Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

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Men's javelin throw
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
DateAugust 2, 1928
Competitors28 from 18 nations
Winning distance66.60 m
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Erik Lundqvist Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg Béla Szepes Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary
Bronze medal icon.svg Olav Sunde Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
  1924
1932  

The men's javelin throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Thursday, August 2, 1928. Twenty-eight javelin throwers from 18 nations competed. [1]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record69.88 Flag of Finland.svg Eino Penttilä Viipuri (FIN)October 1, 1927
Olympic Record65.78 Flag of Finland.svg Jonni Myyrä Antwerp (BEL)August 15, 1920

Erik Lundqvist set a new Olympic record in the qualification with 66.60 metres.

Results

The qualification started at 2 p.m. The best six throwers qualified for the final. The final was held on the same day and started at about 4.30 p.m.

RankAthleteNationQualificationFinal
#1#2#3Result#4#5#6Result
Gold medal icon.svg Erik Lundqvist Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 66.60 OR 58 (~)60.5 (~)66.6061 (~)61.5854 (~)66.60
Silver medal icon.svg Béla Szepes Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 62.5 (~)65.2656 (~)65.26X62.5054 (~)65.26
Bronze medal icon.svg Olav Sunde Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 62.5 (~)63.9763.8 (~)63.97X59.5055 (~)63.97
4 Paavo Liettu Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 62 (~)63.8663.7 (~)63.8655 (~)61 (~)63.7663.86
5 Bruno Schlokat Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany 58 (~)62 (~)63.4063.4060 (~)57.5 (~)63.2663.40
6 Eino Penttilä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 56 (~)63.2062 (~)63.2058.3556 (~)X63.20
7 Stan Lay Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 60.5 (~)62.8956 (~)62.89did not advance
8 Johan Meimer Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 58 (~)61.46X61.46did not advance
9 Albert Lamppu Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 58.5 (~)56 (~)61.4561.45did not advance
10 Arthur Sager US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 60.5058 (~)58 (~)60.50did not advance
11 Erich Stoschek Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany 59.86??59.86did not advance
12 Doral Pilling Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada 59.1659.16did not advance
13 Kosaku Sumiyoshi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 58 (~)59.05?59.05did not advance
14 Gunnar Lindström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden X58 (~)58.6958.69did not advance
15 Vilho Rinne Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 55 (~)58.0457 (~)58.04did not advance
16 Lee Bartlett US flag 48 stars.svg  United States X56 (~)57.5757.57did not advance
17 Creth Hines US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 56 (~)X57.1757.17did not advance
18 Jules Herremans Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 56.3356.33did not advance
19 Charles Harlow US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 55.8555.85did not advance
20 Georgios Zakharopoulos Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 55.5055.50did not advance
21 George Weightman-Smith Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa 54.3754.37did not advance
22 Gaston Étienne Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 54.3454.34did not advance
23 Vilim Messner Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 53.7053.70did not advance
24 Emmanuel Degland Flag of France.svg  France 52.8252.82did not advance
25 Jaap Knol Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 52.6852.68did not advance
26 Viktoras Ražaitis Flag of Lithuania (1918-1940).svg  Lithuania 51.1651.16did not advance
27Otto RottmanFlag of Romania.svg  Romania 50.9350.93did not advance
28 Joop van der Leij Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 46 (~)47.73?47.73did not advance

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Javelin Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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