The 2022 javelin throw senior season came down to one big show in the World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022.  Kelsey-Lee Barber became the first woman to win back-to-back world javelin titles with 66.91m, while Anderson Peters also repeated his world title after Doha 2019 with a throw of 90.54m, beating the Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra with three throws over 90 m.

What a year for the Australian and Grenadian javelin throwers!

 

JAVELIN THROW WOMAN FINALS / OREGON 2022

Bronze medal Olympic winner Kelsey-Lee Barber had one long throw of 66.91m in the 3rd round which release was enough to cleam gold in Oregon!  For Barber this throw meant everything since her struggles with back injuries in the past year.  USA olympic thrower Kara Winger finished second with 64.05m (later in September Kara ended her season and career with 68.11m).  The 36 years old American not only was it the first global medal of her career, it was also USA’s first women’s javelin medal at the World Championships.  It was Japan’s Haruka Kitaguchi who surprised at the end of the competition when she threw 63.27m on her final attempt.  The three medals were shared by three different countries and continents!

WOMEN'S JAVELIN MEDALLISTS

GOLD Kelsey-Lee Barber AUS, 66.91m

SILVER Kara Winger, USA, 64.05m

BRONZE Haruka Kitaguchi, JPN, 63.27m

 

JAVELIN THROW MAN FINALS / OREGON 2022

Anderson Peters became only the second man in history to defend his Worlds gold with a 90.54m throw. Neeraj Chopra claimed silver with a throw of 88.13m, while Jakub Vadlejch finished third with a throw of 88.09m.

Peters stated his series with 90.21m, his third-best throw of 2022 to lead the field after the first round.  After missing his first attempt, Chopra managed 82.39m with his second effort, then for his 4th attempt 88.13m.  With the gold secured, Peters bettered his own mark with a final throw of 90.54m, his third effort over 90m.

GOLD Anderson Peters, Grenada,  90.54m

SILVER Neeraj Chopra, India, 88.13m

BRONZE Jakub Vadlejch, Czech Republic, 88.09m

 

 

THE LONGEST THROWS IN 2022

Kara Winger waited until age 36, and her final season as a pro javelin thrower, to have her breakthrough in a global championship and reaching her personal best (PB). Kara, with her final throw of 68.11 meters won gold at the Diamond League meeting in Brussels, Belgium. What an end of a professional sport career!

In the men’ javelin Anderson Peters threw 93.07m in windy Diamond League opener in Doha. The Grenadan thrower moved into fifth in the world all-time list behind Jan Zelezny, Johannes Vetter, Thomas Rohler and Aki Parviainen.

 

EUROPEAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 MUNICH / JAVELIN THROW FINAL 

In Women’s javelin throw Elina Tzengko from Greece won the gold medal with a PB of 65.81m. Tzengko backed up this mark with the second best throw of 64.57m. The Greek teenager won the European under 20 gold medal in Tallin and the world under 20 silver in Nairobi in 2021.  Adriana Vilagos from Serbia, who won the world U20 beating Tzengo last year, won the silver medal with 62.07m. Barbora Spotakova finished third with 60.68m on her sixt attempt at the age of 41 winning her fourth European medal across three separate decades after silver in 2006, bronze in 2010 and gold in 2014. Spotakova won her first medal at a big international championship since her world title in London 2017. 

GOLD Elina Tzengko, Greece 65.81m

SILVER Adriana Vilagos, Serbia, 62.07m

BRONZE Barbora Spotakova, Czech Republic, 60.68m

 

Julius Weber 87.66m effort brought gold for him the the javelin men finbal!  Fourth in the Olympic final in Tokyo last year, and at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon last month, Weber finally made it on to the TOP in a major championship as the gold medal winner.  Olympic silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch of the Czech Republic, got the silver medal with 87.28m.  The Finn Lassi Elelatalo took bronze with a lifetime best of 86.44m.

GOLD Julius Weber, Germany, 87.66m

SILVER Jakub Vadlejch, Czech Republic, 87.28m

BRONZE Lassi Eteletalo, Finnland, 86.44m