Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

Men's javelin throw at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Date	July 6
Competitors	29 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jonni Myyrä File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gunnar Lindström File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eugene Oberst File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States

The men's javelin throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Sunday, July 6, 1924. 29 javelin throwers from 15 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World Record	66.10	Jonni Myyrä	Stockholm (SWE)	August 25, 1919
Olympic Record	65.78	Jonni Myyrä	Antwerp (BEL)	August 15, 1920

Results

Qualification

The qualification started at about 3 p.m. The best six throwers, both groups counted together, qualified for the final. The throwing order is not available and not all throwing series are available. Group 1

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Gunnar Lindström (SWE)	~59	~58	60.81	60.81	1	Q
2	File:Flag of Finland.svg Jonni Myyrä (FIN)	X (~52)	59.30	~56	59.30	2	Q
3	File:US flag 48 stars.svg Eugene Oberst (USA)		~53	57.98	57.98	3	Q
4	File:Flag of Finland.svg Yrjö Ekqvist (FIN)		~56	56.15	56.15	5	Q
5	File:Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg Lajos Csejthey (HUN)		54.86		54.86	9
6	File:US flag 48 stars.svg Lee Priester (USA)	54.51	~52		54.51	11
7	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Hugo Lilliér (SWE)	52.95	~51	~45	52.95	13
8	File:Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg Georgios Zacharopoulos (GRE)	51.17			51.17	15
9	File:Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg Willy Seewald (BRA)	49.39			49.39	18
10	File:Flag of France.svg Taki N'Dio (FRA)	48.92			48.92	19
11	File:Flag of France.svg Samba Ciré (FRA)	48.65			48.65	20
12	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Jock Dalrymple (GBR)	46.92			46.92	24
13	File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Willi Moser (SUI)	46.80			46.80	25
14	File:Flag of Poland (1919-1928).svg Sławosz Szydłowski (POL)	46.00			46.00	26
—	File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Jiří Svoboda (TCH)				NM

Group 2

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	File:US flag 48 stars.svg William Neufeld (USA)		56.96		56.96	4	Q
2	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Erik Blomqvist (SWE)	X (~54)	~56	56.15	56.15	5	Q
3	File:Flag of Finland.svg Urho Peltonen (FIN)	X (~56)	X (~56)	55.67	55.67	7
4	File:Flag of Finland.svg Pekka Johansson (FIN)	55.10			55.10	8
5	File:Flag of France.svg Taka N'Gangué (FRA)	54.65			54.65	10
6	File:US flag 48 stars.svg Homer Welchel (USA)	52.98			52.98	12
7	File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Carlo Clemente (ITA)	52.75			52.75	14
8	File:Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg Arvīds Ķibilds (LAT)	50.15			50.15	16
9	File:Flag of Estonia.svg Aleksander Klumberg (EST)	~50	~50	49.61	49.61	17
10	File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Hans Wipf (SUI)	48.57			48.57	21
11	File:Flag of France.svg Emmanuel Degland (FRA)	48.57			48.57	21
12	File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Mór Kóczán (TCH)	48.39			48.39	23
13	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Henri Dauban de Silhouette (GBR)	44.70			44.70	27
14	File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg Victor Pickard (CAN)	44.69			44.69	28

Final

The final was held on the same day and started at about 4.30 p.m.

Place	Athlete	Qual. Width	1.	2.	3.	Distance
1	File:Flag of Finland.svg Jonni Myyrä (FIN)	59.30	~60	62.96	~58	62.96
2	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Gunnar Lindström (SWE)	60.81	~60	60.92		60.92
3	File:US flag 48 stars.svg Eugene Oberst (USA)	57.98				57.98
4	File:Flag of Finland.svg Yrjö Ekqvist (FIN)	56.15	57.56			57.56
5	File:US flag 48 stars.svg William Neufeld (USA)	56.96				56.96
6	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Erik Blomqvist (SWE)	56.15				56.15

Sources

• Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in polski). Retrieved 17 March 2008.