European Athletics Championships 2018 / men's javelin
discipline | Men's javelin throw |
city | Berlin |
place | Olympiastadion Berlin |
Attendees | 28 athletes from 18 countries |
Competition phase | August 8, 2018 (qualification) August 9, 2018 (final) |
Medalist | |
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gold | Thomas Röhler ( GER ) |
silver | Andreas Hofmann ( GER ) |
bronze | Magnus Kirt ( EST ) |
The men's javelin at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place on August 8th and 9th in the Olympic Stadium in the German capital Berlin .
There was a German double victory in this competition. European champion was Thomas Röhler . Andreas Hofmann won the silver medal . Bronze went to the Estonian Magnus Kirt .
Records
World record | Jan Železný | 98.48 m | Jena , Germany | May 25, 1996 |
European record | ||||
Championship record | Steve Backley | 89.72 m | EM in Budapest , Hungary | August 23, 1998 |
qualification
The athletes competed in two groups for a qualifying round. The qualification distance for reaching the final directly was 82.00 m. Since only six throwers exceeded this required distance - highlighted in light blue, the final field was filled with the following best throwers from both groups to a total of twelve athletes - highlighted in light green. In the end, 79.74 m was enough to make it to the final.
Group A
August 8, 2018, 1:00 p.m. CEST
space | athlete | country | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Width (m) |
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1 | Marcin Krukowski | Poland | 84.35 | - | - | 84.35 SB |
2 | Andreas Hofmann | Germany | 82.36 | - | - | 82.36 |
3 | Rolands Štrobinders | Latvia | 76.00 | 81.93 | 78.07 | 81.93 |
4th | Edis Matusevičius | Lithuania | 79.45 | 79.49 | 81.08 | 81.08 |
5 | Antti Ruuskanen | Finland | x | 77.40 | 79.93 | 79.93 |
6th | Petr Frydrych | Czech Republic | 77.02 | 74.55 | 79.74 | 79.74 |
7th | Gatis Čakšs | Latvia | 78.13 | x | 75.94 | 78.13 |
8th | Tanel Laanmäe | Estonia | 77.21 | x | x | 77.21 |
9 | Alexandru Novac | Romania | 72.81 | x | 76.44 | 76.44 |
10 | Vedran Samac | Serbia | x | 75.89 | 75.67 | 75.89 |
11 | Yuri Kuschniruk | Ukraine | 72.17 | 71.36 | 73.79 | 73.79 |
12 | Nicolás Quijera | Spain | 73.27 | x | 71.04 | 73.27 |
13 | Roberto Bertolini | Italy | 71.94 | 71.64 | x | 71.94 |
14th | Dejan Mileusnić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 67.16 | x | x | 67.16 |
Group B
August 8, 2018, 2:25 p.m. CEST
space | athlete | country | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Width (m) |
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1 | Johannes Vetter | Germany | 87.39 | - | - | 87.39 |
2 | Thomas Röhler | Germany | x | 78.95 | 85.47 | 85.47 |
3 | Cyprian Mrzygłód | Poland | 80.52 | 83.85 | - | 83.85 PB |
4th | Magnus Kirt | Estonia | 83.15 | - | - | 83.15 |
5 | Andrian Mardare | Moldova | 78.63 | 80.46 | 80.31 | 80.46 |
6th | Jakub Vadlejch | Czech Republic | x | 80.28 | x | 80.28 |
7th | Patriks Gailums | Latvia | 78.10 | x | 75.79 | 78.10 SB |
8th | Oliver Helander | Finland | x | x | 76.64 | 76.64 |
9 | Jaroslav Jílek | Czech Republic | 75.83 | 75.80 | 73.06 | 75.83 |
10 | Sindri Hrafn Guðmundsson | Iceland | 72.40 | 74.91 | 74.13 | 74.91 |
11 | Bartosz Osewski | Poland | 73.56 | 73.37 | 74.80 | 74.80 |
12 | Pavel Mjaleschka | Belarus | 73.55 | x | x | 73.55 |
13 | Jiannis Smalios | Sweden | x | 68.61 | 72.09 | 72.09 |
14th | Norbert Rivasz-Tóth | Hungary | x | x | 69.94 | 69.94 |
final
August 9, 2018, 8:22 p.m. CEST
The three German participants were among the favorites. Johannes Vetter competed as the reigning world champion and had impressed with the greatest distance in qualifying. Thomas Röhler was the 2016 Olympic champion and Andreas Hofmann had already achieved excellent results this season. Also in attendance were Czech Deputy World Champion 2017 and World Champion in 2013 Jakub Vadlejch, his countryman Petr Frydrych as WM -Dritter of 2017, the Finnish European champion of 2014 to assess Antti Ruuskanen and the Pole Marcin Krukowski with the third-best qualifying distance strong.
