mark | Notes |
| | Nash Lowis | Australia | 67.75 | 69.77 | 73.47 | 72.66 | 75.31 | 67.64 | 75.31 | PB |
| | Tzuriel Pedigo | United States | 71.46 | 70.30 | 70.98 | 68.96 | 73.27 | 73.76 | 73.76 | PB |
| | Maurice Voigt | Germany | 73.44 | 65.49 | 67.94 | 69.54 | x | 65.88 | 73.44 | PB |
| 4 | Sahil Silwal | India | 71.01 | 69.71 | x | x | x | 72.83 | 72.83 | |
| 5 | Pedro Henrique Rodrigues | Brazil | 68.38 | 67.68 | x | 72.34 | x | 72.44 | 72.44 | |
| 6 | Teemu Narvi | Finland | 70.04 | 70.95 | 71.50 | 71.71 | 70.85 | 70.47 | 71.71 | |
| 7 | Jakob Nauck | Germany | 69.78 | 69.22 | 70.91 | 65.86 | 65.62 | 67.53 | 70.91 | PB |
| 8 | Simon Wieland | Switzerland | 64.31 | x | 70.51 | 62.66 | 63.04 | 60.47 | 70.51 | |
| 9 | Kristaps Jaunpujens | Latvia | 67.94 | x | 64.63 | | | | 67.94 | |
| 10 | Liu Zhekai | China | 64.95 | 67.21 | 67.90 | | | | 67.90 | |
| 11 | Anro van Eeden | South Africa | 65.08 | 65.51 | 63.34 | | | | 65.51 | |
| 12 | Oleksiy Lepel | Ukraine | 62.98 | x | x | | | | 62.98 | |