The men's javelin throw at the 2026 European Athletics Championships took place in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 13 and 15 August 2026."European Athletics Championships Birmingham 2026", European Athletics, 21 April 2026. Retrieved 10 August 2026.

Background

+ Records before the 2026 European Athletics Championships Record Athlete (nation) Location Date World record"All time Top lists – Senior Javelin Throw men – World", World Athletics. Retrieved 10 August 2026. 98.48 m Jena, Germany 25 May 1996World leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2026 Javelin Throw men – World", World Athletics. Retrieved 10 August 2026. 92.62 m Rome, Italy 4 June 2026 Championship record"European Athletics Championships Best Performances", European Athletics. Retrieved 10 August 2026. 89.72 m Budapest, Hungary 23 August 1998 European record"All time Top lists – Senior Javelin Throw men – Europe", World Athletics. Retrieved 10 August 2026. 98.48 m Jena, Germany 25 May 1996European leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2026 Javelin Throw men – Europe", World Athletics. Retrieved 10 August 2026. 87.04 m Lucerne, Switzerland 16 July 2026

Qualification The qualification period was from 27 July 2025 to 26 July 2026. Athletes qualified by running the entry standard of 83.00 m or longer, or by their position on the World Athletics Rankings for the event. The target number was 30 athletes."Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics, 14 November 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2026.

+ Qualification standings per 31 July 2026 QP CP Country Athlete Status Details 1 1 Julian Weber Qualified by Entry Standard 91.51 - Letzigrund, Zürich (SUI) - 28 AUG 2025 2 1 Dawid Wegner Qualified by Entry Standard 85.67 - National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) - 17 SEP 2025 3 1 Jakub Vadlejch Qualified by Entry Standard 85.24 - National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) - 17 MAY 2026 4 1 Oliver Helander Qualified by Entry Standard 83.97 - Boudewijnstadion, Bruxelles (BEL) - 22 AUG 2025 5 2 Marcin Krukowski Qualified by Entry Standard 83.73 - Stadion Zygmunta Szelesta, Warszawa (POL) - 23 MAY 2026 6 1 Edis Matusevičius Qualified by Entry Standard 83.65 - Palangos Stadionas, Palanga (LTU) - 17 JUN 2026 7 1 Artur Felfner Qualified by Entry Standard 83.62 - Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (QAT) - 19 JUN 2026 8 1 Jakub Kubínec Qualified by Entry Standard 83.49 - Atletický štadión, Martin (SVK) - 23 MAY 2026 9 2 Thomas Röhler Qualified by Entry Standard 83.33 - Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi (KEN) - 24 APR 2026 10 1 Patriks Gailums Qualified by Entry Standard 83.09 - Palangos Stadionas, Palanga (LTU) - 17 JUN 2026 11 1 Andrian Mardare Qualified by World Rankings 7th - 1194 points 12 1 Simon Wieland Qualified by World Rankings 10th - 1160 points 13 1 Sindri Hrafn Guðmundsson Qualified by World Rankings 14th - 1154 points 14 1 Dimitrios Tsitsos Qualified by World Rankings 16th - 1143 points 15 1 Ben East Qualified by World Rankings 18th - 1140 points 16 1 Felise Vahai Sosaia Qualified by World Rankings 19th - 1138 points 17 3 Nick Thumm Qualified by World Rankings 21st - 1136 points 18 2 Eemil Porvari Qualified by World Rankings 22nd - 1129 points 19 2 Martin Konečný Qualified by World Rankings 23rd - 1128 points 20 1 Manu Quijera Qualified by World Rankings 25th - 1125 points 21 3 Topi Parviainen Qualified by World Rankings 26th - 1120 points 22 3 Jan Výška Qualified by World Rankings 27th - 1118 points reserve 4 Topias Laine Qualified by World Rankings 29th - 1112 points 23 1 Giovanni Frattini Qualified by World Rankings 31st - 1110 points 24 1 Ryan Jansen Qualified by World Rankings 33rd - 1106 points 25 2 Franck Di Sanza Qualified by World Rankings 35th - 1103 points 26 1 Timothy Herman Qualified by World Rankings 36th - 1101 points 27 1 Arthur W. Petersen Qualified by World Rankings 37th - 1094 points 28 2 Krišjānis Suntažs Qualified by World Rankings 38th - 1092 points 29 2 Patrik Michalec Qualified by World Rankings 42nd - 1087 points 30 2 Michele Fina Qualified by World Rankings 43rd - 1083 points reserve 1 Kim Amb Next best by World Rankings 44th - 1083 points reserve 1 Daniel Thrana Next best by World Rankings 45th - 1082 points reserve 5 Taneli Juutinen Next best by World Rankings 47th - 1075 points reserve 6 Teemu Narvi Next best by World Rankings 48th - 1073 points reserve 1 György Herczeg Next best by World Rankings 51st - 1065 points reserve 1 Filip Dominković Next best by World Rankings 52nd - 1062 points reserve 3 Gatis Čakšs Next best by World Rankings 55th - 1058 points reserve 3 Roberto Orlando Next best by World Rankings 59th - 1047 points reserve 7 Aku Parviainen Next best by World Rankings 66th - 1035 points reserve 4 Simone Comini Next best by World Rankings 71st - 1027 points

