2021 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's javelin throw
| Men's javelin throw at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Kasarani Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 18 August (qualification) 20 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 18 from 14 nations | |||||||||
| Winning distance | 76.46 m | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The men's javelin throw at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Kasarani Stadium on 18 and 20 August.[1]
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World U20 Record |  Neeraj Chopra (IND)
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86.48 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 23 July 2016 |
| Championship Record | ||||
| World U20 Leading |  Artur Felfner (UKR)
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78.41 | Tallinn, Estonia | 17 July 2021 |
Results
Qualification
The qualification took place on 18 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 16:13 and Group B starting at 17:09. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 73.00 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.[2][3]
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | Round | Mark | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| 1 | A | Chinecherem Nnamdi |  Nigeria |
x | 69.39 | 78.02 | 78.02 | Q, NU20R |
| 2 | B | Artur Felfner | Ukraine |
72.89 | 77.15 | 77.15 | Q | |
| 3 | B | Janne Läspä |  Finland |
69.88 | 77.10 | 77.10 | Q, PB | |
| 4 | A | Filip Dominković |  Slovenia |
65.80 | 73.82 | 73.82 | Q, PB | |
| 5 | A | Eryk Kołodziejczak |  Poland |
71.73 | 66.70 | x | 71.73 | q |
| 6 | A | Kunwer Ajai Raj Singh Rana | India |
70.69 | 71.05 | 70.48 | 71.05 | q |
| 7 | B | Jay Kumar | India |
70.34 | 63.11 | 70.11 | 70.34 | q |
| 8 | A | Keyshawn Strachan |  Bahamas |
68.11 | 68.85 | x | 68.85 | q |
| 9 | B | Zander van der Merwe |  South Africa |
68.56 | 65.13 | 63.40 | 68.56 | q |
| 10 | B | Lenny Brisseault |  France |
68.39 | 65.67 | 66.62 | 68.39 | q |
| 11 | B | Marius Rudzevičius |  Lithuania |
60.48 | x | 67.51 | 67.51 | q |
| 12 | A | Onni Ruokangas | Finland |
67.15 | x | 66.33 | 67.15 | q |
| 13 | B | Wilson Ldimaiye |  Kenya |
62.24 | 66.71 | 59.16 | 66.71 | PB |
| 14 | B | Giovanni Frattini |  Italy |
65.53 | 66.52 | 63.81 | 66.52 | |
| 15 | A | Michele Fina | Italy |
65.61 | x | 63.89 | 65.61 | |
| 16 | A | Armant van der Linden | South Africa |
59.24 | 63.02 | 64.39 | 64.39 | |
| 17 | B | Oğuzhan Usta |  Turkey |
62.20 | x | 61.73 | 62.20 | |
| 18 | A | Callan Saldutto |  Canada |
54.87 | x | 58.41 | 58.41 | |
Final
The final was held on 20 August at 14:19.[4]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Round | Mark | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
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Janne Läspä | Finland |
x | 73.25 | 76.46 | – | 74.03 | x | 76.46 | |
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Artur Felfner | Ukraine |
76.31 | x | 73.49 | 76.32 | 74.21 | x | 76.32 | |
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Chinecherem Nnamdi | Nigeria |
70.57 | 72.63 | 73.49 | 74.48 | 73.72 | 68.18 | 74.48 | |
| 4 | Eryk Kołodziejczak | Poland |
70.09 | 72.06 | 70.72 | 71.79 | 74.06 | 73.23 | 74.06 | |
| 5 | Kunwer Ajai Raj Singh Rana | India |
69.44 | 70.36 | 70.09 | 73.68 | 71.96 | x | 73.68 | |
| 6 | Jay Kumar | India |
67.60 | 69.02 | 70.28 | 69.41 | 65.16 | 70.74 | 70.74 | |
| 7 | Keyshawn Strachan | Bahamas |
64.97 | 70.30 | 68.35 | 70.00 | 69.45 | 68.21 | 70.30 | |
| 8 | Zander van der Merwe | South Africa |
63.28 | x | 69.34 | 63.40 | 59.46 | 61.49 | 69.34 | |
| 9 | Lenny Brisseault | France |
64.79 | 65.85 | 68.37 | 68.37 | ||||
| 10 | Marius Rudzevičius | Lithuania |
64.08 | 62.43 | 63.49 | 64.08 | ||||
| 11 | Filip Dominković | Slovenia |
x | x | 64.03 | 64.03 | ||||
| 12 | Onni Ruokangas | Finland |
x | x | 63.42 | 63.42 | ||||
References
- ^ "2021 World U20 Championships Nairobi Timetable". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ "Javelin Throw Men − Qualification − Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Javelin Throw Men − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). World Athletics. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Javelin Throw Men − Final − Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.