European Athletics Championships 2002 / men's javelin throw

18th European Athletics Championships
discipline	Javelin throw
gender	Men
Attendees	26 athletes from 16 countries
venue	Munich
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 7th (qualification) August 9th (final)
Medalist Steve Backley ( GBR )   Sergei Makarov ( RUS )   Boris Henry ( GER )

Munich Olympic Stadium

The men's javelin at the 2002 European Athletics Championships was held on August 7th and 9th, 2002 in Munich's Olympic Stadium.

British Steve Backley won his fourth consecutive European title . In 1992 he won the Olympic bronze, in 1996 and 2000 Olympic silver. He was also vice world champion in 1995 and 1997 . Second place went to Sergei Makarov , who finished third in the 1996 Olympic Games . Bronze went to the German World Cup third in 1995 Boris Henry .

Existing records

World record	98.48 m	Jan Železný	Jena , Germany	May 25, 1996
European record
Championship record	89.72 m	Steve Backley	EM Budapest , Hungary	23rd August 1994

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

qualification

August 7, 2002

26 participants competed in two groups for the qualifying round. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final was 82.00 m. Six athletes exceeded this mark (highlighted in light blue). The final field was filled with the six next-placed athletes to twelve throwers (highlighted in light green). So finally 79.04 m had to be achieved for the final.

Legend

Brief overview of the meaning of the symbols - also commonly used in other publications:

-	waived
x	invalid

Group A

Vadims Vasiļevskis was just under a meter short of the & final participation

space	Surname	nation	Width (m)	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)
1	Steve Backley	Great Britain	85.76	85.76	-	-
2	Sergei Makarov	Russia	83.24	81.39	83.24	-
3	Jan Železný	Czech Republic	82.44	78.97	82.44	-
4th	Boris Henry	Germany	83.31	83.31	-	-
5	Dariusz Trafas	Poland	80.28	79.84	79.67	80.28
6th	Mick Hill	Great Britain	79.38	75.13	79.38	x
7th	Harri Haatainen	Finland	79.25	71.77	78.04	79.25
8th	Ari Pakarinen	Finland	79.04	70.07	73.77	79.04
9	Vadim's Vasiļevskis	Latvia	78.20	78.20	73.34	x
10	Gergely Horváth	Hungary	77.93	77.04	77.93	76.71
11	Vadim Bavikin	Israel	77.73	77.73	75.73	74.99
12	Felix Loretz	Switzerland	73.29	72.19	73.29	71.34
13	Richard Knudsen	Denmark	73.27	73.27	x	64.29

Group B

• 

  Andreas Thorkildsen was not yet able to reach the final here - later he was two European and Olympic champions and one world champion

• 

  Andrus Värnik's 75.66 m were not enough for the final

space	Surname	nation	Width (m)	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)
1	Ēriks Rags	Latvia	84.05	76.55	84.05	-
2	Alexander Ivanov	Russia	82.60	77.94	77.77	82.60
3	Raymond Hecht	Germany	81.86	81.86	81.85	-
4th	Aki Parviainen	Finland	81.49	x	81.49	-
5	Bjorn Lange	Germany	78.80	78.80	x	78.75
6th	Gregor Högler	Austria	78.40	78.40	x	k. A.
7th	Andreas Thorkildsen	Norway	78.36	75.18	78.36	x
8th	Rajmund Kółko	Poland	78.05	78.05	x	74.94
9	Miroslav Guzdek	Czech Republic	75.84	69.99	75.84	71.55
10	Andrus Värnik	Estonia	75.66	x	x	75.66
11	Joachim Kiteau	France	72.29	64.56	72.29	x
12	Nick Nieland	Great Britain	71.92	x	71.92	x
NM	Terry McHugh	Ireland	ogV	x	x	x

final

August 9, 2002

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)	4th attempt (m)	5th attempt (m)	6th attempt (m)
1	Steve Backley	Great Britain	88.54	86.29	83.94	86.37	84.05	88.54	84.76
2	Sergei Makarov	Russia	88.05	88.05	85.78	85.76	x	86.31	x
3	Boris Henry	Germany	85.33	82.23	85.10	83.71	x	85.33	80.99
4th	Ēriks Rags	Latvia	84.07	84.07	x	x	82.43	x	83.95
5	Raymond Hecht	Germany	83.95	83.95	83.75	x	x	83.30	80.49
6th	Alexander Ivanov	Russia	82.66	77.76	82.17	82.66	82.26	80.69	82.57
7th	Dariusz Trafas	Poland	80.37	79.51	x	77.86	80.37	x	80.09
8th	Aki Parviainen	Finland	78.92	78.91	x	x	74.57	x	78.92
9	Harri Haatainen	Finland	78.27	x	x	78.27	not in the final of the eight best throwers
10	Mick Hill	Great Britain	76.12	76.12	x	x
NM	Jan Železný	Czech Republic	ogV	x	x	x
	Ari Pakarinen	Finland	ogV	x	x	x

• 

  Ēriks Rags came in fourth

• 

  Dariusz Trafas came in seventh place

• 

  Jan Železný, three times Olympic and world champion as well as world record holder, remained in this final without a valid throw

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Munich 2002 at european-athletics.org, accessed on October 18, 2019
• European Championship 2002 Munich, Men Javelin Throw on todor66.com, accessed October 31, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2002 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on October 31, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men Javelin Throw European Championship 2002 Munich, p. 483 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on October 31, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2002, javelin men on sportschau.de, accessed on October 31, 2019
• 18th European Athletics Championships 2002 in Munich, Germany from ifosta.de, accessed on October 31, 2019

Video

• 2002 European Athletics Championships men's javelin throw final on youtube.com (English), accessed October 31, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. Javelin Men , accessed October 31, 2019