1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw
The men's javelin throw at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 10 and 11 August 1971.Medalists
Results
Final
11 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| Jānis Lūsis | | 90.68 | |
| Jānis Doniņš | | 85.30 | |
| Wolfgang Hanisch | GDR | 84.22 | |
| 4 | Hannu Siitonen | FIN | 83.84 | |
| 5 | Jorma Kinnunen | FIN | 80.96 | |
| 6 | Klaus Wolfermann | FRG | 80.82 | |
| 7 | Władysław Nikiciuk | POL | 80.56 | |
| 8 | Hermann Schlechter | FRG | 80.24 | |
| 9 | Miklós Németh | | 76.82 | |
| 10 | József Csík | | 76.24 | |
| 11 | Renzo Cramerotti | ITA | 72.92 | |
| 12 | Urs von Wartburg | SUI | 72.38 | |
Qualification
10 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Jānis Lūsis | | 84.44 | Q |
| 2 | Wolfgang Hanisch | GDR | 81.72 | Q |
| 3 | Hannu Siitonen | FIN | 80.78 | Q |
| 4 | Klaus Wolfermann | FRG | 80.14 | Q |
| 5 | Jānis Doniņš | | 79.12 | Q |
| 6 | József Csík | | 78.80 | Q |
| 7 | Władysław Nikiciuk | POL | 78.80 | Q |
| 8 | Hermann Schlechter | FRG | 78.68 | Q |
| 9 | Miklós Németh | | 78.28 | Q |
| 10 | Jorma Kinnunen | FIN | 78.12 | Q |
| 11 | Urs von Wartburg | SUI | 77.84 | q |
| 12 | Renzo Cramerotti | ITA | 77.52 | q |
| 13 | Lech Krupiński | POL | 76.60 | |
| 14 | Zygmunt Jałoszyński | POL | 76.54 | |
| 15 | Gergely Kulcsár | | 76.48 | |
| 16 | Manuel Ibanez | FRA | 76.44 | |
| 17 | Jan Pedersen | NOR | 75.62 | |
| 18 | Aleksandr Makarov | | 75.60 | |
| 19 | Jorma Jaakola | FIN | 74.64 | |
| 20 | Dave Travis | GBR | 73.32 | |
| 21 | Gerd Simonsen | FRG | 73.26 | |
| 22 | Jan Svensson | SWE | 73.14 | |
| 23 | Arve Olsson | NOR | 72.74 | |
| 24 | Jan Bohman | SWE | 72.44 | |
| 25 | Manfred Stolle | GDR | 68.16 | |
| 26 | Per-Eric Smiding | SWE | 62.34 | |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
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