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.
Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...
event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics
2007 World Championships in Athletics
The 11th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007...
took place on August 31, 2007 (qualification round) and 2 September 2007 (final round) at the Nagai Stadium
Nagai Stadium
is an athletic stadium in Osaka, Japan. It is the home ground of J. League club Cerezo Osaka. The stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000.-History:...
in Osaka
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
, Japan
Japan
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. There were a total number of 36 competing athletes from 22 countries.
Medalists
| Gold | |
| Silver | |
| Bronze |
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
| 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 | ||||
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| Event Record | 92.80 m | August 12, 2001 |  Edmonton, Canada |
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Group A
| Place | Athlete | Mark | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 86.78 | Q | |
| 2 | 84.35 | Q SB | |
| 3 | 84.17 | Q | |
| 4 | 82.33 | Q | |
| 5 | 79.82 | q | |
| 6 | 79.79 | q | |
| 7 | 79.30 | ||
| 8 | 79.05 | ||
| 9 | 78.48 | ||
| 10 | 78.22 | ||
| 11 | 78.08 | SB | |
| 12 | 74.81 | ||
| 13 | 74.61 | ||
| 14 | 74.13 | ||
| 15 | 71.48 | ||
| 16 | 69.65 | ||
| 17 | 64.44 |
Group B
| Place | Athlete | Mark | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 87.37 | Q | |
| 2 | 82.99 | Q | |
| 3 | 82.42 | Q | |
| 4 | 82.06 | Q | |
| 5 | 80.83 | q | |
| 6 | 80.62 | q | |
| 7 | 79.62 | ||
| 8 | 79.42 | ||
| 9 | 77.71 | ||
| 10 | 77.63 | SB | |
| 11 | 77.57 | ||
| 12 | 77.54 | ||
| 13 | 75.96 | SB | |
| 14 | 75.15 | ||
| 15 | 73.55 | ||
| 16 | 73.07 | ||
| 17 | 71.27 | ||
| 18 | 70.61 |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 81.62 | 89.16 | 83.64 | 87.72 | X | 90.33 | 90.33 m | |||
| 82.78 | 88.61 | X | 82.80 | X | 87.33 | 88.61 m | |||
| X | 80.67 | 84.31 | X | 86.21 | 83.81 | 86.21 m | |||
| 4 | X | 85.19 | X | 77.42 | X | X | 85.19 m | ||
| 5 | 85.18 | 84.71 | 81.42 | 84.91 | 81.55 | X | 85.18 m | ||
| 6 | 84.52 | 79.77 | X | 79.18 | X | X | 84.52 m | PB | |
| 7 | 79.82 | X | 83.38 | X | — | X | 83.38 m | PB | |
| 8 | 80.30 | 79.40 | 82.10 | X | 77.30 | 75.40 | 82.10 m | ||
| 9 | 82.03 | 81.19 | X | 82.03 m | |||||
| 10 | 79.80 | X | 81.98 | 81.98 m | |||||
| 11 | X | 77.22 | 80.01 | 80.01 m | |||||
| 12 | 78.01 | X | 76.48 | 78.01 m | |||||