1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 19 September 1969.[1]

Medalists edit

Gold Jānis Lūsis
  Soviet Union
Silver Pauli Nevala
  Finland
Bronze Janusz Sidło
  Poland

Results edit

Final edit

19 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Jānis Lūsis   Soviet Union 91.52 CR
  Pauli Nevala   Finland 89.58
  Janusz Sidło   Poland 82.90
4 Gergely Kulcsár   Hungary 81.14
5 Wiesław Sierański   Poland 79.74
6 Jānis Doniņš   Soviet Union 79.10
7 Esko Kuutti   Finland 78.84
8 Władysław Nikiciuk   Poland 77.48
9 Dave Travis   Great Britain 76.32
10 Jorma Kinnunen   Finland 74.82
11 Andreas Kaponis   Greece 73.24
12 Carlo Lievore   Italy 72.06
13 Milcho Milevski   Bulgaria 71.66

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014