2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw
Rank Group Athlete Nationality # 1 # 2 # 3 Result Notes
1 A Guillermo Martínez Cuba ( CUB ) 83.77 83.77 Q
2 A Dmitri Tarabin Russia ( RUS ) x 82.92 82.92 Q
3 B Stuart Farquhar New Zealand ( NZL ) 82.10 x - 82.10 q
4 A Matthias de Zordo Germany ( GER ) 82.05 81.11 x 82.05 q
5 B Fatih Avan Turkey ( TUR ) 80.27 77.68 81.94 81.94 q
6 B Mark Frank Germany ( GER ) 80.96 81.93 - 81.93 q
7 A Andreas Thorkildsen Norway ( NOR ) 79.36 80.85 81.83 81.83 q
8 A Vítězslav Veselý Czech Republic ( CZE ) 79.99 74.77 81.64 81.64 q
9 B Roman Avramenko Ukraine ( UKR ) 76.30 x 81.46 81.46 q
10 B Sergey Makarov Russia ( RUS ) 81.42 80.18 78.33 81.42 q
11 A Jarrod Bannister Australia ( AUS ) 81.35 x 75.91 81.35 q
12 B Antti Ruuskanen Finland ( FIN ) 79.54 81.03 78.14 81.03 q
13 B Igor Janik Poland ( POL ) 80.88 76.63 78.98 80.88
14 B Ari Mannio Finland ( FIN ) 74.09 80.27 79.31 80.27
15 A Yukifumi Murakami Japan ( JPN ) 80.19 78.04 74.93 80.19
16 A Jakub Vadlejch Czech Republic ( CZE ) 68.32 80.08 x 80.08
17 A Tero Pitkämäki Finland ( FIN ) 78.21 79.46 76.05 79.46
18 B Chen Qi China ( CHN ) x 74.28 78.42 78.42
19 A Scott Russell Canada ( CAN ) 76.47 77.49 74.23 77.49
20 A Ēriks Rags Latvia ( LAT ) 77.34 x 76.23 77.34
Results -- Qualification
Qualification : Qualifying Performance 82.50 ( Q ) or at least 12 best performers ( q ) advance to the final
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The Men's Javelin throw event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 & 3. Preliminary leader Guillermo Martínez made his best throw in the first round, followed shortly by Matthias de Zordo's 86.27 winner. Meanwhile favorite world leader Andreas Thorkildsen languished in as low as eighth place, barely the last qualifier for his remaining three throws. All of the competitors had previously thrown far enough to displace Thorkildsen in the preliminary round. On his fourth throw he finally put one good throw together to leapfrog into the silver medal position. de Zordo was ranked fourth and Martínez had only been ranked twelfth on the annual list prior to the competition.