The men’s javelin throw event in the World Athletics Championships 2025 experienced some shocking results along with a new history. This event has been running since its first edition in 1983.
World Athletics Championships 2025: Men’s Javelin Throw – Event Schedule
17th September – Qualification
18th September – Final
At the World Athletics Championships 2025, the men’s javelin throw event had two rounds scheduled. After the Qualification round on 17th September, the Final was held on 18th September.
World Athletics Championships 2025: Men’s Javelin Throw – Results
Qualification
All athletes over 84.50 m (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.
Group A
Rank | Athlete (Nation) | Round | Mark | Notes | ||
#1 | #2 | #3 | ||||
1 | Julian Weber (Germany) | 82.29 | 87.21 | 87.21 m | Q | |
2 | Dawid Wegner (Poland) | 79.72 | 73.97 | 85.67 | 85.67 m | Q, Personal Best |
3 | Neeraj Chopra (India) | 84.85 | 84.85 m | Q | ||
4 | Jakub Vadlejch (Czech Republic) | 80.46 | 84.11 | – | 84.11 m | q, Season Best |
5 | Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad and Tobago) | 83.93 | 77.61 | x | 83.93 m | q |
6 | Sachin Yadav (India) | 80.16 | 83.67 | 82.63 | 83.67 m | q |
7 | Edis Matusevičius (Lithuania) | 79.73 | 82.78 | x | 82.78 m | |
8 | Sumeda Ranasinghe (Sri Lanka) | 80.36 | 81.54 | 81.86 | 81.86 m | |
9 | Cyprian Mrzygłód (Poland) | 81.47 | 79.54 | 78.86 | 81.47 m | |
10 | Lassi Etelätalo (Finland) | x | 75.74 | 81.33 | 81.33 m | |
11 | Marc Minichello (United States) | 71.04 | x | 80.47 | 80.47 m | |
12 | Keyshawn Strachan (Bahamas) | 80.03 | x | x | 80.03 m | |
13 | Hu Haoran (China) | 79.42 | 76.04 | 78.10 | 79.42 m | |
14 | Pedro Henrique Rodrigues (Brazil) | x | 74.11 | 79.35 | 79.35 m | |
15 | Yuta Sakiyama (Japan) | 76.30 | x | 77.61 | 77.61 m | |
16 | Genki Dean (Japan) | 77.01 | 76.58 | 72.89 | 77.01 m | |
17 | Leandro Ramos (Portugal) | 74.46 | 74.43 | 76.65 | 76.65 m | |
18 | Billy Julio (Colombia) | 70.71 | 74.78 | 76.01 | 76.01 m | |
19 | Sindri Hrafn Guðmundsson (Iceland) | 75.56 | 74.49 | x | 75.56 m | |
Group B
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Round | Mark | Notes | ||
#1 | #2 | #3 | |||||
1 | Anderson Peters (Grenada) | 84.44 | 89.53 | 89.53 m | Q, Season Best | ||
2 | Julius Yego (Kenya) | 85.96 | 85.96 m | Q, Season Best | |||
3 | Arshad Nadeem (Pakistan) | 76.99 | 74.17 | 85.28 | 85.28 m | Q | |
4 | Curtis Thompson (United States) | 77.97 | 84.72 | 84.72 m | Q | ||
5 | Cameron McEntyre (Australia) | 76.90 | 83.03 | x | 83.03 m | q, Personal Best | |
6 | Rumesh Tharanga (Sri Lanka) | 82.44 | 82.27 | 82.80 | 82.80 m | q | |
7 | Simon Wieland (Switzerland) | 82.26 | x | 79.71 | 82.26 m | National Record | |
8 | Douw Smit (South Africa) | 81.23 | x | 76.73 | 81.23 m | ||
9 | Luiz Maurício da Silva (Brazil) | 78.90 | 71.35 | 81.12 | 81.12 m | ||
10 | Marcin Krukowski (Poland) | 76.87 | 77.77 | 80.29 | 80.29 m | ||
11 | Oliver Helander (Finland) | 79.75 | x | x | 79.75 m | ||
12 | Lars Flaming (Paraguay) | 74.96 | x | 79.07 | 79.07 m | ||
13 | Eemil Porvari (Finland) | 78.51 | 76.95 | 77.81 | 78.51 m | ||
14 | Rohit Yadav (India) | 77.81 | 74.51 | x | 77.81 m | ||
15 | Yash Singh (India) | 76.11 | 76.21 | 77.51 | 77.51 m | ||
16 | Artur Felfner (Ukraine) | 73.77 | 76.13 | x | 76.13 m | ||
17 | Gen Naganuma (Japan) | 74.70 | x | 72.43 | 74.70 m | ||
18 | Martin Konečný (Czech Republic) | 73.38 | 72.31 | x | 73.38 m | ||
Final
Trinidad and Tobago athlete Keshorn Walcott created new history for his nation, as he won the gold medal with his season-best performance in the men’s javelin throw event in the World Athletics Championships 2025. It was the first Championship medal for Trinidad and Tobago in this event.
Also, Grenadian Anderson Peters and Curtis Thompson from the United States claimed the silver and bronze medals, respectively.
The defending champion Indian Neeraj Chopra finished in eighth place.
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Round | Mark | Notes | |||||
#1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | |||||
1 | Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad and Tobago) | 81.22 | 87.83 | 81.65 | 88.16 | 85.84 | 83.00 | 88.16 m | Season Best | |
2 | Anderson Peters (Grenada) | 84.59 | 87.38 | 82.83 | 83.62 | 84.19 | 86.26 | 87.38 m | ||
3 | Curtis Thompson (United States) | 86.67 | 81.36 | 85.31 | x | x | x | 86.67 m | ||
4 | Sachin Yadav (India) | 86.27 | x | 85.71 | 84.90 | 85.96 | 80.95 | 86.27 m | Personal Best | |
5 | Julian Weber (Germany) | 83.63 | 86.11 | x | 80.66 | 81.57 | 84.67 | 86.11 m | ||
6 | Julius Yego (Kenya) | 76.58 | 85.54 | x | – | – | – | 85.54 m | ||
7 | Rumesh Tharanga (Sri Lanka) | 84.38 | 81.22 | 82.17 | x | x | 84.38 m | |||
8 | Neeraj Chopra (India) | 83.65 | 84.03 | x | 82.86 | x | 84.03 m | |||
9 | Dawid Wegner (Poland) | 77.15 | 82.84 | 78.19 | 83.03 | 83.03 m | ||||
10 | Arshad Nadeem (Pakistan) | 82.73 | x | 82.75 | x | 82.75 m | ||||
11 | Jakub Vadlejch (Czech Republic) | 78.71 | x | x | 78.71 m | |||||
12 | Cameron McEntyre (Australia) | 74.39 | 75.65 | x | 75.65 m | |||||
