2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden had a total number of 24 participating athletes. The final was held on Wednesday August 9, 2006, and the qualifying round on Monday August 7, 2006 with the mark set at 81.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold Andreas Thorkildsen
Norway (NOR)
Silver Tero Pitkämäki
Finland (FIN)
Bronze Jan Železný
Czech Republic (CZE)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
07.08.2006 18:30h 07.08.2006 19:30h
Final Round
09.08.2006 19:10h

Abbreviations

Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2002 European Athletics Championships
World Record Jan Železný (CZE)98.48 m May 25, 1996 Jena, Germany
Event Record Steve Backley (GBR)89.72 m August 23, 1998 Budapest, Hungary

Qualification

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
11 Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)74.2586.5586.55 m
26 Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS)72.8881.5781.57 m
38 Jan Železný (CZE)80.60XX80.60 m
411 Nick Nieland (GBR)80.40XX80.40 m
512 Ēriks Rags (LAT)76.7078.5479.2479.24 m
613 Teemu Wirkkala (FIN)79.05X77.8579.05 m
714 Christian Nicolay (GER)77.9475.2972.6077.94 m
815 Daniel Ragnvaldsson (SWE)76.7173.13X76.71 m
916 Yeóryios Íltsios (GRE)75.8874.00X75.88 m
1022 Felix Loretz (SUI)67.5065.1370.8370.83 m
1123 Francesco Pignata (ITA)69.84X70.3770.37 m
1224 Vadim Bavikin (ISR)66.6766.93X66.93 m

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
12 Ainārs Kovals (LAT)79.0376.3685.9585.95 m PB
23 Vadims Vasiļevskis (LAT)84.6884.68 m
34 Tero Pitkämäki (FIN)83.7883.78 m
45 Peter Esenwein (GER)82.7182.71 m
57 Stefan Wenk (GER)80.90X77.5480.90 m
69 Magnus Arvidsson (SWE)80.4575.5980.45 m
710 Stefan Müller (SUI)78.6475.4580.4380.43 m NR
817 Tero Järvenpää (FIN)75.21X72.3875.21 m
918 Tomas Intas (LTU)74.7673.1972.1074.76 m
1019 Risto Mätas (EST)74.58X73.8774.58 m
1120 Marián Bokor (SVK)71.80X72.5472.54 m
1221 Ronny Nilsen (NOR)71.3770.5867.1071.37 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
 Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)82.8487.3785.3087.3586.3988.7888.78 m
 Tero Pitkämäki (FIN)86.4481.4482.8782.68X84.7186.44 m
 Jan Železný (CZE)85.92XXXXX85.92 m
4 Vadims Vasiļevskis (LAT)76.2183.21XXX81.1383.21 m
5 Ainārs Kovals (LAT)81.6579.1978.2379.5677.3179.7581.65 m
6 Peter Esenwein (GER)81.1176.46X73.7376.4580.4581.11 m
7 Stefan Müller (SUI)80.8778.3878.1675.7276.0875.5280.87 m NR
8 Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS)78.6880.0977.99X76.6173.9980.09 m
9 Ēriks Rags (LAT)79.51XX79.51 m
10 Magnus Arvidsson (SWE)78.5373.94X78.53 m
11 Nick Nieland (GBR)75.66X76.9276.92 m
12 Stefan Wenk (GER)X75.7175.0075.71 m

See also

References


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