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

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

[edit] Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Eric Lemming Sweden	Mikhel Dorizas Greece	Arne Halse Norway

[edit] Results

Place	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Eric Lemming	Sweden	54.44 metres
2	Mikhel Dorizas	Greece	51.36 metres
3	Arne Halse	Norway	49.73 metres
4	Kharalambos Zouras	Greece	48.61 metres
5	Hugo Wieslander	Sweden	47.56 metres
6	Armas Pesonen	Finland	46.04 metres
7	Mudin Imre	Hungary	45.96 metres
8	Jalmari Sauli	Finland	43.30 metres
9	Juho Halme	Finland	39.88 metres
10-33	Edward Barrett	Great Britain	Unknown
	Emilio Brambilla	Italy	Unknown
	Conrad Carlsrud	Norway	Unknown
	Jesina Ferenc	Hungary	Unknown
	Alfred Flaxman	Great Britain	Unknown
	Nikolaos Georgantas	Greece	Unknown
	Luntzer György	Hungary	Unknown
	Walter Henderson	Great Britain	Unknown
	Mudin István	Hungary	Unknown
	Evert Jakobsson	Finland	Unknown
	Jarl Jakobsson	Finland	Unknown
	Verner Järvinen	Finland	Unknown
	John Johansen	Norway	Unknown
	Johan Kemp	Finland	Unknown
	Henry Leeke	Great Britain	Unknown
	Knut Lindberg	Sweden	Unknown
	Ernest May	Great Britain	Unknown
	Kóczán Mór	Hungary	Unknown
	Otto Nilsson	Sweden	Unknown
	Aarne Salovaara	Finland	Unknown
	Bruno Söderström	Sweden	Unknown
	Frantisek Soucek	Bohemia	Unknown
	Ludwig Uettwiller	Germany	Unknown
	Emil Welz	Germany	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

100 m | 200 m | 400 m | 800 m | 1500 m | 110 m hurdles | 400 m hurdles | 3200 m steeplechase | medley relay | 3 mile team race | 5 miles | marathon | 3500 m walk | 10 mile walk high jump | long jump | triple jump | pole vault | standing high jump | standing long jump shot put | discus | hammer | javelin | Greek discus | freestyle javelin