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2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

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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.

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

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

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

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

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
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

2006_European_Athletics_Championships_–_Men's_javelin_throw

2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

Medalists

Schedule

Abbreviations

Records

Qualification

Group A

Group B

Final

See also

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Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
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

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
	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