2024 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's javelin throw

Men's javelin throw
at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships
VenueEstadio Atlético de la VIDENA
Dates
  • 27 August 2024 (qualification)
  • 29 August 2024 (final)
Competitors31 from 25 nations
Winning distance76.81 m
Medalists
gold medal Tom Teršek   Slovenia
silver medal Wang Xiaobo   China
bronze medal Oisín Joyce   Ireland
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Events at the
2024 World U20 Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
mixed
10000 m walkmenwomen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The men's javelin throw at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Atlético de la VIDENA in Lima, Peru on 27 and 29 August 2024.[1]

Records

U20 standing records prior to the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows:

Record Athlete & Nationality Mark Location Date
World U20 Record  Neeraj Chopra (IND) 86.48 Bydgoszcz, Poland 23 July 2016
Championship Record  Neeraj Chopra (IND) 86.48 Bydgoszcz, Poland 23 July 2016
World U20 Leading  Tom Teršek (SLO) 80.87 Celje, Slovenia 29 June 2024

Results

Qualification

The qualification round is scheduled to take place on 27 August, in two groups, with both Group A scheduled to start at 16:20 and Group B at 17:43. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 72.50 metres (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.[1]

Group A

Rank Athlete Nation Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 Wang Xiaobo  China 70.08 73.83 73.83 Q
2 Oskar Jäanicke  Germany 69.67 70.80 73.02 73.02 Q, PB
3 Illia Saievskyi  Ukraine 69.39 71.84 72.61 72.61 Q
4 João Fernandes  Portugal 71.04 68.05 68.30 71.04 q
5 Oisín Joyce  Ireland 66.00 69.58 69.85 69.85 q
6 Arthur Curvo  Brazil 68.74 68.22 67.72 68.74 q
7 Edward Rogan  Australia 63.96 68.21 66.30 68.21
8 Ryan Jansen  Netherlands 67.01 68.20 64.59 68.20
9 Cyrill Amhof  Switzerland 66.36 68.07 65.41 68.07
10 Antonio Cannalonga  Italy 66.72 66.19 63.74 66.72
11 Dipanshu Sharma  India x 66.26 61.93 66.26
12 Ides Verhulst  Belgium 62.72 63.61 63.83 63.83
13 Lebron James  Trinidad and Tobago 62.67 59.59 62.67 62.67
14 Niko Štajmec  Slovenia 60.68 x x 60.68
15 Addison James  Dominica 59.70 58.90 60.58 60.58
16 Ewald Jansen  South Africa 59.22 56.05 57.88 59.22

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Group B

Rank Athlete Nation Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 Tom Teršek  Slovenia 72.30 73.37 73.37 Q
2 Paul Catalanatto  United States 70.29 66.46 63.94 70.29 q
3 Máté Horváth  Hungary 66.40 66.69 70.25 70.25 q
4 Yang Ke  China 66.91 70.03 x 70.03 q
5 Lucio Visca  Italy 68.64 69.71 65.49 69.71 q
6 Orlando Fernández  Venezuela 65.63 69.12 60.95 69.12 q
7 Florian Schmid  Germany 66.94 68.40 62.71 68.40
8 Vlad Turcu  Romania 67.18 64.67 65.66 67.18
9 Huang Chao-hong  Chinese Taipei 64.42 67.12 66.91 67.12
10 Rohan Yadav  India 64.23 67.07 63.40 67.07
11 Douw Botes  New Zealand 63.64 61.32 62.60 63.64
12 Javier Noris  Cuba 62.09 63.36 62.14 63.36
13 Stanislav Klochko  Ukraine 58.59 58.54 61.97 61.97
14 Jeong Junseok  South Korea 58.77 61.94 60.51 61.94
15 Yirmar Torres  Ecuador 61.12 x 61.26 61.26

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Final

Rank Athlete Nation Round Mark Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tom Teršek  Slovenia 69.47 66.00 70.85 68.39 73.41 76.81 76.81
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wang Xiaobo  China 69.33 75.28 75.50 74.52 74.34 73.88 75.50
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Oisín Joyce  Ireland 73.89 69.45 68.30 70.76 71.67 71.32 73.89 NU20R
4 Yang Ke  China 71.83 x 71.98 65.81 67.62 70.49 71.98
5 Illia Saievskyi  Ukraine 69.15 69.56 67.60 67.71 71.73 69.54 71.73
6 Arthur Curvo  Brazil 67.16 66.67 68.04 65.97 68.17 70.48 70.48
7 Máté Horváth  Hungary 67.91 x 69.68 x 69.18 68.22 69.68
8 João Fernandes  Portugal 68.98 65.42 67.49 x 67.07 x 68.98
9 Oskar Jäanicke  Germany 64.99 65.84 66.90 66.90
10 Lucio Visca  Italy 66.32 x 62.54 66.32
11 Orlando Fernández  Venezuela 62.54 65.31 60.92 65.31
12 Paul Catalanatto  United States 65.01 x 57.39 65.01

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References

  1. ^ a b "Javelin Throw Men - Qualification - Start list" (PDF). World Athletics. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Javelin Throw Men - Qualification results" (PDF). World Athletics. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Javelin Throw Men - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.