2003 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's javelin throw

Events at the 2003 European Athletics U23 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
20 km walk		men		women
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 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadion on 18 and 20 July.^[1][2][3][4]

Medalists

Gold	Aleksandr Ivanov  Russia
Silver	Igor Janik  Poland
Bronze	Tero Pitkämäki  Finland

Results

Final

20 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Aleksandr Ivanov	Russia	80.66	79.91	82.59	x	x	x	82.59
	Igor Janik	Poland	82.54	79.18	–	–	78.22	x	82.54
	Tero Pitkämäki	Finland	78.21	77.81	74.85	75.60	78.84	77.81	78.84
4	Andreas Thorkildsen	Norway	76.95	76.38	72.33	75.52	x	74.33	76.95
5	Stephan Steding	Germany	69.76	70.61	76.72	73.75	74.89	x	76.72
6	Ainārs Kovals	Latvia	68.56	67.06	72.68	70.77	69.83	x	72.68
7	Vadims Vasiļevskis	Latvia	72.39	69.94	69.03	x	x	69.26	72.39
8	Peter Zupanc	Slovenia	65.01	x	68.21	65.49	68.43	67.59	68.43
9	Jānis Liepa	Latvia	x	67.41	63.42				67.41
10	Vadzim Yautukhovich	Belarus	x	64.15	67.08				67.08
11	Seppo Hirvonen	Finland	x	66.80	x				66.80
12	Tomas Intas	Lithuania	x	x	63.94				63.94

Qualifications

18 July
Qualifying 77.50 or 12 best to the Final

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Andreas Thorkildsen	Norway	76.15	q
2	Tero Pitkämäki	Finland	75.77	q
3	Stephan Steding	Germany	74.61	q
4	Vadims Vasiļevskis	Latvia	73.07	q
5	Vadzim Yautukhovich	Belarus	70.79	q
6	Tomas Intas	Lithuania	70.64	q
7	Saku Kuusisto	Finland	70.61
8	Gabriel Wallin	Sweden	68.30
9	Róbert Laduver	Hungary	66.71
10	Jérôme Haeffler	France	65.61

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Aleksandr Ivanov	Russia	78.99	Q
2	Igor Janik	Poland	74.42	q
3	Ainārs Kovals	Latvia	71.74	q
4	Jānis Liepa	Latvia	71.50	q
5	Peter Zupanc	Slovenia	71.35	q
6	Seppo Hirvonen	Finland	71.17	q
7	Yeoryios Iltsios	Greece	70.44
8	Magnus Arvidsson	Sweden	69.19
9	Bérenger Demerval	France	66.81
10	Bart Debacker	Belgium	63.05

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

Belarus (1)  Belgium (1)  Finland (3)  France (2)

Germany (1)  Greece (1)  Hungary (1)  Latvia (3)

Lithuania (1)  Norway (1)  Poland (1)

Russia (1)  Slovenia (1)  Sweden (2)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 4th European Athletics U23 Championships - Bydgoszcz, Poland 17.-20. 7. 2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 43–55, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. European Championships U23 - Bydgoszcz/POL - 17.-20.07.03 (PDF), sportfieber.pytalhost.com, retrieved 4 November 2014
3. European Championships U'23 Bydgoszcz 2003 - Zawisza Stadion - 17 - 20 July 2003 - Result lists - As of 18/07/2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, 18 July 2003, retrieved 4 November 2014
4. European Championships U'23 Bydgoszcz 2003 - Zawisza Stadion - 17 - 20 July 2003 - Result lists - As of 20/07/2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, 20 July 2003, retrieved 4 November 2014