# 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

The Men's Javelin Throw at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany on August 21 and August 23. The second qualification group was interrupted for one hour, after the 2nd throw, due to heavy rain.

## Medalists

| Gold | Andreas Thorkildsen Norway (NOR) |
| Silver | Guillermo Martínez Cuba (CUB) |
| Bronze | Yukifumi Murakami Japan (JPN) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 21.08.2009 – 16:15h | 21.08.2009 – 18:15h |
| Final Round ||
| 23.08.2009 – 16:20h ||

## Qualification standards

| A standard | B standard |
| 81.00 m | 78.00 m |

## 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 |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2009 World Athletics Championships :
| 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) | 91.28 | Zürich, Switzerland | 28 August 2009 |
| 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 American 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 |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 82.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Vadims Vasiļevskis | Latvia (LAT) | 86.69 | | | 86.69 | Q |
| 2 | A | Yukifumi Murakami | Japan (JPN) | 74.87 | 83.10 | | 83.10 | Q, PB |
| 3 | A | Guillermo Martínez | Cuba (CUB) | x | 76.69 | 82.50 | 82.50 | Q |
| 4 | A | Tero Pitkämäki | Finland (FIN) | 80.96 | x | 81.65 | 81.65 | q |
| 5 | B | Mark Frank | Germany (GER) | 79.04 | 80.85 | - | 80.85 | q |
| 6 | A | Andreas Thorkildsen | Norway (NOR) | x | 80.37 | 79.93 | 80.37 | q |
| 7 | B | Teemu Wirkkala | Finland (FIN) | 76.82 | 79.84 | 79.23 | 79.84 | q |
| 8 | A | Ainārs Kovals | Latvia (LAT) | 79.76 | x | x | 79.76 | q |
| 9 | B | Petr Frydrych | Czech Republic (CZE) | 79.57 | 78.14 | 72.73 | 79.57 | q |
| 10 | A | Tero Järvenpää | Finland (FIN) | 77.22 | x | 79.48 | 79.48 | q |
| 11 | B | Sean Furey | United States (USA) | x | 74.51 | 79.28 | 79.28 | q, SB |
| 12 | B | Antti Ruuskanen | Finland (FIN) | 78.61 | 78.69 | 76.82 | 78.69 | q |
| 13 | A | Sergey Makarov | Russia (RUS) | 78.68 | x | 78.47 | 78.68 | |
| 14 | B | Stuart Farquhar | New Zealand (NZL) | 72.84 | 74.54 | 78.53 | 78.53 | |
| 15 | A | Csongor Olteán | Hungary (HUN) | 74.75 | x | 78.46 | 78.46 | |
| 16 | A | Mihkel Kukk | Estonia (EST) | 72.63 | 76.70 | 78.18 | 78.18 | |
| 17 | A | Mike Hazle | United States (USA) | x | 76.98 | 78.17 | 78.17 | |
| 18 | A | Park Jae-Myong | South Korea (KOR) | 75.62 | 76.17 | 78.16 | 78.16 | |
| 19 | B | Fatih Avan | Turkey (TUR) | 78.12 | x | 68.12 | 78.12 | |
| 20 | B | Alexandr Ivanov | Russia (RUS) | x | 77.13 | 78.00 | 78.00 | |
| 21 | A | Qin Qiang | China (CHN) | 76.87 | 75.40 | 77.65 | 77.65 | |
| 22 | A | Roman Avramenko | Ukraine (UKR) | 73.85 | 76.46 | 77.44 | 77.44 | |
| 23 | B | Tom Goyvaerts | Belgium (BEL) | 77.37 | x | 73.62 | 77.37 | |
| 24 | B | Chris Hill | United States (USA) | 70.23 | 75.20 | 77.14 | 77.14 | |
