# 1982 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Men's javelin throw event (old design) at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 21 competitors. The final was held on 7 September 1982. The qualification mark was set at 80.00 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Uwe Hohn East Germany (GDR) |
| Silver | Heino Puuste Soviet Union (URS) |
| Bronze | Detlef Michel East Germany (GDR) |

## Schedule

* All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 06.09.1982 – 19:45h | 06.09.1982 – 19:45h |
| Final Round ||
| 07.09.1982 – 17:30h ||

## Competitors

* European list as of September 5, 1982, just before the start of the competition
| Rank | Athlete | Seasons Best | Personal Best |
| 1 | Detlef Michel (GDR) | 94.52 m | 92.48 m |
| 2 | Heino Puuste (URS) | 90.72 m | 89.32 m |
| 4 | Pentti Sinersaari (FIN) | 89.84 m | 93.84 m |
| 5 | Uwe Hohn (GDR) | 89.86 m | 86.56 m |
| 6 | Dainis Kūla (URS) | 88.40 m | 92.06 m |
| 7 | Arto Härkönen (FIN) | 88.14 m | 91.04 m |
| 8 | Kenth Eldebrink (SWE) | 87.96 m | 90.00 m |
| 9 | Antero Toivonen (FIN) | 87.86 m | 88.62 m |
| 12 | Klaus Tafelmeier (GER) | 87.30 m | 89.78 m |
| 13 | Dariusz Adamus (POL) | 87.24 m | 87.24 m |
| 17 | Jari Keihäs (SWE) | 86.60 m | 81.10 m |
| 22 | Stefan Stoykov (BUL) | 85.72 m | 86.24 m |
| 27 | David Ottley (GBR) | 85.36 m | 85.52 m |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1982 European Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Ferenc Paragi (HUN) | 96.72 m | April 23, 1980 | Tata, Hungary |
| Event Record | Jānis Lūsis (URS) | 91.52 m | September 19, 1969 | Athens, Greece |

## Qualification

Q = automatic qualification; q = qualified by rank; DNS = did not start; NM = no mark; WR = world record; AR = area record; NR = national record; PB = personal best; SB = season best

### Group A

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | Arto Härkönen (FIN) | 71.24 | X | 86.58 | 86.58 m |
| 2 | Heino Puuste (URS) | 74.16 | 82.76 | — | 82.76 m |
| 3 | Per Erling Olsen (NOR) | X | 79.80 | 82.30 | 82.30 m |
| 4 | Detlef Michel (GDR) | 81.66 | — | — | 81.66 m |
| 5 | Agostino Ghesini (ITA) | 78.38 | 80.62 | — | 80.62 m |
| 6 | Dariusz Adamus (POL) | 76.08 | X | X | 76.08 m |
| 7 | Jan-Olof Damgren (SWE) | 73.46 | X | 73.36 | 73.46 m |
| 8 | Pentti Sinersaari (FIN) | 71.66 | X | X | 71.66 m |
| 9 | Jörgen Jelström (DEN) | 70.84 | X | 69.30 | 70.84 m |
| 10 | Steve Pearson (GBR) | X | X | 69.56 | 69.56 m |
| — | Jari Keihäs (SWE) | X | X | X | NM |

### Group B

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | Dainis Kūla (URS) | 84.18 | — | — | 84.18 m |
| 2 | Uwe Hohn (GDR) | 84.14 | — | — | 84.14 m |
| 3 | Kenth Eldebrink (SWE) | X | 83.76 | — | 83.76 m |
| 4 | Antero Toivonen (FIN) | 82.30 | — | — | 82.30 m |
| 5 | David Ottley (GBR) | X | X | 81.24 | 81.24 m |
| 6 | Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG) | 77.56 | X | 81.14 | 81.14 m |
| 7 | Aleksandr Makarov (URS) | 79.76 | 80.74 | — | 80.74 m |
| 8 | Reidar Lorentzen (NOR) | 72.10 | 80.22 | — | 80.22 m |
| 9 | Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL) | 68.56 | 72.26 | 67.40 | 72.26 m |
| — | Stefan Stoykov (BUL) | X | X | X | NM |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance |
| | Uwe Hohn (GDR) | X | 87.58 | 83.24 | 86.60 | 91.34 | X | 91.34 m |
| | Heino Puuste (URS) | 89.56 | X | X | 78.20 | 84.56 | X | 89.56 m |
| | Detlef Michel (GDR) | X | 72.72 | 84.36 | 81.36 | 86.46 | 89.32 | 89.32 m |
| 4 | Dainis Kūla (URS) | 85.88 | 87.84 | X | X | X | 84.98 | 87.84 m |
| 5 | Arto Härkönen (FIN) | 85.52 | 83.80 | 86.76 | 85.72 | 84.04 | 79.84 | 86.76 m |
| 6 | Aleksandr Makarov (URS) | 86.08 | X | X | 84.14 | X | 78.96 | 86.08 m |
| 7 | Antero Toivonen (FIN) | 84.34 | 81.32 | X | 81.38 | X | X | 84.34 m |
| 8 | Agostino Ghesini (ITA) | 79.92 | 81.10 | 78.06 | 78.50 | X | X | 81.10 m |
| 9 | Reidar Lorentzen (NOR) | X | 80.40 | X | | | | 80.40 m |
| 10 | Per Erling Olsen (NOR) | 76.80 | 76.50 | 79.18 | | | | 79.18 m |
| 11 | Kenth Eldebrink (SWE) | 74.90 | 76.76 | X | | | | 76.76 m |
| 12 | David Ottley (GBR) | X | 74.30 | 75.06 | | | | 75.06 m |
| 13 | Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG) | X | X | 70.40 | | | | 70.40 m |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
* Bulgaria (1)
* Denmark (1)
* East Germany (2)
* Finland (3)
* Iceland (1)
* Italy (1)
* Norway (2)
* Poland (1)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Sweden (3)
* United Kingdom (2)
* West Germany (1)