Egil Danielsen

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Olympic medal record
Men’s Athletics
Gold	1956 Melbourne	Javelin throw

Egil Danielsen (born November 9, 1933 in Hamar) is a former Norwegian athlete.

Danielsen grew up under poor circumstances in an orphanage. Nonetheless, he won a gold medal in the javelin throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics with 85.71, a new world record at that time. Also, he finished second in the 1958 European Championships. He won the national javelin throw championships for five years in a row (1953-57).

Danielsen is now a minor political candidate for the Norwegian Pensioner Party.

Olympic champions in men's javelin throw

1908: Eric Lemming | 1912: Eric Lemming | 1920: Jonni Myyrä | 1924: Jonni Myyrä | 1928: Erik Lundqvist | 1932: Matti Järvinen | 1936: Gerhard Stöck | 1948: Tapio Rautavaara | 1952: Cyrus Young | 1956: Egil Danielsen | 1960: Viktor Tsybulenko | 1964: Pauli Nevala | 1968: Jānis Lūsis | 1972: Klaus Wolfermann | 1976: Miklós Németh | 1980: Dainis Kūla | 1984: Arto Härkönen | 1988: Tapio Korjus | 1992: Jan Železný | 1996: Jan Železný | 2000: Jan Železný | 2004: Andreas Thorkildsen