European Athletics Championships 2016 / men's javelin
23rd European Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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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) |
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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
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:
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:
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 |
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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 |
The fifth placed Thomas Röhler - a few weeks later Olympic champion and 2018 European champion
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
- ↑ IAAF world records. Javelin men , accessed March 2, 2020