# 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 21 and 22 October.

## Medalists

| Gold | Hardus Pienaar South Africa |
| Silver | Andreas Thorkildsen Norway |
| Bronze | Park Jae-Myeong South Korea |

## Results
### Final

22 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| | Hardus Pienaar | South Africa | 67.55 | 75.12 | 78.11 | 68.62 | 71.91 | 75.26 | 78.11 | |
| | Andreas Thorkildsen | Norway | 70.60 | 74.72 | 76.34 | 75.21 | 71.37 | 73.97 | 76.34 | |
| | Park Jae-Myeong | South Korea | 71.31 | 69.17 | 71.61 | 72.36 | 71.57 | x | 72.36 | |
| 4 | Jānis Liepa | Latvia | 70.89 | x | 64.04 | x | x | 71.93 | 71.93 | |
| 5 | Song Dong-Hyun | South Korea | 70.08 | 71.20 | x | x | 69.54 | x | 71.20 | |
| 6 | Aleksandr Ivanov | Russia | 69.03 | 64.41 | 69.21 | 71.02 | 70.81 | x | 71.02 | |
| 7 | Chen Te-Chun | Chinese Taipei | 62.15 | 68.39 | 62.12 | 61.91 | x | x | 68.39 | |
| 8 | Vadims Vasiļevskis | Latvia | 67.51 | 68.14 | x | 65.89 | x | 65.89 | 68.14 | |
| 9 | Stefan Wenk | Germany | 65.68 | 64.21 | x | | | | 65.68 | |
| 10 | Tomas Intas | Lithuania | x | 65.63 | x | | | | 65.63 | |
| 11 | Joachim Kiteau | France | 62.54 | x | 65.55 | | | | 65.55 | |
| 12 | Mohamed Al-Khalifa | Qatar | 64.29 | x | x | | | | 64.29 | |

### Qualifications

21 October

#### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Jānis Liepa | Latvia | 75.61 | - | - | 75.61 | Q |
| 2 | Joachim Kiteau | France | 70.53 | 61.75 | 69.60 | 70.53 | q |
| 3 | Aleksandr Ivanov | Russia | 69.27 | 70.11 | 69.72 | 70.11 | q |
| 4 | Mohamed Al-Khalifa | Qatar | 68.34 | 65.66 | 66.22 | 68.34 | q |
| 5 | Chen Te-Chun | Chinese Taipei | 68.16 | 68.08 | 65.90 | 68.16 | q |
| 6 | Song Dong-Hyun | South Korea | 67.75 | 65.81 | 66.25 | 67.75 | q |
| 7 | Daniel Baganz | Germany | 67.21 | x | 59.31 | 67.21 | |
| 8 | Willie Human | South Africa | 61.53 | 61.99 | 66.32 | 66.32 | |
| 9 | Peter Zupanc | Slovenia | x | 60.02 | 65.80 | 65.80 | |
| 10 | Yeóryios Íltsios | Greece | 62.46 | 65.76 | 63.67 | 65.76 | |
| 11 | Trevor Snyder | Canada | 61.48 | x | 65.67 | 65.67 | |
| 12 | Daniel Kratzmann | Australia | 64.78 | 63.90 | x | 64.78 | |
| 13 | Jitsuya Utoda | Japan | 63.17 | 63.78 | 64.72 | 64.72 | |
| 14 | Pablo Alfano | Argentina | 59.01 | 60.87 | 60.90 | 60.90 | |
| 15 | Alexon Maximiano | Brazil | 60.56 | 60.79 | 59.46 | 60.79 | |
| 16 | Pasi Kuusinen | Finland | x | 59.18 | 58.34 | 59.18 | |

#### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Hardus Pienaar | South Africa | 75.04 | - | - | 75.04 | Q |
| 2 | Andreas Thorkildsen | Norway | 71.51 | 74.20 | - | 74.20 | Q |
| 3 | Park Jae-Myeong | South Korea | 57.39 | 68.64 | 71.26 | 71.26 | q |
| 4 | Stefan Wenk | Germany | 69.58 | 67.28 | 67.77 | 69.58 | q |
| 5 | Tomas Intas | Lithuania | 66.61 | 68.58 | x | 68.58 | q |
| 6 | Vadims Vasiļevskis | Latvia | 68.47 | 64.71 | 66.61 | 68.47 | q |
| 7 | Chen Qi | China | x | 67.65 | 66.54 | 67.65 | |
| 8 | Andrew Hall | Australia | 64.91 | 67.42 | 66.63 | 67.42 | |
| 9 | Tero Pitkämäki | Finland | 66.59 | 62.73 | 61.72 | 66.59 | |
| 10 | Bérenger Demerval | France | 65.91 | 60.82 | 63.22 | 65.91 | |
| 11 | Phill Sharpe | United Kingdom | 65.58 | 65.16 | 64.46 | 65.58 | |
| 12 | Róbert Laduver | Hungary | 64.15 | 64.40 | 64.84 | 64.84 | |
| 13 | Stuart Farquhar | New Zealand | x | 64.57 | x | 64.57 | |
| 14 | Ronald Noguera | Venezuela | 63.55 | 62.81 | 61.95 | 63.55 | |
| 15 | Vladimir Petrichenko | Ukraine | 61.00 | 62.04 | 63.31 | 63.31 | |
| 16 | Matthew Murdock | Canada | 60.00 | 58.74 | 58.11 | 60.00 | |
| 17 | Goran Vuković | Croatia | 56.39 | 57.52 | 52.94 | 57.52 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 33 athletes from 25 countries participated in the event.
* Argentina (1)
* Australia (2)
* Brazil (1)
* Canada (2)
* China (1)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Finland (2)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Japan (1)
* Latvia (2)
* Lithuania (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Norway (1)
* Qatar (1)
* Russia (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (2)
* South Korea (2)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* Venezuela (1)