| 25 | A | Aliaksandr Ashomka | Belarus (BLR) | 72.83 | 76.85 | 76.04 | 76.85 | |
| 26 | A | Ēriks Rags | Latvia (LAT) | 76.23 | x | 75.97 | 76.23 | |
| 27 | B | Oleksandr Pyatnytsya | Ukraine (UKR) | 76.13 | 75.61 | x | 76.13 | |
| 28 | A | Vítězslav Veselý | Czech Republic (CZE) | 75.16 | 75.76 | 69.48 | 75.76 | |
| 29 | B | Uladzimir Kazlou | Belarus (BLR) | x | 73.17 | 75.38 | 75.38 | |
| 30 | A | Jonas Lohse | Sweden (SWE) | x | 75.33 | 74.46 | 75.33 | |
| 31 | B | Igor Janik | Poland (POL) | 75.20 | x | x | 75.20 | |
| 32 | A | Melik Janoyan | Armenia (ARM) | 68.74 | 74.74 | 72.75 | 74.74 | SB |
| 33 | A | Adrian Markowski | Poland (POL) | 68.84 | 72.87 | 74.13 | 74.13 | |
| 34 | A | Tino Häber | Germany (GER) | 73.66 | 74.11 | 73.64 | 74.11 | |
| 35 | A | Stefan Müller | Switzerland (SUI) | 71.09 | 71.63 | 72.83 | 72.83 | |
| 36 | B | Jung Sang-Jin | South Korea (KOR) | x | 72.80 | x | 72.80 | |
| 37 | B | Arley Ibargüen | Colombia (COL) | 69.49 | 72.54 | x | 72.54 | |
| 38 | B | Ilya Korotkov | Russia (RUS) | 71.59 | 70.37 | x | 71.59 | |
| 39 | A | Thomas Smet | Belgium (BEL) | 70.35 | x | 68.23 | 70.35 | |
| 40 | B | Mohamed Ali Kebabou | Egypt (EGY) | 64.68 | 68.75 | - | 68.75 | |
| 41 | A | Víctor Fatecha | Paraguay (PAR) | 66.31 | 68.65 | 65.93 | 68.65 | |
| 42 | B | Júlio César de Oliveira | Brazil (BRA) | 67.85 | 68.49 | x | 68.49 | |
| 43 | A | Tomas Intas | Lithuania (LTU) | 68.40 | x | x | 68.40 | |
| 44 | B | John Robert Oosthuizen | South Africa (RSA) | 67.86 | x | 67.57 | 67.86 | |
| 45 | B | Mervyn Luckwell | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 65.02 | 61.42 | 66.30 | 66.30 | |
| | B | Ignacio Guerra | Chile (CHI) | x | x | x | NM | |
| | B | Tanel Laanmäe | Estonia (EST) | x | x | - | NM | |
| | B | Andrus Värnik | Estonia (EST) | | | | | DNS |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Andreas Thorkildsen | Norway (NOR) | 77.80 | 89.59 | 88.95 | x | - | - | 89.59 | SB |
| | Guillermo Martínez | Cuba (CUB) | 83.43 | 83.28 | 78.22 | 77.27 | - | 86.41 | 86.41 | SB |
| | Yukifumi Murakami | Japan (JPN) | 76.01 | 82.97 | x | x | - | 77.90 | 82.97 | |
| 4 | Vadims Vasilevskis | Latvia (LAT) | x | x | 82.05 | x | x | 82.37 | 82.37 | |
| 5 | Tero Pitkämäki | Finland (FIN) | 81.90 | 81.14 | 80.50 | x | 80.17 | 81.14 | 81.90 | |
| 6 | Antti Ruuskanen | Finland (FIN) | 75.36 | 75.67 | 81.87 | 78.65 | x | 80.87 | 81.87 | |
| 7 | Ainārs Kovals | Latvia (LAT) | x | 81.54 | x | x | 75.98 | 76.39 | 81.54 | |
| 8 | Mark Frank | Germany (GER) | 73.77 | 79.86 | x | x | x | 81.32 | 81.32 | |
| 9 | Teemu Wirkkala | Finland (FIN) | 79.76 | x | 79.82 | | | | 79.82 | |
| 10 | Petr Frydrych | Czech Republic (CZE) | 78.57 | x | 79.29 | | | | 79.29 | |
| 11 | Tero Järvenpää | Finland (FIN) | 75.43 | x | 75.57 | | | | 75.57 | |
| 12 | Sean Furey | United States (USA) | 73.18 | 74.51 | 73.77 | | | | 74.51 | |