1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's javelin throw

Events at the 1997 European Athletics U23 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
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
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

The men's javelin throw event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 13 July 1997.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Pietami Skyttä  Finland
Silver	Matti Närhi  Finland
Bronze	Christian Nicolay  Germany

Results

Final

13 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
01 !	Pietami Skyttä	Finland	78.72	78.00	x	81.58	x	x	81.58
02 !	Matti Närhi	Finland	79.64	x	x	80.72	x	79.46	80.72
03 !	Christian Nicolay	Germany	x	74.80	72.16	75.16	78.18	76.56	78.18
4	Ēriks Rags	Latvia	70.98	73.48	76.46	75.54	78.12	74.82	78.12
5	Igor Lisovskiy	Belarus	x	77.36	77.72	74.86	71.98	75.70	77.72
6	Laurent Dorique	France	74.84	74.14	70.18	74.56	x	72.32	74.84
7	Dominique Pausé	France	x	66.16	73.70	x	x	x	73.70
8	Stuart Faben	Great Britain	72.96	72.10	71.58	72.84	x	x	72.96
9	Vladimir Chizhov	Russia	69.36	72.60	71.72				72.60
10	Mats Nilsson	Sweden	71.76	x	69.36				71.76
11	Daniel Daub	Germany	70.72	70.68	68.72				70.72
12	Gergely Horváth	Hungary	66.84	70.02	69.36				70.02
13	Andrey Khodasevich	Belarus	x	x	67.86				67.86
14	Daniel Gustafsson	Sweden	65.68	66.48	66.54				66.54
15	Gürbüz Çam	Turkey	62.58	62.08	59.40				62.58

Participation

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

References