# 2025 World Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw
**The men's javelin throw at the 2025 World Athletics Championships** was won by [Trinidad and Tobago](https://www.edgepedia.org/trinidad-and-tobago)'s Keshorn Walcott, who took his first world title with 88.16 m, a season's best, ahead of Grenada's Anderson Peters and the United States' Curtis Thompson.[1](https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-championships/tokyo25-7190593/results/men/javelin-throw/final/result) The expected contest between Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan and defending champion Neeraj Chopra of India did not materialize, with both finishing outside the medals.[2](https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2025/9/18/walcott-wins-javelin-gold-as-chopra-nadeem-disappoint-at-athletics-worlds) Walcott, 32, had become the youngest ever winner of an Olympic men's javelin title at the 2012 Games at age 19, and in Tokyo became one of the oldest ever winners of a world men's javelin title, 13 years later.[6](https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-championships/world-athletics-championships-tokyo-2025-7190593/news/report/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-mens-javelin) Thompson's bronze was the first world championships medal for a US man in the javelin since Breaux Greer's bronze in 2007.[2](https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2025/9/18/walcott-wins-javelin-gold-as-chopra-nadeem-disappoint-at-athletics-worlds)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Champion | Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad and Tobago), 88.16 m season's best, his first world title[1](https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-championships/tokyo25-7190593/results/men/javelin-throw/final/result) |
| Podium | 2. Anderson Peters (GRN) 87.38 m; 3. Curtis Thompson (USA) 86.67 m[1](https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-championships/tokyo25-7190593/results/men/javelin-throw/final/result) |
| Qualification rule | Automatic mark 84.50 m (Q), otherwise the best 12 across the two groups advanced[3](https://worldathletics.org/jp/competitions/world-athletics-championships/world-athletics-championships-tokyo-2025-7190593/results/men/javelin-throw/qualification/result) |
| Entry standard | 85.50 m for men's javelin, achievable from 1 August 2024 to 24 August 2025[4](https://worldathletics.org/download/download?filename=128cc149-9640-4bdf-a017-2a29b151355a.pdf&urlslug=Decisions) |
| Championship record | 92.80 m, Jan Železný, Edmonton, 12 August 2001 (world record 98.48 m)[5](https://worldathletics.org/download/competition?filename=AT-JT-M-f----.RS6.pdf&path=%5Cpdf%5C7190593%5C&updatedOn=09%2F18%2F2025+11%3A48%3A27&urlslug=javelin-throw-Official+Results) |
| Conditions | Final start 19:27, air temperature 26 °C, humidity 75%[5](https://worldathletics.org/download/competition?filename=AT-JT-M-f----.RS6.pdf&path=%5Cpdf%5C7190593%5C&updatedOn=09%2F18%2F2025+11%3A48%3A27&urlslug=javelin-throw-Official+Results) |
## Final result
Walcott took the lead in the second round with 87.83 m and extended it in the fourth round with 88.16 m, the two longest throws of the evening[6](https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-championships/world-athletics-championships-tokyo-2025-7190593/news/report/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-mens-javelin). Peters, the 2019 and 2022 world champion, took silver with 87.38 m, and Thompson's opening throw of 86.67 m held for bronze[2](https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2025/9/18/walcott-wins-javelin-gold-as-chopra-nadeem-disappoint-at-athletics-worlds).
| Pos | Athlete | Country | Mark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keshorn Walcott | TTO | 88.16 m (SB) |
| 2 | Anderson Peters | GRN | 87.38 m |
| 3 | Curtis Thompson | USA | 86.67 m |
| 4 | Sachin Yadav | IND | 86.27 m (PB) |
| 5 | Julian Weber | GER | 86.11 m |
| 6 | Julius Yego | KEN | 85.54 m |
| 7 | Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage | SRI | 84.38 m |
| 8 | Neeraj Chopra | IND | 84.03 m |
| 9 | Dawid Wegner | POL | 83.03 m |
| 10 | Arshad Nadeem | PAK | 82.75 m |
| 11 | Jakub Vadlejch | CZE | 78.71 m |
| 12 | Cameron McEntyre | AUS | 75.65 m |
All twelve marks are from the official result[1](https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-championships/tokyo25-7190593/results/men/javelin-throw/final/result).
## Qualification
The two qualification groups began at 19:10 and 20:45 local time on 17 September[6](https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-championships/world-athletics-championships-tokyo-2025-7190593/news/report/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-mens-javelin). Peters led all qualifiers with 89.53 m, a season's best, a throw that would have won the final[6](https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-championships/world-athletics-championships-tokyo-2025-7190593/news/report/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-mens-javelin). Julian Weber qualified first in [Group A](https://www.edgepedia.org/group-a) with 87.21 m, and the remaining finalists came through at 82.80 m or better[7](https://www.watchathletics.com/page/7005/men-s-javelin-throw-results-world-athletics-championships-tokyo-2025).
