THE SPEAR HAS LONG BEEN RECOGNIZED as one of the toughest events in which to display a high level of consistency. Thus was it no particular surprise when the Tokyo medalists rated in the 3-4-5 positions at season’s end. Or when the top two Rankers had ended up only 5th and 8th in the Worlds…
THE 5TH-PLACER, yearly list leader (and No. 14 of all-time) Julian Weber turned out to be an easy choice for the top spot despite his lack of a podium credential. In addition to his long top throw he lost only twice compared to 9 wins, including the DL Final…
THE WINNER THE LAST 2 YEARS, Neeraj Chopra had a solid record, but in addition to his Tokyo shortcoming lost 4 out of 5 head-to-heads with Weber…
RARE U.S. MEDALIST Curtis Thompson, the only American to earn a world Top 10 spot since ’07, made the U.S. Top 10 for the tenth year in a row and No. 1 in U.S. Rankings for the fifth in a row.
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| 1. JULIAN WEBER (Germany) (8/29/94, 6-2¾/207) (1.90/94) | |||||
| 91.06 | 298-9 | … | 1)Doha DL | 5/16 | ||
| 86.12 | 282-6 | … | 1)Chorzów | 5/23 | ||
| 86.18 | 282-9 | … | 1)Offenburg | 6/01 | ||
| 87.88 | 288-4 | … | 2)Paris DL | 6/20 | ▷ | 1. Chopra |
| 87.28 | 286-4 | … | 1)Dessau | 6/21 | ||
| 85.15 | 279-4 | … | 1)Euro Teams | 6/29 | ||
| 84.03 | 275-8 | … | 1)Berlin | 7/27 | ||
| 84.36 | 276-9 | … | 1)Ger Ch | 8/03 | ||
| 89.65 | 294-1 | … | 1)Brussels DL | 8/22 | ||
| 91.51 | 300-2 | … | 1)Zürich DL | 8/28 | ||
| 86.11 | 282-6 | … | 5)World Ch | 9/18 | ▷ | 1. Walcott; 2. Peters; 3. Thompson; 4. Yadav |
| (87.21q) | |||||
| 2. NEERAJ CHOPRA (India) (12/24/97, 6-½/176) (1.84/80) | |||||
| 84.52 | 277-3 | … | 1)Potchefstroom | 4/16 | ||
| 90.23 | 296-0 | … | 2)Doha DL | 5/16 | ▷ | 1. Weber |
| 84.14 | 276-0 | … | 2)Chorzów | 5/23 | ▷ | 1. Weber |
| 88.16 | 289-3 | … | 1)Paris DL | 6/20 | ||
| 85.29 | 279-10 | … | 1)Ostrava CT | 6/24 | ||
| 86.18 | 282-9 | … | 1)Bengaluru | 7/05 | ||
| 85.01 | 278-11 | … | 2)Zürich DL | 8/28 | ▷ | 1. Weber |
| 84.03 | 275-8 | … | 8)World Ch | 9/18 | ▷ | 1. Walcott; 2. Peters; 3. Thompson; 4. Yadav; 5. Weber; 6. Yego; 7. Tharanga |
| (84.85q) | |||||
| 3. KESHORN WALCOTT (Trinidad) (4/2/93, 6-2/198) (1.88/90) | |||||
| 84.65 | 277-8 | … | 4)Doha DL | 5/16 | ▷ | 1. Weber; 2. Chopra; 3. Peters |
| 79.98 | 262-5 | … | 2)Lahti | 6/11 | ▷ | 1. Yego |
| 81.91 | 268-8 | … | 4)Turku WT | 6/17 | ▷ | 1. Yego; 2. Mrzygłód; 3. Keranen |
| 81.66 | 267-11 | … | 4)Paris DL | 6/20 | ▷ | 1. Chopra; 2. Weber; 3. Da Silva |
