2005 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw event at the 2005 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Erfurt, Germany, at Steigerwaldstadion on 15 and 17 July.^[1][2][3]

Medalists

Gold	Igor Janik  Poland
Silver	Antti Ruuskanen  Finland
Bronze	Magnus Arvidsson  Sweden

Results

Final

17 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Igor Janik	Poland	72.71	77.25	77.03	x	x	75.50	77.25
	Antti Ruuskanen	Finland	73.76	75.04	74.81	75.31	76.82	72.88	76.82
	Magnus Arvidsson	Sweden	74.83	76.15	71.94	74.06	68.10	70.41	76.15
4	Vladislav Shkurlatov	Russia	73.58	x	74.81	76.12	x	72.04	76.12
5	Tero Järvenpää	Finland	69.53	70.90	75.25	x	x	75.25	75.25
6	Teemu Wirkkala	Finland	69.61	74.97	74.30	70.97	72.28	x	74.97
7	Uladzimir Kazlou	Belarus	62.56	67.09	72.81	70.42	70.39	64.28	72.81
8	Ciprian Moruţan	Romania	x	71.74	x	70.52	70.92	69.07	71.74
9	Ilya Korotkov	Russia	x	69.18	x				69.18
10	Kristo Galeta	Estonia	69.13	x	67.68				69.13
11	Kārlis Alainis	Latvia	x	65.12	60.81				65.12
12	Alex van der Merwe	United Kingdom	62.26	63.00	63.62				63.62

Qualifications

15 July
Qualifying 72.50 or 12 best to the Final

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Vladislav Shkurlatov	Russia	81.14	Q
2	Tero Järvenpää	Finland	78.88	Q
3	Teemu Wirkkala	Finland	74.85	Q
4	Ciprian Moruţan	Romania	73.13	Q
5	Kristo Galeta	Estonia	72.52	Q
6	Uladzimir Kazlou	Belarus	68.64	q
7	Matija Kranjc	Slovenia	67.58
8	Edijs Kravalis	Latvia	63.39

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Igor Janik	Poland	75.98	Q
2	Magnus Arvidsson	Sweden	72.86	Q
3	Antti Ruuskanen	Finland	72.76	Q
4	Ilya Korotkov	Russia	71.62	q
5	Kārlis Alainis	Latvia	69.84	q
6	Alex van der Merwe	United Kingdom	68.58	q
7	Marko Jänes	Estonia	66.88

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

•  Belarus (1)
•  Estonia (2)
•  Finland (3)
•  Latvia (2)
•  Poland (1)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (2)
•  Slovenia (1)
•  Sweden (1)
•  United Kingdom (1)