# 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 24 and 26 August.
Two years earlier, Julius Yego was notable in fourth place, as a Kenyan athlete succeeding in a different event, one unrelated to distance running. His 85.40 national record put him one throw away from a medal. Since then, he has added six more metres to his record and came into this championship as the world leader and favorite. Vítězslav Veselý was back as the defending champion as was silver medalist Tero Pitkämäki. Dmitriy Tarabin, whose final throw took the bronze medal away from Yego and Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott did not make the final this time.
In the first round of the final Thomas Röhler took the lead with an 86.68. In the second round, Ihab El-Sayed took the lead with his season best 88.99. Meanwhile, Yego fouled his first attempt and his 82.45 only had him in 5th place and highly vulnerable to not making the top 8 after three throws, the requirement to get three more throws. On his third throw, he launched a 92.72. Not only did the throw put him in the lead, it was a new African record and the farthest throw in the world in 14 years, since world record holder Jan Železný threw 92.80 to win this championship in 2001, near the end of his top throwing days. It made Yego the third farthest thrower in the history of the contemporary javelin. He didn't need any more throws. In the fourth round Pitkämäki threw 87.64 to move into bronze medal position, which was confirmed when Röhler came up short in his effort to answer.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| 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 | Julius Yego (KEN) | 91.39 | Birmingham, Great Britain | 7 June 2015 |
| African record | Julius Yego (KEN) | 91.39 | Birmingham, Great Britain | 7 June 2015 |
| Asian record | Zhao Qinggang (CHN) | 89.15 | Incheon, South Korea | 2 October 2014 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Breaux Greer (USA) | 91.29 | Indianapolis, IN, United States | 21 June 2007 |
| South American record | Edgar Baumann (PAR) | 84.70 | San Marcos, TX, 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 |
| The following records were established during the competition: |||||
| World leading | Julius Yego (KEN) | 92.72 | Beijing, China | 26 August 2015 |
| African record | Julius Yego (KEN) | 92.72 | Beijing, China | 26 August 2015 |

## Qualification standards

* Entry standards
* 82.00

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 24 August 2015 | 19:00 | Qualification |
| 26 August 2015 | 19:05 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+8)

## Results

| KEY: | Q | Qualified | q | 12 best performers | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Qualification

