# 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 12 and 13 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Keshorn Walcott Trinidad and Tobago |
| Silver | Braian Toledo Argentina |
| Bronze | Morné Moolman South Africa |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| World Junior Record | Zigismunds Sirmais (LAT) | 84.69 | Bauska, Latvia | 22 June 2011 |
| Championship Record | John Robert Oosthuizen (RSA) | 83.07 | Beijing, China | 19 August 2006 |
| World Junior Leading | Keshorn Walcott (TRI) | 82.83 | San Salvador, El Salvador | 1 July 2012 |

## Results
### Qualification

Qual. rule: qualification standard 72.00 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Note |
| 1 | B | Luke Cann | Australia | 74.54 | | | 74.54 | Q |
| 2 | A | Keshorn Walcott | Trinidad and Tobago | 74.17 | | | 74.17 | Q |
| 3 | A | William White | Australia | 73.55 | | | 73.55 | Q |
| 4 | B | Morné Moolman | South Africa | 72.64 | | | 72.64 | Q |
| 5 | A | Jaka Muhar | Slovenia | 65.46 | 72.55 | | 72.55 | Q |
| 6 | B | Braian Toledo | Argentina | 72.48 | | | 72.48 | Q |
| 7 | A | Bernhard Seifert | Germany | 72.47 | | | 72.47 | Q |
| 8 | A | Intars Išejevs | Latvia | 72.09 | | | 72.09 | Q |
| 9 | B | Joni Karvinen | Finland | 67.73 | X | 71.96 | 71.96 | q, PB |
| 10 | B | Norbert Rivasz-Tóth | Hungary | 63.66 | 63.60 | 69.47 | 69.47 | q, PB |
| 11 | A | Yuriy Kushniruk | Ukraine | 65.62 | 63.43 | 69.00 | 69.00 | q |
| 12 | B | Rajesh Kumar Bind | India | 68.08 | 68.90 | 65.43 | 68.90 | q |
| 13 | A | Konsta Koskela | Finland | 66.46 | 64.28 | 68.83 | 68.83 | PB |
| 14 | A | Håkon Løvenskiold Kveseth | Norway | 64.38 | 61.75 | 68.45 | 68.45 | PB |
| 15 | B | Markus Kosok | Germany | 62.54 | 68.22 | 65.10 | 68.22 | |
| 16 | A | Chao-Tsun Cheng | Chinese Taipei | 62.81 | 66.19 | 67.88 | 67.88 | |
| 17 | B | Alain de Deugd | Netherlands | 65.72 | X | 68.02 | 68.02 | |
| 18 | A | Jurriaan Wouters | Netherlands | 63.31 | 61.87 | 67.55 | 67.55 | |
| 19 | A | Alexander Pascal | Cayman Islands | 63.48 | 67.41 | 67.00 | 67.41 | |
| 20 | B | Nicoliai Bovelle | Barbados | 67.39 | 65.11 | 59.17 | 67.39 | |
| 21 | A | Devin Bogert | United States | 67.27 | 64.83 | 63.00 | 67.27 | |
| 22 | B | Zhangxuan Ye | China | 67.00 | 63.11 | 65.32 | 67.00 | |
| 23 | B | Paulo Enrique da Silva | Brazil | 64.61 | 63.14 | 66.43 | 66.43 | |
| 24 | A | Marius Simanavicius | Lithuania | X | 66.41 | X | 66.41 | |
| 25 | B | Sean Keller | United States | 66.33 | 65.86 | 66.06 | 66.33 | |
| 26 | A | Sebastian Thörngren | Sweden | 66.10 | 64.47 | 62.66 | 66.10 | |
| 27 | A | Janeil Craigg | Barbados | 66.10 | X | 63.28 | 66.10 | |
| 28 | B | Sho Tanaka | Japan | 66.04 | X | X | 66.04 | |
| 29 | B | Yeram Kim | South Korea | 60.77 | X | 65.73 | 65.73 | |
| 30 | B | Sindri Gudmundsson | Iceland | 57.91 | 62.51 | 65.26 | 65.26 | |
