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 ~59 ~58 60.81 60.81 1 Q 2 X (~52) 59.30 ~56 59.30 2 Q 3 ~53 57.98 57.98 3 Q 4 ~56 56.15 56.15 5 Q 5 54.86 54.86 9 6 54.51 ~52 54.51 11 7 52.95 ~51 ~45 52.95 13 8 51.17 51.17 15 9 49.39 49.39 18 10 48.92 48.92 19 11 48.65 48.65 20 12 46.92 46.92 24 13 46.80 46.80 25 14 46.00 46.00 26 — NM
Group 2 Place Athlete 1. 2. 3. Distance Overall Rank Qual. 1 56.96 56.96 4 Q 2 X (~54) ~56 56.15 56.15 5 Q 3 X (~56) X (~56) 55.67 55.67 7 4 55.10 55.10 8 5 54.65 54.65 10 6 52.98 52.98 12 7 52.75 52.75 14 8 50.15 50.15 16 9 ~50 ~50 49.61 49.61 17 10 48.57 48.57 21 11 48.57 48.57 21 12 48.39 48.39 23 13 44.70 44.70 27 14 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 59.30 ~60 62.96 ~58 62.96 2 60.81 ~60 60.92 60.92 3 57.98 58.35 4 56.15 57.56 57.56 5 56.96 56.96 6 56.15 56.85
References
Sources Olympic Report