1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

Events at the
1946 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men
800 m men
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
10,000 m track walk men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon 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
Decathlon men

The men's javelin throw at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 25 August 1946.[1]

Medalists

Gold Lennart Atterwall
 Sweden
Silver Yrjö Nikkanen
 Finland
Bronze Tapio Rautavaara
 Finland

Results

Final

25 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Lennart Atterwall  Sweden 68.74
2nd, silver medalist(s) Yrjö Nikkanen  Finland 67.50
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Tapio Rautavaara  Finland 66.40
4 Odd Mæhlum  Norway 66.37
5 Sven Daleflod  Sweden 64.79
6 Josef Neumann   Switzerland 62.48
7 Lumír Kiesewetter  Czechoslovakia 59.91
8 Nico Lutkeveld  Netherlands 59.50

Qualification

24 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Lennart Atterwall  Sweden 67.21 Q
2 Yrjö Nikkanen  Finland 66.30 Q
3 Tapio Rautavaara  Finland 63.03 Q
4 Sven Daleflod  Sweden 62.93 Q
5 Odd Mæhlum  Norway 62.91 Q
6 Josef Neumann   Switzerland 60.36 Q
7 Nico Lutkeveld  Netherlands 60.07 Q
8 Lumír Kiesewetter  Czechoslovakia 59.80 Q
9 Michael Salomonsen  Norway 58.74
10 Jóel Sigurðsson  Iceland 58.06
11 Raymond Tissot  France 57.63
12 Pierre Sprecher  France 55.22
13 Oskar Ospelt  Liechtenstein 52.73

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

References

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