Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

Men's javelin throw at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	August 2
Competitors	28 from 18 nations
Winning distance	66.60 m
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Erik Lundqvist File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Béla Szepes File:Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg Hungary 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Olav Sunde File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway

The men's javelin throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Thursday, August 2, 1928. Twenty-eight javelin throwers from 18 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record	69.88	Eino Penttilä	Viipuri (FIN)	October 1, 1927
Olympic Record	65.78	Jonni Myyrä	Antwerp (BEL)	August 15, 1920

Erik Lundqvist set a new Olympic record in the qualification with 66.60 metres.

Results

The qualification started at 2 p.m. The best six throwers qualified for the final. The final was held on the same day and started at about 4.30 p.m.

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Qualification				Final
			#1	#2	#3	Result	#4	#5	#6	Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Erik Lundqvist	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	66.60 OR	58 (~)	60.5 (~)	66.60	61 (~)	61.58	54 (~)	66.60
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Béla Szepes	File:Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg Hungary	62.5 (~)	65.26	56 (~)	65.26	X	62.50	54 (~)	65.26
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Olav Sunde	File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway	62.5 (~)	63.97	63.8 (~)	63.97	X	59.50	55 (~)	63.97
4	Paavo Liettu	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland	62 (~)	63.86	63.7 (~)	63.86	55 (~)	61 (~)	63.76	63.86
5	Bruno Schlokat	File:Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg Germany	58 (~)	62 (~)	63.40	63.40	60 (~)	57.5 (~)	63.26	63.40
6	Eino Penttilä	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland	56 (~)	63.20	62 (~)	63.20	58.35	56 (~)	X	63.20
7	Stan Lay	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	60.5 (~)	62.89	56 (~)	62.89	did not advance
8	Johan Meimer	File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia	58 (~)	61.46	X	61.46	did not advance
9	Albert Lamppu	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland	58.5 (~)	56 (~)	61.45	61.45	did not advance
10	Arthur Sager	File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States	60.50	58 (~)	58 (~)	60.50	did not advance
11	Erich Stoschek	File:Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg Germany	59.86	?	?	59.86	did not advance
12	Doral Pilling	File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg Canada	59.16			59.16	did not advance
13	Kosaku Sumiyoshi	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	58 (~)	59.05	?	59.05	did not advance
14	Gunnar Lindström	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	X	58 (~)	58.69	58.69	did not advance
15	Vilho Rinne	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland	55 (~)	58.04	57 (~)	58.04	did not advance
16	Lee Bartlett	File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States	X	56 (~)	57.57	57.57	did not advance
17	Creth Hines	File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States	56 (~)	X	57.17	57.17	did not advance
18	Jules Herremans	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium	56.33			56.33	did not advance
19	Charles Harlow	File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States	55.85			55.85	did not advance
20	Georgios Zakharopoulos	File:Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg Greece	55.50			55.50	did not advance
21	George Weightman-Smith	File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg South Africa	54.37			54.37	did not advance
22	Gaston Étienne	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium	54.34			54.34	did not advance
23	Vilim Messner	File:Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia	53.70			53.70	did not advance
24	Emmanuel Degland	File:Flag of France.svg France	52.82			52.82	did not advance
25	Jaap Knol	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	52.68			52.68	did not advance
26	Viktoras Ražaitis	File:Flag of Lithuania (1918-1940).svg Lithuania	51.16			51.16	did not advance
27	Otto Rottman	File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania	50.93			50.93	did not advance
28	Joop van der Leij	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	46 (~)	47.73	?	47.73	did not advance

Sources

• Official Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in polski). Retrieved 21 July 2008.