⇒ Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra won the javelin throw gold with his opening effort of 86.69m at the Kuortane Games in Kuortane, Finland, on 18 June 2022.
- Neeraj Chopra clinched his first top podium finish of the season after beating reigning world champion Anderson Peters of Grenada.
Trinidad and Tobago’s 2012 Olympics champion Keshorn Walcott was second with a first-round throw of 86.64m. Peters was third with a best throw of 84.75m, which also came in the opening round.
» Neeraj Chopra had won the Tokyo Olympics gold with a throw of 87.58m on August 7, 2021.