The men's javelin throw event at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas (Darius and Girėnas Stadium) on 16 and 18 July.
Medalists Gold Ari Mannio Silver Petr Frydrych Bronze Spiridon Lebesis
Results Final 18 July Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123456 Ari Mannio 80.47 79.52 77.78 x 80.33 84.57 84.57 CR Petr Frydrych 75.33 80.10 73.78 77.05 x 80.53 80.53 Spiridon Lebesis 75.74 x 79.03 79.37 79.36 78.69 79.37 4 Roman Avramenko 76.57 78.46 75.33 75.32 75.40 x 78.46 5 Thomas Smet 74.32 74.98 77.84 75.85 x 70.95 77.84 6 Maximilian Buchholz 76.11 x x 71.77 72.01 72.89 76.11 7 Fatih Avan x 75.50 x 75.12 75.27 x 75.50 8 Matthias de Zordo 75.40 x 74.96 x x x 75.40 9 Lassi Etelätalo 71.56 75.02 75.21 75.21 10 Paweł Rakoczy x 73.71 70.30 73.71 11 Ioannis Smalios 73.30 x 71.75 73.30 12 Mikko Kankaanpää 72.05 73.16 73.08 73.16
Qualifications 16 July Qualifying 76.00 or 12 best to the Final
Group A Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Ari Mannio 76.80 Q 2 Spiridon Lebesis 75.93 q 3 Fatih Avan 74.76 q 4 Matthias de Zordo 73.34 q 5 Maximilian Buchholz 72.77 q 6 Roman Avramenko 72.59 q 7 James Campbell 72.57 8 Erki Leppik 72.00 9 Vyacheslav Yankov 71.07 10 Alexandru Crăescu 70.56 11 Piotr Frąckiewicz 70.38 12 Jonas Lohse 67.80 13 Ramūnas Butkus 67.08 14 Ansis Brūns 65.98 15 Martins Pildavs 63.55
Group B Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Petr Frydrych 77.56 Q 2 Thomas Smet 77.03 Q 3 Mikko Kankaanpää 75.80 q 4 Paweł Rakoczy 75.40 q 5 Lassi Etelätalo 74.67 q 6 Ioannis Smalios 73.66 q 7 Anatoli Adakhouski 72.11 8 Robert Szpak 71.38 9 Krisztián Török 70.84 10 Tanel Laanmäe 68.35 11 Bjorn Blommerde 64.75 12 Emanuele Sabbio 64.35 13 Lauris Jelsmanis 63.11 14 Pontus Thomée 62.45 15 Priit Dolenko 61.71
Participation According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
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