2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's javelin throw
# 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 22 and 23 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Neeraj Chopra India |
| - | - |
| Silver | Johan Grobler South Africa |
| Bronze | Anderson Peters Grenada |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics :

| World Junior Record | Zigismunds Sirmais (LAT) | 84.69 | Bauska, Latvia | 22 June 2011 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Championship Record | John Robert Oosthuizen (RSA) | 83.07 | Beijing, China | 19 August 2006 |
| World Junior Leading | Neeraj Chopra (IND) | 82.23 | Guwahati, India | 10 February 2016 |

## Results

### Qualification

Qualification: 72.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.

| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A | Neeraj Chopra | India | 78.20 | | | 78.20 | Q |
| 2 | A | Anderson Peters | Grenada | 72.39 | 76.20 | | 76.20 | Q |
| 3 | B | Márk Xavér Schmölcz | Hungary | 71.48 | 70.01 | 74.80 | 74.80 | Q, PB |
| 4 | B | Johan Grobler | South Africa | 70.57 | 74.79 | | 74.79 | Q |
| 5 | A | Cyprian Mrzygłód | Poland | 74.48 | | | 74.48 | Q |
| 6 | B | Harry Hughes | Great Britain | 65.03 | 74.30 | | 74.30 | Q |
| 7 | A | Patriks Gailums | Latvia | 74.02 | | | 74.02 | Q, PB |
| 8 | A | Zakhar Mishchenko | Ukraine | 73.95 | | | 73.95 | Q |
| 9 | B | Alexandru Novac | Romania | 73.35 | | | 73.35 | Q |
| 10 | B | Emin Öncel | Turkey | 73.33 | | | 73.33 | Q |
| 11 | A | Lukas Moutarde | France | 71.84 | 69.23 | 73.18 | 73.18 | Q, PB |
| 12 | B | Valery Izotau | Belarus | 67.88 | x | 72.76 | 72.76 | Q |
| 13 | B | Junya Sado | Japan | 72.65 | | | 72.65 | Q |
| 14 | A | James Whiteaker | Great Britain | 72.51 | | | 72.51 | Q, PB |
| 15 | A | Xu Jiajie | China | 69.49 | 72.02 | x | 72.02 | SB |
| 16 | B | Vladislav Palyunin | Uzbekistan | 70.38 | x | 71.54 | 71.54 | PB |
| 17 | B | Simon Litzell | Sweden | x | 69.77 | 71.05 | 71.05 | |
| 18 | B | Xiang Jiabo | China | 63.30 | 69.87 | 70.90 | 70.90 | |
| 19 | A | Aliaksei Katkavets | Belarus | 67.01 | 70.43 | x | 70.43 | |
| 20 | A | Matthew Rees | Australia | x | 68.57 | 69.82 | 69.82 | PB |
| 21 | B | Manu Quijera | Spain | 68.30 | 68.23 | 68.91 | 68.91 | |
| 22 | A | Erich Wiese | South Africa | 68.61 | 67.99 | 65.93 | 68.61 | |
| 23 | A | Denis Picus | Moldova | 68.57 | 66.34 | x | 68.57 | |
| 24 | B | Mateusz Zabłocki | Poland | 64.21 | 68.32 | 65.08 | 68.32 | |
| 25 | B | Conor Warren | Australia | 65.55 | 68.31 | 67.19 | 68.31 | |
| 26 | B | Norman Plischke | Germany | x | x | 68.00 | 68.00 | |
| 27 | A | Pedro Luiz Barros | Brazil | 67.75 | 64.95 | 67.97 | 67.97 | |
| 28 | A | Hudson Keffer | United States | 67.76 | 66.11 | 67.58 | 67.76 | |
| 29 | B | Modestas Masteika | Lithuania | x | x | 67.36 | 67.36 | |
| 30 | A | Arshad Nadeem | Pakistan | x | 63.35 | 67.17 | 67.17 | |
| 31 | A | Hiroshi Ikegawa | Japan | x | 62.89 | 66.01 | 66.01 | |
| 32 | A | Lee Ji-hwan | South Korea | 64.36 | 63.09 | 65.63 | 65.63 | |
| 33 | B | Oleksandr Kozubskyi | Ukraine | x | 65.34 | 60.15 | 65.34 | |
| 34 | A | Odei Jainaga | Spain | 63.63 | 63.20 | 63.02 | 63.63 | |
| 35 | B | Thomas Peters | United States | x | 62.76 | x | 62.76 | |
| | B | Gaurav Yadav | India | | | | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | Result | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Neeraj Chopra | India | 79.66 | 86.48 | 78.36 | x | 86.48 | WU20R |
| | Johan Grobler | South Africa | 80.59 | 69.01 | x | 75.16 | 80.59 | PB |
| | Anderson Peters | Grenada | 79.51 | 79.65 | 75.12 | 76.95 | 79.65 | NU20R |
| 4 | Emin Öncel | Turkey | 75.20 | 73.65 | x | x | 75.20 | |
| 5 | Alexandru Novac | Romania | 71.95 | 72.91 | x | x | 72.91 | |
| 6 | Márk Xavér Schmölcz | Hungary | 72.66 | 66.07 | 70.55 | 69.87 | 72.66 | |
| 7 | Harry Hughes | Great Britain | 66.82 | 72.22 | 70.42 | | 72.22 | |
| 8 | Zakhar Mishchenko | Ukraine | 71.21 | 67.44 | 66.50 | | 71.21 | |
| 9 | Cyprian Mrzygłód | Poland | 68.46 | 69.58 | 70.48 | | 70.48 | |
| 10 | Lukas Moutarde | France | 68.06 | 65.27 | 66.53 | | 68.06 | |
| 11 | Patriks Gailums | Latvia | 63.61 | 66.84 | 66.57 | | 66.84 | |
| 12 | Valery Izotau | Belarus | 66.40 | 63.46 | r | | 66.40 | |
| 13 | James Whiteaker | Great Britain | 65.39 | 64.28 | 62.88 | | 65.39 | |
| 14 | Junya Sado | Japan | 64.04 | 62.61 | 56.76 | | 64.04 | |
