The men's javelin throw at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at Hayward Field in Eugene, United States on 5 and 7 August 2026.

Records U20 standing records prior to the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows: Record Athlete & Nationality Mark Location DateWorld U20 Record86.48 mBydgoszcz, Poland23 July 2016Championship RecordWorld U20 Leading77.14 mJohannesburg, South Africa27 March 2026

Results Qualification Qualification took place in the afternoon session on 5 August 2026. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 72.50 metres (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) will qualify for the final.

Group A PlaceAthleteNationRoundMarkNotes #1 #2 #3 1 Ashish Yadav 69.87 68.43 68.07 69.87 m 2 Aleksander Wojna 65.94 69.80 x 69.80 m 3 Marques Olivier 68.50 68.76 65.08 68.76 m 4 Pietro Villa 65.18 68.72 x 68.72 m 5 Hung Yu-kun 64.33 68.45 x 68.45 m , 6 Leon Iwasaka x 66.54 68.31 68.31 m 7 Branko Pokrajac 67.40 68.13 67.14 68.13 m 8 Charlie Mason 60.89 66.33 67.77 67.77 m 9 Taha Hassan 64.14 67.12 66.59 67.12 m 10 Mogens Braun 63.53 66.35 x 66.35 m 11 Nolan Carey 64.07 x 61.12 64.07 m 12 Themiya Bimsara Thabrew Nammuni x 62.67 63.23 63.23 m Szabolcs Tamás Magyar x – –

Group B PlaceAthleteNationRoundMarkNotes #1 #2 #3 1 Jan-Hendrik Heymans 76.02 76.02 m 2 Yang Zhaoyi x 69.43 x 69.43 m 3 68.87 x 65.49 68.87 m 4 Mohamed Osama Hassan 64.68 64.70 68.13 68.13 m 5 T. Dharanidharan 63.81 68.07 67.37 68.07 m 6 Niklas Könnemann 64.44 60.72 66.94 66.94 m 7 Jakov Pijaca 62.96 62.17 60.13 62.96 m 8 Luka Zarnik 62.48 58.59 61.06 62.48 m 9 Tom Rutter 61.81 x x 61.81 m 10 Olivér Menyhárt x 59.14 61.66 61.66 m 11 Leonardo di Mugno 59.86 57.45 56.83 59.86 m 12 Pedro Henrique da Silva 57.81 59.73 x 59.73 m Jang Ha-jin x x –

Final The final took place in the afternoon session on 7 August 2026.

PlaceAthleteNationRoundMarkNotes #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Jan-Hendrik Heymans 76.92 76.40 76.74 76.46 79.42 80.50 80.50 m Ashish Yadav 69.96 74.09 72.31 70.62 67.98 74.09 m 68.63 73.89 69.56 66.05 70.22 73.89 m 4 Mohamed Osama Hassan 73.77 70.55 68.60 70.01 73.77 m 5 Yang Zhaoyi 68.88 68.45 72.86 72.54 71.96 72.86 m 6 T. Dharanidharan 70.53 71.22 63.13 68.80 72.35 71.61 72.35 m 7 Marques Olivier 67.96 70.94 66.27 63.47 66.36 70.94 m 8 Aleksander Wojna 68.94 68.94 m 9 Leon Iwasaka 66.47 66.75 65.56 66.75 m 10 Hung Yu-kun 65.21 66.70 63.36 63.80 66.70 m 11 Pietro Villa 63.84 65.97 66.65 66.65 m 12 Branko Pokrajac 60.07 63.39 62.74 63.39 m

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