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.
| Men's javelin throw at the European Athletics Championships |
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Medalists
edit| Gold |  Andreas ThorkildsenNorway (NOR) |
| Silver |  Tero PitkämäkiFinland (FIN) |
| Bronze |  Jan ŽeleznýCzech Republic (CZE) |
Schedule
edit- All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
| Qualification Round | |
|---|---|
| Group A | Group B |
| 07.08.2006 – 18:30h | 07.08.2006 – 19:30h |
| Final Round | |
| 09.08.2006 – 19:10h | |
Abbreviations
edit| 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
edit| Standing records prior to the 2002 European Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Jan Železný (CZE) |
98.48 m | May 25, 1996 |  Jena, Germany
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| Event Record |  Steve Backley (GBR) |
89.72 m | August 23, 1998 |  Budapest, Hungary
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Qualification
editGroup A
edit| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) |
74.25 | 86.55 | — | 86.55 m | |
| 2 | 6 |  Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS) |
72.88 | 81.57 | — | 81.57 m | |
| 3 | 8 | Jan Železný (CZE) |
80.60 | X | X | 80.60 m | |
| 4 | 11 | Nick Nieland (GBR) |
80.40 | X | X | 80.40 m | |
| 5 | 12 |  Ēriks Rags (LAT) |
76.70 | 78.54 | 79.24 | 79.24 m | |
| 6 | 13 | Teemu Wirkkala (FIN) |
79.05 | X | 77.85 | 79.05 m | |
| 7 | 14 | Christian Nicolay (GER) |
77.94 | 75.29 | 72.60 | 77.94 m | |
| 8 | 15 |  Daniel Ragnvaldsson (SWE) |
76.71 | 73.13 | X | 76.71 m | |
| 9 | 16 |  Yeóryios Íltsios (GRE) |
75.88 | 74.00 | X | 75.88 m | |
| 10 | 22 |  Felix Loretz (SUI) |
67.50 | 65.13 | 70.83 | 70.83 m | |
| 11 | 23 |  Francesco Pignata (ITA) |
69.84 | X | 70.37 | 70.37 m | |
| 12 | 24 |  Vadim Bavikin (ISR) |
66.67 | 66.93 | X | 66.93 m | |
Group B
edit| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 2 | Ainārs Kovals (LAT) |
79.03 | 76.36 | 85.95 | 85.95 m | PB |
| 2 | 3 | Vadims Vasiļevskis (LAT) |
84.68 | — | — | 84.68 m | |
| 3 | 4 | Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) |
83.78 | — | — | 83.78 m | |
| 4 | 5 | Peter Esenwein (GER) |
82.71 | — | — | 82.71 m | |
| 5 | 7 | Stefan Wenk (GER) |
80.90 | X | 77.54 | 80.90 m | |
| 6 | 9 | Magnus Arvidsson (SWE) |
80.45 | 75.59 | — | 80.45 m | |
| 7 | 10 | Stefan Müller (SUI) |
78.64 | 75.45 | 80.43 | 80.43 m | NR |
| 8 | 17 | Tero Järvenpää (FIN) |
75.21 | X | 72.38 | 75.21 m | |
| 9 | 18 |  Tomas Intas (LTU) |
74.76 | 73.19 | 72.10 | 74.76 m | |
| 10 | 19 |  Risto Mätas (EST) |
74.58 | X | 73.87 | 74.58 m | |
| 11 | 20 |  Marián Bokor (SVK) |
71.80 | X | 72.54 | 72.54 m | |
| 12 | 21 | Ronny Nilsen (NOR) |
71.37 | 70.58 | 67.10 | 71.37 m | |
Final
edit| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
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Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) |
82.84 | 87.37 | 85.30 | 87.35 | 86.39 | 88.78 | 88.78 m | |
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Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) |
86.44 | 81.44 | 82.87 | 82.68 | X | 84.71 | 86.44 m | |
 |
Jan Železný (CZE) |
85.92 | X | X | X | X | X | 85.92 m | |
| 4 | Vadims Vasiļevskis (LAT) |
76.21 | 83.21 | X | X | X | 81.13 | 83.21 m | |
| 5 | Ainārs Kovals (LAT) |
81.65 | 79.19 | 78.23 | 79.56 | 77.31 | 79.75 | 81.65 m | |
| 6 | Peter Esenwein (GER) |
81.11 | 76.46 | X | 73.73 | 76.45 | 80.45 | 81.11 m | |
| 7 | Stefan Müller (SUI) |
80.87 | 78.38 | 78.16 | 75.72 | 76.08 | 75.52 | 80.87 m | NR |
| 8 | Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS) |
78.68 | 80.09 | 77.99 | X | 76.61 | 73.99 | 80.09 m | |
| 9 | Ēriks Rags (LAT) |
79.51 | X | X | 79.51 m | ||||
| 10 | Magnus Arvidsson (SWE) |
78.53 | 73.94 | X | 78.53 m | ||||
| 11 | Nick Nieland (GBR) |
75.66 | X | 76.92 | 76.92 m | ||||
| 12 | Stefan Wenk (GER) |
X | 75.71 | 75.00 | 75.71 m | ||||