# 2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on 5 and 6 October 2019.

## Summary

The automatic qualification to the final was 84.00 metres. One and done, on his first throw Johannes Vetter beat that by over 5 metres with an 89.35m. In the second group, world leader Magnus Kirt took two attempts to make his mark of 88.36m. Either of those throws would have won the final easily.
In the final, only four men got over 80 metres in the first round, Anderson Peters took the lead with 86.69 m (284 ft 4+3⁄4 in). In the second round, Vetter and Kirt got respectable marks with 85.37m and 86.21m respectively. From that point, nobody would improve. Fourth place Lassi Etelätalo was almost 3 metres off the podium. In the fourth round, Peters duplicated his winning first round throw with another 86.69m. #8 in the world rankings coming in, Peters took gold.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date | Location |
| World | 98.48 | Jan Železný | CZE | 25 May 1996 | Jena, Germany |
| Championship | 92.80 | Jan Železný | CZE | 12 Aug 2001 | Edmonton, Canada |
| World leading | 90.61 | Magnus Kirt | EST | 22 Jun 2019 | Kuortane, Finland |
| African | 92.72 | Julius Yego | KEN | 26 Aug 2015 | Beijing, China |
| Asian | 91.36 | Cheng Chao-tsun | TPE | 26 Aug 2017 | Taipei, Chinese Taipei |
| NACAC | 91.29 | Breaux Greer | USA | 21 Jun 2007 | Indianapolis, United States |
| South American | 84.70 | Edgar Baumann | PAR | 17 Oct 1999 | San Marcos, United States |
| European | 98.48 | Jan Železný | CZE | 25 May 1996 | Jena, Germany |
| Oceanian | 89.02 | Jarrod Bannister | AUS | 29 Feb 2008 | Brisbane, Australia |

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), is as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 5 October | 16:30 | Qualification |
| 6 October | 19:55 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 84.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | Johannes Vetter | Germany (GER) | 89.35 | | | 89.35 | Q |
| 2 | B | Magnus Kirt | Estonia (EST) | 81.00 | 88.36 | | 88.36 | Q |
| 3 | A | Anderson Peters | Grenada (GRN) | 82.06 | 85.34 | | 85.34 | Q |
| 4 | B | Kim Amb | Sweden (SWE) | x | 82.98 | 84.85 | 84.85 | Q |
| 5 | B | Keshorn Walcott | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 84.44 | | | 84.44 | Q |
| 6 | A | Jakub Vadlejch | Czech Republic (CZE) | 81.70 | 84.31 | | 84.31 | Q |
| 7 | A | Julian Weber | Germany (GER) | 84.29 | | | 84.29 | Q |
| 8 | A | Julius Yego | Kenya (KEN) | 83.86 | 83.76 | 80.62 | 83.86 | q |
| 9 | A | Norbert Rivasz-Tóth | Hungary (HUN) | 83.42 | 81.06 | 77.27 | 83.42 | q, NR |
| 10 | B | Cheng Chao-tsun | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 79.08 | 83.40 | 79.88 | 83.40 | q |
| 11 | A | Marcin Krukowski | Poland (POL) | 82.44 | x | 82.02 | 82.44 | q |
| 12 | B | Lassi Etelätalo | Finland (FIN) | 75.11 | x | 82.26 | 82.26 | q |
| 13 | B | Alexandru Novac | Romania (ROM) | 82.12 | 78.18 | 79.75 | 82.12 | |
| 14 | B | Aliaksei Katkavets | Belarus (BLR) | 75.88 | x | 82.08 | 82.08 | |
| 15 | B | Ryohei Arai | Japan (JPN) | 81.71 | x | 72.99 | 81.71 | |
| 16 | B | Arshad Nadeem | Pakistan (PAK) | 81.52 | 75.48 | x | 81.52 | NR |
| 17 | B | Rolands Štrobinders | Latvia (LAT) | 81.09 | 80.60 | 79.51 | 81.09 | |
| 18 | B | Michael Shuey | United States (USA) | 77.04 | x | 80.53 | 80.53 | |
| 19 | B | Oliver Helander | Finland (FIN) | x | 80.36 | x | 80.36 | |
| 20 | B | Andreas Hofmann | Germany (GER) | 80.06 | x | x | 80.06 | |
| 21 | A | Gatis Čakšs | Latvia (LAT) | 79.94 | x | 79.63 | 79.94 | |
| 22 | A | Edis Matusevičius | Lithuania (LTU) | 73.98 | 75.73 | 79.60 | 79.60 | |
| 23 | B | Thomas Röhler | Germany (GER) | x | 79.23 | x | 79.23 | |
| 24 | A | Shivpal Singh | India (IND) | 75.91 | 78.97 | x | 78.97 | |
| 25 | A | Liu Qizhen | China (CHN) | 75.24 | x | 75.81 | 75.81 | |
| 26 | A | Riley Dolezal | United States (USA) | 75.62 | x | 74.85 | 75.62 | |
| 27 | A | Pavel Mialeshka | Belarus (BLR) | x | 75.14 | x | 75.14 | |
| 28 | A | Antti Ruuskanen | Finland (FIN) | 72.65 | 75.05 | x | 75.05 | |
| 29 | A | Albert Reynolds | Saint Lucia (LCA) | 69.68 | 73.91 | x | 73.91 | |
| 30 | A | Oleksandr Nychyporchuk | Ukraine (UKR) | x | 72.75 | x | 72.75 | |
| | B | Zhao Qinggang | China (CHN) | x | x | x | NM | |
| | B | Vítězslav Veselý | Czech Republic (CZE) | | | | DNS | |

### Final

The final was started on 6 October at 19:57.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Mark | Notes |
| | Anderson Peters | Grenada (GRN) | 86.69 | 81.26 | 79.82 | 86.89 | 84.59 | 83.63 | 86.89 | |
| | Magnus Kirt | Estonia (EST) | 83.95 | 86.21 | 85.17 | 85.90 | x | r | 86.21 | |
| | Johannes Vetter | Germany (GER) | x | 85.37 | 82.51 | x | 82.29 | x | 85.37 | |
| 4 | Lassi Etelätalo | Finland (FIN) | 72.00 | 77.92 | 82.49 | 74.62 | x | 74.63 | 82.49 | |
| 5 | Jakub Vadlejch | Czech Republic (CZE) | 77.32 | 81.98 | 82.19 | 77.36 | x | x | 82.19 | |
| 6 | Julian Weber | Germany (GER) | 81.20 | 81.26 | 80.80 | 79.43 | 79.46 | 73.58 | 81.26 | |
| 7 | Marcin Krukowski | Poland (POL) | 80.56 | 79.91 | x | x | x | x | 80.56 | |
| 8 | Kim Amb | Sweden (SWE) | 78.93 | 80.42 | 78.51 | 75.71 | x | x | 80.42 | |
| 9 | Norbert Rivasz-Tóth | Hungary (HUN) | 79.73 | 77.89 | 76.55 | | | | 79.73 | |
| 10 | Cheng Chao-tsun | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 74.74 | 77.51 | 77.99 | | | | 77.99 | |
| 11 | Keshorn Walcott | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 75.30 | 77.47 | x | | | | 77.47 | |
| | Julius Yego | Kenya (KEN) | x | x | x | | | | NM | |