# 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 30 and 31 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Andreas Thorkildsen Norway (NOR) |
| Silver | Matthias de Zordo Germany (GER) |
| Bronze | Tero Pitkämäki Finland (FIN) |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Jan Železný (CZE) | 98.48 | Jena, Germany | 25 May 1996 |
| European record | Jan Železný (CZE) | 98.48 | Jena, Germany | 25 May 1996 |
| Championship record | Steve Backley (GBR) | 89.72 | Budapest, Hungary | 23 August 1998 |
| World Leading | Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) | 90.37 | Florø, Norway | 29 May 2010 |
| European Leading | Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) | 90.37 | Florø, Norway | 29 May 2010 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 30 July 2010 | 10:20 | Qualification |
| 31 July 2010 | 20:05 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 81.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Teemu Wirkkala | Finland (FIN) | 76.89 | 83.57 | | 83.57 | Q |
| 2 | B | Tero Pitkämäki | Finland (FIN) | 76.65 | 83.15 | | 83.15 | Q |
| 3 | A | Matthias de Zordo | Germany (GER) | 74.89 | 77.82 | 82.34 | 82.34 | Q |
| 4 | A | Ainārs Kovals | Latvia (LAT) | 78.58 | 78.22 | 79.32 | 79.32 | q |
| 5 | B | Dmytro Kosynskyy | Ukraine (UKR) | x | 71.30 | 79.29 | 79.29 | q |
| 6 | A | Andreas Thorkildsen | Norway (NOR) | x | x | 78.82 | 78.82 | q |
| 7 | B | Ēriks Rags | Latvia (LAT) | x | x | 78.45 | 78.45 | q |
| 8 | A | Roman Avramenko | Ukraine (UKR) | 74.84 | x | 78.11 | 78.11 | q |
| 9 | A | Vítězslav Veselý | Czech Republic (CZE) | x | 77.76 | 74.99 | 77.76 | q |
| 10 | B | Petr Frydrych | Czech Republic (CZE) | 77.56 | x | 75.96 | 77.56 | q |
| 11 | B | Oleksandr Pyatnytsya | Ukraine (UKR) | 77.20 | x | 77.54 | 77.54 | q |
| 12 | A | Sergey Makarov | Russia (RUS) | 76.69 | 74.13 | 74.54 | 76.69 | q |
| 13 | A | Csongor Olteán | Hungary (HUN) | 76.53 | 75.05 | x | 76.53 | |
| 14 | B | Uladzimir Kazlou | Belarus (BLR) | x | 76.29 | 72.33 | 76.29 | |
| 15 | A | Gabriel Wallin | Sweden (SWE) | 71.85 | x | 76.12 | 76.12 | |
| 16 | A | Jakub Vadlejch | Czech Republic (CZE) | x | 76.04 | x | 76.04 | |
| 17 | B | Harri Haatainen | Finland (FIN) | 75.83 | x | x | 75.83 | |
| 18 | B | Jérôme Haeffler | France (FRA) | 67.60 | 75.60 | x | 75.60 | |
| 19 | B | Rafael Baraza | Spain (ESP) | 71.96 | 68.22 | 73.34 | 73.34 | |
| 20 | B | Martin Benák | Slovakia (SVK) | 73.18 | x | x | 73.18 | |
| 21 | B | Ilya Korotkov | Russia (RUS) | 72.04 | x | 71.07 | 72.04 | |
| 22 | A | Ioánnis Smaliós | Greece (GRE) | 71.57 | x | – | 71.57 | |
| 23 | B | Vadims Vasiļevskis | Latvia (LAT) | x | x | 67.56 | 67.56 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Andreas Thorkildsen | Norway (NOR) | 86.32 | 88.37 | 86.30 | 84.12 | – | 83.40 | 88.37 | |
| | Matthias de Zordo | Germany (GER) | 86.22 | 87.81 | 87.06 | x | x | 84.12 | 87.81 | PB |
| | Tero Pitkämäki | Finland (FIN) | 81.47 | x | 82.30 | 83.96 | 86.67 | 86.31 | 86.67 | |
| 4 | Oleksandr Pyatnytsya | Ukraine (UKR) | 81.24 | 80.91 | 78.91 | 82.01 | 76.59 | x | 82.01 | |
| 5 | Teemu Wirkkala | Finland (FIN) | 78.52 | 76.94 | 81.76 | x | 81.14 | 81.31 | 81.76 | |
| 6 | Ainārs Kovals | Latvia (LAT) | 81.19 | x | x | x | 75.19 | 80.55 | 81.19 | |
| 7 | Sergey Makarov | Russia (RUS) | 80.86 | 78.31 | 78.89 | x | x | – | 80.86 | |
| 8 | Roman Avramenko | Ukraine (UKR) | x | x | 78.65 | x | x | 79.52 | 79.52 | |
| 9 | Vítězslav Veselý | Czech Republic (CZE) | 69.42 | x | 77.83 | | | | 77.83 | |
| 10 | Petr Frydrych | Czech Republic (CZE) | 77.30 | 76.69 | 76.76 | | | | 77.30 | |
| 11 | Ēriks Rags | Latvia (LAT) | x | 76.93 | 76.08 | | | | 76.93 | |
| 12 | Dmytro Kosynskyy | Ukraine (UKR) | x | 73.26 | 73.11 | | | | 73.26 | |