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
Venue	Carrara Stadium
Dates	13 April (qualifying round) 14 April (final)
Competitors	24 from 19 nations
Winning distance	86.47 m
Medalists
Neeraj Chopra    India   Hamish Peacock    Australia   Anderson Peters    Grenada
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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 2018	10:00	Qualification
Saturday 14 April 2018	14:35	Final

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]

Rank	Athlete	Group	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	B	Hamish Peacock (AUS)	74.58	76.49	81.22	81.22		Q
2	B	Arshad Nadeem (PAK)	x	80.45		80.45	NR	Q
3	A	Anderson Peters (GRN)	76.93	76.08	80.44	80.44		Q
4	A	Neeraj Chopra (IND)	80.42			80.42		Q
5	B	Vipin Kasana (IND)	78.88			78.88		Q
6	A	Albert Reynolds (LCA)	76.02	71.86	78.10	78.10		Q
7	B	Phil-Mar van Rensburg (RSA)	78.00			78.00		Q
8	A	Luke Cann (AUS)	72.23	77.43	70.43	77.43		q
9	B	Ben Langton Burnell (NZL)	75.29	74.29	70.87	75.29		q
10	A	Shakeil Waithe (TTO)	71.39	x	75.21	75.21		q
11	A	Alex Kiprotich (KEN)	70.03	74.88	73.69	74.88		q
12	A	Sampath Ranasinghe (SRI)	74.72	71.75	73.93	74.72		q
13	B	Julius Yego (KEN)	x	74.55	73.67	74.55
14	B	Leslain Baird (GUY)	74.27	68.50	72.15	74.27
15	A	Samuel Kure (NGR)	72.70	73.49	72.07	73.49	PB
16	A	Joe Harris (IOM)	70.61	69.91	64.38	70.61
17	A	Donny Tuimaseve (SAM)	67.78	61.26	62.44	67.78	NR
18	B	Alexander Pascal (CAY)	65.08	66.66	62.85	66.66
19	B	Andre Bazil (DMA)	x	58.84	65.81	65.81	SB
20	B	Gennard Paul (GRN)	58.91	x	60.16	60.16
21	B	Jack Nasawa (VAN)	x	45.94	56.12	56.12
22	A	Imo Fiamalua (TUV)	47.45	47.99	52.84	52.84
23	A	Nia Misikea (NIU)	44.24	47.73	x	47.73
24	B	Loe Kaufisi (NIU)	x	x	38.44	38.44

Final

The medals were determined in the final.^[2]

Rank	Name	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Neeraj Chopra (IND)	85.50	x	84.78	86.47	83.48	x	86.47	SB
	Hamish Peacock (AUS)	75.95	81.37	79.05	82.59	79.74	79.42	82.59
	Anderson Peters (GRN)	68.68	82.20	74.53	80.57	74.93	79.52	82.20
4	Phil-Mar van Rensburg (RSA)	77.00	79.83	x	x	75.98	74.10	79.83
5	Vipin Kasana (IND)	72.16	75.93	77.87	77.22	x	77.42	77.87
6	Luke Cann (AUS)	62.79	72.10	76.99	70.94	x	x	76.99
7	Shakeil Waithe (TTO)	76.85	x	x	x	x	x	76.85
8	Arshad Nadeem (PAK)	74.46	73.55	75.75	74.91	76.02	73.84	76.02
9	Albert Reynolds (LCA)	73.87	71.49	71.44	—			73.87
10	Ben Langton Burnell (NZL)	73.77	72.47	73.06				73.77
11	Alex Toroitich Kiprotich (KEN)	68.68	72.72	73.21				73.21
12	Sampath Ranasinghe (SRI)	69.44	70.15	68.61				70.15