## The favorite's race that did not happen
The pre-event narrative centered on the South Asian rivals: Nadeem, the reigning Olympic champion, and Chopra, the defending world champion and world rankings leader[6](https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-championships/world-athletics-championships-tokyo-2025-7190593/news/report/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-mens-javelin). Neither crossed 85 m in the final. Chopra managed 84.03 m for eighth, and Nadeem, who had spent much of the season injured, finished tenth with 82.75 m[2](https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2025/9/18/walcott-wins-javelin-gold-as-chopra-nadeem-disappoint-at-athletics-worlds). Chopra said afterward he had had "some problems" ahead of Tokyo that he had kept to himself[6](https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-championships/world-athletics-championships-tokyo-2025-7190593/news/report/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-mens-javelin).
For Chopra the result had a specific historical weight: it was the first time since June 2015 that he had been beaten by a fellow Indian thrower, and the first time he had finished as low as eighth at a major final[6](https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-championships/world-athletics-championships-tokyo-2025-7190593/news/report/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-mens-javelin). The Indian who beat him, Sachin Yadav, threw a personal best of 86.27 m on his first attempt and finished fourth, 40 centimeters short of a medal[2](https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2025/9/18/walcott-wins-javelin-gold-as-chopra-nadeem-disappoint-at-athletics-worlds).
## Walcott's return to the top
Walcott, 32, had become the youngest ever winner of an Olympic men's javelin title at the 2012 Games at age 19; in Tokyo he became one of the oldest ever winners of a world men's javelin title, 13 years later[6](https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-championships/world-athletics-championships-tokyo-2025-7190593/news/report/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-mens-javelin). He had a strong season but had not won any of his international competitions before the championships, and he attributed the change to switching coaches, training with Klaus Bartonietz, Chopra's former coach[6](https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-championships/world-athletics-championships-tokyo-2025-7190593/news/report/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-mens-javelin). The gold added a world title to his 2012 Olympic gold and the 2016 Rio Olympic bronze[2](https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2025/9/18/walcott-wins-javelin-gold-as-chopra-nadeem-disappoint-at-athletics-worlds).
## Other notable results
Thompson's bronze was the first world championships medal for a US man in the javelin since Breaux Greer's bronze in 2007[2](https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2025/9/18/walcott-wins-javelin-gold-as-chopra-nadeem-disappoint-at-athletics-worlds). Weber, the [Diamond League](https://www.edgepedia.org/diamond-league) champion and world leader at 91.51 m from Zurich in August, managed only 86.11 m for fifth[2](https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2025/9/18/walcott-wins-javelin-gold-as-chopra-nadeem-disappoint-at-athletics-worlds). Julius Yego, the 2015 world champion at 36, threw 85.54 m for sixth but turned his ankle on his third attempt and passed the final three rounds[2](https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2025/9/18/walcott-wins-javelin-gold-as-chopra-nadeem-disappoint-at-athletics-worlds). By reaching the final, [Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage](https://www.edgepedia.org/rumesh-tharanga) made history as the first Sri Lankan competitor of either gender to do so at a [World Athletics Championships](https://www.edgepedia.org/world-athletics-championships), and he ended the competition in seventh place with a mark of 84.38 m[2](https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2025/9/18/walcott-wins-javelin-gold-as-chopra-nadeem-disappoint-at-athletics-worlds).
The result marked a shift in the event's balance of power: after a Paris Olympic year dominated by the South Asian rivals Nadeem and Chopra, the 2025 review by [World Athletics](https://www.edgepedia.org/world-athletics) described the seat of power as having switched to the Caribbean in Tokyo[8](https://worldathletics.org/news/series/2025-review-throws).
## References
1. [FINAL | Javelin Throw | Results | Tokyo 25, World Athletics](https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-championships/tokyo25-7190593/results/men/javelin-throw/final/result)
2. [Walcott wins javelin gold as Chopra, Nadeem disappoint at Athletics Worlds, Al Jazeera](https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2025/9/18/walcott-wins-javelin-gold-as-chopra-nadeem-disappoint-at-athletics-worlds)
3. [QUALIFICATION | Javelin Throw | Results | Tokyo 25, World Athletics](https://worldathletics.org/jp/competitions/world-athletics-championships/world-athletics-championships-tokyo-2025-7190593/results/men/javelin-throw/qualification/result)
4. [World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 Qualification System and Entry Standards, World Athletics](https://worldathletics.org/download/download?filename=128cc149-9640-4bdf-a017-2a29b151355a.pdf&urlslug=Decisions)
5. [Men's Javelin Throw — Final — 18.09.2025, official results PDF, World Athletics](https://worldathletics.org/download/competition?filename=AT-JT-M-f----.RS6.pdf&path=%5Cpdf%5C7190593%5C&updatedOn=09%2F18%2F2025+11%3A48%3A27&urlslug=javelin-throw-Official+Results)
6. [Walcott wins javelin title in Tokyo, World Athletics report](https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-championships/world-athletics-championships-tokyo-2025-7190593/news/report/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-mens-javelin)
7. [Men's Javelin Throw Results: World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025, Watch Athletics](https://www.watchathletics.com/page/7005/men-s-javelin-throw-results-world-athletics-championships-tokyo-2025)
8. [2025 review: throws, World Athletics](https://worldathletics.org/news/series/2025-review-throws)
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