Schedule DateTimeRound13 August 202613:48Qualification15 August 202620:01Final

Results

Qualification The qualification round was held on 13 August 2026, at 13:47 in the afternoon. All athletes meeting the Qualification Standard (Q) of 82.00 m or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.

Group A Place Athlete Nation Round Result Notes #1 #2 #3 1 Julian Weber 84.02 84.02 m 2 Nick Thumm 81.84 81.52 83.49 83.49 m , 3 Dawid Wegner 79.03 79.34 82.40 82.40 m , 4 Dimitrios Tsitsos 75.59 71.02 80.95 80.95 m , 5 Edis Matusevičius 77.26 75.46 80.89 80.89 m 6 Patriks Gailums 74.12 x 79.61 79.61 m 7 79.30 x 70.05 79.30 m , 8 Sindri Hrafn Guðmundsson 77.49 x 79.21 79.21 m 9 Oliver Helander x 78.43 x 78.43 m 10 Michele Fina 72.84 77.56 x 77.56 m 11 Manu Quijera 77.40 76.49 76.76 77.40 m 12 76.83 73.14 72.01 76.83 m 13 Artur Felfner x 75.91 76.37 76.37 m 14 Simon Wieland 68.70 65.25 76.05 76.05 m 15 72.06 72.82 72.38 72.82 m

Group B Place Athlete Nation Round Result Notes #1 #2 #3 1 Jakub Vadlejch 80.92 - - 80.92 m 2 Giovanni Frattini 77.11 78.43 80.54 80.54 m , 3 Marcin Krukowski 76.51 79.71 - 79.71 m 4 Topi Parviainen 74.57 78.88 x 78.88 m 5 Ben East 75.52 75.01 78.77 78.77 m 6 Thomas Röhler 78.67 x x 78.67 m 7 77.63 x 74.24 77.63 m 8 76.84 70.77 x 76.84 m 9 Ryan Jansen 76.81 x 74.57 76.81 m 10 Timothy Herman 75.65 71.64 x 75.65 m 11 Eemil Porvari 75.09 74.15 75.15 75.15 m 12 Andrian Mardare 74.41 x x 74.41 m 13 x 72.61 71.74 72.61 m 14 Felise Vaha'i Sosaia x 64.94 66.11 70.95 m

Final The final was held on 15 August 2026, at 20:01 in the evening.

PlaceAthleteNationRoundResultNotes #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Julian Weber 83.71 80.24 79.43 77.61 79.62 90.40 90.40 m , Nick Thumm 81.10 78.20 80.80 82.59 83.76 x 83.76 m Patriks Gailums 70.93 78.59 82.97 78.30 77.73 80.33 82.97 m 4 Dawid Wegner 78.62 82.96 x 82.44 78.80 81.19 82.96 m 5 Jakub Vadlejch 79.12 82.58 79.38 79.19 x 82.88 82.88 m 6 Edis Matusevičius 78.87 80.60 78.60 81.07 79.53 80.02 81.07 m 7 Marcin Krukowski 79.69 x x x x x 79.69 m 8 Topi Parviainen 71.93 77.82 x x x 76.86 77.82 m 9 Giovanni Frattini x 71.25 76.56 - - - 76.56 m 10 Sindri Hrafn Guðmundsson 71.94 72.79 75.36 - - - 75.36 m 11 67.44 68.21 71.63 - - - 71.63 m 12 Dimitrios Tsitsos 71.45 x x - - - 71.45 m

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