1982 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
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
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

These are the official results of the Men's javelin throw event (old design) at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 21 competitors. The final was held on 7 September 1982.^[1] The qualification mark was set at 80.00 metres.

Gold	Uwe Hohn East Germany (GDR)
Silver	Heino Puuste Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze	Detlef Michel East Germany (GDR)

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

• European list as of September 5, 1982, just before the start of the competition

Rank	Athlete	Seasons Best	Personal Best
1	Detlef Michel (GDR)	94.52 m	92.48 m
2	Heino Puuste (URS)	90.72 m	89.32 m
4	Pentti Sinersaari (FIN)	89.84 m	93.84 m
5	Uwe Hohn (GDR)	89.86 m	86.56 m
6	Dainis Kūla (URS)	88.40 m	92.06 m
7	Arto Härkönen (FIN)	88.14 m	91.04 m
8	Kenth Eldebrink (SWE)	87.96 m	90.00 m
9	Antero Toivonen (FIN)	87.86 m	88.62 m
12	Klaus Tafelmeier (GER)	87.30 m	89.78 m
13	Dariusz Adamus (POL)	87.24 m	87.24 m
17	Jari Keihäs (SWE)	86.60 m	81.10 m
22	Stefan Stoykov (BUL)	85.72 m	86.24 m
27	David Ottley (GBR)	85.36 m	85.52 m

Standing records prior to the 1982 European Athletics Championships
World Record	Ferenc Paragi (HUN)	96.72 m	April 23, 1980	Tata, Hungary
Event Record	Jānis Lūsis (URS)	91.52 m	September 19, 1969	Athens, Greece

Q = automatic qualification; q = qualified by rank; DNS = did not start; NM = no mark; WR = world record; AR = area record; NR = national record; PB = personal best; SB = season best

Rank	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
		1	2	3
1	Arto Härkönen (FIN)	71.24	X	86.58	86.58 m
2	Heino Puuste (URS)	74.16	82.76	—	82.76 m
3	Per Erling Olsen (NOR)	X	79.80	82.30	82.30 m
4	Detlef Michel (GDR)	81.66	—	—	81.66 m
5	Agostino Ghesini (ITA)	78.38	80.62	—	80.62 m
6	Dariusz Adamus (POL)	76.08	X	X	76.08 m
7	Jan-Olof Damgren (SWE)	73.46	X	73.36	73.46 m
8	Pentti Sinersaari (FIN)	71.66	X	X	71.66 m
9	Jörgen Jelström (DEN)	70.84	X	69.30	70.84 m
10	Steve Pearson (GBR)	X	X	69.56	69.56 m
—	Jari Keihäs (SWE)	X	X	X	NM

Rank	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
		1	2	3
1	Dainis Kūla (URS)	84.18	—	—	84.18 m
2	Uwe Hohn (GDR)	84.14	—	—	84.14 m
3	Kenth Eldebrink (SWE)	X	83.76	—	83.76 m
4	Antero Toivonen (FIN)	82.30	—	—	82.30 m
5	David Ottley (GBR)	X	X	81.24	81.24 m
6	Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG)	77.56	X	81.14	81.14 m
7	Aleksandr Makarov (URS)	79.76	80.74	—	80.74 m
8	Reidar Lorentzen (NOR)	72.10	80.22	—	80.22 m
9	Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL)	68.56	72.26	67.40	72.26 m
—	Stefan Stoykov (BUL)	X	X	X	NM

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Uwe Hohn (GDR)	X	87.58	83.24	86.60	91.34	X	91.34 m
	Heino Puuste (URS)	89.56	X	X	78.20	84.56	X	89.56 m
	Detlef Michel (GDR)	X	72.72	84.36	81.36	86.46	89.32	89.32 m
4	Dainis Kūla (URS)	85.88	87.84	X	X	X	84.98	87.84 m
5	Arto Härkönen (FIN)	85.52	83.80	86.76	85.72	84.04	79.84	86.76 m
6	Aleksandr Makarov (URS)	86.08	X	X	84.14	X	78.96	86.08 m
7	Antero Toivonen (FIN)	84.34	81.32	X	81.38	X	X	84.34 m
8	Agostino Ghesini (ITA)	79.92	81.10	78.06	78.50	X	X	81.10 m
9	Reidar Lorentzen (NOR)	X	80.40	X				80.40 m
10	Per Erling Olsen (NOR)	76.80	76.50	79.18				79.18 m
11	Kenth Eldebrink (SWE)	74.90	76.76	X				76.76 m
12	David Ottley (GBR)	X	74.30	75.06				75.06 m
13	Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG)	X	X	70.40				70.40 m

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

• 1980 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Moscow)
• 1983 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Los Angeles)
• 1987 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Rome)
• 1988 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Seoul)

• Results