Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

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Men's javelin throw
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
DatesAugust 4 (qualifying and final)
Competitors23 from 14 nations
Winning distance69.77
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tapio Rautavaara
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Silver medal icon.svg Steve Seymour
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg József Várszegi
Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary
  1936
1952  

The men's javelin throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 4. The final was won by Tapio Rautavaara from Finland. [1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Flag of Finland.svg  Yrjö Nikkanen  (FIN)78.70 m Kotka, Finland 16 October 1938
Olympic recordFlag of Finland.svg  Matti Järvinen  (FIN)72.71 m Los Angeles, United States 4 August 1932

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Wednesday, 4 August 194811:00Qualifications
Wednesday, 4 August 194814:30Finals

Results

Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 64.00m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
1 Martin Biles US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 67.68 Q
2 Per-Arne Berglund Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 67.02 Q
3 Tapio Rautavaara Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 64.68 Q
4 Gunnar Petersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 64.04 Q
5 Steve Seymour US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 63.83 q
6 Lumír Kiesewetter Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 63.25 q
7 Odd Mæhlum Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 63.00 q
8 Mirko Vujačić Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 62.53 q
9 Pauli Vesterinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 61.67 q
10 József Várszegi Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 61.63 q
11 Soini Nikkinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 61.21 q
12 Bob Likins US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 61.00 q
13 Ricardo Héber Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 60.82
14 Raymond Tissot Flag of France.svg  France 58.19
15 Dušan Vujačić Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 57.62
16 Nico Lutkeveld Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 56.25
17 Jóel Sigurðsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 55.69
18 Pedro Apellániz Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 54.93
19 Morville Chote Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 54.84
20 Leo Roininen Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada 53.92
21 Malcolm Dalrymple Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 53.17
22 Halil Zıraman Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 53.30
23 Pierre Sprécher Flag of France.svg  France 52.30


Final

RankAthleteNationality123456ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Tapio Rautavaara Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 69.77x57.5959.4361.8658.9569.77
Silver medal icon.svg Steve Seymour US flag 48 stars.svg  United States x62.3767.5661.7263.5861.0067.56
Bronze medal icon.svg József Várszegi Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 67.0358.1460.2957.5359.7158.3567.03
4 Pauli Vesterinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 65.4460.9663.0161.7665.8965.7965.89
5 Odd Mæhlum Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 65.3262.0061.6759.2360.5959.3365.32
6 Martin Biles US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 58.7065.0965.1759.0964.1065.1765.17
7 Mirko Vujačić Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 64.89
8 Bob Likins US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 64.51
9 Gunnar Petersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 62.80
10 Per-Arne Berglund Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 62.62
11 Lumír Kiesewetter Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 60.25
12 Soini Nikkinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 58.05

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References

  1. "Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Javelin Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

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