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
2019 World Athletics Championships
The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships () was the seventeenth edition of the biennial, global athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since renamed World Athletics. It was held betw ...
was held at the
Khalifa International Stadium
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in
Doha
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, Qatar, on 5 and 6 October 2019.
Summary
The automatic qualification to the final was 84.00 metres. One and done, on his first throw
Johannes Vetter
Johannes Vetter (; born 26 March 1993) is a German athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He won gold at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. His personal best of 97.76 m is the German record, and ranks him second on the overall li ...
beat that by over 5 metres with an 89.35m. In the second group, world leader
Magnus Kirt
Magnus Kirt (born 10 April 1990) is an Estonian retired athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships. His personal best of 90.61 m is the Estonian record.
Career
He competed at the 2015 W ...
took two attempts to make his mark of 88.36m. Either of those throws would have won the final easily.
In the final, only four men got over 80 metres in the first round,
Anderson Peters
Anderson Peters (born 21 October 1997) is a Grenada, Grenadian javelin thrower and the 2019 and 2022 world champion in the event. He is a multiple time CARIFTA Games champion at the discipline and in 2016 earned a bronze medal at the 2016 IAAF ...
took the lead with . In the second round, Vetter and Kirt got respectable marks with 85.37m and 86.21m respectively. From that point, nobody would improve. Fourth place
Lassi Etelätalo was almost 3 metres off the podium. In the fourth round, Peters duplicated his winning first round throw with another 86.69m. #8 in the world rankings coming in, Peters took gold.
Records
Before the competition records were as follows:
Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), is as follows:
Results
Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 84.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.
Final
The final was started on 6 October at 19:57.
References
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Men's javelin throw
Javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships