The men's javelin throw event at the 2001 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at Olympisch Stadion on 13 and 14 July.
| Gold | Björn Lange | |
| Silver | Aleksandr Baranovskiy | |
| Bronze | Jānis Liepa |
14 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Result | Notes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||
| align=left | align=left | 73.81 | 73.31 | 75.06 | 74.55 | 80.85 | 77.90 | 80.85 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | | 76.42 | x | 74.21 | 73.51 | 76.74 | 75.92 | 76.74 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 70.72 | 68.89 | 71.54 | 73.36 | 72.31 | 74.26 | 74.26 | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 73.22 | 68.32 | 70.32 | 68.78 | 71.36 | 69.23 | 73.22 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 71.71 | 70.06 | 69.42 | 72.14 | 69.38 | 73.11 | 73.11 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 72.19 | 69.92 | 67.47 | 66.26 | x | 67.43 | 72.19 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 71.91 | 68.46 | x | 69.59 | 68.93 | x | 71.91 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | x | 71.29 | x | x | x | 68.93 | 71.29 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | 69.78 | x | x | 69.78 | |||||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left |  | 67.07 | 67.27 | 69.12 | 69.12 | ||||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | 68.95 | x | 64.52 | 68.95 | |||||||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | 68.92 | 68.42 | x | 68.92 | |||||||
13 July
Qualifying 76.00 or 12 best to the Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 77.37 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 74.90 | q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 73.45 | q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 72.95 | q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 71.85 | q | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 70.93 | q | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 69.34 | q | ||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 66.11 | ||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | 65.47 | ||||
| align=left | align=left |  | NM |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 75.61 | q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 75.16 | q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 74.55 | q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 73.77 | q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 71.18 | q | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 68.44 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 68.38 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 68.25 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 67.53 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left |  | 64.46 |
According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
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