Overview

• Keshorn Walcott took gold with 88.16m, Anderson Peters earned silver at 87.38m, and American Curtis Thompson claimed bronze with 86.67m.
• India’s Sachin Yadav threw a personal best of 86.27m to finish fourth, just 0.40m short of the podium.
• Defending champion Neeraj Chopra placed eighth with 84.03m and missed the final three attempts, ending a long run of top-two finishes; he said a recent back problem hampered preparation.
• Pakistan’s Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem finished tenth at 82.75m and later said an injury since July affected his fitness and training.
• Rain and slips contributed to an erratic final, Kenya’s Julius Yego withdrew with an ankle injury, and an all-Americas podium delivered the USA’s first men’s javelin medal since 2007.