The men's javelin throw at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 13 and 14 April 2018.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows: World record98.48 mJena, Germany25 May 1996Games record88.75 mKuala Lumpur, Malaysia21 September 1998
Schedule The schedule was as follows: Date Time Round Friday 13 April 2018 10:00 Qualification Saturday 14 April 2018 14:35 Final All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
Results Qualifying round Across two groups, those who threw ≥78.00 m (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.
Rank Athlete Group #1 #2 #3 Result Notes Qual. 1 B 74.58 76.49 81.22 81.22 2 B 80.45 80.45 3 A 76.93 76.08 80.44 80.44 4 A 80.42 80.42 5 B 78.88 78.88 6 A 76.02 71.86 78.10 78.10 7 B 78.00 78.00 8 A 72.23 77.43 70.43 77.43 9 B 75.29 74.29 70.87 75.29 10 A 71.39 75.21 75.21 11 A 70.03 74.88 73.69 74.88 12 A 74.72 71.75 73.93 74.72 13 B 74.55 73.67 74.55 14 B 74.27 68.50 72.15 74.27 15 A 72.70 73.49 72.07 73.49 16 A 70.61 69.91 64.38 70.61 17 A 67.78 61.26 62.44 67.78 18 B 65.08 66.66 62.85 66.66 19 B 58.84 65.81 65.81 20 B 58.91 60.16 60.16 21 B 45.94 56.12 56.12 22 A 47.45 47.99 52.84 52.84 23 A 44.24 47.73 47.73 24 B 38.44 38.44
Final The medals were determined in the final.
Rank Name #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes 85.50 84.78 86.47 83.48 86.47 75.95 81.37 79.05 82.59 79.74 79.42 82.59 68.68 82.20 74.53 80.57 74.93 79.52 82.20 77.00 79.83 75.98 74.10 79.83 72.16 75.93 77.87 77.22 77.42 77.87 62.79 72.10 76.99 70.94 76.99 76.85 76.85 74.46 73.55 75.75 74.91 76.02 73.84 76.02 73.87 71.49 71.44 rowspan=4 colspan=3 73.87 10 73.77 72.47 73.06 73.77 11 68.68 72.72 73.21 73.21 12 69.44 70.15 68.61 70.15
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