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 (FIN)	76.89	83.57		83.57	Q
2	B	Tero Pitkämäki	Finland (FIN)	76.65	83.15		83.15	Q
3	A	Matthias de Zordo	Germany (GER)	74.89	77.82	82.34	82.34	Q
4	A	Ainārs Kovals	Latvia (LAT)	78.58	78.22	79.32	79.32	q
5	B	Dmytro Kosynskyy	Ukraine (UKR)	x	71.30	79.29	79.29	q
6	A	Andreas Thorkildsen	Norway (NOR)	x	x	78.82	78.82	q
7	B	Ēriks Rags	Latvia (LAT)	x	x	78.45	78.45	q
8	A	Roman Avramenko	Ukraine (UKR)	74.84	x	78.11	78.11	q
9	A	Vítězslav Veselý	Czech Republic (CZE)	x	77.76	74.99	77.76	q
10	B	Petr Frydrych	Czech Republic (CZE)	77.56	x	75.96	77.56	q
11	B	Oleksandr Pyatnytsya	Ukraine (UKR)	77.20	x	77.54	77.54	q
12	A	Sergey Makarov	Russia (RUS)	76.69	74.13	74.54	76.69	q
13	A	Csongor Olteán	Hungary (HUN)	76.53	75.05	x	76.53
14	B	Uladzimir Kazlou	Belarus (BLR)	x	76.29	72.33	76.29
15	A	Gabriel Wallin	Sweden (SWE)	71.85	x	76.12	76.12
16	A	Jakub Vadlejch	Czech Republic (CZE)	x	76.04	x	76.04
17	B	Harri Haatainen	Finland (FIN)	75.83	x	x	75.83
18	B	Jérôme Haeffler	France (FRA)	67.60	75.60	x	75.60
19	B	Rafael Baraza	Spain (ESP)	71.96	68.22	73.34	73.34
20	B	Martin Benák	Slovakia (SVK)	73.18	x	x	73.18
21	B	Ilya Korotkov	Russia (RUS)	72.04	x	71.07	72.04
22	A	Ioánnis Smaliós	Greece (GRE)	71.57	x	–	71.57
23	B	Vadims Vasiļevskis	Latvia (LAT)	x	x	67.56	67.56

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Andreas Thorkildsen	Norway (NOR)	86.32	88.37	86.30	84.12	–	83.40	88.37
	Matthias de Zordo	Germany (GER)	86.22	87.81	87.06	x	x	84.12	87.81	PB
	Tero Pitkämäki	Finland (FIN)	81.47	x	82.30	83.96	86.67	86.31	86.67
4	Oleksandr Pyatnytsya	Ukraine (UKR)	81.24	80.91	78.91	82.01	76.59	x	82.01
5	Teemu Wirkkala	Finland (FIN)	78.52	76.94	81.76	x	81.14	81.31	81.76
6	Ainārs Kovals	Latvia (LAT)	81.19	x	x	x	75.19	80.55	81.19
7	Sergey Makarov	Russia (RUS)	80.86	78.31	78.89	x	x	–	80.86
8	Roman Avramenko	Ukraine (UKR)	x	x	78.65	x	x	79.52	79.52
9	Vítězslav Veselý	Czech Republic (CZE)	69.42	x	77.83				77.83
10	Petr Frydrych	Czech Republic (CZE)	77.30	76.69	76.76				77.30
11	Ēriks Rags	Latvia (LAT)	x	76.93	76.08				76.93
12	Dmytro Kosynskyy	Ukraine (UKR)	x	73.26	73.11				73.26