| 31 | A | Ali Kilisli | Turkey | X | 64.81 | 64.35 | 64.81 | |
| 32 | B | Adriaan Stephanus Beukes | Botswana | 60.67 | 64.58 | 62.43 | 64.58 | |
| 33 | A | Raul Stefan Rusu | Romania | 62.45 | 53.68 | 64.10 | 64.10 | |
| 34 | A | Pablo Bugallo | Spain | X | 63.70 | X | 63.70 | PB |
| 35 | A | Matti Mortimore | Great Britain | 60.28 | 63.24 | 58.53 | 63.24 | |
| 36 | B | Blaž Marn | Slovenia | 63.19 | X | X | 63.19 | |
| 37 | B | Kacper Oleszczuk | Poland | 57.67 | 62.93 | 62.18 | 62.93 | |
| 38 | B | Jakub Duras | Slovakia | 62.61 | X | X | 62.61 | |
| 39 | A | Tyler Renton | Canada | 58.74 | 62.47 | 59.90 | 62.47 | |
| 40 | B | Chia-Ho Ku | Chinese Taipei | 55.01 | 62.21 | 57.12 | 62.21 | |
| 41 | B | Mauro Fraresso | Italy | 61.73 | 57.53 | X | 61.73 | |
| 42 | B | Mkarem Al-Mahamid | Syria | X | X | 59.95 | 59.95 | |
| 43 | A | Andrej Benák | Slovakia | 59.21 | 54.34 | 57.84 | 59.21 | |
| 44 | A | Albert Martirosyan | Armenia | 53.65 | 55.07 | 53.83 | 55.07 | |
| 45 | B | Evan Karakolis | Canada | 54.71 | X | 55.65 | 55.65 | |
| 46 | B | Marcis Grens | Latvia | X | X | 47.54 | 47.54 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Note |
| | Keshorn Walcott | Trinidad and Tobago | 70.77 | 77.03 | 69.75 | X | 75.67 | 78.64 | 78.64 | |
| | Braian Toledo | Argentina | 73.45 | 77.09 | 74.32 | 71.07 | 75.11 | 74.58 | 77.09 | |
| | Morné Moolman | South Africa | 71.53 | 75.63 | X | 75.12 | 76.29 | 75.14 | 76.29 | PB |
| 4 | Bernhard Seifert | Germany | X | 75.84 | X | X | 74.12 | X | 75.84 | SB |
| 5 | Intars Išejevs | Latvia | 71.52 | 69.79 | X | 71.68 | 72.04 | 74.12 | 74.12 | |
| 6 | Joni Karvinen | Finland | 70.90 | X | 68.33 | X | 70.63 | X | 70.90 | |
| 7 | Luke Cann | Australia | 70.15 | 62.31 | 69.69 | 69.61 | 68.88 | 65.19 | 70.15 | |
| 8 | William White | Australia | 66.33 | 69.62 | 60.74 | 65.03 | 66.06 | 67.09 | 69.62 | |
| 9 | Yuriy Kushniruk | Ukraine | X | 66.18 | 69.19 | | | | 69.19 | |
| 10 | Rajesh Kumar Bind | India | 65.33 | 69.00 | 63.55 | | | | 69.00 | |
| 11 | Jaka Muhar | Slovenia | 66.48 | 65.91 | X | | | | 66.48 | |
| 12 | Norbert Rivasz-Tóth | Hungary | 66.12 | 61.29 | 64.32 | | | | 66.12 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 46 athletes from 35 countries participated in the event.
* Argentina (1)
* Armenia (1)
* Australia (2)
* Barbados (2)
* Botswana (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Canada (2)
* Cayman Islands (1)
* China (1)
* Chinese Taipei (2)
* Finland (2)
* Germany (2)
* Hungary (1)
* Iceland (1)
* India (1)
* Italy (1)
* Japan (1)
* Latvia (2)
* Lithuania (1)
* Netherlands (2)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (1)
* Romania (1)
* Slovakia (2)
* Slovenia (2)
* South Africa (1)
* South Korea (1)
* Spain (1)
* Sweden (1)
* Syria (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* Turkey (1)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)