The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 9 and August 10.

Medalists Gold Andrus VärnikEstonia (EST)Silver Andreas ThorkildsenNorway (NOR)Bronze Sergey MakarovRussia (RUS)

Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B09.08.2005 – 11:45h09.08.2005 – 13:20hFinal Round10.08.2005 – 20:20h

Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Startlist AthleteGroupNumberSBPB B 6 91.53 m 91.53 m A 5 90.33 m 92.61 m A 7 87.66 m 87.66 m B 15 87.19 m 87.83 m B 9 84.41 m 84.41 m B 7 84.24 m 88.90 m A 12 84.06 m 84.06 m A 10 83.79 m 93.09 m B 12 83.20 m 84.54 m A 1 82.38 m 83.24 m A 15 82.35 m 86.47 m B 8 82.22 m 82.22 m B 11 82.14 m 84.27 m A 13 82.04 m 82.94 m A 8 81.67 m 81.67 m B 14 81.61 m 84.29 m B 3 81.30 m 84.95 m A 16 80.91 m 81.55 m A 9 80.31 m 80.71 m B 13 80.03 m 80.03 m B 1 79.79 m 81.71 m A 2 79.56 m 85.09 m A 4 78.98 m 78.98 m B 5 78.93 m 84.73 m B 10 78.23 m 78.23 m A 11 78.02 m 79.44 m A 6 77.79 m 83.38 m B 2 77.57 m 81.94 m A 14 72.63 m 80.50 m B 4 58.23 m 76.50 m

Records Standing records prior to the 2005 World Athletics Championships World Record 98.48 m May 25, 1996 Jena, Germany Event Record 92.80 m August 12, 2001 Edmonton, Canada Season Best 91.53 m June 26, 2005 Kuortane, Finland

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsResultNote123 1 1 85.08 — — 85.08 m 2 3 81.45 — — 81.45 m 3 7 79.48 X — 79.48 m 4 9 78.79 X X 78.79 m 5 10 75.28 78.37 X 78.37 m 6 11 76.76 73.08 77.87 77.87 m 7 12 77.08 X X 77.08 m 8 13 74.61 76.62 76.71 76.71 m 9 15 76.30 71.54 69.93 76.30 m 10 19 74.27 74.70 74.81 74.81 m 11 20 72.63 X X 72.63 m SB 12 22 67.04 72.33 71.81 72.33 m 13 23 71.13 72.17 66.96 72.17 m 14 24 68.72 63.50 72.04 72.04 m 15 29 X X 64.44 64.44 m 16 31 Shaka Sola, a shot putter who missed the shot event at the World Championships, was allowed to compete in javelin throw instead. Trying javelin for the first time, he naturally finished far behind the other athletes. 38.31 41.18 — 41.18 m PB

Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsResultNote123 1 2 82.21 — — 82.21 m 2 4 74.83 X 80.97 80.97 m 3 5 X 80.80 78.05 80.80 m 4 6 79.65 76.00 — 79.65 m 5 8 79.45 77.11 X 79.45 m 6 14 76.68 X 72.35 76.68 m 7 16 75.76 X 76.16 76.16 m 8 17 X 75.94 X 75.94 m 9 18 74.95 X X 74.95 m 10 21 71.87 72.54 71.50 72.54 m 11 25 X 70.16 70.49 70.49 m 12 26 70.07 — — 70.07 m 13 27 X 67.84 68.31 68.31 m 14 28 66.03 66.74 X 66.74 m 15 30 56.66 58.23 55.83 58.23 m SB

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 79.06 X 76.47 87.17 85.29 X 87.17 m 78.36 81.52 83.41 85.71 86.18 X 86.18 m 80.77 83.30 79.95 83.48 82.55 83.54 83.54 m 4 75.44 X 79.64 81.27 X X 81.27 m 5 77.93 79.14 X X X 77.12 79.14 m 6 73.12 78.77 X X X 77.34 78.77 m 7 74.05 X 77.61 X X X 77.61 m 8 75.82 73.19 71.17 X 77.56 X 77.56 m 9 74.86 70.88 X 74.86 m 10 72.68 69.42 X 72.68 m 11 X X 70.11 70.11 m 12 62.33 X 68.59 68.59 m

Notes

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