2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

None The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 31, 2007 (qualification round) and 2 September 2007 (final round) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. There were a total number of 36 competing athletes from 22 countries. Medalists GoldTero Pitkämäki FINSilverAndreas Thorkildsen NORBronzeBreaux Greer USA Schedule All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B31.08.2007 – 09:30h31.08.2007 – 11:30hFinal Round02.09.2007 – 19:15h Abbreviations Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best Records Standing records prior to the 2007 World Athletics Championships World Record Jan Železný CZE 98.48 m May 25, 1996 GER Jena, Germany Event Record Jan Železný CZE 92.80 m August 12, 2001 CAN Edmonton, Canada Season Best Breaux Greer USA 91.29 m June 21, 2007 USA Indianapolis, United States Qualification Group A Place Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Mark Notes 1 Breaux Greer USA 64.49 79.67 86.78 86.78 Q 2 Tero Järvenpää FIN 84.35 84.35 Q SB 3 Magnus Arvidsson SWE 84.17 84.17 Q 4 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR X 82.33 82.33 Q 5 Teemu Wirkkala FIN 75.52 X 79.82 79.82 q 6 Ēriks Rags LAT X X 79.79 79.79 q 7 Gerhardus Pienaar RSA 76.09 79.30 78.05 79.30   8 Igor Sukhomlinov RUS 79.05 74.83 X 79.05   9 Joshua Robinson AUS 75.11 76.93 78.48 78.48   10 Sergey Makarov RUS 78.22 77.71 74.42 78.22   11 Stuart Farquhar NZL 71.89 78.08 73.34 78.08 SB 12 Pablo Pietrobelli ARG 72.36 74.81 74.60 74.81   13 Stephan Steding GER 67.32 X 74.61 74.61   14 Miroslav Guzdek CZE 74.13 72.41 69.43 74.13   15 Stefan Müller SUI X 71.48 X 71.48   16 Marko Jänes EST X 68.64 69.65 69.65   17 Csongor Olteán HUN X 64.44 X 64.44   Group B Place Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Mark Notes 1 Vadims Vasilevskis LAT X 72.80 87.37 87.37 Q 2 Guillermo Martínez CUB 82.99 82.99 Q 3 Aleksandr Ivanov RUS X 79.66 82.42 82.42 Q 4 John Robert Oosthuizen RSA X 82.06 82.06 Q 5 Igor Janik POL 80.83 77.61 - 80.83 q 6 Tero Pitkämäki FIN 80.62 78.54 X 80.62 q 7 Peter Esenwein GER 73.74 70.89 79.62 79.62   8 Ainārs Kovals LAT X 77.18 79.42 79.42   9 Qin Qiang CHN 77.71 74.96 74.95 77.71   10 Yukifumi Murakami JPN 70.23 77.63 75.73 77.63 SB 11 Jarrod Bannister AUS 77.57 X 77.44 77.57   12 Scott Russell CAN 73.67 75.35 77.54 77.54   13 Andrus Värnik EST X 75.96 X 75.96 SB 14 Alexon Maximiano BRA 68.89 70.57 75.15 75.15   15 Víctor Fatecha PAR 71.59 73.55 70.01 73.55   16 Eric Brown USA 70.38 X 73.07 73.07   17 Felix Loretz SUI 71.27 70.57 67.79 71.27   18 Gabriel Wallin SWE X X 70.61 70.61   Final Field reduced to top eight are three throws, with top eight entitled to a further three attempts. RankAthleteNationAttemptsDistanceNote123456 Tero Pitkämäki FIN 81.62 89.16 83.64 87.72 X 90.33 90.33 m Andreas Thorkildsen NOR 82.78 88.61 X 82.80 X 87.33 88.61 m Breaux Greer USA X 80.67 84.31 X 86.21 83.81 86.21 m 4 Vadims Vasilevskis LAT X 85.19 X 77.42 X X 85.19 m 5 Aleksandr Ivanov RUS 85.18 84.71 81.42 84.91 81.55 X 85.18 m 6 John Robert Oosthuizen RSA 84.52 79.77 X 79.18 X X 84.52 m PB 7 Igor Janik POL 79.82 X 83.38 X — X 83.38 m PB 8 Tero Järvenpää FIN 80.30 79.40 82.10 X 77.30 75.40 82.10 m 9 Guillermo Martínez CUB 82.03 81.19 X 82.03 m 10 Magnus Arvidsson SWE 79.80 X 81.98 81.98 m 11 Ēriks Rags LAT X 77.22 80.01 80.01 m 12 Teemu Wirkkala FIN 78.01 X 76.48 78.01 m References Official results, qualification - IAAF.org Official results, final - IAAF.org Event report - IAAF.org Javelin throw Category:Javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships