| Men's javelin throw at the Games of the VII Olympiad |
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| Venue | Olympisch Stadion | |||||||||
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| Date | August 15 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 12 nations | |||||||||
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| «1912 | 1924» | |||||||||
| Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics |
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | |
| 200 m | men | |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | |
| 4×400 m relay | men | |
| 3000 m team race | men | |
| 3 km walk | men | |
| 10 km walk | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | |
| Discus throw | men | |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | |
| 56 lb weight throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Pentathlon | men | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| Cross-country events | ||
| Individual | men | |
| Team | men | |
The men's javelin throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Sunday, August 15, 1920.
Twenty-five javelin throwers from twelve nations competed.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 66.10 | Jonni Myyrä | Stockholm (SWE) | August 25, 1919 |
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| Olympic Record | 61.00 | Julius Saaristo | Stockholm (SWE) | July 9, 1912 |
At first Urho Peltonen set a new Olympic record in the qualification with 63.605 m. In the final Jonni Myyrä set the new Olympic record with 65.78 m.
The best ten javelin throwers qualified for the final.
| Place | Athlete | Qual. | Final | |
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| Distance | Rank | |||
| 1 | Jonni Myyrä (FIN) | 60.63 | 3 | 65.78 OR |
| 2 | Urho Peltonen (FIN) | 63.605 OR | 1 | 63.605 |
| 3 | Paavo Johansson (FIN) | 63.095 | 2 | 63.095 |
| 4 | Julius Saaristo (FIN) | 60.045 | 5 | 62.395 |
| 5 | Aleksander Klumberg (EST) | 59.03 | 6 | 62.39 |
| 6 | Gunnar Lindström (SWE) | 60.52 | 4 | 60.52 |
| 7 | Milton Angier (USA) | 57.58 | 9 | 59.275 |
| 8 | Erik Blomqvist (SWE) | 58.18 | 7 | 58.18 |
| 9 | James Lincoln (USA) | 57.86 | 8 | 57.86 |
| 10 | Hugo Lilliér (SWE) | 56.77 | 10 | 56.77 |
| 11 | Arthur Tuck (USA) | 53.78 | ||
| 12 | Jack Mahan (USA) | 53.52 | ||
| 13 | Elof Lindström (SWE) | 51.53 | ||
| 14 | Pierre Grany (FRA) | 47.90 | ||
| 15 | Arthur Picard (FRA) | 47.09 | ||
| 16 | Arthur MacKey (CHI) | 43.90 | ||
| 17 | Oprando Bottura (ITA) | 42.70 | ||
| 18 | Adolphe Hauman (BEL) | 42.58 | ||
| 19 | Frederik Petersen (DEN) | 42.13 | ||
| 20 | Émile Muller (BEL) | 40.24 | ||
| 21 | Alex Servais (LUX) | 40.08 | ||
| 22 | Jean Lefèvre (BEL) | 39.00 | ||
| 23 | Ignacio Izaguirre (ESP) | 38.92 | ||
| 24 | Ardy Vydra (TCH) | 37.75 | ||
| 25 | Arthur Delaender (BEL) | 36.25 | ||
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