2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw
The Men's Javelin throw event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 & 3.
Preliminary leader Guillermo Martínez made his best throw in the first round, followed shortly by Matthias de Zordo's 86.27 winner. Meanwhile favorite world leader Andreas Thorkildsen languished in as low as eighth place, barely the last qualifier for his remaining three throws. All of the competitors had previously thrown far enough to displace Thorkildsen in the preliminary round. On his fourth throw he finally put one good throw together to leapfrog into the silver medal position. de Zordo was ranked fourth and Martínez had only been ranked twelfth on the annual list prior to the competition.
Medalists
Records
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:| World record | 98.48 | Jena, Germany | 25 May 1996 | |
| Championship record | 92.80 | Edmonton, Canada | 12 August 2001 | |
| World leading | 90.61 | Byrkjelo, Norway | 14 August 2011 | |
| African record | 88.75 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 21 September 1998 | |
| Asian record | 87.60 | San Jose, United States | 27 May 1989 | |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | 91.29 | Indianapolis, United States | 21 June 2007 | |
| South American record | 84.70 | San Marcos, United States | 17 October 1999 | |
| European record | 98.48 | Jena, Germany | 25 May 1996 | |
| Oceanian record | 89.02 | Brisbane, Australia | 29 February 2008 |
[|Qualification] standards
Schedule
All times local.| Date | Time | Round |
| September 1, 2011 | 19:00 | Qualification |
| September 3, 2011 | 19:10 | Final |
Results
Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 82.50 or at least 12 best performers advance to the [|final]| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Guillermo Martínez | 83.77 | 83.77 | Q | |||
| 2 | A | Dmitri Tarabin | 82.92 | 82.92 | Q | |||
| 3 | B | Stuart Farquhar | 82.10 | 82.10 | q | |||
| 4 | A | Matthias de Zordo | 82.05 | 81.11 | 82.05 | q | ||
| 5 | B | Fatih Avan | 80.27 | 77.68 | 81.94 | 81.94 | q | |
| 6 | B | Mark Frank | 80.96 | 81.93 | 81.93 | q | ||
| 7 | A | Andreas Thorkildsen | 79.36 | 80.85 | 81.83 | 81.83 | q | |
| 8 | A | Vítězslav Veselý | 79.99 | 74.77 | 81.64 | 81.64 | q | |
| 9 | B | Roman Avramenko | 76.30 | 81.46 | 81.46 | q | ||
| 10 | B | Sergey Makarov | 81.42 | 80.18 | 78.33 | 81.42 | q | |
| 11 | A | Jarrod Bannister | 81.35 | 75.91 | 81.35 | q | ||
| 12 | B | Antti Ruuskanen | 79.54 | 81.03 | 78.14 | 81.03 | q | |
| 13 | B | Igor Janik | 80.88 | 76.63 | 78.98 | 80.88 | ||
| 14 | B | Ari Mannio | 74.09 | 80.27 | 79.31 | 80.27 | ||
| 15 | A | Yukifumi Murakami | 80.19 | 78.04 | 74.93 | 80.19 | ||
| 16 | A | Jakub Vadlejch | 68.32 | 80.08 | 80.08 | |||
| 17 | A | Tero Pitkämäki | 78.21 | 79.46 | 76.05 | 79.46 | ||
| 18 | B | Chen Qi | 74.28 | 78.42 | 78.42 | |||
| 19 | A | Scott Russell | 76.47 | 77.49 | 74.23 | 77.49 | ||
| 20 | A | Ēriks Rags | 77.34 | 76.23 | 77.34 | |||
| 21 | A | Yervásios Filippídis | 76.66 | 70.42 | 73.41 | 76.66 | ||
| 22 | B | Leslie Copeland | 76.57 | 74.54 | 73.82 | 76.57 | ||
| 23 | A | Mihkel Kukk | 73.21 | 72.10 | 76.42 | 76.42 | ||
| 24 | B | Petr Frydrych | 75.38 | 76.18 | 76.18 | |||
| 25 | B | Vadims Vasiļevskis | 74.67 | 75.23 | 75.23 | |||
| 26 | B | Gabriel Wallin | 72.96 | 74.44 | 74.09 | 74.44 | ||
| 27 | B | Arley Ibargüen | 73.22 | 74.02 | 74.02 | |||
| 28 | B | Alexandr Ivanov | 73.81 | 73.81 | ||||
| 29 | A | Oleksandr Pyatnytsya | 71.93 | 72.05 | 73.56 | 73.56 | ||
| 30 | B | Spyridon Lebesis | 73.35 | 70.44 | 73.35 | |||
| 31 | A | Matija Kranjc | 73.17 | 73.17 | ||||
| 32 | B | Zigismunds Sirmais | 70.20 | 73.16 | 73.16 | |||
| 33 | A | John Robert Oosthuizen | 69.65 | 73.14 | 72.79 | 73.14 | ||
| 34 | B | Jung Sang-jin | 72.03 | 72.03 | ||||
| 35 | A | Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed | 71.99 | 68.00 | 71.99 | SB | ||
| 36 | A | Rinat Tarzumanov | 67.07 | 70.32 | 70.32 | |||
| A | Mike Hazle |