The men's

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the ...

at the

2013 World Championships in Athletics The 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (Moscow 2013) () was an international athletics competition held in Moscow, Russia, from 10–18 August 2013. Initially, Russia won the most gold medals to top the table for the first time since 200 ...

was held at the

Luzhniki Stadium Luzhniki Stadium ( rus, стадион «Лужники», p=stədʲɪˈon lʊʐnʲɪˈkʲi, ''Stadion Luzhniki'') is the national stadium of Russia, located in its capital city, Moscow. The full name of the stadium is Grand Sports Arena of the ...

on 15–17 August. Change seems to be hitting the event. Last year's surprise Olympic champion

Keshorn Walcott Keshorn "Keshie" Walcott, ORTT (born 2 April 1993) is a Trinidadian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He is an Olympic champion, having won gold in 2012. He is the first Caribbean male athlete, as well as the first of A ...

, didn't make the final, nor did the returning bronze medalist Guillermo Martínez. The defending champion

Matthias de Zordo Matthias de Zordo (born 21 February 1988) is a German athlete who was the World Champion in the men's javelin throw in 2011. With a throw of 87.81 metres, he won the silver medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona. De ...

did not return, nor did the Olympic silver medalist

Oleksandr Pyatnytsya Oleksandr Sergiyovich Pyatnytsya ( uk, Олександр Сергійович П'ятниця; born 14 July 1985 in Dnipropetrovsk) is a male javelin thrower from Ukraine. His personal best is 86.12 metres, achieved in May 2012 in Kiev, which w ...

. Former two time Olympic gold medalist

Andreas Thorkildsen Andreas Thorkildsen (born 1 April 1982) is a retired Norwegian track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He was the Olympic Champion in 2004 and 2008, European Champion in 2006 and 2010, and World Champion in 2009. He is the fir ...

was in danger of not qualifying, on his final attempt, he got into an automatic qualifier, one of only three, joining

Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed Ihab El Sayed Abdelrahman (born 1 May 1989) is an Egyptian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. His personal best of 89.21 m is the Egyptian record. El Sayed splits his time between Kuortane, Finland, where his coach Pett ...

, who set the Egyptian national record at 83.62. Four throws into the final and

Tero Pitkämäki Tero Kristian Pitkämäki (born 19 December 1982) is a Finnish retired track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He is a World Champion, having won gold in 2007. His personal best throw of 91.53 m, set in 2005, ranks him eleve ...

took the early lead. Five throws later

Vítězslav Veselý Vítězslav Veselý () (born 27 February 1983) is a Czech javelin thrower. He won two bronze medals at the Olympic games, in 2012 and 2020. Career He finished ninth at the 2002 World Junior Championships. He threw a personal best throw of 81.20 ...

threw the winner 87.17. Two more throws and

Roman Avramenko Roman Avramenko ( uk, Роман Валерійович Авраменко; born 23 March 1988 in Kirovske) is a Ukrainian javelin thrower. He qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics. He did not progress to the final and finished in 14th place ...

was sitting in third place after the first round. In the second round Pitkämäki improved, followed by world leader

Dmitriy Tarabin Dmitriy Sergeyev Tarabin (russian: Дмитрий Серге́евич Тарабин; born 29 October 1991) is a Russian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. His personal best for the event is . He was the winner of the jav ...

taking over third place. Veselý's remaining throws wouldn't be enough to place in the top four. Pitkämäki improved again on his third attempt, falling just 10 cm short of Veselý. That mark would be good enough for silver. At the same time as Kenyan women were in their customary position battling the Ethiopians in the women's 5000,

Julius Yego Julius Yego (born 4 January 1989) is a Kenyan track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. Nicknamed "Mr. YouTube" because he learned how to throw by watching YouTube videos of javelin athletes, Yego is the African record and Com ...

's fifth round throw of 85.40 was a Kenyan national record, but more importantly, Kenya's first field event finalist was in third place in the world championships, with only one throw to go. Throwing before the home crowd, Tarabin's final effort of 86.23 took third place back for good, dashing Yego's hope for a medal.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 82.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.

Final

The final was started at 18.35.Final Results
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References

External links

Javelin throw results
at IAAF website {{DEFAULTSORT:2013 World Championships in Athletics - Men's javelin throw

Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the ...

Javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships