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

The men's javelin throw competition at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 27 August 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.^[1]

Men's javelin throw at the 2018 Asian Games
Venue	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium
Date	27 August
Competitors	13 from 9 nations
Medalists
Neeraj Chopra    India   Liu Qizhen    China   Arshad Nadeem    Pakistan
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Schedule

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

Date	Time	Event
Monday, 27 August 2018	18:45	Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Jan Železný (CZE)	98.48	Jena, Germany	25 May 1996
Asian Record	Cheng Chao-tsun (TPE)	91.36	Taipei, Taiwan	26 August 2017
Games Record	Zhao Qinggang (CHN)	89.15	Incheon, South Korea	2 October 2014

Results

Rank	Athlete	Attempt						Result	Notes
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Neeraj Chopra (IND)	83.46	X	88.06	83.25	86.36	X	88.06
	Liu Qizhen (CHN)	82.22	78.58	81.43	75.69	75.51	71.04	82.22
	Arshad Nadeem (PAK)	73.52	76.73	72.20	80.75	77.56	72.22	80.75
4	Ma Qun (CHN)	78.03	76.44	80.46	79.31	77.98	X	80.46
5	Cheng Chao-tsun (TPE)	79.81	75.61	X	79.62	X	X	79.81
6	Ahmed Bader Magour (QAT)	75.49	X	75.51	75.78	78.23	X	78.23
7	Ryohei Arai (JPN)	73.71	74.71	75.24	X	X	X	75.24
8	Shivpal Singh (IND)	74.11	—	—	—	—	X	74.11
9	Huang Shih-feng (TPE)	73.28	X	73.86				73.86
10	Peerachet Jantra (THA)	72.85	70.10	70.46				72.85
11	Ricky Hui (HKG)	71.78	62.76	64.65				71.78
12	Abd Hafiz (INA)	66.93	67.47	66.18				67.47
13	Mohamed Ibrahim Kaida (QAT)	X	X	60.13				60.13