2025 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw
| Men's javelin throw at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Gumi Civic Stadium | |||||||||
| Location | Gumi, South Korea | |||||||||
| Dates | 30 May (qualification) 31 May (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 22 from 14 nations | |||||||||
| Winning distance | 86.40 m | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The men's javelin throw event at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 30 and 31 May.[1]
Records
| Record | Athlete (nation) | Distance (m) | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record[2] |  Jan Železný (CZE)
|
98.48 | Jena, East Germany | 25 May 1986 |
| Asian record[3] |  Arshad Nadeem (PAK)
|
92.97 | Paris, France | 8 August 2024 |
| Championship record |  Cheng Chao-tsun (TPE)
|
86.72 | Doha, Qatar | 22 April 2019 |
| World leading[4] |  Julian Weber (GER)
|
91.06 | 16 May 2025 | |
| Asian leading[5] |  Neeraj Chopra (IND)
|
90.23 |
Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+8), was as follows:[1]
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 30 May | 10:15 | Qualification |
| 31 May | 17:10 | Final |
Results
Qualification
Group A
| Place | Athlete | Nation | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arshad Nadeem | Pakistan
|
86.34 | 86.34 m | Q | ||
| 2 | Rumesh Tharanga |  Sri Lanka
|
83.71 | 83.71 m | Q | ||
| 3 | Ryohei Arai |  Japan
|
77.85 | 77.85 m | Q, SB | ||
| 4 | Yash Vir Singh | India
|
76.67 | 76.67 m | Q | ||
| 5 | Nam Tae-poong |  South Korea
|
70.80 | 76.26 | 76.26 m | Q, PB | |
| 6 | Abdulrahman Al-Azemi |  Kuwait
|
72.84 | x | 70.12 | 72.84 m | q, PB |
| 7 | Artur Gafner |  Kazakhstan
|
70.70 | 72.66 | x | 72.66 m | |
| 8 | Sarvar Ismaylov |  Uzbekistan
|
x | 71.13 | 71.56 | 71.56 m | PB |
| 9 | Cheng Chao-tsun | Chinese Taipei
|
67.64 | 70.10 | 70.80 | 70.80 m | |
| 10 | Jeong Jun-seok | South Korea
|
66.91 | x | 65.04 | 66.91 m | |
| 11 | Chon Weng |  Macau
|
54.94 | 59.78 | 59.93 | 59.93 m | |
| [6] | |||||||
Group B
| Place | Athlete | Nation | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuta Sakiyama | Japan
|
72.85 | 81.36 | - | 81.36 m | Q, SB |
| 2 | Sumeda Ranasinghe | Sri Lanka
|
x | 81.33 | - | 81.33 m | Q |
| 3 | Sachin Yadav | India
|
79.62 | - | - | 79.62 m | Q |
| 4 | Muhammad Yasir | Pakistan
|
76.07 | - | - | 76.07 m | Q |
| 5 | Hu Haoran |  China
|
75.13 | 75.56 | 74.54 | 75.56 m | q |
| 6 | Ali Fathi Ganji |  Iran
|
71.38 | 69.71 | 73.41 | 73.41 m | q |
| 7 | Asadbek Murodov | Uzbekistan
|
66.24 | 66.54 | 69.65 | 69.65 m | |
| 8 | Kim Dani | South Korea
|
69.30 | 66.59 | 68.03 | 69.30 m | |
| 9 | Abdulaziz Al-Hemdan | Kuwait
|
x | 59.69 | 64.09 | 64.09 m | PB |
| 10 | Ali Essa Abdelghani |  Saudi Arabia
|
62.50 | x | x | 62.50 m | |
| — | Abdul Hafiz |  Indonesia
|
x | x | x | NM | |
| [7] | |||||||
Final
| Place | Athlete | Nation | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Arshad Nadeem | Pakistan
|
75.64 | 76.80 | 85.57 | 83.99 | 83.44 | 86.40 | 86.40 m | |
|
Sachin Yadav | India
|
79.65 | 74.05 | 72.07 | 77.37 | 83.08 | 85.16 | 85.16 m | PB |
|
Yuta Sakiyama | Japan
|
76.45 | 74.82 | 73.25 | 79.52 | 79.35 | 83.75 | 83.75 m | PB |
| 4 | Rumesh Tharanga | Sri Lanka
|
81.91 | 82.28 | 77.14 | x | 76.51 | 83.27 | 83.27 m | |
| 5 | Yash Vir Singh | India
|
x | x | 77.24 | 80.23 | 80.23 | 82.57 | 82.57 m | PB |
| 6 | Hu Haoran | China
|
77.51 | 80.93 | 78.36 | 78.77 | 77.44 | 78.24 | 80.93 m | SB |
| 7 | Sumeda Ranasinghe | Sri Lanka
|
79.81 | 77.82 | x | x | x | 79.58 | 79.81 m | |
| 8 | Muhammad Yasir | Pakistan
|
70.53 | 75.39 | 74.50 | 72.92 | x | 74.78 | 75.39 m | |
| 9 | Ryohei Arai | Japan
|
69.10 | 69.85 | 74.21 | 74.21 m | ||||
| 10 | Abdulrahman Al-Azemi | Kuwait
|
70.08 | 73.87 | 70.68 | 73.87 m | PB | |||
| 11 | Ali Fathi Ganji | Iran
|
72.11 | x | x | 72.11 m | ||||
| 12 | Nam Tae-poong | South Korea
|
65.67 | 63.38 | 69.42 | 69.42 m | ||||
| [8] | ||||||||||
References
- ^ a b "2025 Asian Athletics Championships schedule". 2025gumi.kr. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "Javelin Throw men - World record distance". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ "Javelin Throw men - Asian record distance". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ "Javelin Throw men - 2025 World leading distance". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ "Javelin Throw men - 2025 Asian leading distance". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ "26th Asian Athletics Championships - Men's javelin throw Group A qualification results" (PDF). Asian Athletics. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ^ "26th Asian Athletics Championships - Men's javelin throw Group B qualification results" (PDF). Asian Athletics. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ^ "26th Asian Athletics Championships - Men's javelin throw results" (PDF). Asian Athletics. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.