The men's
javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's de ...
at the
2019 World Athletics Championships
The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships () was the seventeenth edition of the biennial, global sport of athletics, athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since renamed World Athleti ...
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 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 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
Lassi Etelätalo (born 30 April 1988) is a Finland, Finnish athlete specialising in the javelin throw. He represented his country at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, 2019 World Championships in Doha finishing fourth in the final. In additio ...
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