2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's Javelin Throw
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2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's Javelin Throw
These are the official results of the Men's javelin throw event at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany. There were a total number of 21 participating athletes. The final was held on Friday August 9, 2002, and the qualifying round on Wednesday August 7, 2002 with the mark set at 82.00 metres. Medalists Schedule *''All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)'' Abbreviations *''All results shown are in metres'' Records Qualification Group A Group B Final See also * 1999 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Seville) * 2000 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Sydney) * 2001 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Edmonton) * 2003 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Paris) * 2004 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Athens) * 2005 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Helsinki) References Results {{DEFAULTSORT:2002 European Athletics Championships - Men's javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the jav ...
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Javelin Throw
The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon. History The javelin throw was added to the Ancient Olympic Games as part of the pentathlon in 708 BC. It included two events, one for distance and the other for accuracy in hitting a target. The javelin was thrown with the aid of a thong ('' ankyle'' in Greek) that was wound around the middle of the shaft. Athletes held the javelin by the ''ankyle'', and when they released the shaft, the unwinding of the thong gave the javelin a spiral trajectory. Throwing javelin-like poles into targets was revived in Germany and Sweden in the early 1870s. In Sweden, these poles developed into the modern javelin, and throwing them for distance became a common event there and in Finland in the 1880s. The rules continued to ...
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Harri Haatainen
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Andreas Thorkildsen
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Achievements


Seasonal bests by year

*2000 - 77.11 *2001 - 83.55 *2002 - 87.62 *2003 - 88.90 *2004 - 87.73 *2005 - 84.24 *2006 - 84.22 *2007 - 86.71 *2008 - 83.21 *2009 - 82.40 *2010 - 77.11 ...
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Vadim Bavikin ( rus, Вадим Бавыкин; born 4 October 1970) is a USSR-born Israeli javelin thrower. He was originally a Soviet citizen, and went to a boarding school for talented athletes there. He emigrated to Israel in 1990. He finished tenth for Israel at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. He later competed at the World Championships in 1993, 2001, 2003 and 2005. He competed as well for Israel at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona without reaching the final round. In 1994, Bavikin tested positive for steroids in a blood test. He was banned for almost four years. His personal best throw is 81.94 metres, achieved in June 2004 in Zaragoza, Spain. This is the Israeli record. Achievements Seasonal bests by year *1988 - 63.80 *1989 - 69.70 *1990 - 70.80 *1991 - 81.56 *1992 - 77.30 *1993 - 78.48 *1994 - 67.16 *1998 - 76.45 *1999 - 76.80 *2000 - 80.48 *2001 - 80.54 *2002 - 81.68 *2003 - 80.95 *2004 - 81.94 *2005 - 77.57 *2006 - 77.13 *2007 - 73.51 IAAF controversy ...
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