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2012 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's javelin throw at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 27 and 28 June.

Medalists

Gold	Vítězslav Veselý  Czech Republic
Silver	Valeriy Iordan  Russia
Bronze	Ari Mannio  Finland

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record	Jan Železný (CZE)	98.48	Jena, Germany	25 May 1996
European record	Jan Železný (CZE)	98.48	Jena, Germany	25 May 1996
Championship record	Steve Backley (GBR)	89.72	Budapest, Hungary	23 August 1998
World Leading	Vítězslav Veselý (CZE)	88.11	Oslo, Norway	7 June 2012
European Leading	Vítězslav Veselý (CZE)	88.11	Oslo, Norway	7 June 2012

Schedule

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 83.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Ari Mannio	Finland	77.81	84.31		84.31	Q, SB
2	B	Oleksandr Pyatnytsya	Ukraine	82.37	81.66	x	82.37	q
3	A	Igor Janik	Poland	82.37	x	x	82.37	q, SB
4	B	Valeriy Iordan	Russia	82.32	–	–	82.32	q, PB
5	B	Kim Amb	Sweden	76.78	80.69	–	80.69	q
6	B	Tero Pitkämäki	Finland	77.70	80.66	–	80.66	q
7	B	Tino Häber	Germany	76.25	76.67	79.86	79.86	q
8	A	Risto Mätas	Estonia	79.34	77.03	x	79.34	q
9	B	Andreas Thorkildsen	Norway	79.34	–	–	79.34	q
10	A	Vítězslav Veselý	Czech Republic	x	78.45	79.09	79.09	q
11	A	Paweł Rakoczy	Poland	79.02	x	x	79.02	q
12	A	Gabriel Wallin	Sweden	75.83	78.66	78.89	78.89	q
13	A	Thomas Röhler	Germany	x	77.95	78.89	78.89
14	A	Fatih Avan	Turkey	78.27	x	78.31	78.31
15	A	Ainārs Kovals	Latvia	x	76.32	71.33	76.32
16	B	Mark Frank	Germany	x	72.61	75.55	75.55
17	B	Bartosz Osewski	Poland	74.82	75.26	x	75.26
18	A	Oleksandr Nychyporchuk	Ukraine	70.54	74.91	74.35	74.91
19	A	Marko Jänes	Estonia	70.99	74.74	71.71	74.74	SB
20	B	Dejan Mileusnic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	72.95	69.16	73.84	73.84
21	A	Melik Janoyan	Armenia	69.40	66.20	72.59	72.59
22	A	Matija Kranjc	Slovenia	72.49	70.67	70.18	72.49
23	A	Zigismunds Sirmais	Latvia	x	71.02	72.42	72.42
DQ	A	Yervásios Filippídis	Greece	69.34	72.39	70.98	72.39	Doping
24	B	Tanel Laanmäe	Estonia	71.87	x	68.94	71.87
25	B	Martin Benák	Slovakia	69.23	70.60	69.97	70.60
26	B	Petr Frydrych	Czech Republic	68.31	x	68.88	68.88
	B	Vadims Vasiļevskis	Latvia	x	x	x	NM
	B	Teemu Wirkkala	Finland	x	–	–	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Vítězslav Veselý	Czech Republic	74.04	83.72	74.63	78.61	83.51	77.64	83.72
	Valeriy Iordan	Russia	83.23	x	79.92	–	–	74.63	83.23	PB
	Ari Mannio	Finland	75.93	82.17	x	82.63	x	79.04	82.63
4	Andreas Thorkildsen	Norway	81.55	78.12	77.07	–	–	–	81.55
5	Oleksandr Pyatnytsya	Ukraine	81.41	x	78.81	80.73	80.10	77.25	81.41
6	Igor Janik	Poland	79.58	81.21	x	x	79.04	x	81.21
7	Kim Amb	Sweden	77.30	79.03	73.39	67.35	–	–	79.03
8	Gabriel Wallin	Sweden	71.76	77.18	74.61	73.26	74.43	76.42	77.18
9	Tino Häber	Germany	71.87	76.11	74.25				76.11
10	Risto Mätas	Estonia	75.85	72.92	74.48				75.85
11	Tero Pitkämäki	Finland	74.89	x	74.10				74.89
12	Paweł Rakoczy	Poland	x	70.93	x				70.93

References

• Qualification Results Archived 2014-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Final Results Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
• Full results

• Events at the 2012 European Athletics Championships
• Javelin throw at the European Athletics Championships