# 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Atlético de la VIDENA in Lima, Peru on 27 and 29 August 2024.

## Records

U20 standing records prior to the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nationality | Mark | Location | Date |
| World U20 Record | Neeraj Chopra (IND) | 86.48 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 23 July 2016 |
| Championship Record | Neeraj Chopra (IND) | 86.48 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 23 July 2016 |
| World U20 Leading | Tom Teršek (SLO) | 80.87 | Celje, Slovenia | 29 June 2024 |

## Results
### Qualification

The qualification round is scheduled to take place on 27 August, in two groups, with both Group A scheduled to start at 16:20 and Group B at 17:43. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 72.50 metres (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.

#### Group A

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | Wang Xiaobo | China | 70.08 | 73.83 | | 73.83 | Q |
| 2 | Oskar Jäanicke | Germany | 69.67 | 70.80 | 73.02 | 73.02 | Q, PB |
| 3 | Illia Saievskyi | Ukraine | 69.39 | 71.84 | 72.61 | 72.61 | Q |
| 4 | João Fernandes | Portugal | 71.04 | 68.05 | 68.30 | 71.04 | q |
| 5 | Oisín Joyce | Ireland | 66.00 | 69.58 | 69.85 | 69.85 | q |
| 6 | Arthur Curvo | Brazil | 68.74 | 68.22 | 67.72 | 68.74 | q |
| 7 | Edward Rogan | Australia | 63.96 | 68.21 | 66.30 | 68.21 | |
| 8 | Ryan Jansen | Netherlands | 67.01 | 68.20 | 64.59 | 68.20 | |
| 9 | Cyrill Amhof | Switzerland | 66.36 | 68.07 | 65.41 | 68.07 | |
| 10 | Antonio Cannalonga | Italy | 66.72 | 66.19 | 63.74 | 66.72 | |
| 11 | Dipanshu Sharma | India | x | 66.26 | 61.93 | 66.26 | |
| 12 | Ides Verhulst | Belgium | 62.72 | 63.61 | 63.83 | 63.83 | |
| 13 | Lebron James | Trinidad and Tobago | 62.67 | 59.59 | 62.67 | 62.67 | |
| 14 | Niko Štajmec | Slovenia | 60.68 | x | x | 60.68 | |
| 15 | Addison James | Dominica | 59.70 | 58.90 | 60.58 | 60.58 | |
| 16 | Ewald Jansen | South Africa | 59.22 | 56.05 | 57.88 | 59.22 | |

#### Group B

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | Tom Teršek | Slovenia | 72.30 | 73.37 | | 73.37 | Q |
| 2 | Paul Catalanatto | United States | 70.29 | 66.46 | 63.94 | 70.29 | q |
| 3 | Máté Horváth | Hungary | 66.40 | 66.69 | 70.25 | 70.25 | q |
| 4 | Yang Ke | China | 66.91 | 70.03 | x | 70.03 | q |
| 5 | Lucio Visca | Italy | 68.64 | 69.71 | 65.49 | 69.71 | q |
| 6 | Orlando Fernández | Venezuela | 65.63 | 69.12 | 60.95 | 69.12 | q |
| 7 | Florian Schmid | Germany | 66.94 | 68.40 | 62.71 | 68.40 | |
| 8 | Vlad Turcu | Romania | 67.18 | 64.67 | 65.66 | 67.18 | |
| 9 | Huang Chao-hong | Chinese Taipei | 64.42 | 67.12 | 66.91 | 67.12 | |
| 10 | Rohan Yadav | India | 64.23 | 67.07 | 63.40 | 67.07 | |
| 11 | Douw Botes | New Zealand | 63.64 | 61.32 | 62.60 | 63.64 | |
| 12 | Javier Noris | Cuba | 62.09 | 63.36 | 62.14 | 63.36 | |
| 13 | Stanislav Klochko | Ukraine | 58.59 | 58.54 | 61.97 | 61.97 | |
| 14 | Jeong Junseok | South Korea | 58.77 | 61.94 | 60.51 | 61.94 | |
| 15 | Yirmar Torres | Ecuador | 61.12 | x | 61.26 | 61.26 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Mark | Notes |
| | Tom Teršek | Slovenia | 69.47 | 66.00 | 70.85 | 68.39 | 73.41 | 76.81 | 76.81 | |
| | Wang Xiaobo | China | 69.33 | 75.28 | 75.50 | 74.52 | 74.34 | 73.88 | 75.50 | |
| | Oisín Joyce | Ireland | 73.89 | 69.45 | 68.30 | 70.76 | 71.67 | 71.32 | 73.89 | NU20R |
| 4 | Yang Ke | China | 71.83 | x | 71.98 | 65.81 | 67.62 | 70.49 | 71.98 | |
| 5 | Illia Saievskyi | Ukraine | 69.15 | 69.56 | 67.60 | 67.71 | 71.73 | 69.54 | 71.73 | |
| 6 | Arthur Curvo | Brazil | 67.16 | 66.67 | 68.04 | 65.97 | 68.17 | 70.48 | 70.48 | |
| 7 | Máté Horváth | Hungary | 67.91 | x | 69.68 | x | 69.18 | 68.22 | 69.68 | |
| 8 | João Fernandes | Portugal | 68.98 | 65.42 | 67.49 | x | 67.07 | x | 68.98 | |
| 9 | Oskar Jäanicke | Germany | 64.99 | 65.84 | 66.90 | | | | 66.90 | |
| 10 | Lucio Visca | Italy | 66.32 | x | 62.54 | | | | 66.32 | |
| 11 | Orlando Fernández | Venezuela | 62.54 | 65.31 | 60.92 | | | | 65.31 | |
| 12 | Paul Catalanatto | United States | 65.01 | x | 57.39 | | | | 65.01 | |