2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

{{short description|International Javelin Throw Event}}

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The Men's Javelin throw event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 & 3.

Preliminary leader Guillermo Martínez made his best throw in the first round, followed shortly by Matthias de Zordo's 86.27 winner. Meanwhile, favorite world leader Andreas Thorkildsen languished in as low as eighth place, barely the last qualifier for his remaining three throws. All of the competitors had previously thrown far enough to displace Thorkildsen in the preliminary round. On his fourth throw he finally put one good throw together to leapfrog into the silver medal position. de Zordo was ranked fourth and Martínez had only been ranked twelfth on the annual list prior to the competition.

Medalists

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| width=200 bgcolor=gold|Gold

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Matthias de Zordo
{{FlagATHCH|Germany|2011 World}}

|Andreas Thorkildsen
{{FlagATHCH|Norway|2011 World}}

|Guillermo Martínez
{{FlagATHCH|Cuba|2011 World}}

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/records/inout=o/discType=5/disc=JT/detail.html|title=Javelin Throw records|access-date=26 August 2011}}

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World record

|{{flagathlete|Jan Železný|CZE}}

|98.48

|Jena, Germany

|25 May 1996

Championship record

|{{flagathlete|Jan Železný|CZE}}

|92.80

|Edmonton, Canada

|12 August 2001

World leading{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=2011/sex=M/all=n/legal=A/disc=JT/detail.html|title=Javelin Throw 2011|publisher=IAAF|access-date=26 August 2011}}

|{{flagathlete|Andreas Thorkildsen|NOR}}

|90.61

|Byrkjelo, Norway

|14 August 2011

African record

|{{flagathlete|Marius Corbett|RSA}}

|88.75

|Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

|21 September 1998

Asian record

|{{flagathlete|Kazuhiro Mizoguchi|JPN}}

|87.60

|San Jose, United States

|27 May 1989

North, Central American and Caribbean record

|{{flagathlete|Breaux Greer|USA}}

|91.29

|Indianapolis, United States

|21 June 2007

South American record

|{{flagathlete|Edgar Baumann|PAR}}

|84.70

|San Marcos, United States

|17 October 1999

European record

|{{flagathlete|Jan Železný|CZE}}

|98.48

|Jena, Germany

|25 May 1996

Oceanian record

|{{flagathlete|Jarrod Bannister|AUS}}

|89.02

|Brisbane, Australia

|29 February 2008

Qualification standards

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A result

!B result

82.00

| 79.50

colspan="99" | Source{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/wch11/standards/index.html|title=IAAF World Championships in Athletics – Qualification standards|publisher=IAAF|access-date=26 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531075709/http://www.iaaf.org/wch11/standards/index.html|archive-date=2011-05-31|url-status=dead}}

Schedule

All times local.

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! Date

! Time

! Round

September 1, 201119:00{{cite web|url=http://daegu2011.iaaf.org/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=JT/combCode=hash/timetable.html|title=Javelin Throw – timetable|publisher=IAAF|access-date=26 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330145633/http://daegu2011.iaaf.org/ResultsByEvent.aspx?%2Fdisctype=4%2Fsex%3DM%2FdiscCode%3DJT%2FcombCode%3Dhash%2Ftimetable.html|archive-date=2012-03-30|url-status=dead}}Qualification
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|September 3, 2011

19:10Final

Results

=Qualification=

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 82.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final

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RankGroupAthleteNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
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| 1

Aalign=left| Guillermo Martínezalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Cuba|2011 World}}83.7783.77Q
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| 2

Aalign=left| Dmitri Tarabinalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Russia|2011 World}}{{sort|00.00|x}}82.9282.92Q
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| 3

Balign=left| Stuart Farquharalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|New Zealand|2011 World}}82.10{{sort|00.00|x}}{{sort|00.00
}}82.10q
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| 4

Aalign=left| Matthias de Zordoalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Germany|2011 World}}82.0581.11{{sort|00.00|x}}82.05q
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| 5

Balign=left| Fatih Avanalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Turkey|2011 World}}80.2777.6881.9481.94q
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| 6

Balign=left| Mark Frankalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Germany|2011 World}}80.9681.93{{sort|00.00
}}81.93q
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| 7

Aalign=left| Andreas Thorkildsenalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Norway|2011 World}}79.3680.8581.8381.83q
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| 8

Aalign=left| Vítězslav Veselýalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Czech Republic|2011 World}}79.9974.7781.6481.64q
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| 9

Balign=left| Roman Avramenkoalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Ukraine|2011 World}}76.30{{sort|00.00|x}}81.4681.46q
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| 10

Balign=left| Sergey Makarovalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Russia|2011 World}}81.4280.1878.3381.42q
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| 11

Aalign=left| Jarrod Bannisteralign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Australia|2011 World}}81.35{{sort|00.00|x}}75.9181.35q
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| 12

