European Athletics Championships 2016 / men's javelin

23rd European Athletics Championships
discipline	Javelin throw
gender	Men
Attendees	31 athletes from 15 countries
venue	Amsterdam
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Competition phase	July 6th (qualification) July 7th (final)
Medalist Zigismund's Sirmais ( LAT )   Vítězslav Veselý ( CZE )   Antti Ruuskanen ( FIN )

The Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam

The men's javelin throw at the 2016 European Athletics Championships was held on July 6th and 7th, 2016 in the Olympic Stadium in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam .

European champion was the Latvian Zigismunds Sirmais . He won ahead of the Czech world champion from 2013 , Olympic third from 2012 , European champion from 2012 and vice European champion from 2014 Vítězslav Veselý . Bronze went to the Finnish defending champion and Olympic runner-up in 2012 Antti Ruuskanen .

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.

Legend

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

-	waived
x	invalid
r	Competition not continued (retired)

qualification

31 participants competed in two groups for the qualifying round. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final was 81.50 m. Seven athletes exceeded this mark (highlighted in light blue). The final field was filled with the five next-placed athletes to twelve throwers (highlighted in light green). So finally 80.70 m had to be achieved for the final.

Group A

Tero Pitkämäki, one of the most successful javelin throwers in recent years, missed the final with his 80.52 m by eighteen centimeters

July 6, 2016, 5:05 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)
1	Antti Ruuskanen	Finland	88.23	88.23	-	-
2	Vítězslav Veselý	Czech Republic	84.82	80.31	79.72	84.82
3	Zigismund's Sirmais	Latvia	82.96	82.96	-	-
4th	Ioannis Kiriazis	Greece	81.92	77.20	81.92	-
5	Kacper Oleszczuk	Poland	80.97	7.37	80.97	60.93
6th	Tero Pitkämäki	Finland	80.52	x	80.52	x
7th	Tanel Laanmäe	Estonia	80.46	75.81	79.23	80.46
8th	Johannes Vetter	Germany	79.98	79.98	x	79.90
9	Matija Kranjc	Slovenia	79.56	79.56	77.82	75.68
10	Dmytro Kossynskyi	Ukraine	79.21	76.75	x	79.21
11	Edis Matusevičius	Lithuania	77.86	74.64	76.15	77.86
12	Gabriel Wallin	Sweden	76.00	73.56	76.00	x
13	Norbert Bonvecchio	Italy	75.75	x	73.29	75.75
14th	Norbert Rivasz-Tóth	Hungary	74.56	x	74.56	x
15th	Patrik Ženúch	Slovakia	69.38	68.16	69.38	x
NM	Rolands Štrobinders	Latvia	ogV	x	x	x

Javelin throwers eliminated in qualification from group A:

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  Tanel Laanmäe - seventh place with 80.46 m

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  Johannes Vetter - eighth with 79.98 m

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  Matija Kranjc - ninth place with 79.56 m

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  Norbert Bonvecchio - thirteenth with 75.75 m

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  Rolands Štrobinders - without a valid attempt

Group B

July 6, 2016, 6:40 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)
1	Jakub Vadlejch	Czech Republic	85.06	80.59	85.06	-
2	Thomas Röhler	Germany	83.98	83.98	-	-
3	Marcin Krukowski	Poland	81.88	x	81.88	-
4th	Risto Mätas	Estonia	81.19	81.19	x	x
5	Jaroslav Jílek	Czech Republic	81.09	78.59	79.19	81.09
6th	Łukasz Grzeszczuk	Poland	81.05	74.38	81.05	x
7th	Kim Amb	Sweden	80.70	76.23	80.70	x
8th	Roberto Bertolini	Italy	80.58	70.61	76.32	80.58
9	Ari Mannio	Finland	78.55	78.55	77.41	77.18
10	Lars Hamann	Germany	78.07	78.00	76.28	78.07
11	Paraskevás Batzávalis	Greece	77.86	73.92	72.06	77.86
12	Dejan Mileusnić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	75.00	75.00	x	72.73
13	Magnus Kirt	Estonia	74.64	74.20	x	74.64
14th	Jānis Svens Grīva	Latvia	73.38	71.84	73.38	69.83
15th	Oleksandr Nychyporchuk	Ukraine	73.31	x	x	73.31
DNS	Vedran Samac	Serbia

Javelin throwers eliminated from group B in qualification:

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  Roberto Bertolini - eighth place with 80.58 m

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  Ari Mannio - ninth with 78.55 m

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  Dejan Mileusnić - twelfth place with 75.00 m

final

July 7, 2016, 6:35 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)	4th attempt (m)	5th attempt (m)	6th attempt (m)
1	Zigismund's Sirmais	Latvia	86.66	81.86	81.36	80.88	78.37	86.66	75.57
2	Vítězslav Veselý	Czech Republic	83.59	74.58	81.13	83.59	77.89	83.14	80.69
3	Antti Ruuskanen	Finland	82.44	80.98	82.44	79.54	x	-	r
4th	Risto Mätas	Estonia	82.03	80.05	81.00	80.77	78.73	81.53	82.03
5	Thomas Röhler	Germany	80.78	79.33	80.78	x	78.74	76.66	78.60
6th	Marcin Krukowski	Poland	79.49	x	x	79.49	77.90	76.71	x
7th	Kim Amb	Sweden	79.36	71.89	78.34	76.26	78.72	79.36	79.07
8th	Kacper Oleszczuk	Poland	79.34	69.96	78.11	78.21	79.35	75.18	x
9	Jakub Vadlejch	Czech Republic	78.12	78.12	x	77.56	not in the final of the eight best throwers
10	Jaroslav Jílek	Czech Republic	76.92	x	73.05	76.92
11	Łukasz Grzeszczuk	Poland	76.41	x	76.41	x
12	Ioannis Kiriazis	Greece	75.57	72.68	75.57	75.34

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  Vítězslav Veselý, 2013 world champion, 2012 Olympic knight and 2012 European champion, became  vice European champion as in 2014

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  The defending champion and Olympic runner-up in 2012 Antti Ruuskanen achieved bronze

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  Risto Mätas took fourth place

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  The fifth placed Thomas Röhler - a few weeks later Olympic champion and 2018  European champion

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  Marcin Krukowski came in sixth

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  Kim Amb came in seventh place

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  Jakub Vadlejch finished ninth

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  Eleventh place for Łukasz Grzeszczuk

Video

• Javelin Throw Men / Final / 07 Jul / European Athletics Championships 2016 on youtube.com, accessed March 2, 2020

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Amsterdam 2016 at european-athletics.org, accessed on March 2, 2020
• European Championship 2016 Amsterdam, Men Javelin Throw on todor66.com, accessed March 2, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2016 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on March 2, 2020
• 23rd European Athletics Championships 2016 in Amsterdam, Netherlands from ifosta.de, accessed on March 2, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. Javelin men , accessed March 2, 2020