2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw
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The men's javelin throw at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys is a stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Originally built in 1927 for the 1929 International Exposition in the city , it was renovated in 1989 to be the main stadium for the 1992 Summer Olympics...

 on 30 and 31 July.

Medalists

Gold   Andreas Thorkildsen
Andreas Thorkildsen
Andreas Thorkildsen is a Norwegian javelin thrower, born in Kristiansand. He is the first male javelin thrower in history to be European champion, World champion and Olympic champion...


Norway
Norway at the 2010 European Championships in Athletics
Norway was represented by 38 athletes at the 2010 European Athletics Championships held in Barcelona, Spain.- Participants :-Results:- References :*...

 (NOR)
Silver   Matthias de Zordo
Matthias de Zordo
Matthias de Zordo is a German athlete who is the current World Champion in the men's javelin throw. With a throw of 87.81 metres he won the silver medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona....


Germany
Germany at the 2010 European Championships in Athletics
Germany were represented by 74 athletes at the 2010 European Athletics Championships held in Barcelona, Spain.Just five days before the start of the Championships, it was announced that marathon runner Falk Cierpinski had to pull out due to injury....

 (GER)
Bronze   Tero Pitkämäki
Tero Pitkämäki
Tero Kristian Pitkämäki is a Finnish javelin thrower and the former World Champion. Pitkämäki is known for his rivalry with Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen. The two are very close friends, however...


Finland
Finland at the 2010 European Championships in Athletics
Finland will be represented by 39 athletes at the 2010 European Athletics Championships held in Barcelona, Spain.- Participants :-Results:-Medalists:- References :*...

 (FIN)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record 98.48 Jena
Jena
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, Germany
Germany
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25 May 1996
European record 98.48 Jena, Germany 25 May 1996
Championship record 89.72 Budapest
Budapest
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, Hungary
Hungary
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23 August 1998
World Leading 90.37 Florø
Florø
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, Norway
Norway
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29 May 2010
European Leading 90.37 Florø, Norway 29 May 2010

Schedule

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

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
Teemu Wirkkala
Teemu Sakari Wirkkala is a Finnish javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 87.23 metres, achieved in July 2009 in Joensuu.-Achievements:-References:...

 
76.89 83.57 83.57 Q
2 B Tero Pitkämäki
Tero Pitkämäki
Tero Kristian Pitkämäki is a Finnish javelin thrower and the former World Champion. Pitkämäki is known for his rivalry with Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen. The two are very close friends, however...

 
76.65 83.15 83.15 Q
3 A Matthias de Zordo
Matthias de Zordo
Matthias de Zordo is a German athlete who is the current World Champion in the men's javelin throw. With a throw of 87.81 metres he won the silver medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona....

 
74.89 77.82 82.34 82.34 Q
4 A Ainārs Kovals
Ainars Kovals
Ainārs Kovals is a male Latvian javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 86.64 metres, achieved at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished second. He has been coached by Valentīna Eiduka....

 
78.58 78.22 79.32 79.32 q
5 B Dmytro Kosynskyy
Dmytro Kosynskyy
-Achievements:-References:...

 
71.30 79.29 79.29 q
6 A Andreas Thorkildsen
Andreas Thorkildsen
Andreas Thorkildsen is a Norwegian javelin thrower, born in Kristiansand. He is the first male javelin thrower in history to be European champion, World champion and Olympic champion...

 
78.82 78.82 q
7 B Ēriks Rags
Eriks Rags
Ēriks Rags is a Latvian javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 86.47 metres, achieved in July 2001 in London.-Achievements:-External links:...

 
78.45 78.45 q
8 A Roman Avramenko
Roman Avramenko
-Achievements:-References:...

 
74.84 78.11 78.11 q
9 A Vítězslav Veselý
Vítezslav Veselý
Vítězslav Veselý is a Czech javelin thrower.He finished ninth at the 2002 World Junior Championships. He threw personal best throw of 81.20 metres during the qualifying round at the 2008 Olympic Games and finished twelfth in the final...

 
77.76 74.99 77.76 q
10 B Petr Frydrych
Petr Frydrych
Petr Frydrych is a Czech javelin thrower. His current personal best mark of 88.23 metres, thrown on May 27, 2010 in Ostrava, places him second on the Czech all-time list, behind only world record holder and three-time Olympic champion Jan Železný, who is currently his coach.-Early...

 
77.56 75.96 77.56 q
11 B Oleksandr Pyatnytsya
Oleksandr Pyatnytsya
Oleksandr Pyatnytsya is a male javelin thrower from Ukraine. His personal best is 81.96 metres, achieved in July 2009 in Saint-Denis....

