2003 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	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
20 km walk	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

The men's javelin throw event at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadion on 18 and 20 July.^[1][2][3][4]

Medalists[edit]

Gold	Aleksandr Ivanov  Russia
Silver	Igor Janik  Poland
Bronze	Tero Pitkämäki  Finland

Results[edit]

Final[edit]

20 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Aleksandr Ivanov	Russia	80.66	79.91	82.59	x	x	x	82.59
	Igor Janik	Poland	82.54	79.18	–	–	78.22	x	82.54
	Tero Pitkämäki	Finland	78.21	77.81	74.85	75.60	78.84	77.81	78.84
4	Andreas Thorkildsen	Norway	76.95	76.38	72.33	75.52	x	74.33	76.95
5	Stephan Steding	Germany	69.76	70.61	76.72	73.75	74.89	x	76.72
6	Ainārs Kovals	Latvia	68.56	67.06	72.68	70.77	69.83	x	72.68
7	Vadims Vasiļevskis	Latvia	72.39	69.94	69.03	x	x	69.26	72.39
8	Peter Zupanc	Slovenia	65.01	x	68.21	65.49	68.43	67.59	68.43
9	Jānis Liepa	Latvia	x	67.41	63.42				67.41
10	Vadzim Yautukhovich	Belarus	x	64.15	67.08				67.08
11	Seppo Hirvonen	Finland	x	66.80	x				66.80
12	Tomas Intas	Lithuania	x	x	63.94				63.94

Qualifications[edit]

18 July
Qualifying 77.50 or 12 best to the Final

Group A[edit]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Andreas Thorkildsen	Norway	76.15	q
2	Tero Pitkämäki	Finland	75.77	q
3	Stephan Steding	Germany	74.61	q
4	Vadims Vasiļevskis	Latvia	73.07	q
5	Vadzim Yautukhovich	Belarus	70.79	q
6	Tomas Intas	Lithuania	70.64	q
7	Saku Kuusisto	Finland	70.61
8	Gabriel Wallin	Sweden	68.30
9	Róbert Laduver	Hungary	66.71
10	Jérôme Haeffler	France	65.61

Group B[edit]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Aleksandr Ivanov	Russia	78.99	Q
2	Igor Janik	Poland	74.42	q
3	Ainārs Kovals	Latvia	71.74	q
4	Jānis Liepa	Latvia	71.50	q
5	Peter Zupanc	Slovenia	71.35	q
6	Seppo Hirvonen	Finland	71.17	q
7	Yeoryios Iltsios	Greece	70.44
8	Magnus Arvidsson	Sweden	69.19
9	Bérenger Demerval	France	66.81
10	Bart Debacker	Belgium	63.05

Participation[edit]

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References[edit]