2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 16 and 19 August.

Medalists

Gold	John Oosthuizen Südafrika
Silver	Ari Mannio Finnland
Bronze	Roman Avramenko Ukraine

Results

Final

19 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	John Oosthuizen	Südafrika	78.52	83.07	79.89	79.58	x	x	83.07
	Ari Mannio	Finnland	75.97	74.46	73.83	75.39	72.15	77.26	77.26
	Roman Avramenko	Ukraine	76.01	x	75.80	75.47	75.50	74.90	76.01
4	Víctor Fatecha	Paraguay	75.64	73.68	75.39	x	71.35	x	75.64
5	Li Yu	China	74.46	68.83	70.97	75.35	x	72.13	75.35
6	Yervásios Filippídis	Griechenland	69.10	63.13	73.58	72.73	x	x	73.58
7	Leslie Copeland	Fidschi	68.83	71.66	73.13	71.39	71.20	69.68	73.13
8	James Campbell	Vereinigtes Königreich	71.07	65.94	68.96	68.86	67.70	69.92	71.07
9	Mikko Kankaanpää	Finnland	66.86	71.01	x				71.01
10	Noël Meyer	Südafrika	70.06	x	70.39				70.39
11	Loic Lemaître	Belgien	69.32	x	67.84				69.32
12	Ioánnis Smaliós	Griechenland	x	63.45	61.52				63.45

Qualifications

16 August

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Ari Mannio	Finnland	68.35	x	74.17	74.17	Q
2	Víctor Fatecha	Paraguay	65.69	73.03	-	73.03	Q
3	Noël Meyer	Südafrika	67.04	66.57	71.52	71.52	Q
4	Leslie Copeland	Fidschi	67.21	67.94	69.62	69.62	q
5	Ioánnis Smaliós	Griechenland	65.73	64.31	69.58	69.58	q
6	Mohamed Ali Kebabou	Tunesien	63.47	66.62	69.20	69.20
7	Nathan Burgess	Australien	62.75	68.12	66.88	68.12
8	Petr Frydrych	Tschechische Republik	67.84	x	66.23	67.84
9	Wang Qingbo	China	63.96	67.74	62.91	67.74
10	Abdullah Al-Ameeri	Kuwait	63.96	63.97	66.28	66.28
11	Ignacio Guerra	Chile	65.61	x	64.09	65.61
12	Paweł Rakoczy	Polen	63.57	x	64.49	64.49
13	Thomas Lange	Deutschland	63.88	61.56	x	63.88
14	Tedy Draksler	Slowenien	59.58	x	63.75	63.75
15	Khamis Al-Qatiti	Oman	63.20	62.81	x	63.20
16	Maris Žvirinš	Lettland	55.31	61.92	62.62	62.62
17	Philippe Traulle	Frankreich	56.64	59.43	58.70	59.43
18	Matthew Maloney	Vereinigte Staaten	54.97	57.76	x	57.76

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	John Oosthuizen	Südafrika	78.42	-	-	78.42	Q
2	James Campbell	Vereinigtes Königreich	69.06	68.48	73.18	73.18	Q
3	Li Yu	China	72.80	-	-	72.80	Q
4	Mikko Kankaanpää	Finnland	71.15	-	-	71.15	Q
5	Roman Avramenko	Ukraine	70.98	-	-	70.98	Q
6	Yervásios Filippídis	Griechenland	70.55	-	-	70.55	Q
7	Loic Lemaître	Belgien	69.60	68.28	69.78	69.78	q
8	Franz Burghagen	Deutschland	68.87	x	x	68.87
9	Adam Montague	Vereinigte Staaten	63.81	66.30	61.17	66.30
10	Sergey Gromov	Russland	63.49	63.57	66.16	66.16
11	Chen Yu-Wen	Chinese Taipei	65.31	65.42	65.62	65.62
12	Gašper Stegnar	Slowenien	62.67	63.43	65.13	65.13
13	Tanel Laanmäe	Estland	62.07	58.18	60.15	62.07
14	Kristian Kovac	Serbien	55.63	61.05	60.96	61.05
15	Curtis Moss	Kanada	55.67	56.73	57.77	57.77
16	François Pouzet	Chile	54.55	55.86	x	55.86

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.

• Australien (1)
• Belgien (1)
• Kanada (1)
• Chile (2)
• China (2)
• Chinese Taipei (1)
• Tschechische Republik (1)
• Estland (1)
• Fidschi (1)
• Finnland (2)
• Frankreich (1)
• Deutschland (2)
• Griechenland (2)
• Kuwait (1)
• Lettland (1)
• Oman (1)
• Paraguay (1)
• Polen (1)
• Russland (1)
• Serbien (1)
• Slowenien (2)
• Südafrika (2)
• Tunesien (1)
• Ukraine (1)
• Vereinigtes Königreich (1)
• Vereinigte Staaten (2)