2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

Events at the 2010 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
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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

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

Records

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

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

Results

Qualification

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	76.89	83.57		83.57	Q
2	B	Tero Pitkämäki	Finland	76.65	83.15		83.15	Q
3	A	Matthias de Zordo	Germany	74.89	77.82	82.34	82.34	Q
4	A	Ainārs Kovals	Latvia	78.58	78.22	79.32	79.32	q
5	B	Dmytro Kosynskyy	Ukraine	x	71.30	79.29	79.29	q
6	A	Andreas Thorkildsen	Norway	x	x	78.82	78.82	q
7	B	Ēriks Rags	Latvia	x	x	78.45	78.45	q
8	A	Roman Avramenko	Ukraine	74.84	x	78.11	78.11	q
9	A	Vítězslav Veselý	Czech Republic	x	77.76	74.99	77.76	q
10	B	Petr Frydrych	Czech Republic	77.56	x	75.96	77.56	q
11	B	Oleksandr Pyatnytsya	Ukraine	77.20	x	77.54	77.54	q
12	A	Sergey Makarov	Russia	76.69	74.13	74.54	76.69	q
13	A	Csongor Olteán	Hungary	76.53	75.05	x	76.53
14	B	Uladzimir Kazlou	Belarus	x	76.29	72.33	76.29
15	A	Gabriel Wallin	Sweden	71.85	x	76.12	76.12
16	A	Jakub Vadlejch	Czech Republic	x	76.04	x	76.04
17	B	Harri Haatainen	Finland	75.83	x	x	75.83
18	B	Jérôme Haeffler	France	67.60	75.60	x	75.60
19	B	Rafael Baraza	Spain	71.96	68.22	73.34	73.34
20	B	Martin Benák	Slovakia	73.18	x	x	73.18
21	B	Ilya Korotkov	Russia	72.04	x	71.07	72.04
22	A	Ioánnis Smaliós	Greece	71.57	x	-	71.57
23	B	Vadims Vasiļevskis	Latvia	x	x	67.56	67.56

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Andreas Thorkildsen	Norway	86.32	88.37	86.30	84.12	-	83.40	88.37
	Matthias de Zordo	Germany	86.22	87.81	87.06	x	x	84.12	87.81	PB
	Tero Pitkämäki	Finland	81.47	x	82.30	83.96	86.67	86.31	86.67
4	Oleksandr Pyatnytsya	Ukraine	81.24	80.91	78.91	82.01	76.59	x	82.01
5	Teemu Wirkkala	Finland	78.52	76.94	81.76	x	81.14	81.31	81.76
6	Ainārs Kovals	Latvia	81.19	x	x	x	75.19	80.55	81.19
7	Sergey Makarov	Russia	80.86	78.31	78.89	x	x	-	80.86
8	Roman Avramenko	Ukraine	x	x	78.65	x	x	79.52	79.52
9	Vítězslav Veselý	Czech Republic	69.42	x	77.83				77.83
10	Petr Frydrych	Czech Republic	77.30	76.69	76.76				77.30
11	Ēriks Rags	Latvia	x	76.93	76.08				76.93
12	Dmytro Kosynskyy	Ukraine	x	73.26	73.11				73.26

References

• Qualification Results
• Final Results