2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

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 Värnik
Estonia (EST)
Silver Andreas Thorkildsen
Norway (NOR)
Bronze Sergey Makarov
Russia (RUS)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group AGroup B
09.08.2005 – 11:45h09.08.2005 – 13:20h
Final Round
10.08.2005 – 20:20h

Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres
Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Startlist

AthleteGroupNumberSBPB
 Tero Pitkämäki (FIN)B691.53 m91.53 m
 Sergey Makarov (RUS)A590.33 m92.61 m
 Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)A787.66 m87.66 m
 Andrus Värnik (EST)B1587.19 m87.83 m
 Scott Russell (CAN)B984.41 m84.41 m
 Alexandr Ivanov (RUS)B784.24 m88.90 m
 Guillermo Martínez (CUB)A1284.06 m84.06 m
 Aki Parviainen (FIN)A1083.79 m93.09 m
 Christian Nicolay (GER)B1283.20 m84.54 m
 Mark Frank (GER)A182.38 m83.24 m
 Ēriks Rags (LAT)A1582.35 m86.47 m
 Ainārs Kovals (LAT)B882.22 m82.22 m
 Esko Mikkola (FIN)B1182.14 m84.27 m
 Tomas Intas (LTU)A1382.04 m82.94 m
 Francesco Pignata (ITA)A881.67 m81.67 m
 Li Rongxiang (CHN)B1481.61 m84.29 m
 Vadims Vasilevskis (LAT)B381.30 m84.95 m
 Gergely Horváth (HUN)A1680.91 m81.55 m
 Gabriel Wallin (SWE)A980.31 m80.71 m
 Lohan Rautenbach (RSA)B1380.03 m80.03 m
 Yukifumi Murakami (JPN)B179.79 m81.71 m
 Nick Nieland (GBR)A279.56 m85.09 m
 Stefan Müller (SUI)A478.98 m78.98 m
 Ronny Nilsen (NOR)B578.93 m84.73 m
 John Hetzendorf (USA)B1078.23 m78.23 m
 Oleg Statsenko (UKR)A1178.02 m79.44 m
 Marián Bokor (SVK)A677.79 m83.38 m
 Vadim Bavikin (ISR)B277.57 m81.94 m
 Firas Al-Mohamed (SYR)A1472.63 m80.50 m
 Dejan Angelovski (MKD)B458.23 m76.50 m

Records

Standing records prior to the 2005 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Jan Železný (CZE)98.48 m May 25, 1996 Jena, Germany
Event Record  Jan Železný (CZE)92.80 m August 12, 2001 Edmonton, Canada
Season Best  Tero Pitkämäki (FIN)91.53 m June 26, 2005 Kuortane, Finland

Qualification

Group A

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsResultNote
123
11  Sergey Makarov (RUS)85.0885.08 m
23  Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)81.4581.45 m
37  Aki Parviainen (FIN)79.48X79.48 m
49  Ēriks Rags (LAT)78.79XX78.79 m
510  Guillermo Martínez (CUB)75.2878.37X78.37 m
611  Mark Frank (GER)76.7673.0877.8777.87 m
712  Tomas Intas (LTU)77.08XX77.08 m
813  Nick Nieland (GBR)74.6176.6276.7176.71 m
915  Stefan Müller (SUI)76.3071.5469.9376.30 m
1019  Marián Bokor (SVK)74.2774.7074.8174.81 m
1120  Firas Al-Mohamed (SYR)72.63XX72.63 m SB
1222  Gergely Horváth (HUN)67.0472.3371.8172.33 m
1323  Francesco Pignata (ITA)71.1372.1766.9672.17 m
1424  Gabriel Wallin (SWE)68.7263.5072.0472.04 m
1529  Oleg Statsenko (UKR)XX64.4464.44 m
1631  Shaka Sola (SAM) [1]38.3141.1841.18 m PB

Group B

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsResultNote
123
12  Tero Pitkämäki (FIN)82.2182.21 m
24  Andrus Värnik (EST)74.83X80.9780.97 m
35  Ainārs Kovals (LAT)X80.8078.0580.80 m
46  Alexandr Ivanov (RUS)79.6576.0079.65 m
58  Scott Russell (CAN)79.4577.11X79.45 m
614  Christian Nicolay (GER)76.68X72.3576.68 m
716  Vadims Vasilevskis (LAT)75.76X76.1676.16 m
817  Lohan Rautenbach (RSA)X75.94X75.94 m
918  Li Rongxiang (CHN)74.95XX74.95 m
1021  Esko Mikkola (FIN)71.8772.5471.5072.54 m
1125  John Hetzendorf (USA)X70.1670.4970.49 m
1226  Ronny Nilsen (NOR)70.0770.07 m
1327  Yukifumi Murakami (JPN)X67.8468.3168.31 m
1428  Vadim Bavikin (ISR)66.0366.74X66.74 m
1530  Dejan Angelovski (MKD)56.6658.2355.8358.23 m SB

Final

RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123456
 Andrus Värnik (EST)79.06X76.4787.1785.29X87.17 m
 Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)78.3681.5283.4185.7186.18X86.18 m
 Sergey Makarov (RUS)80.7783.3079.9583.4882.5583.5483.54 m
4  Tero Pitkämäki (FIN)75.44X79.6481.27XX81.27 m
5  Alexandr Ivanov (RUS)77.9379.14XXX77.1279.14 m
6  Ēriks Rags (LAT)73.1278.77XXX77.3478.77 m
7  Ainārs Kovals (LAT)74.05X77.61XXX77.61 m
8  Mark Frank (GER)75.8273.1971.17X77.56X77.56 m
9  Aki Parviainen (FIN)74.8670.88X74.86 m
10  Guillermo Martínez (CUB)72.6869.42X72.68 m
11  Tomas Intas (LTU)XX70.1170.11 m
12  Scott Russell (CAN)62.33X68.5968.59 m

Notes