| 83.57 | 274-2 | … | 1)Tri Ch | 8/02 | ||
| 82.54 | 270-9 | … | 2)Chorzów DL | 8/16 | ▷ | 1. Yego |
| 86.30 | 283-2 | … | 2)Brussels DL | 8/22 | ▷ | 1. Weber |
| 84.95 | 278-8 | … | 3)Zürich DL | 8/28 | ▷ | 1. Weber; 2. Chopra |
| 88.16 | 289-3 | … | 1)World Ch | 9/18 | ||
| (83.93q) | |||||
| 4. ANDERSON PETERS (Grenada) (10/21/97, 6-1½/205) (1.87/93) | |||||
| 74.90 | 245-9 | … | 1)Grn Ch | 3/16 | ||
| 85.64 | 281-0 | … | 3)Doha DL | 5/16 | ▷ | 1. Weber; 2. Chopra |
| 83.24 | 273-1 | … | 3)Chorzów | 5/23 | ▷ | 1. Weber; 2. Chopra |
| 77.49 | 254-2 | … | 7)Nairobi WT | 5/31 | ▷ | 1. Da Silva; 2. Rohler; 3. Ramos; 4. Thompson; 5. Yego; 6. Quijera |
| 80.29 | 263-5 | … | 5)Paris DL | 6/20 | ▷ | 1. Chopra; 2. Weber; 3. Da Silva; 4. Walcott |
| 83.63 | 274-4 | … | 3)Ostrava CT | 6/24 | ▷ | 1. Chopra; 2. Smit |
| 79.70 | 261-6 | … | 3)Montgeron | 6/27 | ▷ | 1. Wegner; 2. Mrzygłód |
| 80.63 | 264-6 | … | 6)Chorzów DL | 8/16 | ▷ | 1. Yego; 2. Walcott; 3. Mardare; 4. Wegner; 5. Mrzygłód |
| 85.17 | 279-5 | … | 3)Brussels DL | 8/22 | ▷ | 1. Weber; 2. Walcott |
| 82.06 | 269-3 | … | 4)Zürich DL | 8/28 | ▷ | 1. Weber; 2. Chopra; 3. Walcott |
| 87.38 | 286-8 | … | 2)World Ch | 9/18 | ▷ | 1. Walcott |
| (89.53q) | |||||
| 5. CURTIS THOMPSON (US) (2/8/96, 6-0/225) (1.83/102) | |||||
| 87.76 | 287-11 | … | 1)Texas R | 3/28 | ||
| 81.97 | 268-11 | … | 1)Ramona | 4/11 | ||
| 80.88 | 265-4 | … | 2)Drake R | 4/24 | ▷ | 1. Strachan |
| 78.03 | 256-0 | … | 5)USATF Throws | 5/24 | ▷ | 1. Minichello; 2. Banks; 3. Gudmundsson; 4. Vahai Sosaia |
| 78.78 | 258-5 | … | 4)Nairobi WT | 5/31 | ▷ | 1. Da Silva; 2. Rohler; 3. Ramos |
| 81.94 | 268-10 | … | 1)Iron Wood II | 6/28 | ||
| 81.50 | 267-5 | … | 6)Bengaluru | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Chopra; 2. Yego; 3. Tharanga; 4. S. Yadav; 5. Mrzygłód |
| 80.89 | 265-4 | … | 1)Murphey Cl | 7/12 | ||
| 83.89 | 275-2 | … | 1)USATF | 7/31 | ||
| 87.24 | 286-3 | … | 1)NACAC | 8/17 | ||
| 86.67 | 284-4 | … | 3)World Ch | 9/18 | ▷ | 1. Walcott; 2. Peters |
| (84.72q) | |||||
| 6. JULIUS YEGO (Kenya) (1/4/89, 5-8¾/198) (1.75/90) | |||||
| 78.52 | 257-7 | … | 9)Doha DL | 5/16 | ▷ | 1. Weber; 2. Chopra; 3. Peters; 4. Walcott; 5. Hussein; 6. Helander; 7. Vadlejch; 8. Kumar Jena |
| 78.74 | 258-4 | … | 5)Nairobi WT | 5/31 | ▷ | 1. Da Silva; 2. Rohler; 3. Ramos; 4. Thompson |
| 82.95 | 272-1 | … | 1)Lahti | 6/11 | ||
| 83.08 | 272-7 | … | 1)Turku WT | 6/17 | ||
| 80.26 | 263-4 | … | 6)Paris DL | 6/20 | ▷ | 1. Chopra; 2. Weber; 3. Da Silva; 4. Walcott; 5. Peters |
