1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

Events at the
1962 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men
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The men's javelin throw at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Beograd, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 14 and 15 September 1962.[1]

Medalists

Gold Jānis Lūsis
 Soviet Union
Silver Viktor Tsybulenko
 Soviet Union
Bronze Władysław Nikiciuk
 Poland

Results

Final

15 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st Jānis Lūsis  Soviet Union 82.04 CR
2nd Viktor Tsybulenko  Soviet Union 77.92
3rd Władysław Nikiciuk  Poland 77.66
4 Marian Machowina  Poland 77.15
5 Gergely Kulcsár  Hungary 76.89
6 Carlo Lievore  Italy 76.25
7 Janusz Sidło  Poland 75.01
8 Rolf Herings  West Germany 74.95
9 Willy Rasmussen  Norway 74.25
10 Väinö Kuisma  Finland 73.32
11 Petar Galić  Yugoslavia 73.30
12 Hermann Salomon  West Germany 72.93

Qualification

14 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Carlo Lievore  Italy 80.20 CR Q
2 Jānis Lūsis  Soviet Union 79.06 Q
3 Viktor Tsybulenko  Soviet Union 78.92 Q
4 Marian Machowina  Poland 77.60 Q
5 Willy Rasmussen  Norway 76.80 Q
6 Gergely Kulcsár  Hungary 74.90 Q
7 Janusz Sidło  Poland 74.77 Q
8 Hermann Salomon  West Germany 73.47 Q
9 Rolf Herings  West Germany 73.34 Q
10 Väinö Kuisma  Finland 73.25 Q
11 Władysław Nikiciuk  Poland 72.90 Q
12 Petar Galić  Yugoslavia 72.80 Q
13 Božidar Miletić  Yugoslavia 72.75
14 Horst Bade  East Germany 72.69
15 Pauli Nevala  Finland 72.15
16 Franco Radman  Italy 71.55
17 Leon Syrowatsky  France 71.01
18 Alexandru Bizim  Romania 70.42
19 Vladimir Kuznetsov  Soviet Union 69.78
20 Michel Macquet  France 69.22
21 Urs von Wartburg  Switzerland 68.71
22 Christos Pierrakos  Greece 67.80
23 Gheorghe Popescu  Romania 65.05
24 John McSorley  United Kingdom 64.50
25 Colin Smith  United Kingdom 63.85

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References