The 19-year-old Neeraj, who has a personal best of 86.48m, managed a distance of 84.67m in his third attempt after starting with 79.54m in his first attempt. He threw 81.32m in the second attempt.
The world junior champion, however, managed 78.69m and 79.52m in the next two attemps to settle for a fifth position.
Germany's Johannes Vetter managed a distance of 88.74m to clinch the gold medal, Czech Republic's Jakub Vadlejch bagged the silver with a persoanl best throw of 88.02m, while Olympic champion Thomas Rohler of Germany finished third with a best effort of 87.23m.
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