European Athletics Championships 2014 / men's javelin

22nd European Athletics Championships
discipline	Javelin throw
gender	Men
Attendees	32 athletes from 18 countries
venue	Zurich
Competition location	Letzigrund Stadium
Competition phase	August 14th (qualification) ; August 17th (final)
	Medalist
	Antti Ruuskanen ( FIN )
	Vítězslav Veselý ( CZE )
	Tero Pitkämäki ( FIN )

The Letzigrund stadium in Zurich

The javelin men in the 2014 European Athletics Championships was held on 14 and 17 August, 2014 at the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich held.

In this competition the Finnish javelin throwers won two gold and bronze medals. European champion was the 2012 Olympic runner-up Antti Ruuskanen . Second place went to the Czech defending champion, the 2012 Olympic bronze medalist and reigning world champion Vítězslav Veselý . Bronze went to the world champion from 2007 , vice world champion from 2013, Olympic third from 2008 , vice European champion from 2006 and EC third from 2010 Tero Pitkämäki .

Existing records

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

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

Legend

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

-	waived
x	invalid

qualification

32 participants competed in two groups for the qualifying round. The qualification distance for direct entry into the final was 81.00 m. Four athletes exceeded this mark (highlighted in light blue). The final field was filled with the eight athletes placed next to twelve throwers (highlighted in light green). In the end, 78.22 m had to be achieved to take part in the finals.

Group A

Rolands Štrobinders did not reach the final with 76.16 m

August 14, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)
1	Dmitri Tarabin	Russia Russia	80.84	80.46	80.84	-
2	Matija Kranjc	Slovenia Slovenia	80.46 NO	80.46	-	-
3	Vítězslav Veselý	Czech Republic Czech Republic	80.00	80.00	x	x
4th	Andreas Hofmann	Germany Germany	79.59	75.22	79.59	75.63
5	Lassi Etelätalo	Finland Finland	78.22	77.78	78.13	78.22
6th	Ainārs Kovals	Latvia Latvia	77.70	77.38	x	77.70
7th	Rolands Štrobinders	Latvia Latvia	76.16	76.16	x	x
8th	Tanel Laanmäe	Estonia Estonia	75.29	75.29	x	x
9	Oleksandr Pyatnytsya	Ukraine Ukraine	74.69	74.69	73.15	x
10	Patrik Ženúch	Slovakia Slovakia	74.19	74.19	x	71.79
11	Fatih Avan	Turkey Turkey	73.28	x	73.11	73.28
12	Gabriel Wallin	Sweden Sweden	73.16	71.43	73.14	x
13	Dejan Mileusnić	Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina	72.52	71.23	70.44	72.52
14th	Dmytro Kossynskyi	Ukraine Ukraine	71.90	71.08	71.90	68.92
15th	Vedran Samac	Serbia Serbia	69.39	67.30	68.77	69.39
16	Norbert Bonvecchio	Italy Italy	69.38	x	69.38	68.63

Throwers from group A eliminated in qualification:

Tanel Laanmäe - 75.29 m, eighth place
Oleksandr Pyatnytsya - 74.69 m, ninth place
Fatih Avan - 73.28 m, eleventh place
Dejan Mileusnić - 72.52 m, thirteenth place
Norbert Bonvecchio - 69.38 m, sixteenth place

Group B

August 14, 2014, 6:45 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)
1	Antti Ruuskanen	Finland Finland	83.76	83.76	-	-
2	Tero Pitkämäki	Finland Finland	81.48	81.48	-	-
3	Thomas Röhler	Germany Germany	81.21	81.24	-	-
4th	Ansis Brūns	Latvia Latvia	81.04	73.68	75.12	81.04
5	Oleksandr Nychyporchuk	Ukraine Ukraine	79.29	79.09	76.09	79.29
6th	Risto Mätas	Estonia Estonia	78.97	78.97	76.86	76.18
7th	Valery Iordan	Russia Russia	78.46	78.46	x	75.76
8th	Łukasz Grzeszczuk	Poland Poland	77.74	77.74	76.71	x
9	Aliaksandr Ashomka	Belarus Belarus	77.65	x	77.65	70.24
10	Martin Benák	Slovakia Slovakia	75.67	73.53	x	75.67
11	Petr Frydrych	Czech Republic Czech Republic	75.19	74.61	74.18	75.19
12	Jakub Vadlejch	Czech Republic Czech Republic	75.14	69.82	75.14	x
13	Magnus Kirt	Estonia Estonia	74.33	74.33	73.18	x
14th	Spirídon Lebésis	Greece Greece	74.14	74.14	x	74.00
NM	Kim Amb	Sweden Sweden	ogV	x	x	x
NM	Guðmundur Sverrisson	Iceland Iceland	ogV	x	x	x

Throwers from group B eliminated in qualification:

Łukasz Grzeszczuk - 77.74 m, eighth place
Petr Frydrych - 75.19 m, eleventh place
Jakub Vadlejch - 75.14 m, twelfth place
Kim Amb - without a valid attempt

final

August 17, 2014, 4:11 pm

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)	4th attempt (m)	5th attempt (m)	6th attempt (m)
1	Antti Ruuskanen	Finland Finland	88.01 EL	83.81	86.85	88.01	83.69	84.62	83.67
2	Vítězslav Veselý	Czech Republic Czech Republic	84.79	76.04	81.98	81.68	82.68	84.79	79.16
3	Tero Pitkämäki	Finland Finland	84.40	80.21	84.16	80.83	81.45	83.89	84.79
4th	Lassi Etelätalo	Finland Finland	83.16	78.29	x	79.74	78.01	83.16	x
5	Dmitri Tarabin	Russia Russia	81.24	80.35	x	x	x	81.24	x
6th	Risto Mätas	Estonia Estonia	80.73	80.73	77.87	76.23	76.70	79.17	x
7th	Valery Iordan	Russia Russia	78.40	74.18	75.85	78.40	x	x	75.43
8th	Matija Kranjc	Slovenia Slovenia	78.27	76.95	x	78.27	77.16	x	x
9	Andreas Hofmann	Germany Germany	77.42	71.08	76.05	77.42	not in the final of the eight best throwers
10	Oleksandr Nychyporchuk	Ukraine Ukraine	75.05	x	x	75.05
11	Ansis Brūns	Latvia Latvia	72.24	72.24	x	x
12	Thomas Röhler	Germany Germany	70.31	70.31	66.52	x

Antti Ruuskanen, 2012 Olympic runner-up, was European champion
Defending champion Vítězslav Veselý, 2012 Olympic knight and reigning world champion , won silver this time
Tero Pitkämäki, 2007 World Champion, 2013 Vice World Champion, 2008 Olympic Knight and 2006 Vice European Champion, won the bronze medal as in 2010
The fourth-placed Lassi Etelätalo
Risto Mätas reached sixth place
Matija Kranjc came in eighth place
Andreas Hofmann, later Vice European Champion ( 2018 ), finished ninth
Thomas Röhler, later Olympic champion ( 2016 ) and European champion (2018), finished twelfth