# 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw event at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas (Darius and Girėnas Stadium) on 16 and 18 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Ari Mannio Finland |
| Silver | Petr Frydrych Czech Republic |
| Bronze | Spiridon Lebesis Greece |

## Results
### Final

18 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| | Ari Mannio | Finland | 80.47 | 79.52 | 77.78 | x | 80.33 | 84.57 | 84.57 | CR |
| | Petr Frydrych | Czech Republic | 75.33 | 80.10 | 73.78 | 77.05 | x | 80.53 | 80.53 | |
| | Spiridon Lebesis | Greece | 75.74 | x | 79.03 | 79.37 | 79.36 | 78.69 | 79.37 | |
| 4 | Roman Avramenko | Ukraine | 76.57 | 78.46 | 75.33 | 75.32 | 75.40 | x | 78.46 | |
| 5 | Thomas Smet | Belgium | 74.32 | 74.98 | 77.84 | 75.85 | x | 70.95 | 77.84 | |
| 6 | Maximilian Buchholz | Germany | 76.11 | x | x | 71.77 | 72.01 | 72.89 | 76.11 | |
| 7 | Fatih Avan | Turkey | x | 75.50 | x | 75.12 | 75.27 | x | 75.50 | |
| 8 | Matthias de Zordo | Germany | 75.40 | x | 74.96 | x | x | x | 75.40 | |
| 9 | Lassi Etelätalo | Finland | 71.56 | 75.02 | 75.21 | | | | 75.21 | |
| 10 | Paweł Rakoczy | Poland | x | 73.71 | 70.30 | | | | 73.71 | |
| 11 | Ioannis Smalios | Greece | 73.30 | x | 71.75 | | | | 73.30 | |
| 12 | Mikko Kankaanpää | Finland | 72.05 | 73.16 | 73.08 | | | | 73.16 | |

### Qualifications

16 July Qualifying 76.00 or 12 best to the Final

#### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Ari Mannio | Finland | 76.80 | Q |
| 2 | Spiridon Lebesis | Greece | 75.93 | q |
| 3 | Fatih Avan | Turkey | 74.76 | q |
| 4 | Matthias de Zordo | Germany | 73.34 | q |
| 5 | Maximilian Buchholz | Germany | 72.77 | q |
| 6 | Roman Avramenko | Ukraine | 72.59 | q |
| 7 | James Campbell | Great Britain | 72.57 | |
| 8 | Erki Leppik | Estonia | 72.00 | |
| 9 | Vyacheslav Yankov | Russia | 71.07 | |
| 10 | Alexandru Crăescu | Romania | 70.56 | |
| 11 | Piotr Frąckiewicz | Poland | 70.38 | |
| 12 | Jonas Lohse | Sweden | 67.80 | |
| 13 | Ramūnas Butkus | Lithuania | 67.08 | |
| 14 | Ansis Brūns | Latvia | 65.98 | |
| 15 | Martins Pildavs | Latvia | 63.55 | |

#### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Petr Frydrych | Czech Republic | 77.56 | Q |
| 2 | Thomas Smet | Belgium | 77.03 | Q |
| 3 | Mikko Kankaanpää | Finland | 75.80 | q |
| 4 | Paweł Rakoczy | Poland | 75.40 | q |
| 5 | Lassi Etelätalo | Finland | 74.67 | q |
| 6 | Ioannis Smalios | Greece | 73.66 | q |
| 7 | Anatoli Adakhouski | Belarus | 72.11 | |
| 8 | Robert Szpak | Poland | 71.38 | |
| 9 | Krisztián Török | Hungary | 70.84 | |
| 10 | Tanel Laanmäe | Estonia | 68.35 | |
| 11 | Bjorn Blommerde | Netherlands | 64.75 | |
| 12 | Emanuele Sabbio | Italy | 64.35 | |
| 13 | Lauris Jelsmanis | Latvia | 63.11 | |
| 14 | Pontus Thomée | Sweden | 62.45 | |
| 15 | Priit Dolenko | Estonia | 61.71 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
* Belarus (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Estonia (3)
* Finland (3)
* Germany (2)
* Great Britain (1)
* Greece (2)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (1)
* Latvia (3)
* Lithuania (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Poland (3)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (1)
* Sweden (2)
* Turkey (1)
* Ukraine (1)