Balign=left| Antti Ruuskanenalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Finland|2011 World}}79.5481.0378.1481.03q
13Balign=left| Igor Janikalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Poland|2011 World}}80.8876.6378.9880.88
14Balign=left| Ari Mannioalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Finland|2011 World}}74.0980.2779.3180.27
15Aalign=left| Yukifumi Murakamialign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Japan|2011 World}}80.1978.0474.9380.19
16Aalign=left| Jakub Vadlejchalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Czech Republic|2011 World}}68.3280.08{{sort|00.00|x}}80.08
17Aalign=left| Tero Pitkämäkialign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Finland|2011 World}}78.2179.4676.0579.46
18Balign=left| Chen Qialign=left| {{FlagATHCH|China|2011 World}}{{sort|00.00|x}}74.2878.4278.42
19Aalign=left| Scott Russellalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Canada|2011 World}}76.4777.4974.2377.49
20Aalign=left| Ēriks Ragsalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Latvia|2011 World}}77.34{{sort|00.00|x}}76.2377.34
21Aalign=left| Yervásios Filippídisalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Greece|2011 World}}76.6670.4273.4176.66
22Balign=left| Leslie Copelandalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Fiji|2011 World}}76.5774.5473.8276.57
23Aalign=left| Mihkel Kukkalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Estonia|2011 World}}73.2172.1076.4276.42
24Balign=left| Petr Frydrychalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Czech Republic|2011 World}}75.3876.18{{sort|00.00|x}}76.18
25Balign=left| Vadims Vasiļevskisalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Latvia|2011 World}}74.6775.23{{sort|00.00|x}}75.23
26Balign=left| Gabriel Wallinalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Sweden|2011 World}}72.9674.4474.0974.44
27Balign=left| Arley Ibargüenalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Colombia|2011 World}}73.2274.02{{sort|00.00|x}}74.02
28Balign=left| Alexandr Ivanovalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Russia|2011 World}}73.81{{sort|00.00|x}}{{sort|00.00|x}}73.81
29Aalign=left| Oleksandr Pyatnytsyaalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Ukraine|2011 World}}71.9372.0573.5673.56
30Balign=left| Spyridon Lebesisalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Greece|2011 World}}{{sort|00.00|x}}73.3570.4473.35
31Aalign=left| Matija Kranjcalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Slovenia|2011 World}}73.17{{sort|00.00|x}}{{sort|00.00
}}73.17
32Balign=left| Zigismunds Sirmaisalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Latvia|2011 World}}70.20{{sort|00.00|x}}73.1673.16
33Aalign=left| John Robert Oosthuizenalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|South Africa|2011 World}}69.6573.1472.7973.14
34Balign=left| Jung Sang-jinalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|South Korea|2011 World}}72.03{{sort|00.00|x}}{{sort|00.00|x}}72.03
35Aalign=left| Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayedalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Egypt|2011 World}}71.9968.00{{sort|00.00|x}}71.99SB
36Aalign=left| Rinat Tarzumanovalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Uzbekistan|2011 World}}{{sort|00.00|x}}67.0770.3270.32
{{hs|99}}Aalign=left| Mike Hazlealign=left| {{FlagATHCH|United States|2011 World}}{{sort|00.00|DNS}}

=Final=

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RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
{{gold01}}align=left| Matthias de Zordoalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Germany|2011 World}}86.2785.51{{sort|00.00
}}{{sort|00.00
}}82.8881.4086.27SB
{{silver02}}align=left| Andreas Thorkildsenalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Norway|2011 World}}80.7580.4680.6084.78{{sort|00.00|x}}80.2884.78
{{bronze03}}align=left| Guillermo Martínezalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Cuba|2011 World}}84.3080.1280.0976.99{{sort|00.00
}}78.6984.30
{{sort|04|4}}align=left| Vítězslav Veselýalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Czech Republic|2011 World}}81.19{{sort|00.00|x}}84.1179.6476.28{{sort|00.00|x}}84.11SB
{{sort|05|5}}align=left| Fatih Avanalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Turkey|2011 World}}78.2483.3478.9679.87{{sort|00.00|x}}77.5883.34
{{sort|06|6}}align=left| Roman Avramenkoalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Ukraine|2011 World}}82.51{{sort|00.00|x}}82.2079.7178.87{{sort|00.00|x}}82.51
{{sort|07|7}}align=left| Jarrod Bannisteralign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Australia|2011 World}}82.25{{sort|00.00|x}}{{sort|00.00
}}{{sort|00.00|x}}76.60{{sort|00.00|x}}82.25SB
{{sort|08|8}}align=left| Mark Frankalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Germany|2011 World}}78.78{{sort|00.00|x}}81.8178.4880.9877.7381.81
{{sort|09|9}}align=left| Antti Ruuskanenalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Finland|2011 World}}{{sort|00.00|x}}79.4679.0679.46
10align=left| Dmitri Tarabinalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Russia|2011 World}}{{sort|00.00|x}}79.06{{sort|00.00|x}}79.06
11align=left| Stuart Farquharalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|New Zealand|2011 World}}78.9975.1877.1378.99
12align=left| Sergey Makarovalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Russia|2011 World}}77.7378.7678.0578.76

References

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