Medalists

Gold	Klaus Tafelmeier Klaus Tafelmeier Klaus Tafelmeier is a retired German javelin thrower. He represented Bayer 04 Leverkusen.In September 1986 Tafelmeier threw 85.74 metres in Como to record the first official world record for the new javelin type. The record lasted until May 1987 when Jan Železný threw 87.66 metres... West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....  (FRG)
Silver	Detlef Michel Detlef Michel Detlef Michel, born in Berlin, is a German track and field athlete. He represented East Germany during the 1980s and was one of the world's best in the javelin throw... East Germany (GDR)
Bronze	Viktor Yevsyukov Viktor Yevsyukov Viktor Yevsyukov is a retired javelin thrower who represented the Soviet Union and later Kazakhstan during his active career. He won the silver medal at the 1987 World Championships in Rome.... Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....  (URS)

Schedule

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  Qualification Round
  Group A	Group B
  26.08.1986 – 18:25h	26.08.1986 – 19:40h
  Final Round
  27.08.1986 – 19:15h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

  Q	automatic qualification
  q	qualification by rank
  DNS	did not start
  NM	no mark
  WR	world record
  AR	area record
  NR	national record
  PB	personal best
  SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1986 European Athletics Championships
World Record Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...		85.38 m	July 7, 1986	Helsinki, Finland
Event Record		91.52 m	September 19, 1969	Athens, Greece

Qualification

• Held on 26 August 1986

  Rank	Group A	Distance
  1.		82.68 m
  2.		81.40 m
  3.		81.32 m
  4.		80.48 m
  5.		79.02 m
  6.		76.88 m
  7.		76.52 m
  8.		76.00 m
  9.		75.24 m
  10.		73.24 m
  11.		73.24 m
  12.		72.68 m
  13.		72.30 m
  14.		71.54 m
  15.		69.32 m

Final

Rank	Final	Distance
		84.76 m CR
		81.90 m
		81.80 m
4.		80.48 m
5.		80.34 m
6.		79.88 m
7.		79.50 m
8.		77.34 m
9.		77.16 m
9.		77.16 m
11.		76.24 m
12.		74.20 m

See also

• 1983 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Javelin Throw Year Ranking
• 1987 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Rome)
• 1988 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Seoul)