1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw explained

Event:	Men's javelin throw
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The men's javelin throw at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 29 and 30 August 1978.

Medalists

30 August

^†: Vasiliy Yershov ranked initially 5th (85.06m), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.

29 August

Rank	Name	Result
1	align=left	align=left	86.04	Q
2	align=left	align=left	85.18	Q
3	align=left	align=left	85.16	Q
4	align=left	align=left	84.50	Q
5	align=left	align=left	84.42	Q
6	align=left	align=left	83.48	Q
7	align=left	align=left	83.22	Q
8	align=left	align=left	82.46	Q
9	align=left	align=left	81.84	Q
10	align=left	align=left	80.94	Q
11	align=left	align=left	80.48	Q
12	align=left	align=left	80.22	Q
13	align=left	align=left	80.06	Q
14	align=left	align=left	78.60
15	align=left	align=left	78.58
16	align=left	align=left	78.56
17	align=left	align=left	78.42
18	align=left	align=left	76.36
19	align=left	align=left	75.82
20	align=left	align=left	75.20
21	align=left	align=left	75.14
22	align=left	align=left	71.80
	align=left	align=left	DQ	Q^†

^†: Vasiliy Yershov initially reached the final, but was disqualified later for infringement of IAAF doping rules.

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.