| 79.27 | 260-1 | … | 1)Ken Ch | 6/27 | ||
| 84.51 | 277-3 | … | 2)Bengaluru | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Chopra |
| 83.60 | 274-3 | … | 1)Chorzów DL | 8/16 | ||
| 80.50 | 264-1 | … | 5)Brussels DL | 8/22 | ▷ | 1. Weber; 2. Walcott; 3. Peters; 4. Helander |
| 82.01 | 269-0 | … | 5)Zürich DL | 8/28 | ▷ | 1. Weber; 2. Chopra; 3. Walcott; 4. Peters |
| 85.54 | 280-8 | … | 6)World Ch | 9/18 | ▷ | 1. Walcott; 2. Peters; 3. Thompson; 4. Yadav; 5. Weber |
| (85.96q) | |||||
| 7. SACHIN YADAV (India) (10/25/99, 6-½/183) (1.84/83) | |||||
| 84.39 | 276-10 | … | 1)Dehradun | 2/12 | ||
| 70.62 | 231-8 | … | 2)Ranchi | 4/10 | ▷ | 1. Lohakare |
| 83.86 | 275-1 | … | 1)Kochi | 4/21 | ||
| 85.16 | 279-5 | … | 2)Asian Ch | 5/31 | ▷ | 1. Nadeem |
| (79.62q) | |||||
| 82.33 | 270-1 | … | 4)Bengaluru | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Chopra; 2. Yego; 3. Tharanga |
| 79.80 | 261-10 | … | 5)Bhubaneshwar | 8/10 | ▷ | 1. Tharanga; 2. Lohakare; 3. R.M.S.J. Ranasinghe; 4. R. Yadav |
| 83.20 | 272-11 | … | 2)Ind Ch | 8/24 | ▷ | 1. R. Yadav |
| 86.27 | 283-0 | … | 4)World Ch | 9/18 | ▷ | 1. Walcott; 2. Peters; 3. Thompson |
| (83.67q) | |||||
| 8. RUMESH THARANGA (Sri Lanka) (3/21/03, 6-0/181) (1.83/82) | |||||
| 79.58 | 261-1 | … | 2)Diyagama | 2/08 | ▷ | 1. R.M.S.J. Ranasinghe |
| 82.66 | 271-2 | … | 1)Perth | 2/26 | ||
| 85.41 | 280-2 | … | 1)Perth | 3/01 | ||
| 77.86 | 255-5 | … | 1)Sydney | 3/15 | ||
| 83.27 | 273-2 | … | 4)Asian Ch | 5/31 | ▷ | 1. Nadeem; 2. Yadav; 3. Sakiyama |
| (83.71q) | |||||
| 82.93 | 272-1 | … | 1)Diyagama | 6/14 | ||
| 84.34 | 276-8 | … | 3)Bengaluru | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Chopra; 2. Yego |
| 82.40 | 270-4 | … | 1)SrL Ch | 8/02 | ||
| 86.50 | 283-9 | … | 1)Bhubaneshwar | 8/10 | ||
| 82.05 | 269-2 | … | 1)Mokpo | 8/22 | ||
| 84.38 | 276-10 | … | 7)World Ch | 9/18 | ▷ | 1. Walcott; 2. Peters; 3. Thompson; 4. Yadav; 5. Weber; 6. Yego |
| (82.80q) | |||||
| 85.52 | 280-7 | … | 1)Diyagama | 9/29 | ||
| 84.29 | 276-6 | … | 1)Ranchi | 10/26 | ||
| 9. LUIZ DA SILVA (Brazil) (1/17/00, 6-2/198) (1.88/90) | |||||
| 82.03 | 269-1 | … | 1)Bragança Paulista | 3/29 | ||
| 86.34 | 283-3 | … | 1)Nairobi WT | 5/31 | ||
| 85.29 | 279-10 | … | 1)Gorzów Wielkopolski | 6/08 | ||
| 81.35 | 266-10 | … | 1)Lisbon | 6/10 | ||
| 86.62 | 284-2 | … | 3)Paris DL | 6/20 | ▷ | 1. Chopra; 2. Weber |
