2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw
Men's javelin throw at the 2013 World Championships | ||
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Venue | Luzhniki Stadium | |
Dates | 15 August (qualification) 17 August (final) | |
Competitors | 33 from 25 nations | |
Winning distance | 87.17 m (285 ft 11+3⁄4 in) | |
Medalists | ||
The men's javelin throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 15–17 August.[1]
Change seems to be hitting the event. Last year's surprise Olympic champion
Four throws into the final and
At the same time as Kenyan women were in their customary position battling the Ethiopians in the women's 5000, Julius Yego'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.[2]
Records
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[3]
World record | Jan Železný (CZE) | 98.48 | Jena, Germany | 25 May 1996 |
Championship record
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Jan Železný (CZE) | 92.80 | Edmonton, Canada | 12 August 2001 |
World leading | Dmitri Tarabin (RUS)
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88.84 | Moscow, Russia | 24 July 2013 |
African record | Marius Corbett (RSA) | 88.75 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 21 September 1998 |
Asian record | Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN) | 87.60 | San Jose, United States | 27 May 1989 |
North, Central American and Caribbean record | Breaux Greer (USA) | 91.29 | Indianapolis, United States | 21 June 2007 |
South American record | Edgar Baumann (PAR) | 84.70 | San Marcos, United States | 17 October 1999 |
European record | Jan Železný (CZE) | 98.48 | Jena, Germany | 25 May 1996 |
Oceanian record | Jarrod Bannister (AUS) | 89.02 | Brisbane, Australia | 29 February 2008 |
Qualification standards
A result[4] | B result |
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83.50 | 81.00 |
Schedule
Date | Time | Round |
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15 August 2013 | 9:30 | Qualification |
17 August 2013 | 18:35 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+4)
Results
KEY: | Q | Qualified | q | 12 best performers | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 82.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[5]
Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
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1 | A | Tero Pitkämäki | Finland (FIN) | 84.39 | 84.39 | Q | ||
2 | B | Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed |
Egypt (EGY) | 83.62 | 83.62 | Q, NR | ||
3 | A | Andreas Thorkildsen | Norway (NOR) | x | 79.45 | 83.05 | 83.05 | Q |
4 | A | Ivan Zaytsev | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 81.53 | x | – | 81.53 | q |
5 | A | Vítězslav Veselý | Czech Republic (CZE) | x | 81.51 | – | 81.51 | q |
6 | B | Antti Ruuskanen | Finland (FIN) | 80.02 | 81.36 | – | 81.36 | q |
7 | B | Dmitriy Tarabin |
Russia (RUS) | x | 81.32 | – | 81.32 | q |
8 | A | Julius Yego | Kenya (KEN) | 79.56 | x | 80.88 | 80.88 | q |
9 | A | Kim Amb | Sweden (SWE) | 80.84 | x | 80.37 | 80.84 | q |
10 | A | Stuart Farquhar | New Zealand (NZL) | 80.73 | x | 76.73 | 80.73 | q |
11 | B | Risto Mätas | Estonia (EST) | 79.25 | x | 80.18 | 80.18 | q |
12 | B | Fatih Avan | Turkey (TUR) | 78.09 | 79.93 | 80.09 | 80.09 | |
13 | A | Bernhard Seifert | Germany (GER) | 80.02 | x | x | 80.02 | |
14 | B | Vadims Vasiļevskis | Latvia (LAT) | 79.09 | 77.59 | 79.68 | 79.68 | |
15 | A | Guillermo Martínez |
Cuba (CUB) | 79.67 | 77.88 | 76.70 | 79.67 | |
16 | B | Teemu Wirkkala | Finland (FIN) | 79.50 | 78.54 | 79.26 | 79.50 | |
17 | B | Víctor Fatecha | Paraguay (PAR) | 76.13 | 79.03 | x | 79.03 | PB |
18 | A | Keshorn Walcott | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 78.78 | x | 75.84 | 78.78 | |
19 | B | Riley Dolezal | United States (USA) | 72.96 | 78.76 | 77.25 | 78.76 | |
20 | A | Aleksey Tovarnov | Russia (RUS) | 74.15 | 73.25 | 78.43 | 78.43 | |
21 | B | Yukifumi Murakami | Japan (JPN) | 77.75 | x | 76.74 | 77.75 | |
22 | B | Zhao Qinggang | China (CHN) | 76.23 | 76.78 | 77.61 | 77.61 | |
23 | B | Lars Hamann | Germany (GER) | 77.10 | 74.75 | 72.00 | 77.10 | |
24 | A | Marcin Krukowski | Poland (POL) | x | x | 76.93 | 76.93 | |
25 | A | Valeriy Iordan | Russia (RUS) | 76.92 | 72.79 | 73.70 | 76.92 | |
26 | A | Hamish Peacock | Australia (AUS) | 70.61 | 76.33 | 75.31 | 76.33 | |
27 | B | Łukasz Grzeszczuk | Poland (POL) | 74.72 | x | x | 74.72 | |
28 | B | Gabriel Wallin | Sweden (SWE) | 74.66 | x | x | 74.66 | |
29 | A | Thomas Röhler | Germany (GER) | 71.88 | 74.45 | 73.67 | 74.45 | |
30 | B | John Robert Oosthuizen | South Africa (RSA) | 74.36 | 70.99 | x | 74.36 | |
31 | A | Uladzimir Kazlou | Belarus (BLR) | 72.66 | 67.79 | x | 72.66 | |
32 | B | Leslie Copeland | Fiji (FIJ) | 70.56 | 72.30 | 68.46 | 72.30 | |
B | DQ[6] |
Final
The final was started at 18.35.[7]
Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
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Vítězslav Veselý | Czech Republic (CZE) | 87.17 | 78.80 | 81.21 | 83.80 | x | – | 87.17 | ||
Tero Pitkämäki | Finland (FIN) | 83.40 | 86.88 | 87.07 | 85.67 | x | 85.22 | 87.07 | ||
Dmitriy Tarabin |
Russia (RUS) | x | 84.38 | x | 82.25 | x | 86.23 | 86.23 | ||
4 | Julius Yego | Kenya (KEN) | 80.60 | x | 81.13 | x | 85.40 | 81.20 | 85.40 | NR |
5 | Antti Ruuskanen | Finland (FIN) | 77.96 | 80.32 | x | x | 75.86 | 81.44 | 81.44 | |
6 | Andreas Thorkildsen | Norway (NOR) | 80.93 | 76.82 | x | 80.62 | 81.06 | – | 81.06 | |
7 | Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed |
Egypt (EGY) | 79.02 | 78.57 | 80.94 | 78.70 | 76.85 | x | 80.94 | |
8 | Risto Mätas | Estonia (EST) | 78.32 | 78.87 | 80.03 | 80.03 | ||||
9 | Stuart Farquhar | New Zealand (NZL) | 79.24 | 75.72 | x | 79.24 | ||||
10 | Kim Amb | Sweden (SWE) | 77.64 | 76.28 | 78.91 | 78.91 | ||||
11 | Ivan Zaytsev | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 74.58 | 78.33 | 77.72 | 78.33 | ||||
DQ |
References
- ^ Start list
- ^ "Captain Yego's record throw misses podium, just". 18 August 2013.
- ^
"Javelin Throw records". IAAF. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- ^ IAAF World Championships Moscow 2013 – Standards, All Russia Athletic Federation, 2012, archived from the original on 16 August 2013, retrieved 8 August 2013
- ^ Qualification Results
- ^ Doping
- ^ Final Results
External links
- Javelin throw results at IAAF website