# 2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden had a total number of 24 participating athletes. The final was held on Wednesday August 9, 2006, and the qualifying round on Monday August 7, 2006 with the mark set at 81.00 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Andreas Thorkildsen Norway (NOR) |
| Silver | Tero Pitkämäki Finland (FIN) |
| Bronze | Jan Železný Czech Republic (CZE) |

## Schedule

* All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 07.08.2006 – 18:30h | 07.08.2006 – 19:30h |
| Final Round ||
| 09.08.2006 – 19:10h ||

## Abbreviations

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

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2002 European Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Jan Železný (CZE) | 98.48 m | May 25, 1996 | Jena, Germany |
| Event Record | Steve Backley (GBR) | 89.72 m | August 23, 1998 | Budapest, Hungary |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) | 74.25 | 86.55 | — | 86.55 m | |
| 2 | 6 | Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS) | 72.88 | 81.57 | — | 81.57 m | |
| 3 | 8 | Jan Železný (CZE) | 80.60 | X | X | 80.60 m | |
| 4 | 11 | Nick Nieland (GBR) | 80.40 | X | X | 80.40 m | |
| 5 | 12 | Ēriks Rags (LAT) | 76.70 | 78.54 | 79.24 | 79.24 m | |
| 6 | 13 | Teemu Wirkkala (FIN) | 79.05 | X | 77.85 | 79.05 m | |
| 7 | 14 | Christian Nicolay (GER) | 77.94 | 75.29 | 72.60 | 77.94 m | |
| 8 | 15 | Daniel Ragnvaldsson (SWE) | 76.71 | 73.13 | X | 76.71 m | |
| 9 | 16 | Yeóryios Íltsios (GRE) | 75.88 | 74.00 | X | 75.88 m | |
| 10 | 22 | Felix Loretz (SUI) | 67.50 | 65.13 | 70.83 | 70.83 m | |
| 11 | 23 | Francesco Pignata (ITA) | 69.84 | X | 70.37 | 70.37 m | |
| 12 | 24 | Vadim Bavikin (ISR) | 66.67 | 66.93 | X | 66.93 m | |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Ainārs Kovals (LAT) | 79.03 | 76.36 | 85.95 | 85.95 m | PB |
| 2 | 3 | Vadims Vasiļevskis (LAT) | 84.68 | — | — | 84.68 m | |
| 3 | 4 | Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) | 83.78 | — | — | 83.78 m | |
| 4 | 5 | Peter Esenwein (GER) | 82.71 | — | — | 82.71 m | |
| 5 | 7 | Stefan Wenk (GER) | 80.90 | X | 77.54 | 80.90 m | |
| 6 | 9 | Magnus Arvidsson (SWE) | 80.45 | 75.59 | — | 80.45 m | |
| 7 | 10 | Stefan Müller (SUI) | 78.64 | 75.45 | 80.43 | 80.43 m | NR |
| 8 | 17 | Tero Järvenpää (FIN) | 75.21 | X | 72.38 | 75.21 m | |
| 9 | 18 | Tomas Intas (LTU) | 74.76 | 73.19 | 72.10 | 74.76 m | |
| 10 | 19 | Risto Mätas (EST) | 74.58 | X | 73.87 | 74.58 m | |
| 11 | 20 | Marián Bokor (SVK) | 71.80 | X | 72.54 | 72.54 m | |
| 12 | 21 | Ronny Nilsen (NOR) | 71.37 | 70.58 | 67.10 | 71.37 m | |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) | 82.84 | 87.37 | 85.30 | 87.35 | 86.39 | 88.78 | 88.78 m | |
| | Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) | 86.44 | 81.44 | 82.87 | 82.68 | X | 84.71 | 86.44 m | |
| | Jan Železný (CZE) | 85.92 | X | X | X | X | X | 85.92 m | |
| 4 | Vadims Vasiļevskis (LAT) | 76.21 | 83.21 | X | X | X | 81.13 | 83.21 m | |
| 5 | Ainārs Kovals (LAT) | 81.65 | 79.19 | 78.23 | 79.56 | 77.31 | 79.75 | 81.65 m | |
| 6 | Peter Esenwein (GER) | 81.11 | 76.46 | X | 73.73 | 76.45 | 80.45 | 81.11 m | |
| 7 | Stefan Müller (SUI) | 80.87 | 78.38 | 78.16 | 75.72 | 76.08 | 75.52 | 80.87 m | NR |
| 8 | Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS) | 78.68 | 80.09 | 77.99 | X | 76.61 | 73.99 | 80.09 m | |
| 9 | Ēriks Rags (LAT) | 79.51 | X | X | | | | 79.51 m | |
| 10 | Magnus Arvidsson (SWE) | 78.53 | 73.94 | X | | | | 78.53 m | |
| 11 | Nick Nieland (GBR) | 75.66 | X | 76.92 | | | | 76.92 m | |
| 12 | Stefan Wenk (GER) | X | 75.71 | 75.00 | | | | 75.71 m | |