 
77.20 77.54 77.54 q
12 A Sergey Makarov
Sergey Alexandrovich Makarov
Sergey Makarov is a Russian javelin thrower.Born into a sporting family, Makarov's father, Aleksandr Makarov, won the silver medal in javelin throw at the 1980 Summer Olympics....

 
76.69 74.13 74.54 76.69 q
13 A Csongor Olteán  76.53 75.05 76.53
14 B Uladzimir Kazlou
Uladzimir Kazlou
Uladzimir Kazlou is a Belarusian javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 82.06 metres, achieved in the final of the 2008 Olympic Games.-Achievements:-References:...

 
76.29 72.33 76.29
15 A Gabriel Wallin  71.85 76.12 76.12
16 A Jakub Vadlejch  76.04 76.04
17 B Harri Haatainen
Harri Haatainen
Harri Juhani Haatainen is a Finnish javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 86.63 metres, achieved in August 2001 in Gateshead.-Achievements:-References:*...

 
75.83 75.83
18 B Jérôme Haeffler  67.60 75.60 75.60
19 B Rafael Baraza  71.96 68.22 73.34 73.34
20 B Martin Benák  73.18 73.18
21 B Ilya Korotkov
Ilya Korotkov
Ilya Korotkov is a Russian javelin thrower.He represented Russia at the Olympics at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and finished seventh in the final...

 
72.04 71.07 72.04
22 A Ioánnis Smaliós  71.57 71.57
23 B Vadims Vasiļevskis
Vadims Vasilevskis
Vadims Vasiļevskis is a Latvian javelin thrower, a silver medalist of 2004 Summer Olympics. Vasiļevskis achieved his best result of 90.73m on July 22, 2007 in Tallinn, Estonia, becoming the tenth longest javelin thrower of all times.He has been coached by Valentīna Eiduka...

 
67.56 67.56

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
Andreas Thorkildsen
Andreas Thorkildsen
Andreas Thorkildsen is a Norwegian javelin thrower, born in Kristiansand. He is the first male javelin thrower in history to be European champion, World champion and Olympic champion...

 
86.32 88.37 86.30 84.12 83.40 88.37
Matthias de Zordo
Matthias de Zordo
Matthias de Zordo is a German athlete who is the current World Champion in the men's javelin throw. With a throw of 87.81 metres he won the silver medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona....

 
86.22 87.81 87.06 84.12 87.81 PB
Tero Pitkämäki
Tero Pitkämäki
Tero Kristian Pitkämäki is a Finnish javelin thrower and the former World Champion. Pitkämäki is known for his rivalry with Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen. The two are very close friends, however...

 
81.47 82.30 83.96 86.67 86.31 86.67
4 Oleksandr Pyatnytsya
Oleksandr Pyatnytsya
Oleksandr Pyatnytsya is a male javelin thrower from Ukraine. His personal best is 81.96 metres, achieved in July 2009 in Saint-Denis....

 
81.24 80.91 78.91 82.01 76.59 82.01
5 Teemu Wirkkala
Teemu Wirkkala
Teemu Sakari Wirkkala is a Finnish javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 87.23 metres, achieved in July 2009 in Joensuu.-Achievements:-References:...

 
78.52 76.94 81.76 81.14 81.31 81.76
6 Ainārs Kovals
Ainars Kovals
Ainārs Kovals is a male Latvian javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 86.64 metres, achieved at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished second. He has been coached by Valentīna Eiduka....

 
81.19 75.19 80.55 81.19
7 Sergey Makarov
Sergey Alexandrovich Makarov
Sergey Makarov is a Russian javelin thrower.Born into a sporting family, Makarov's father, Aleksandr Makarov, won the silver medal in javelin throw at the 1980 Summer Olympics....

 
80.86 78.31 78.89 80.86
8 Roman Avramenko
Roman Avramenko
-Achievements:-References:...

 
78.65 79.52 79.52
9 Vítězslav Veselý
Vítezslav Veselý
Vítězslav Veselý is a Czech javelin thrower.He finished ninth at the 2002 World Junior Championships. He threw personal best throw of 81.20 metres during the qualifying round at the 2008 Olympic Games and finished twelfth in the final...

 
69.42 77.83 77.83
10 Petr Frydrych
Petr Frydrych
Petr Frydrych is a Czech javelin thrower. His current personal best mark of 88.23 metres, thrown on May 27, 2010 in Ostrava, places him second on the Czech all-time list, behind only world record holder and three-time Olympic champion Jan Železný, who is currently his coach.-Early...

 
77.30 76.69 76.76 77.30
11 Ēriks Rags
Eriks Rags
Ēriks Rags is a Latvian javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 86.47 metres, achieved in July 2001 in London.-Achievements:-External links:...

 
76.93 76.08 76.93
12 Dmytro Kosynskyy
Dmytro Kosynskyy
-Achievements:-References:...

73.26 73.11 73.26
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