2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

Men's javelin throw
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's javelin throw at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 30 and 31 July.

Medalists

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Gold Norway Andreas Thorkildsen
Norway (NOR)
Silver Germany Matthias de Zordo
Germany (GER)
Bronze Finland Tero Pitkämäki
Finland (FIN)

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record  Jan Železný (CZE) 98.48 Jena, Germany 25 May 1996
European record  Jan Železný (CZE) 98.48 Jena, Germany 25 May 1996
Championship record  Steve Backley (GBR) 89.72 Budapest, Hungary 23 August 1998
World Leading  Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) 90.37 Florø, Norway 29 May 2010
European Leading  Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) 90.37 Florø, Norway 29 May 2010

Schedule

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Date Time Round
30 July 2010 10:20 Qualification
31 July 2010 20:05 Final

Results

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Qualification

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Qualification: Qualification Performance 81.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A Teemu Wirkkala  Finland (FIN) 76.89 83.57 83.57 Q
2 B Tero Pitkämäki  Finland (FIN) 76.65 83.15 83.15 Q
3 A Matthias de Zordo  Germany (GER) 74.89 77.82 82.34 82.34 Q
4 A Ainārs Kovals  Latvia (LAT) 78.58 78.22 79.32 79.32 q
5 B Dmytro Kosynskyy  Ukraine (UKR) x 71.30 79.29 79.29 q
6 A Andreas Thorkildsen  Norway (NOR) x x 78.82 78.82 q
7 B Ēriks Rags  Latvia (LAT) x x 78.45 78.45 q
8 A Roman Avramenko  Ukraine (UKR) 74.84 x 78.11 78.11 q
9 A Vítězslav Veselý  Czech Republic (CZE) x 77.76 74.99 77.76 q
10 B Petr Frydrych  Czech Republic (CZE) 77.56 x 75.96 77.56 q
11 B Oleksandr Pyatnytsya  Ukraine (UKR) 77.20 x 77.54 77.54 q
12 A Sergey Makarov  Russia (RUS) 76.69 74.13 74.54 76.69 q
13 A Csongor Olteán  Hungary (HUN) 76.53 75.05 x 76.53
14 B Uladzimir Kazlou  Belarus (BLR) x 76.29 72.33 76.29
15 A Gabriel Wallin  Sweden (SWE) 71.85 x 76.12 76.12
16 A Jakub Vadlejch  Czech Republic (CZE) x 76.04 x 76.04
17 B Harri Haatainen  Finland (FIN) 75.83 x x 75.83
18 B Jérôme Haeffler  France (FRA) 67.60 75.60 x 75.60
19 B Rafael Baraza  Spain (ESP) 71.96 68.22 73.34 73.34
20 B Martin Benák  Slovakia (SVK) 73.18 x x 73.18
21 B Ilya Korotkov  Russia (RUS) 72.04 x 71.07 72.04
22 A Ioánnis Smaliós  Greece (GRE) 71.57 x 71.57
23 B Vadims Vasiļevskis  Latvia (LAT) x x 67.56 67.56

Final

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Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Andreas Thorkildsen  Norway (NOR) 86.32 88.37 86.30 84.12 83.40 88.37
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Matthias de Zordo  Germany (GER) 86.22 87.81 87.06 x x 84.12 87.81 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tero Pitkämäki  Finland (FIN) 81.47 x 82.30 83.96 86.67 86.31 86.67
4 Oleksandr Pyatnytsya  Ukraine (UKR) 81.24 80.91 78.91 82.01 76.59 x 82.01
5 Teemu Wirkkala  Finland (FIN) 78.52 76.94 81.76 x 81.14 81.31 81.76
6 Ainārs Kovals  Latvia (LAT) 81.19 x x x 75.19 80.55 81.19
7 Sergey Makarov  Russia (RUS) 80.86 78.31 78.89 x x 80.86
8 Roman Avramenko  Ukraine (UKR) x x 78.65 x x 79.52 79.52
9 Vítězslav Veselý  Czech Republic (CZE) 69.42 x 77.83 77.83
10 Petr Frydrych  Czech Republic (CZE) 77.30 76.69 76.76 77.30
11 Ēriks Rags  Latvia (LAT) x 76.93 76.08 76.93
12 Dmytro Kosynskyy  Ukraine (UKR) x 73.26 73.11 73.26

References

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