1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

Events at the 1986 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	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

These are the official results of the Men's javelin throw event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany, held at Neckarstadion on 26 and 27 August 1986.^[1] There were a total number of 30 competitors. The qualification mark was set at 79.50 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Klaus Tafelmeier West Germany (FRG)
Silver	Detlef Michel East Germany (GDR)
Bronze	Viktor Yevsyukov Soviet Union (URS)

Standing records prior to the 1986 European Athletics Championships
World Record	Tom Petranoff (USA)	85.38 m	July 7, 1986	Helsinki, Finland
Event Record	Jānis Lūsis (URS)	91.52 m	September 19, 1969	Athens, Greece

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

Javelin throw at the European Athletics Championships

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Women	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014 2016

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