Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

Men's javelin throw
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue Olympisch Stadion
Date August 15
Competitors 25 from 12 nations
Medalists
    Finland
    Finland
    Finland
«1912 1924»
Athletics at the
1920 Summer Olympics
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.

Records

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
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.

Results

The best ten javelin throwers qualified for the final.

Place Athlete Qual. Final
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

References