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.

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)