2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

2006 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden had a total number of 24 participating athletes. The final was held on Wednesday August 9, 2006, and the qualifying round on Monday August 7, 2006 with the mark set at 81.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Andreas Thorkildsen Norway (NOR)
Silver	Tero Pitkämäki Finland (FIN)
Bronze	Jan Železný Czech Republic (CZE)

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Abbreviations

Records

Standing records prior to the 2002 European Athletics Championships
World Record	Jan Železný (CZE)	98.48 m	May 25, 1996	Jena, Germany
Event Record	Steve Backley (GBR)	89.72 m	August 23, 1998	Budapest, Hungary

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)	74.25	86.55	—	86.55 m
2	6	Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS)	72.88	81.57	—	81.57 m
3	8	Jan Železný (CZE)	80.60	X	X	80.60 m
4	11	Nick Nieland (GBR)	80.40	X	X	80.40 m
5	12	Ēriks Rags (LAT)	76.70	78.54	79.24	79.24 m
6	13	Teemu Wirkkala (FIN)	79.05	X	77.85	79.05 m
7	14	Christian Nicolay (GER)	77.94	75.29	72.60	77.94 m
8	15	Daniel Ragnvaldsson (SWE)	76.71	73.13	X	76.71 m
9	16	Yeóryios Íltsios (GRE)	75.88	74.00	X	75.88 m
10	22	Felix Loretz (SUI)	67.50	65.13	70.83	70.83 m
11	23	Francesco Pignata (ITA)	69.84	X	70.37	70.37 m
12	24	Vadim Bavikin (ISR)	66.67	66.93	X	66.93 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Ainārs Kovals (LAT)	79.03	76.36	85.95	85.95 m	PB
2	3	Vadims Vasiļevskis (LAT)	84.68	—	—	84.68 m
3	4	Tero Pitkämäki (FIN)	83.78	—	—	83.78 m
4	5	Peter Esenwein (GER)	82.71	—	—	82.71 m
5	7	Stefan Wenk (GER)	80.90	X	77.54	80.90 m
6	9	Magnus Arvidsson (SWE)	80.45	75.59	—	80.45 m
7	10	Stefan Müller (SUI)	78.64	75.45	80.43	80.43 m	NR
8	17	Tero Järvenpää (FIN)	75.21	X	72.38	75.21 m
9	18	Tomas Intas (LTU)	74.76	73.19	72.10	74.76 m
10	19	Risto Mätas (EST)	74.58	X	73.87	74.58 m
11	20	Marián Bokor (SVK)	71.80	X	72.54	72.54 m
12	21	Ronny Nilsen (NOR)	71.37	70.58	67.10	71.37 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)	82.84	87.37	85.30	87.35	86.39	88.78	88.78 m
	Tero Pitkämäki (FIN)	86.44	81.44	82.87	82.68	X	84.71	86.44 m
	Jan Železný (CZE)	85.92	X	X	X	X	X	85.92 m
4	Vadims Vasiļevskis (LAT)	76.21	83.21	X	X	X	81.13	83.21 m
5	Ainārs Kovals (LAT)	81.65	79.19	78.23	79.56	77.31	79.75	81.65 m
6	Peter Esenwein (GER)	81.11	76.46	X	73.73	76.45	80.45	81.11 m
7	Stefan Müller (SUI)	80.87	78.38	78.16	75.72	76.08	75.52	80.87 m	NR
8	Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS)	78.68	80.09	77.99	X	76.61	73.99	80.09 m
9	Ēriks Rags (LAT)	79.51	X	X				79.51 m
10	Magnus Arvidsson (SWE)	78.53	73.94	X				78.53 m
11	Nick Nieland (GBR)	75.66	X	76.92				76.92 m
12	Stefan Wenk (GER)	X	75.71	75.00				75.71 m

See also

• 2004 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Athens)
• 2005 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Helsinki)
• 2007 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Osaka)
• 2008 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Beijing)

References

• Official results
• todor66
• koti.welho