title: Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's javelin throw
text: # Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's javelin throw
  
  The men's javelin throw competition at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 27 August 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)
  
  | Date | Time | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | Monday, 27 August 2018 | 18:45 | Final |
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
  
  | World Record | Jan Železný (CZE) | 98.48 | Jena, Germany | 25 May 1996 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Asian Record | Cheng Chao-tsun (TPE) | 91.36 | Taipei, Taiwan | 26 August 2017 |
  | Games Record | Zhao Qinggang (CHN) | 89.15 | Incheon, South Korea | 2 October 2014 |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Attempt | Attempt | Attempt | Attempt | Attempt | Attempt | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
  | | Neeraj Chopra (IND) | 83.46 | X | 88.06 | 83.25 | 86.36 | X | 88.06 | |
  | | Liu Qizhen (CHN) | 82.22 | 78.58 | 81.43 | 75.69 | 75.51 | 71.04 | 82.22 | |
  | | Arshad Nadeem (PAK) | 73.52 | 76.73 | 72.20 | 80.75 | 77.56 | 72.22 | 80.75 | |
  | 4 | Ma Qun (CHN) | 78.03 | 76.44 | 80.46 | 79.31 | 77.98 | X | 80.46 | |
  | 5 | Cheng Chao-tsun (TPE) | 79.81 | 75.61 | X | 79.62 | X | X | 79.81 | |
  | 6 | Ahmed Bader Magour (QAT) | 75.49 | X | 75.51 | 75.78 | 78.23 | X | 78.23 | |
  | 7 | Ryohei Arai (JPN) | 73.71 | 74.71 | 75.24 | X | X | X | 75.24 | |
  | 8 | Shivpal Singh (IND) | 74.11 | — | — | — | — | X | 74.11 | |
  | 9 | Huang Shih-feng (TPE) | 73.28 | X | 73.86 | | | | 73.86 | |
  | 10 | Peerachet Jantra (THA) | 72.85 | 70.10 | 70.46 | | | | 72.85 | |
  | 11 | Ricky Hui (HKG) | 71.78 | 62.76 | 64.65 | | | | 71.78 | |
  | 12 | Abd Hafiz (INA) | 66.93 | 67.47 | 66.18 | | | | 67.47 | |
  | 13 | Mohamed Ibrahim Kaida (QAT) | X | X | 60.13 | | | | 60.13 | |
  