| 80.31 | 263-6 | … | 7)Bengaluru | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Chopra; 2. Yego; 3. Tharanga; 4. S. Yadav; 5. Mrzygłód; 6. Thompson |
| 91.00 | 298-7 | … | 1)Bra Ch | 8/03 | ||
| (81.24q) | |||||
| 84.07 | 275-10 | … | 1)Bragança Paulista | 8/24 | ||
| 81.12 | 266-2 | … | nq)World Ch | 9/17 | ▷ | 1. Walcott; 2. Peters; 3. Thompson; 4. Yadav; 5. Weber; 6. Yego; 7. Tharanga; 8. Chopra; 9. Wegner; 10. Nadeem; 11. Vadlejch; 12. McEntyre |
| 10. CYPRIAN MRZYGŁÓD (Poland) (2/2/98, 6-½/190) (1.84/86) | |||||
| 82.46 | 270-6 | … | 3)Euro Throws | 3/16 | ▷ | 1. Kiriazis; 2. Frattini |
| 80.56 | 264-4 | … | 3)Tokyo CT | 5/18 | ▷ | 1. Minichello; 2. Smit |
| 80.49 | 264-1 | … | 4)Chorzów | 5/23 | ▷ | 1. Weber; 2. Chopra; 3. Peters |
| 79.13 | 259-7 | … | 2)Gorzów Wielkopolski | 6/08 | ▷ | 1. Da Silva |
| 77.10 | 252-11 | … | 5)Lahti | 6/11 | ▷ | 1. Yego; 2. Walcott; 3. Juutinen; 4. Porvari |
| 81.80 | 268-4 | … | 1)Sopot | 6/15 | ||
| 82.90 | 272-0 | … | 2)Turku WT | 6/17 | ▷ | 1. Yego |
| 85.92 | 281-11 | … | 1)Kuortane | 6/21 | ||
| 81.32 | 266-9 | … | 2)Montgeron | 6/27 | ▷ | 1. Wegner |
| 82.23 | 269-9 | … | 5)Bengaluru | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Chopra; 2. Yego; 3. Tharanga; 4. S. Yadav |
| 85.62 | 280-11 | … | 1)Sotteville-lès-Rouen | 7/07 | ||
| 84.50 | 277-3 | … | 1)Lucerne | 7/15 | ||
| 81.81 | 268-5 | … | 3)Berlin | 7/27 | ▷ | 1. Weber; 2. Wegner |
| 80.98 | 265-8 | … | 1)Białystok | 8/09 | ||
| 81.10 | 266-1 | … | 5)Chorzów DL | 8/16 | ▷ | 1. Yego; 2. Walcott; 3. Mardare; 4. Wegner |
| 84.39 | 276-10 | … | 1)Pol Ch | 8/23 | ||
| 81.47 | 267-3 | … | nq)World Ch | 9/17 | ▷ | 1. Walcott; 2. Peters; 3. Thompson; 4. Yadav; 5. Weber; 6. Yego; 7. Tharanga; 8. Chopra; 9. Wegner; 10. Nadeem; 11. Vadlejch; 12. McEntyre |
| U.S. RANKINGS | ||||
| 1. | *Curtis Thompson (Tracksmith/New York AC) | 6. | James Kolowski (UMass Lowell) | |
| 1)Texas R, 1)USATF, 3)World Ch | 1)Lowell, 8)NCAA, 5)USATF | |||
| 2. | Marc Anthony Minichello (unattached) | 7. | Jordan Davis (unattached) | |
| 1)USATF Throws, 3)USATF, nq)World Ch | 7)Drake R, 1)Amherst, 6)USATF | |||
| 3. | Donavon Banks (US Air Force/Throwing Zone) | 8. | Caleb Calvin (Pittsburg State) | |
| 2)USATF Throws, 2)Mikkeli, 4)USATF | 1)Bolivar, 1)NCAA II, 9)USATF | |||
| 4. | Mike Stein (Iowa) | 9. | Chris Fredericks (East Stroudsburg) | |
| 2)Texas R, 2)Big 10, 6)NCAA | 3)NCAA II, 8)JavFest, 7)USATF | |||
| 5. | Dash Sirmon (Nebraska) | 10. | Vaughn Deinhart (unattached) | |
| 3)Big 10, 14)NCAA, 2)USATF | 2)JavFest, 8)USATF | |||
