2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw
| Events at the 2007 World Championships  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 5000 m | men | women | ||
| 10,000 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | women | ||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 20 km walk | men | women | ||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
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
| Gold |  Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) |
| Silver |  Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) |
| Bronze |  Breaux Greer (USA) |
Schedule
- All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
| Qualification Round | |
|---|---|
| Group A | Group B |
| 31.08.2007 – 09:30h | 31.08.2007 – 11:30h |
| Final Round | |
| 02.09.2007 – 19:15h | |
Abbreviations
| 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
| Standing records prior to the 2007 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Jan Železný (CZE) | 98.48 m | May 25, 1996 |  Jena, Germany |
| Event Record | Jan Železný (CZE) | 92.80 m | August 12, 2001 |  Edmonton, Canada |
| Season Best | Breaux Greer (USA) | 91.29 m | June 21, 2007 | Indianapolis, United States |
Qualification
Group A
| Place | Athlete | Mark | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breaux Greer (USA) | 86.78 | Q |
| 2 | Tero Järvenpää (FIN) | 84.35 | Q SB |
| 3 |  Magnus Arvidsson (SWE) | 84.17 | Q |
| 4 | Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) | 82.33 | Q |
| 5 | Teemu Wirkkala (FIN) | 79.82 | q |
| 6 |  Ēriks Rags (LAT) | 79.79 | q |
| 7 |  Gerhardus Pienaar (RSA) | 79.30 | |
| 8 |  Igor Sukhomlinov (RUS) | 79.05 | |
| 9 |  Joshua Robinson (AUS) | 78.48 | |
| 10 | Sergey Makarov (RUS) | 78.22 | |
| 11 |  Stuart Farquhar (NZL) | 78.08 | SB |
| 12 |  Pablo Pietrobelli (ARG) | 74.81 | |
| 13 | Stephan Steding (GER) | 74.61 | |
| 14 | Miroslav Guzdek (CZE) | 74.13 | |
| 15 |  Stefan Müller (SUI) | 71.48 | |
| 16 |  Marko Jänes (EST) | 69.65 | |
| 17 |  Csongor Olteán (HUN) | 64.44 |
Group B
| Place | Athlete | Mark | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vadims Vasilevskis (LAT) | 87.37 | Q |
| 2 |  Guillermo Martínez (CUB) | 82.99 | Q |
| 3 | Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS) | 82.42 | Q |
| 4 | John Robert Oosthuizen (RSA) | 82.06 | Q |
| 5 |  Igor Janik (POL) | 80.83 | q |
| 6 | Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) | 80.62 | q |
| 7 | Peter Esenwein (GER) | 79.62 | |
| 8 | Ainārs Kovals (LAT) | 79.42 | |
| 9 |  Qin Qiang (CHN) | 77.71 | |
| 10 |  Yukifumi Murakami (JPN) | 77.63 | SB |
| 11 | Jarrod Bannister (AUS) | 77.57 | |
| 12 | Scott Russell (CAN) | 77.54 | |
| 13 | Andrus Värnik (EST) | 75.96 | SB |
| 14 |  Alexon Maximiano (BRA) | 75.15 | |
| 15 |  Víctor Fatecha (PAR) | 73.55 | |
| 16 | Eric Brown (USA) | 73.07 | |
| 17 | Felix Loretz (SUI) | 71.27 | |
| 18 | Gabriel Wallin (SWE) | 70.61 |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
 | Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) | 81.62 | 89.16 | 83.64 | 87.72 | X | 90.33 | 90.33 m | |
 | Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) | 82.78 | 88.61 | X | 82.80 | X | 87.33 | 88.61 m | |
 | Breaux Greer (USA) | X | 80.67 | 84.31 | X | 86.21 | 83.81 | 86.21 m | |
| 4 | Vadims Vasilevskis (LAT) | X | 85.19 | X | 77.42 | X | X | 85.19 m | |
| 5 | Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS) | 85.18 | 84.71 | 81.42 | 84.91 | 81.55 | X | 85.18 m | |
| 6 | John Robert Oosthuizen (RSA) | 84.52 | 79.77 | X | 79.18 | X | X | 84.52 m | PB |
| 7 | Igor Janik (POL) | 79.82 | X | 83.38 | X | — | X | 83.38 m | PB |
| 8 | Tero Järvenpää (FIN) | 80.30 | 79.40 | 82.10 | X | 77.30 | 75.40 | 82.10 m | |
| 9 | Guillermo Martínez (CUB) | 82.03 | 81.19 | X | 82.03 m | ||||
| 10 | Magnus Arvidsson (SWE) | 79.80 | X | 81.98 | 81.98 m | ||||
| 11 | Ēriks Rags (LAT) | X | 77.22 | 80.01 | 80.01 m | ||||
| 12 | Teemu Wirkkala (FIN) | 78.01 | X | 76.48 | 78.01 m | ||||
See also
- 2007 Javelin Throw Year Ranking
References
- Official results, qualification - IAAF.org
- Official results, final - IAAF.org
- Event report - IAAF.org
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