2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

None Men's javelin throw European Athletics Championships 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 GoldNOR Andreas ThorkildsenNorway (NOR)SilverFIN Tero PitkämäkiFinland (FIN)BronzeCZE Jan ŽeleznýCzech Republic (CZE) Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B07.08.2006 – 18:30h07.08.2006 – 19:30hFinal Round09.08.2006 – 19:10h Abbreviations Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best Records Standing records prior to the 2002 European Athletics Championships World Record Jan Železný CZE 98.48 m May 25, 1996 GER Jena, Germany Event Record Steve Backley GBR 89.72 m August 23, 1998 HUN Budapest, Hungary Qualification Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 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 RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 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 RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR 82.84 87.37 85.30 87.35 86.39 88.78 88.78 m 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 See also 2004 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Athens) 2005 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Helsinki) 2007 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Osaka) 2008 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Beijing) References Official results todor66 koti.welho Category:Javelin throw at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 2006 European Athletics Championships