| Men's javelin throw at the Games of the IV Olympiad |
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The winner Eric Lemming |
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| Venue | White City Stadium | |||||||||
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| Date | July 17 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 42 from 11 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics |
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | |
| 200 m | men | |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5 miles | men | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3200 m steeplechase | men | |
| Medley relay | men | |
| 3 mile team race | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 3500 m walk | men | |
| 10 mile walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Standing long jump | men | |
| Standing high jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | |
| Discus throw | men | |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | |
| Greek discus | men | |
| Freestyle javelin | men | |
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. The competition was held on July 17, 1908.
42 throwers from eleven nations competed.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to this competition. Two days earlier in the freestyle javelin throw event Eric Lemming improved his own world and Olympic record set at the 1906 Summer Olympics with 53.90 m (he threw the javelin in a conventional manner).
| World Record | 54.44(*) | Eric Lemming | London (GBR) | July 15, 1908 |
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| Olympic Record | 54.44 | Eric Lemming | London (GBR) | July 15, 1908 |
(*) unofficial
Eric Lemming set a new world and Olympic record with 54.83 m.
| Place | Name | Nation | Distance |
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| 1 | Eric Lemming | Sweden | 54.83 metres WR |
| 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 | |
| Charalambos Zouras | Greece | Unknown |
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