Qualification: 83.00 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | B | Andreas Hofmann | Germany (GER) | 86.14 | | | 86.14 | Q, PB |
| 2 | A | Ryohei Arai | Japan (JPN) | 79.50 | 81.28 | 84.66 | 84.66 | Q, SB |
| 3 | B | Julius Yego | Kenya (KEN) | 80.79 | 84.46 | | 84.46 | Q |
| 4 | B | Vítězslav Veselý | Czech Republic (CZE) | 83.63 | | | 83.63 | Q |
| 5 | B | Tero Pitkämäki | Finland (FIN) | 79.67 | 83.43 | | 83.43 | Q |
| 6 | A | Braian Toledo | Argentina (ARG) | 83.32 | | | 83.32 | Q, NR |
| 7 | A | Thomas Röhler | Germany (GER) | 81.73 | 78.70 | 83.23 | 83.23 | Q |
| 8 | B | Ihab El-Sayed | Egypt (EGY) | 82.85 | – | – | 82.85 | q |
| 9 | A | Antti Ruuskanen | Finland (FIN) | x | 82.20 | x | 82.20 | q |
| 10 | B | Kim Amb | Sweden (SWE) | 81.63 | x | – | 81.63 | q |
| 11 | B | Risto Mätas | Estonia (EST) | 72.93 | 77.72 | 81.56 | 81.56 | q |
| 12 | B | Johannes Vetter | Germany (GER) | 79.40 | 79.48 | 80.86 | 80.86 | q |
| 13 | B | Tanel Laanmäe | Estonia (EST) | 76.79 | 73.90 | 80.65 | 80.65 | |
| 14 | A | Ari Mannio | Finland (FIN) | 80.19 | 77.79 | x | 80.19 | |
| 15 | B | Júlio César de Oliveira | Brazil (BRA) | 79.81 | 78.36 | 79.51 | 79.81 | |
| 16 | A | Lars Hamann | Germany (GER) | 79.56 | 77.78 | 76.44 | 79.56 | |
| 17 | B | Zhao Qinggang | China (CHN) | x | 79.47 | 75.77 | 79.47 | SB |
| 18 | A | Hamish Peacock | Australia (AUS) | 75.15 | 79.37 | 78.99 | 79.37 | |
| 19 | B | Rolands Štrobinders | Latvia (LAT) | 79.11 | 76.88 | x | 79.11 | |
| 20 | A | Jakub Vadlejch | Czech Republic (CZE) | 73.47 | 78.95 | x | 78.95 | |
| 21 | B | Marcin Krukowski | Poland (POL) | 78.91 | 77.11 | 78.91 | 78.91 | |
| 22 | A | Magnus Kirt | Estonia (EST) | 74.73 | 78.84 | 77.08 | 78.84 | |
| 23 | A | Stuart Farquhar | New Zealand (NZL) | 78.30 | x | 77.53 | 78.30 | |
| 24 | A | Riley Dolezal | United States (USA) | x | 73.41 | 77.64 | 77.64 | |
| 25 | A | Dmitriy Tarabin | Russia (RUS) | 71.78 | 77.48 | 74.82 | 77.48 | |
| 26 | A | Keshorn Walcott | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | x | 75.16 | 76.83 | 76.83 | |
| 27 | B | Huang Shih-feng | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | x | 75.72 | x | 75.72 | |
| 28 | A | Rocco van Rooyen | South Africa (RSA) | 70.38 | 75.55 | x | 75.55 | |
| 29 | B | Sean Furey | United States (USA) | x | 72.64 | 75.01 | 75.01 | |
| 30 | B | Petr Frydrych | Czech Republic (CZE) | 73.77 | 74.24 | x | 74.24 | |
| 31 | A | Sam Crouser | United States (USA) | 70.47 | x | 73.88 | 73.88 | |
| 32 | B | Valeriy Iordan | Russia (RUS) | 73.22 | x | 73.43 | 73.43 | |
| 33 | A | Patrik Žeňúch | Slovakia (SVK) | 69.31 | x | r | 69.31 | |

### Final

The final was started at 19:05.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Mark | Notes |
| | Julius Yego | Kenya (KEN) | x | 82.42 | 92.72 | – | – | x | 92.72 | WL, AR |
| | Ihab El-Sayed | Egypt (EGY) | 86.07 | 88.99 | x | x | x | x | 88.99 | SB |
| | Tero Pitkämäki | Finland (FIN) | 83.45 | 85.03 | 85.08 | 87.64 | 84.49 | 87.34 | 87.64 | |
| 4 | Thomas Röhler | Germany (GER) | 86.68 | 86.03 | 86.77 | 87.18 | 84.00 | 87.41 | 87.41 | |
| 5 | Antti Ruuskanen | Finland (FIN) | 76.24 | 81.29 | 87.12 | 80.63 | 84.30 | x | 87.12 | |
| 6 | Andreas Hofmann | Germany (GER) | 79.38 | 77.33 | 84.85 | 82.43 | x | 86.01 | 86.01 | |
| 7 | Johannes Vetter | Germany (GER) | 83.79 | 81.98 | 80.28 | x | 79.43 | x | 83.79 | |
| 8 | Vítězslav Veselý | Czech Republic (CZE) | 78.38 | x | 83.13 | 81.45 | 82.98 | x | 83.13 | |
| 9 | Ryohei Arai | Japan (JPN) | 80.81 | 83.07 | x | | | | 83.07 | |
| 10 | Braian Toledo | Argentina (ARG) | 78.27 | 78.30 | 80.27 | | | | 80.27 | |
| 11 | Kim Amb | Sweden (SWE) | 77.38 | 75.77 | 78.51 | | | | 78.51 | |
| 12 | Risto Mätas | Estonia (EST) | 75.79 | 70.10 | 76.79 | | | | 76.79 | |