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2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

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The Men's Javelin Throw at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany on August 21 and August 23. The second qualification group was interrupted for one hour, after the 2nd throw, due to heavy rain.

Medalists

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Gold Andreas Thorkildsen
 Norway (NOR)
Silver Guillermo Martínez
 Cuba (CUB)
Bronze Yukifumi Murakami
 Japan (JPN)

Schedule

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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
21.08.2009 – 16:15h 21.08.2009 – 18:15h
Final Round
23.08.2009 – 16:20h

Qualification standards

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A standard B standard
81.00 m 78.00 m

Abbreviations

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  • All results shown are in metres
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 2009 World Athletics Championships
World record  Jan Železný (CZE) 98.48 Jena, Germany 25 May 1996
Championship record  Jan Železný (CZE) 92.80 Edmonton, Canada 12 August 2001
World leading  Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) 91.28 Zürich, Switzerland 28 August 2009
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 American 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

Results

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Qualification

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Qualification: Qualifying Performance 82.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 B Vadims Vasiļevskis  Latvia (LAT) 86.69 86.69 Q
2 A Yukifumi Murakami  Japan (JPN) 74.87 83.10 83.10 Q, PB
3 A Guillermo Martínez  Cuba (CUB) x 76.69 82.50 82.50 Q
4 A Tero Pitkämäki  Finland (FIN) 80.96 x 81.65 81.65 q
5 B Mark Frank  Germany (GER) 79.04 80.85 - 80.85 q
6 A Andreas Thorkildsen  Norway (NOR) x 80.37 79.93 80.37 q
7 B Teemu Wirkkala  Finland (FIN) 76.82 79.84 79.23 79.84 q
8 A Ainārs Kovals  Latvia (LAT) 79.76 x x 79.76 q
9 B Petr Frydrych  Czech Republic (CZE) 79.57 78.14 72.73 79.57 q
10 A Tero Järvenpää  Finland (FIN) 77.22 x 79.48 79.48 q
11 B Sean Furey  United States (USA) x 74.51 79.28 79.28 q, SB
12 B Antti Ruuskanen  Finland (FIN) 78.61 78.69 76.82 78.69 q
13 A Sergey Makarov  Russia (RUS) 78.68 x 78.47 78.68
14 B Stuart Farquhar  New Zealand (NZL) 72.84 74.54 78.53 78.53
15 A Csongor Olteán  Hungary (HUN) 74.75 x 78.46 78.46
16 A Mihkel Kukk  Estonia (EST) 72.63 76.70 78.18 78.18
17 A Mike Hazle  United States (USA) x 76.98 78.17 78.17
18 A Park Jae-Myong  South Korea (KOR) 75.62 76.17 78.16 78.16
19 B Fatih Avan  Turkey (TUR) 78.12 x 68.12 78.12
20 B Alexandr Ivanov  Russia (RUS) x 77.13 78.00 78.00
21 A Qin Qiang  China (CHN) 76.87 75.40 77.65 77.65
22 A Roman Avramenko  Ukraine (UKR) 73.85 76.46 77.44 77.44
23 B Tom Goyvaerts  Belgium (BEL) 77.37 x 73.62 77.37
24 B Chris Hill  United States (USA) 70.23 75.20 77.14 77.14
25 A Aliaksandr Ashomka  Belarus (BLR) 72.83 76.85 76.04 76.85
26 A Ēriks Rags  Latvia (LAT) 76.23 x 75.97 76.23
27 B Oleksandr Pyatnytsya  Ukraine (UKR) 76.13 75.61 x 76.13
28 A Vítězslav Veselý  Czech Republic (CZE) 75.16 75.76 69.48 75.76
29 B Uladzimir Kazlou  Belarus (BLR) x 73.17 75.38 75.38
30 A Jonas Lohse  Sweden (SWE) x 75.33 74.46 75.33
31 B Igor Janik  Poland (POL) 75.20 x x 75.20
32 A Melik Janoyan  Armenia (ARM) 68.74 74.74 72.75 74.74 SB
33 A Adrian Markowski  Poland (POL) 68.84 72.87 74.13 74.13
34 A Tino Häber  Germany (GER) 73.66 74.11 73.64 74.11
35 A Stefan Müller  Switzerland (SUI) 71.09 71.63 72.83 72.83
36 B Jung Sang-Jin  South Korea (KOR) x 72.80 x 72.80
37 B Arley Ibargüen  Colombia (COL) 69.49 72.54 x 72.54
38 B Ilya Korotkov  Russia (RUS) 71.59 70.37 x 71.59
39 A Thomas Smet  Belgium (BEL) 70.35 x 68.23 70.35
40 B Mohamed Ali Kebabou  Egypt (EGY) 64.68 68.75 - 68.75
41 A Víctor Fatecha  Paraguay (PAR) 66.31 68.65 65.93 68.65
42 B Júlio César de Oliveira  Brazil (BRA) 67.85 68.49 x 68.49
43 A Tomas Intas  Lithuania (LTU) 68.40 x x 68.40
44 B John Robert Oosthuizen  South Africa (RSA) 67.86 x 67.57 67.86
45 B Mervyn Luckwell  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 65.02 61.42 66.30 66.30
B Ignacio Guerra  Chile (CHI) x x x NM
B Tanel Laanmäe  Estonia (EST) x x - NM
B Andrus Värnik  Estonia (EST) DNS

Final

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Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Andreas Thorkildsen  Norway (NOR) 77.80 89.59 88.95 x - - 89.59 SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Guillermo Martínez  Cuba (CUB) 83.43 83.28 78.22 77.27 - 86.41 86.41 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yukifumi Murakami  Japan (JPN) 76.01 82.97 x x - 77.90 82.97
4 Vadims Vasilevskis  Latvia (LAT) x x 82.05 x x 82.37 82.37
5 Tero Pitkämäki  Finland (FIN) 81.90 81.14 80.50 x 80.17 81.14 81.90
6 Antti Ruuskanen  Finland (FIN) 75.36 75.67 81.87 78.65 x 80.87 81.87
7 Ainārs Kovals  Latvia (LAT) x 81.54 x x 75.98 76.39 81.54
8 Mark Frank  Germany (GER) 73.77 79.86 x x x 81.32 81.32
9 Teemu Wirkkala  Finland (FIN) 79.76 x 79.82 79.82
10 Petr Frydrych  Czech Republic (CZE) 78.57 x 79.29 79.29
11 Tero Järvenpää  Finland (FIN) 75.43 x 75.57 75.57
12 Sean Furey  United States (USA) 73.18 74.51 73.77 74.51

References

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