2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

None May 2026 Men's javelin throw 2015 World Championships Julius Yego Beijing 2015.jpg Winner Julius Yego became the third farthest thrower in the history of the modern javelin Beijing National Stadium 24 August (qualification)26 August (final) 33 21 92.72 Winning distance Julius Yego KEN Ihab El-Sayed EGY Tero Pitkämäki FIN 2013 2017 The men's javelin throw at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 24 and 26 August.http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ https://web.archive.org/web/20141201205133/http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ dead 1 December 2014 Beijing 2015: Timetable 11 August 2015 10 August 2015 Beijing 2015 Start list 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.http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/15th-iaaf-world-championships-4875/news/report/men/javelin-throw/final REPORT: MEN'S JAVELIN FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015 26 August 2015 iaaf.org 27 August 2015 28 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150828221828/http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/15th-iaaf-world-championships-4875/news/report/men/javelin-throw/final dead 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. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/aug/26/julius-yego-javelin-kenya-compatriots-fail-drug-tests Julius Yego wins javelin but Kenyan pair's positive tests cast shadow 26 August 2015 Guardian 27 August 2015 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. https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/athletics/34067780 World Championships: YouTube-inspired Julius Yego enjoys win 26 August 2015 BBC Sport 27 August 2015 Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:http://www.iaaf.org/records/by-discipline/throws/javelin-throw/outdoor/men Records & Lists – Javelin Throw IAAF 18 August 2015 World recordJan Železný CZE98.48 Jena, Germany25 May 1996Championship recordJan Železný CZE92.80 Edmonton, Canada12 August 2001World leadingJulius Yego KEN91.39 Birmingham, Great Britain7 June 2015African recordAsian recordZhao Qinggang CHN89.15 Incheon, South Korea2 October 2014North, Central American and Caribbean recordBreaux Greer USA91.29 Indianapolis, IN, United States21 June 2007South American recordEdgar Baumann PAR84.70 San Marcos, TX, United States17 October 1999European recordJan Železný CZE98.48 Jena, Germany25 May 1996Oceanian recordJarrod Bannister AUS89.02 Brisbane, Australia29 February 2008The following records were established during the competition:World leadingJulius Yego KEN92.72 Beijing, China26 August 2015African record Qualification standards Entry standards 2014 IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitioninfo/544c7d0a-0807-4226-a85b-79928c58a097.pdf IAAF 18 August 2015 82.00 Schedule Date Time Round24 August 2015 19:00 Qualification26 August 2015 19:05 Final All times are local times (UTC+8) Results KEY:QQualifiedq12 best performersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best Qualification Qualification: 83.00 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).Qualification results Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Mark Notes 1 B Andreas Hofmann GER 2015 World 86.14 86.14 Q, PB 2 A Ryohei Arai JPN 2015 World 79.50 81.28 84.66 84.66 Q, SB 3 B Julius Yego KEN 2015 World 80.79 84.46 84.46 Q 4 B Vítězslav Veselý CZE 2015 World 83.63 83.63 Q 5 B Tero Pitkämäki FIN 2015 World 79.67 83.43 83.43 Q 6 A Braian Toledo ARG 2015 World 83.32 83.32 Q, NR Argentine 7 A Thomas Röhler GER 2015 World 81.73 78.70 83.23 83.23 Q 8 B Ihab El-Sayed EGY 2015 World 82.85 00.0 – 00.0 – 82.85 q 9 A Antti Ruuskanen FIN 2015 World 00.0 x 82.20 00.0 x 82.20 q 10 B Kim Amb SWE 2015 World 81.63 00.0 x 00.0 – 81.63 q 11 B Risto Mätas EST 2015 World 72.93 77.72 81.56 81.56 q 12 B Johannes Vetter GER 2015 World 79.40 79.48 80.86 80.86 q 13 B Tanel Laanmäe EST 2015 World 76.79 73.90 80.65 80.65 14 A Ari Mannio FIN 2015 World 80.19 77.79 00.0 x 80.19 15 B Júlio César de Oliveira BRA 2015 World 79.81 78.36 79.51 79.81 16 A Lars Hamann GER 2015 World 79.56 77.78 76.44 79.56 17 B Zhao Qinggang CHN 2015 World 00.0 x 79.47 75.77 79.47 SB 18 A Hamish Peacock AUS 2015 World 75.15 79.37 78.99 79.37 19 B Rolands Štrobinders LAT 2015 World 79.11 76.88 00.0 x 79.11 20 A Jakub Vadlejch CZE 2015 World 73.47 78.95 00.0 x 78.95 21 B Marcin Krukowski POL 2015 World 78.91 77.11 78.91 78.91 22 A Magnus Kirt EST 2015 World 74.73 78.84 77.08 78.84 23 A Stuart Farquhar NZL 2015 World 78.30 00.0 x 77.53 78.30 24 A Riley Dolezal USA 2015 World 00.0 x 73.41 77.64 77.64 25 A Dmitriy Tarabin RUS 2015 World 71.78 77.48 74.82 77.48 26 A Keshorn Walcott TTO 2015 World 00.0 x 75.16 76.83 76.83 27 B Huang Shih-feng TPE 2015 World 00.0 x 75.72 00.0 x 75.72 28 A Rocco van Rooyen RSA 2015 World 70.38 75.55 00.0 x 75.55 29 B Sean Furey USA 2015 World 00.0 x 72.64 75.01 75.01 30 B Petr Frydrych CZE 2015 World 73.77 74.24 00.0 x 74.24 31 A Sam Crouser USA 2015 World 70.47 00.0 x 73.88 73.88 32 B Valeriy Iordan RUS 2015 World 73.22 00.0 x 73.43 73.43 33 A Patrik Žeňúch SVK 2015 World 69.31 00.0 x 00.0 r 69.31 Final The final was started at 19:05.Final results Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Mark Notes Julius Yego KEN 2015 World 00.0 x 82.42 92.72 00.0 – 00.0 – 00.0 x 92.72 WL, AR African Ihab El-Sayed EGY 2015 World 86.07 88.99 00.0 x 00.0 x 00.0 x 00.0 x 88.99 SB Tero Pitkämäki FIN 2015 World 83.45 85.03 85.08 87.64 84.49 87.34 87.64 04 4 Thomas Röhler GER 2015 World 86.68 86.03 86.77 87.18 84.00 87.41 87.41 05 5 Antti Ruuskanen FIN 2015 World 76.24 81.29 87.12 80.63 84.30 00.0 x 87.12 06 6 Andreas Hofmann GER 2015 World 79.38 77.33 84.85 82.43 00.0 x 86.01 86.01 07 7 Johannes Vetter GER 2015 World 83.79 81.98 80.28 00.0 x 79.43 00.0 x 83.79 08 8 Vítězslav Veselý CZE 2015 World 78.38 00.0 x 83.13 81.45 82.98 00.0 x 83.13 09 9 Ryohei Arai JPN 2015 World 80.81 83.07 00.0 x 83.07 10 Braian Toledo ARG 2015 World 78.27 78.30 80.27 80.27 11 Kim Amb SWE 2015 World 77.38 75.77 78.51 78.51 12 Risto Mätas EST 2015 World 75.79 70.10 76.79 76.79 References Javelin throw Category:Javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships