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2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

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The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 31, 2007 (qualification round) and 2 September 2007 (final round) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. There were a total number of 36 competing athletes from 22 countries.

Medalists

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Gold Tero Pitkämäki
 Finland (FIN)
Silver Andreas Thorkildsen
 Norway (NOR)
Bronze Breaux Greer
 United States (USA)

Schedule

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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
31.08.2007 – 09:30h 31.08.2007 – 11:30h
Final Round
02.09.2007 – 19:15h

Abbreviations

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Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2007 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Jan Železný (CZE) 98.48 m May 25, 1996 Germany Jena, Germany
Event Record  Jan Železný (CZE) 92.80 m August 12, 2001 Canada Edmonton, Canada
Season Best  Breaux Greer (USA) 91.29 m June 21, 2007 United States Indianapolis, United States

Qualification

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Group A

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Place Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Mark Notes
1 Breaux Greer  United States (USA) 64.49 79.67 86.78 86.78 Q
2 Tero Järvenpää  Finland (FIN) 84.35 84.35 Q SB
3 Magnus Arvidsson  Sweden (SWE) 84.17 84.17 Q
4 Andreas Thorkildsen  Norway (NOR) X 82.33 82.33 Q
5 Teemu Wirkkala  Finland (FIN) 75.52 X 79.82 79.82 q
6 Ēriks Rags  Latvia (LAT) X X 79.79 79.79 q
7 Gerhardus Pienaar  South Africa (RSA) 76.09 79.30 78.05 79.30  
8 Igor Sukhomlinov  Russia (RUS) 79.05 74.83 X 79.05  
9 Joshua Robinson  Australia (AUS) 75.11 76.93 78.48 78.48  
10 Sergey Makarov  Russia (RUS) 78.22 77.71 74.42 78.22  
11 Stuart Farquhar  New Zealand (NZL) 71.89 78.08 73.34 78.08 SB
12 Pablo Pietrobelli  Argentina (ARG) 72.36 74.81 74.60 74.81  
13 Stephan Steding  Germany (GER) 67.32 X 74.61 74.61  
14 Miroslav Guzdek  Czech Republic (CZE) 74.13 72.41 69.43 74.13  
15 Stefan Müller  Switzerland (SUI) X 71.48 X 71.48  
16 Marko Jänes  Estonia (EST) X 68.64 69.65 69.65  
17 Csongor Olteán  Hungary (HUN) X 64.44 X 64.44  

Group B

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Place Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Mark Notes
1 Vadims Vasilevskis  Latvia (LAT) X 72.80 87.37 87.37 Q
2 Guillermo Martínez  Cuba (CUB) 82.99 82.99 Q
3 Aleksandr Ivanov  Russia (RUS) X 79.66 82.42 82.42 Q
4 John Robert Oosthuizen  South Africa (RSA) X 82.06 82.06 Q
5 Igor Janik  Poland (POL) 80.83 77.61 - 80.83 q
6 Tero Pitkämäki  Finland (FIN) 80.62 78.54 X 80.62 q
7 Peter Esenwein  Germany (GER) 73.74 70.89 79.62 79.62  
8 Ainārs Kovals  Latvia (LAT) X 77.18 79.42 79.42  
9 Qin Qiang  China (CHN) 77.71 74.96 74.95 77.71  
10 Yukifumi Murakami  Japan (JPN) 70.23 77.63 75.73 77.63 SB
11 Jarrod Bannister  Australia (AUS) 77.57 X 77.44 77.57  
12 Scott Russell  Canada (CAN) 73.67 75.35 77.54 77.54  
13 Andrus Värnik  Estonia (EST) X 75.96 X 75.96 SB
14 Alexon Maximiano  Brazil (BRA) 68.89 70.57 75.15 75.15  
15 Víctor Fatecha  Paraguay (PAR) 71.59 73.55 70.01 73.55  
16 Eric Brown  United States (USA) 70.38 X 73.07 73.07  
17 Felix Loretz  Switzerland (SUI) 71.27 70.57 67.79 71.27  
18 Gabriel Wallin  Sweden (SWE) X X 70.61 70.61  

Final

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Field reduced to top eight are three throws, with top eight entitled to a further three attempts.

Rank Athlete Nation Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tero Pitkämäki  Finland (FIN) 81.62 89.16 83.64 87.72 X 90.33 90.33 m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Andreas Thorkildsen  Norway (NOR) 82.78 88.61 X 82.80 X 87.33 88.61 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Breaux Greer  United States (USA) X 80.67 84.31 X 86.21 83.81 86.21 m
4 Vadims Vasilevskis  Latvia (LAT) X 85.19 X 77.42 X X 85.19 m
5 Aleksandr Ivanov  Russia (RUS) 85.18 84.71 81.42 84.91 81.55 X 85.18 m
6 John Robert Oosthuizen  South Africa (RSA) 84.52 79.77 X 79.18 X X 84.52 m PB
7 Igor Janik  Poland (POL) 79.82 X 83.38 X X 83.38 m PB
8 Tero Järvenpää  Finland (FIN) 80.30 79.40 82.10 X 77.30 75.40 82.10 m
9 Guillermo Martínez  Cuba (CUB) 82.03 81.19 X 82.03 m
10 Magnus Arvidsson  Sweden (SWE) 79.80 X 81.98 81.98 m
11 Ēriks Rags  Latvia (LAT) X 77.22 80.01 80.01 m
12 Teemu Wirkkala  Finland (FIN) 78.01 X 76.48 78.01 m

References

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