2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

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)

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

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

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

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

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
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

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