Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 13 and 14 April 2018.[1]

Men's javelin throw
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueCarrara Stadium
Dates13 April (qualifying round)
14 April (final)
Competitors24 from 19 nations
Winning distance86.47 m
Medalists
    India
    Australia
    Grenada

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:[2]

World record  Jan Železný (CZE) 98.48 m Jena, Germany 25 May 1996
Games record  Marius Corbett (RSA) 88.75 m Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 21 September 1998

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[1]

Date Time Round
Friday 13 April 201810:00Qualification
Saturday 14 April 201814:35Final

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

Qualifying round

Across two groups, those who threw ≥78.00 m (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[3]

RankAthleteGroup#1#2#3ResultNotesQual.
1B Hamish Peacock (AUS)74.5876.4981.2281.22Q
2B Arshad Nadeem (PAK)x80.4580.45NRQ
3A Anderson Peters (GRN)76.9376.0880.4480.44Q
4A Neeraj Chopra (IND)80.4280.42Q
5B Vipin Kasana (IND)78.8878.88Q
6A Albert Reynolds (LCA)76.0271.8678.1078.10Q
7B Phil-Mar van Rensburg (RSA)78.0078.00Q
8A Luke Cann (AUS)72.2377.4370.4377.43q
9B Ben Langton Burnell (NZL)75.2974.2970.8775.29q
10A Shakeil Waithe (TTO)71.39x75.2175.21q
11A Alex Kiprotich (KEN)70.0374.8873.6974.88q
12A Sampath Ranasinghe (SRI)74.7271.7573.9374.72q
13B Julius Yego (KEN)x74.5573.6774.55
14B Leslain Baird (GUY)74.2768.5072.1574.27
15A Samuel Kure (NGR)72.7073.4972.0773.49PB
16A Joe Harris (IOM)70.6169.9164.3870.61
17A Donny Tuimaseve (SAM)67.7861.2662.4467.78NR
18B Alexander Pascal (CAY)65.0866.6662.8566.66
19B Andre Bazil (DMA)x58.8465.8165.81SB
20B Gennard Paul (GRN)58.91x60.1660.16
21B Jack Nasawa (VAN)x45.9456.1256.12
22A Imo Fiamalua (TUV)47.4547.9952.8452.84
23A Nia Misikea (NIU)44.2447.73x47.73
24B Loe Kaufisi (NIU)xx38.4438.44

Final

The medals were determined in the final.[2]

RankName#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
 Neeraj Chopra (IND)85.50x84.7886.4783.48x86.47SB
 Hamish Peacock (AUS)75.9581.3779.0582.5979.7479.4282.59
 Anderson Peters (GRN)68.6882.2074.5380.5774.9379.5282.20
4 Phil-Mar van Rensburg (RSA)77.0079.83xx75.9874.1079.83
5 Vipin Kasana (IND)72.1675.9377.8777.22x77.4277.87
6 Luke Cann (AUS)62.7972.1076.9970.94xx76.99
7 Shakeil Waithe (TTO)76.85xxxxx76.85
8 Arshad Nadeem (PAK)74.4673.5575.7574.9176.0273.8476.02
9 Albert Reynolds (LCA)73.8771.4971.44N/A73.87
10 Ben Langton Burnell (NZL)73.7772.4773.0673.77
11 Alex Toroitich Kiprotich (KEN)68.6872.7273.2173.21
12 Sampath Ranasinghe (SRI)69.4470.1568.6170.15

References

  1. "Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule - Men's javelin throw". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  2. Athletics | Men's Javelin Throw - Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 91. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  3. Athletics | Men's Javelin Throw - Qualification (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. pp. 92–94. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
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