Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's javelin throw

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The men's javelin throw was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event.

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[edit] Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's javelin throw Sweden Eric Lemming
Sweden (SWE)		 Finland Juho Saaristo
Finland (FIN)		 Hungary Mór Kóczán
Hungary (HUN)

[edit] Results

Lemming, the defending Olympic champion, won the event again. His record of 51.92 metres from four years earlier did not last long, as six throwers bested it on their first throws. A seventh was also able to better it before the end of the preliminaries.

Saaristo took the lead after the first throw, and made an even better second throw to stay ahead of Lemming. On the third throw, however, Saaristo scratched and Lemming threw his javelin well over 57 metres to take the lead going into the finals, with Kóczán wresting third place from Halme on the final throw to advance as well. While each of the three finalists made improvements in their marks in the final round, no changes in order were made and Lemming's 60.64 metres stood as the new record.

Place Athlete Preliminary Final Best mark
1 2 3 Rank 4 5 6
Image:Med 1.png Sweden Eric Lemming (SWE) 53.02 54.78 57.42
OR		 1st 60.64
OR		 — 59.00[1] 60.64
Image:Med 2.png Finland Juho Saaristo (FIN) 54.75
OR		 55.37
OR		 — 2nd 56.21 — 58.66 58.66
Image:Med 3.png Hungary Mór Kóczán (HUN) 54.06 — 54.99 3rd — — 55.50 55.50
4 Finland Johan Halme (FIN) 53.81 54.65 — 4th 54.65
5 Finland Väinö Siikaniemi (FIN) 52.19 — 52.43 5th 52.43
6 Sweden Richard Åbrink (SWE) 46.56 48.25 52.20 6th 52.20
7 Norway Arne Halse (NOR) 51.98 — — 7th 51.98
8 Finland Jonni Myyrä (FIN) 48.77 51.33 — 8th 51.33
9 Finland Urho Peltonen (FIN) 49.20 — — 9th 49.20
10 Sweden Sven Nilsson (SWE) 47.59 48.01 49.18 10th 49.18
11 Sweden Karl Sonne (SWE) — 47.85 — 11th 47.85
12 Norway Daniel Johansen (NOR) 46.18 46.87 47.61 12th 47.61
13 Sweden Bror Ohlsson (SWE) 46.94 — — 13th 46.94
14 Sweden Anders Krigsman (SWE) 45.14 45.48 46.71 14th 46.71
15 Sweden Janne Dahl (SWE) — 44.09 45.67 15th 45.67
16 Sweden Arvid Ohrling (SWE) 45.00 45.32 — 16th 45.32
17 Russia Nikołaj Nieklepajew (RUS) — 44.78 44.98 17th 44.98
18 Finland Emil Kukko (FIN) 44.50 — 44.66 18th 44.66
19 Germany Josef Waitzer (GER) 41.99 43.20 43.71 19th 43.71
20 Russia Nikolajs Svedrevits (RUS) — 43.21 — 20th 43.21
21 Sweden Algot Larsson (SWE) 43.18 — — 21st 43.18
22 Germany Karl von Halt (GER) — 41.99 — 22nd 41.99
23 Germany Paul Willführ (GER) 41.05 — — 23rd 41.05
24 Sweden Eskil Falk (SWE) — — — 24th None
Austria Gustav Kröjer (AUT) — — — 24th None

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Bergvall, p. 403. The throw is described as "about 59 metres" in a departure from standard precision.

[edit] References

  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). in Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.).: The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. 
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich. Retrieved on January 6, 2007. (Polish)
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