European Athletics Championships 1986 / men's javelin
14th European Athletics Championships | |
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discipline | Men's javelin throw |
city | Stuttgart |
Stadion | Neckar Stadium |
Attendees | 30 athletes from 14 countries |
Competition phase | August 26th (qualification) August 27th (final) |
Medalist | |
gold | Klaus Tafelmeier ( FRG ) |
silver | Detlef Michel ( GDR ) |
bronze | Viktor Jewsjukov ( URS ) |
The men's javelin throw at the European Athletics Championships in 1986 was held on August 26 and 27, 1986 in the Neckar Stadium in Stuttgart .
For the first time, a 1986 modified javelin with a forward shifted center of gravity was used at a major international championship. The two main reasons for this were the ever larger distances achieved and the measurement problems that arose from the flat angle of impact of the old spear models. Often there was no mark or a mark that was difficult to recognize that the spear left on impact, which often made measuring the distance very difficult or sometimes even made the throw invalid. Moving the center of gravity forward on the new spear fixed both problems.
The German javelin thrower Klaus Tafelmeier became European champion . He set a new, unofficial world record in the final with the new throwing device. The reigning world champion and European Championship third from 1982 Detlef Michel from the GDR won the silver medal. Bronze went to the previous unofficial world record holder Viktor Jewsjukow from the USSR.
Records
Existing records
World record | 83.58 m | Viktor Jewsyukov | Leningrad (today St. Petersburg ), Soviet Union (today Russia ) | June 8, 1986 |
European record | ||||
Championship record | new spear used for the first time, therefore previous record no longer valid |
Comment on the world and European records:
The above-mentioned world / European record was still unofficial due to the recently introduced new spear. Klaus Tafelmeier set the first official world record on September 21, 1986 with 85.74 m in Como , Italy .
First record with a new spear
In the final on August 27, European champion Klaus Tafelmeier set the new European Championship record of 84.76 m , which is now valid for four years . This distance also meant an unofficial world record in the new discipline, which was still young with the new throwing device.
qualification
August 26, 1986, 6:15 p.m.
Thirty participants entered the qualifying round. The qualification distance for direct entry into the final was 78.00 m. Ten athletes exceeded this mark (highlighted in light blue). The final field was filled with the two next placed athletes to twelve throwers (highlighted in light green). So finally 77.88 m had to be achieved for the final.
final
Vice European champion Detlef Michel, reigning world champion and third European championship from 1982
August 27, 1986, 7:10 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Width (m) |
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1 | Klaus Tafelmeier | BR Germany | 84.76 WRin |
2 | Detlef Michel | GDR | 81.90 |
3 | Viktor Jewsyukov | Soviet Union | 81.80 |
4th | Jyrki Blom | Finland | 80.48 |
5 | Heino Puuste | Soviet Union | 80.34 |
6th | Wolfram Gambke | BR Germany | 79.88 |
7th | Sejad Krdžalic | Yugoslavia | 79.50 |
8th | Mick Hill | Great Britain | 77.34 |
9 | Marek Kaleta | Soviet Union | 77.16 |
10 | David Ottley | Great Britain | 77.16 |
11 | Gerald White | GDR | 76.24 |
12 | Stanislaw Górak | Poland | 74.20 |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Stuttgart 1986 at european-athletics.org, accessed on August 28, 2019
- European Championship 1986 Stuttgart, Men Javelin Throw on todor66.com, accessed September 3, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1986 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on September 3, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men Javelin Throw European Championship 1986 Stuttgart, p. 447 (PDF, 13,363 kB), Spanish / English at european-athletics.org, accessed on September 3, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1986, javelin men on sportschau.de, accessed on September 3, 2019
- 14th European Athletics Championships 1986 in Stuttgart, Germany from ifosta.de, accessed on September 3, 2019
Video
- 1986 European Athletics Championships Men's javelin throw , published August 18, 2019 on youtube.com, accessed September 3, 2019
- 222 Detlef Michel, Javelin , published on October 29, 2012 on youtube.com (English), accessed on September 3, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ Dr. Jürgen Schiffer: "Why did the senior javelin specification have to be changed?" - Article in IAAF / New Studies in athletics 3 / 4.00 (English) , accessed on September 3, 2019
- ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, Javelin Men , p. 33 (PDF, 271 kB), Spanish / English, accessed on September 3, 2019