2003 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw event at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadion on 18 and 20 July. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Medalists

Gold	Aleksandr Ivanov   Russia
Silver	Igor Janik   Poland
Bronze	Tero Pitkämäki   Finland

Results

Final

20 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Aleksandr Ivanov	Russia	80.66	79.91	82.59	x	x	x	82.59
	Igor Janik	Poland	82.54	79.18	–	–	78.22	x	82.54
	Tero Pitkämäki	Finland	78.21	77.81	74.85	75.60	78.84	77.81	78.84
4	Andreas Thorkildsen	Norway	76.95	76.38	72.33	75.52	x	74.33	76.95
5	Stephan Steding	Germany	69.76	70.61	76.72	73.75	74.89	x	76.72
6	Ainārs Kovals	Latvia	68.56	67.06	72.68	70.77	69.83	x	72.68
7	Vadims Vasiļevskis	Latvia	72.39	69.94	69.03	x	x	69.26	72.39
8	Peter Zupanc	Slovenia	65.01	x	68.21	65.49	68.43	67.59	68.43
9	Jānis Liepa	Latvia	x	67.41	63.42				67.41
10	Vadzim Yautukhovich	Belarus	x	64.15	67.08				67.08
11	Seppo Hirvonen	Finland	x	66.80	x				66.80
12	Tomas Intas	Lithuania	x	x	63.94				63.94

Qualifications

18 July
Qualifying 77.50 or 12 best to the Final

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Andreas Thorkildsen	Norway	76.15	q
2	Tero Pitkämäki	Finland	75.77	q
3	Stephan Steding	Germany	74.61	q
4	Vadims Vasiļevskis	Latvia	73.07	q
5	Vadzim Yautukhovich	Belarus	70.79	q
6	Tomas Intas	Lithuania	70.64	q
7	Saku Kuusisto	Finland	70.61
8	Gabriel Wallin	Sweden	68.30
9	Róbert Laduver	Hungary	66.71
10	Jérôme Haeffler	France	65.61

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Aleksandr Ivanov	Russia	78.99	Q
2	Igor Janik	Poland	74.42	q
3	Ainārs Kovals	Latvia	71.74	q
4	Jānis Liepa	Latvia	71.50	q
5	Peter Zupanc	Slovenia	71.35	q
6	Seppo Hirvonen	Finland	71.17	q
7	Yeoryios Iltsios	Greece	70.44
8	Magnus Arvidsson	Sweden	69.19
9	Bérenger Demerval	France	66.81
10	Bart Debacker	Belgium	63.05

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

•   Belarus (1)
•   Belgium (1)
•   Finland (3)
•   France (2)
•   Germany (1)
•   Greece (1)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Latvia (3)
•   Lithuania (1)
•   Norway (1)
•   Poland (1)
•   Russia (1)
•   Slovenia (1)
•   Sweden (2)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 4th European Athletics U23 Championships - Bydgoszcz, Poland 17.-20. 7. 2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 43–55, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. European Championships U23 - Bydgoszcz/POL - 17.-20.07.03 (PDF), sportfieber.pytalhost.com, archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-05, retrieved 4 November 2014
3. European Championships U'23 Bydgoszcz 2003 - Zawisza Stadion - 17 - 20 July 2003 - Result lists - As of 18/07/2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, 18 July 2003, archived from the original on 7 December 2003, retrieved 4 November 2014
4. European Championships U'23 Bydgoszcz 2003 - Zawisza Stadion - 17 - 20 July 2003 - Result lists - As of 20/07/2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, 20 July 2003, archived from the original on 7 December 2003, retrieved 4 November 2014