1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

1974 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's javelin throw at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 7 and 8 September 1974.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Hannu Siitonen  Finland
Silver	Wolfgang Hanisch  East Germany
Bronze	Terje Thorslund  Norway

Results[]

Final[]

8 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Hannu Siitonen	Finland	89.58
	Wolfgang Hanisch	East Germany	85.46
	Terje Thorslund	Norway	83.68
4		Soviet Union	83.66
5	Klaus Wolfermann	West Germany	83.36
6	Jānis Lūsis	Soviet Union	83.06
7	Miklós Németh	Hungary	81.06
8		Sweden	79.92
9	Aimo Aho	Finland	79.38
10		Hungary	78.06
11	Dave Travis	Great Britain	75.42
12		France	74.62
13	Jorma Jaakola	Finland	73.32
14	Michael Wessing	West Germany	71.68

Qualification[]

7 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Klaus Wolfermann	West Germany	82.64	Q
2	Dave Travis	Great Britain	82.38	Q
3	Wolfgang Hanisch	East Germany	82.08	Q
4		Sweden	81.80	Q
5		France	80.90	Q
6	Miklós Németh	Hungary	80.86	Q
7	Michael Wessing	West Germany	80.56	Q
8	Terje Thorslund	Norway	80.10	Q
9	Hannu Siitonen	Finland	79.70	Q
10		Soviet Union	79.48	Q
11		Hungary	79.10	Q
12	Jānis Lūsis	Soviet Union	78.44	Q
13	Jorma Jaakola	Finland	78.40	Q
14	Aimo Aho	Finland	78.38	Q
15	Aleksandr Makarov	Soviet Union	77.92
16		Bulgaria	77.10
17		West Germany	75.08
18	Renzo Cramerotti	Italy	73.54
19	Lolésio Tuita	France	68.86
		Great Britain	NM

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References[]