After the first round, the Estonian Magnus Kirt, who had achieved 85.96 m, led, somewhat surprisingly, ahead of Hofmann with 85.61 m. In lap two, Röhler took the lead with a throw on 88.02 m. Hofmann rose to 87.60 m and remained second. Röhler improved in the next round to 89.47 m. Krukowski threw 84.55 m and was fourth behind Kirt. Vetter, who had problems getting his performance capabilities, was fifth with 82.59 m.
In the three finals of the best eight throwers there were only minor changes. Ruuskanen improved to sixth with 81.70 m. Vetter increased his best distance to 83.27 m, but that did not change his position. After his Olympic victory in 2016, Thomas Röhler has now also become European champion. Andreas Hofmann won the silver medal ahead of Magnus Kirt and Marcin Krukowski. World champion Johannes Vetter finished fifth ahead of 2014 European champion Antti Ruuskanen.
space | athlete | country | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | 4th attempt | 5th attempt | 6th attempt | Width (m) |
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Thomas Röhler | Germany | x | 88.02 | 89.47 | 87.58 | - | 87.90 | 89.47 | |
Andreas Hofmann | Germany | 85.61 | 87.60 | x | x | x | 85.48 | 87.60 | |
Magnus Kirt | Estonia | 85.96 | x | 82.84 | 81.67 | 82.46 | 84.81 | 85.96 | |
4th | Marcin Krukowski | Poland | 77.83 | 76.04 | 84.55 | 83.28 | 82.84 | x | 84.55 SB |
5 | Johannes Vetter | Germany | x | 82.59 | 81.51 | x | 83.27 | 80.01 | 83.27 |
6th | Antti Ruuskanen | Finland | 80.13 | x | 80.38 | x | 81.70 | x | 81.70 |
7th | Andrian Mardare | Moldova | 81.54 | x | 80.41 | x | 80.33 | x | 81.54 |
8th | Jakub Vadlejch | Czech Republic | 80.64 | x | x | x | x | x | 80.64 |
9 | Cyprian Mrzygłód | Poland | 76.97 | 78.21 | 80.20 | not in the final of the eight best throwers |
80.20 | ||
10 | Edis Matusevičius | Lithuania | 77.64 | 76.66 | x | 77.64 | |||
11 | Rolands Štrobinders | Latvia | 75.76 | 76.59 | x | 76.59 | |||
12 | Petr Frydrych | Czech Republic | 72.79 | x | x | 72.79 |
Fifth place for world champion Johannes Vetter from Germany
Web links and sources
- Official Results European Athletics Championships 2018 on the EAA website , English (PDF, 49.183 KB), accessed on January 9, 2019
- Results of the European Athletics Championships 2018 at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on January 9, 2019
- Reports on the European Championships 2018 on Leichtathletik.de, accessed on January 9, 2019
Video
- European Championships Berlin 2018 / Thomas Rohler 89.47 / HD on youtube.com, published on August 12, 2018, accessed on January 9, 2019
- German javelin trio reaches final at EC 2018 Berlin on youtube.com, published on August 8, 2018, accessed on January 9, 2019