2002 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Javelin

These are the official results of the Men's javelin throw
Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

event at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany. There were a total number of 21 participating athletes. The final was held on Friday August 9, 2002, and the qualifying round on Wednesday August 7, 2002 with the mark set at 82.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Steve Backley Steve Backley Stephen James Backley OBE is a retired British athlete who was formerly the world record holder for javelin throwing... Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles... (GBR)
Silver	Sergey Makarov Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... (RUS)
Bronze	Raymond Hecht Raymond Hecht Raymond Hecht is a retired German javelin thrower. He represented SC Magdeburg in former East Germany.... Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... (GER)

Schedule

All times are Central European Time
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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
07.08.2002 – 09:00 07.08.2002 – 10:20
Final Round
09.08.2002 – 19:45

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
07.08.2002 – 09:00	07.08.2002 – 10:20
Final Round
09.08.2002 – 19:45

Abbreviations

All results shown are in metres

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

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 Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...		98.48 m	May 25, 1996	Jena Jena Jena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. It has a population of approx. 103,000 and is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt.-History:Jena was first mentioned in an 1182 document... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Event Record		89.72 m	August 23, 1998	Budapest, Hungary

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	1		85.76	—	—	85.76 m
2	3		81.39	83.24	—	83.24 m
3	5		78.97	82.44	—	82.44 m
4	6		82.31	—	—	82.31 m
5	9		79.84	79.67	80.28	80.28 m
6	10		75.13	79.38	X	79.38 m
7	11		71.77	78.04	79.25	79.25 m
8	12		70.07	73.77	79.04	79.04 m
9	16		78.20	X	73.34	78.20 m
10	18		77.04	77.93	76.71	77.93 m
11	19		77.73	75.73	74.99	77.73 m
12	22		72.19	73.29	71.34	73.29 m
13	23		73.27	X	64.29	73.27 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	2		76.55	84.05	—	84.05 m
2	4		77.94	77.77	82.60	82.60 m
3	7		81.86	81.85	—	81.86 m
4	8		X	81.49	—	81.49 m
5	13		78.80	X	78.75	78.80 m
6	14		78.40	X	78.75	78.40 m
7	15		75.18	78.36	X	78.36 m
8	17		78.05	X	74.94	78.05 m
9	20		69.99	75.84	71.55	75.84 m
10	21		X	X	75.66	75.66 m
11	24		64.56	72.29	X	72.29 m
12	25		X	71.92	X	71.92 m
—	—		X	—	—	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
		86.29	83.94	86.37	84.05	88.54	84.76	88.54 m
		88.05	85.78	85.76	X	86.31	X	88.05 m
		85.23	85.10	83.71	X	85.33	80.99	85.33 m
4		84.07	X	X	82.43	X	83.95	84.07 m
5		83.95	83.57	X	X	83.30	80.49	83.95 m
6		77.76	82.17	82.66	82.26	80.69	82.57	82.66 m
7		79.51	X	77.86	80.37	X	80.09	80.37 m
8		78.91	X	X	74.57	X	78.92	78.92 m

9		X	X	78.27				78.27 m
10		76.12	X	X				76.12 m
—		X	X	X				NM
—		X	—	—				DNF