# 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships was held at the Městský stadion on 14 and 16 July. The field included six throwers who had broken the 80 metre line that year. Till Wöschler of Germany, the 2010 World Junior Champion, won with a new personal best of 84.38 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Till Wöschler Germany (GER) |
| Silver | Fatih Avan Turkey (TUR) |
| Bronze | Dmitry Tarabin Russia (RUS) |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 14 July 2011 | 15:30 | Qualification Group A |
| 14 July 2011 | 16:40 | Qualification Group B |
| 16 July 2011 | 17:25 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualification performance 76.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Thomas Röhler | Germany | 78.08 | – | – | 78.08 | Q, PB |
| 2 | A | Till Wöschler | Germany | 75.24 | 77.72 | – | 77.72 | Q |
| 3 | A | Fatih Avan | Turkey | 76.93 | – | – | 76.93 | Q |
| 4 | A | Łukasz Grzeszczuk | Poland | 72.16 | x | 76.84 | 76.84 | Q |
| 5 | A | Kim Amb | Sweden | 73.18 | 76.71 | – | 76.71 | Q, SB |
| 6 | B | Dmitry Tarabin | Russia | 74.11 | 76.48 | – | 76.48 | Q |
| 7 | A | Krzysztof Szalecki | Poland | 75.69 | – | – | 75.69 | q |
| 8 | B | Marcin Plener | Poland | 67.57 | 70.68 | 73.40 | 73.40 | q |
| 9 | A | Stipe Žunić | Croatia | 70.44 | 71.72 | 70.34 | 71.72 | q |
| 10 | A | Tanel Laanmäe | Estonia | 71.35 | 70.91 | x | 71.35 | q |
| 11 | B | Sampo Lehtola | Finland | 69.93 | 71.08 | 71.15 | 71.15 | q |
| 12 | B | Lars Timmerman | Netherlands | 66.47 | 70.86 | 68.47 | 70.86 | |
| 13 | A | Jani Kiiskilä | Finland | 65.11 | 70.34 | 69.32 | 70.34 | |
| 14 | A | Tuomas Saari | Finland | x | 67.71 | 69.38 | 69.38 | |
| 15 | B | Ranno Koorep | Estonia | 67.29 | 69.15 | x | 69.15 | |
| 16 | B | Vedran Samac | Serbia | 68.12 | 68.07 | x | 68.12 | |
| 17 | A | Ansis Brūns | Latvia | 66.99 | x | x | 66.99 | |
| 18 | A | Magnus Kirt | Estonia | 66.32 | x | 64.14 | 66.32 | SB |
| 19 | A | Manuel Uriz | Spain | 66.21 | 64.21 | x | 66.21 | |
| 20 | B | Aykut Tanriverdi | Turkey | 64.40 | x | x | 64.40 | |
| 21 | B | Alexandru Craescu | Romania | x | 64.11 | x | 64.11 | |
| | B | Jakub Vadlejch | Czech Republic | x | x | x | NM | |
| | B | Dmytro Kosynskyy | Ukraine | 71.55 | 69.74 | 73.30 | DQ | Doping |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Till Wöschler | Germany | 84.38 | 77.19 | x | – | – | – | 84.38 | PB |
| | Fatih Avan | Turkey | 77.56 | 73.42 | x | 82.24 | 84.08 | 84.11 | 84.11 | |
| | Dmitry Tarabin | Russia | 78.68 | 77.37 | 81.65 | 83.18 | 78.18 | x | 83.18 | |
| 4 | Kim Amb | Sweden | 78.53 | 74.20 | 78.85 | 77.83 | 79.48 | x | 79.48 | PB |
| 5 | Łukasz Grzeszczuk | Poland | 79.02 | 76.56 | 78.91 | x | 77.07 | 77.82 | 79.02 | |
| 6 | Sampo Lehtola | Finland | 73.78 | 73.65 | 78.50 | 76.81 | x | x | 78.50 | PB |
| 7 | Thomas Röhler | Germany | 77.67 | 74.87 | x | 78.20 | x | x | 78.20 | PB |
| 8 | Tanel Laanmäe | Estonia | 70.65 | 73.20 | x | | | | 73.20 | |
| 9 | Krzysztof Szalecki | Poland | 68.39 | x | 71.94 | | | | 71.94 | |
| 10 | Marcin Plener | Poland | 71.15 | 71.77 | 68.17 | | | | 71.77 | |
| 11 | Stipe Žunić | Croatia | 69.48 | x | 69.53 | | | | 69.53 | |
| | Dmytro Kosynskyy | Ukraine | 72.83 | 76.74 | 78.09 | 77.67 | 76.35 | 77.60 | DQ | Doping |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
* Croatia (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Estonia (3)
* Finland (3)
* Germany (2)
* Latvia (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Poland (3)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (1)
* Serbia (1)
* Spain (1)
* Sweden (1)
* Turkey (2)
* Ukraine (1)