Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's javelin throw

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The men's javelin throw was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The javelin was required to be held in the middle.

[edit] Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Eric Lemming Sweden	Arne Halse Norway	Otto Nilsson Sweden

[edit] Results

Place	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Eric Lemming	Sweden	51.92 metres
2	Arne Halse	Norway	50.57 metres
3	Otto Nilsson	Sweden	47.11 metres
4	Aarne Salovaara	Finland	45.89 metres
5	Armas Pesonen	Finland	45.18 metres
6	Juho Halme	Finland	44.96 metres
7	Jalmari Sauli	Finland	Unknown
8-16	Carl Bechler	Germany	Unknown
	Evert Jakobsson	Finland	Unknown
	Jarl Jakobsson	Finland	Unknown
	John Johansen	Norway	Unknown
	Henry Leeke	Great Britain	Unknown
	Ernest May	Great Britain	Unknown
	Jimmy Tremeer	Great Britain	Unknown
	Hugo Wieslander	Sweden	Unknown
	Kharalambos Zouras	Greece	Unknown

[edit] Sources

• Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1908". Accessed 7 April 2006. Available electronically at [1].

The 1908 Summer Olympics in London

Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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